In one timeline, Accord is part of the Pearl
Harbor Descent Mission that was one of the
first deployments of YoRHa forces and the
reason A2 deserted. This particular timeline
is also notable for the fact that Anemone,
one of the two survivors of the mission
alongside A2, has been replaced with
Jackass.
Other Terms/Lore Bits
These are other bits of lore that you may
find useful.
Red Eye
Red Eyes have been a sign of corruption by
the Watchers or the Gods. It is seen in the
Legion and in Androids that have fallen
victim to the Logic Virus. Red-eye was also
the name of the leader of the Legion in the
war between non-infected humans and
those infected with WCS.
The Kingdom of Night and the Kingdom
of Day
The world of Nier is locked in its rotation
such that one side always faces towards the
Sun and one side always faces away. The
side facing away from the Sun, the Western
hemisphere, is known as the Kingdom of
Night. Similarly, the side facing toward the
Sun, the Eastern Hemisphere, is known as
the Kingdom of Day.
Out-of-game, it is a common theory that this
was instituted so that the game developers
did not have to create a day/night cycle.
National Weapons Research Facility
The NWRF was founded in 2018 with the
purpose of researching and weaponizing
Maso particles. They worked for eight years
until they lost control of Test Subject No. 6
and No. 7 had to step in. This catastrophe
led to the conclusion that the benefits of
experimentation with Maso on humans were
far outweighed by the benefits. Thus, the
NWRF was vastly scaled back until the
unrelated Project Gestalt was revealed to
the public six years later.
Emil and Halua
Emil was Test Subject No. 7 of the NWRF,
and his sister, Halua, was Test Subject No. 6.
The experiments with Maso gave Emil the
ability to turn anything he looked at into
stone, including Halua.
Once humanity left the world through
Project Gestalt, Emil was left alone in a
mansion that sat atop of the NWRF. He was
ageless, maintaining the form of a young boy
for over a thousand years. He eventually
fought alongside Nier while they searched
for a cure for Emi ’s stone-gaze curse. This
led to Emil fusing with Halua, at which point
he gained a skeletal appearance with a
round, grinning head.
Emil would go on to sacrifice himself to safe
Nier and his party from Popola. However,
this only led to the loss of his body. He
survived to the time of Automata as a
disembodied head. Despite his odd
appearance, he is the last human alive in the
Nier setting.
He was able to make copies of himself to
fight the Machine invaders when the Aliens
attacked Earth. Each copy, however, split his
memories evenly to the point he gained
amnesia. It’s hinted at that he was so good
at fighting the Machines that the current
models with their round heads are based on
Emi ’s appearance.
Luciferase and Hamelin
Luciferase was a medical compound
developed in 2016 that was able to delay
the onset of WCS. It had increased
effectiveness in younger patients, leading to
the creation of the Hamelin Organization in
late 2017. Hamelin trained children to
defend humanity from the Legion. Due to its
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