Kaine is also a nice character who consoles young Emil, who had previously become an outcast among humanity. Kaine is an intersex woman who enjoys speaking her mind, dressing how she feels, and using colorful language to express herself. During the final battle, Nier expresses his love for Kaine and kisses her at the end of Ending C. While she is openly rude to Nier, Kaine develops a deep love for him throughout their journey, which Nier reciprocates. Her Replicant was born as intersex because of an error in the long-running Replicant system, but she was a woman with a fiancé. Kainé’s Gestalt wasn’t originally intersex, according to Grimoire Nier and subsequent interviews with Yoko. Shade Tyrann possessed her many years later, and he had no effect on her sex. Is it true that Kaine has both?ĭue to an error in the long-running Replicant system, replicant Kaine was born with features for both sexes, according to Grimoire Nier and subsequent interviews. Kaine uses her clothes to make her feel more feminine. That alone is fine, because it’s a big part of Kaine’s story, and many trans and intersex people associate with her as a result. Kaine is an intersex woman who is bullied about it. Why is it that Kaine dresses in this manner? When Shades are infected with White Chlorination Syndrome, their Replicant counterparts become victims of the fatal Black Scrawl. They decided to make Replicants, which are immune to the virus, into which they could put their souls. The White Chlorination Syndrome infected people on Earth. Is the white chlorination syndrome caused by the black scrawl? Nier was attempting, at any cost, to find a way to treat it. Yonah was affected by Black Scrawl, which resulted in strange black runes appearing on her skin. When NieR races to find a cure for Yonah, he loses his game’s goal. NieR Replicant mentions the Black Scrawl as a disease. What exactly is the Nier Replicant’s black scrawl?

Is there a black scrawl on Nier’s face?Īnd, of course, he’d unintentionally kill the townspeople’s Shades at some point, causing them to develop the Black Scrawl disease “suddenly.” Although it’s tragic, Replicant Nier is both the hero and villain of his own story, which is an unusual position to be in. As a result, both versions of Nier are fighting a battle that neither can win. Yonah, on the other hand, still has the Black Scrawl in all of his endings, and no cure has been discovered. The endings change Gestalt Yonah’s reuniting with her brother, as well as Kainé and Nier’s fate.

Is there still the black scrawl on Yonah? Because her half-relapsed Gestalt is kept in stasis, Yonah’s Replicant will always suffer from the Black Scrawl. If the player decides to give the jewel back to her lover's niece, the postman believes that she already received the jewel in heaven.When a Gestalt is completely relapsed or dies, the Replicant System will be unable to recreate it because it cannot retrieve the Replicant’s data from that Gestalt. After finding the Mermaid's Tear and talking to the Postman, the player has the option to bury the jewel with Ursula, give it back to the quest giver or sell the jewel. However, she never received it due to the postman's father starting to write letters in her lover's place and kept in the back room of the post office for over 50 years. After this, she asks Nier and Grimoire Weiss to not tell anyone that she knows the truth since she didn't want all the work the people of Seafront to think that there work was wasted with them agreeing.Īfter going back for a final quest, it is found out that the old woman had finally succumbed to the Black Scrawl, but died with a smile on her face.įive years after she dies, the people of Seafront attempt to repair the lighthouse in her place.ĭuring the events of the quest The Strange Fate of the Jewel during the second half of the game, it is revealed that her lover was the uncle of the quest giver and that he planned to give her his family heirloom, the Mermaid's tear, to her before he died. If she learns the truth, she admits that part of her always knew that her lover was already dead and that the letters she received after his death were fakes. He is then given the choice to tell the old woman the truth, or lie. When Nier tries to convince the postman to let the old woman leave, he finds out that the letters had been faked by the whole town and that the old woman's lover had died over fifty years ago. She wishes to see her lover one more time, who she has been sending and receiving letters from. It becomes known that the old woman is dying, also afflicted with the Black Scrawl. Nier is given a few quests to deliver letters to her. Ursula is the lady in the Seafront lighthouse, where she is known for having a bad attitude.

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