| Nazar | |
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| Information | |
| Appearance | Tales of the Rays |
| Hometown | Bifrost |
| Residences | Hy'Brasail |
| Age | 22 (Physically, first Ix's body) |
| Height | 180 cm |
| Weight | 69 kg |
| Race | Human (Living Doll) |
| Occupation | •Mirrist •General of the Asgardian Army (formerly) |
| Weapon | •Sword (primary weapon) •Dagger (secondary weapon) |
| Japanese Voice Actor | Natsuki Hanae |
Nazar (ナーザ Naaza?) is an antagonist in Tales of the Rays and Mercuria's brother.
History
Nazar was born as a prince into the Bifrost Kingdom as Woden Rot Nibelung (ウォーデン・ロート・ニーベルング Uooden Rooto Niiberungu?), alongside his little sister Mercuria and mother Elda. He heard from Yalanda Odanse's prophecy that mirrites would bring about the ruin of the world, so he played a part in the raid against Sellund's mirrists, who had continued exoflecting them. After the original Ix Nieves was killed, he died alongside the rest of the nation when Gefion and Phillip Reston completed the Kaleidoscope.
Mirrage Prison
In the story, Nazar is brought back to life in the body of the first Ix, as part of the Living Doll Project. Despite this, Nazar is very critical of the Living Doll Project, and thinks he should have stayed dead. To this end, he took on a new name, claiming that "Woden is dead". While he doesn't agree with Mercuria's plans and dislikes and distrusts Demitrius, he feels he has a duty to the citizens of Bifrost to go along with large parts of it to justify their deaths.
It is later revealed that since the body he's using is similar to that of Ix Nieves's, he can and has been making use of Ix's mirrite, Kocis, to spy on the group.
In the finale, he tries to hinder the party from saving Ix. He insists that Yalanda's prophecy be taken more seriously, and lectures Mileena Weiss on just how little she really knows, insisting she heed his words. Nazar fails, however, and ends up dying upon Ix's rescue, much to Mercuria's grief.
Fairy's Requiem
After his "death," his spirit returns to reside in the Void once more, while his body was preserved. Aster Laker mentions that they had experimented on him, which is how they knew that Ix was compatible with Aska in the form of Spirit Gear. Seeing how much grief Mercuria was in, Junior eventually reached out to him and requested his aid, successfully bringing him back to life once again in the first Ix's body.
When Mercuria ends up possessed by the soul of her late mirrite, Morrigan, and unleashes an army of dead mirrites, Nazar teams up with Ix and Mileena in a three-way battle to save her while also fending off a suddenly appearing Barbatos Goetia seeking to kill her. The brute's assault distracts Morrigan just enough for Kor Meteor and the rest of his friends to restore Mercuria's spiria and drive out the mirrite.
After recovering from the battle, Nazar, Mercuria, and the rest of their band depart on their own journey to oppose the Empire. Joining them is Kocis, now burdened by recent revelations of his existence and believing that staying with Ix's group would only bring disaster.
Appearance and Personality
As Nazar, he wears a black outfit accented with red, with a red cloth draped over his shoulders. He has a wide black belt covering half his waist, a metal arm, and keeps his long silver hair tied up with a simple black band.
As Woden, he wears the same outfit. He has waist-length rosy brown hair with bright red streaks throughout, as well as two flesh-and-blood arms. He keeps his hair done up with a gold ornamental hairpiece that pulls part of it into a bun.
Nazar is very straight-forward in his ideals and is not afraid to speak his mind. He's kind to his subordinates and beloved by Mercuria, and he expressed his condolences to Presea Combatir when he learned her sister had passed away. He bears a deep hatred against the mirrists of Sellund, both for continuing to exoflect mirrites and for bringing about the fall of his nation. He is also shown to be very wise, and takes Yalanda's prophecy very seriously, valuing its logic over anyone else's.
Fighting Style
Before becoming a playable character, he fights exclusively with a sword and shares his fighting style with Ix minus a few artes since he shares his body. Afterwards, he begins wielding a sword alongside a dagger and uses variations of Ix's artes with different elements and some unique artes of his own.
Trivia
- Nazar is a reference to the Irish king named Nuada Airgetlám. He lost his arm in a war and later had it replaced with a metal one, just as the original Ix lost his and was later replaced when Nazar became a Living Doll.
- Woden is a god of wisdom in Norse mythology. Nibelung refers to a clan of people in Germanic legend, usually associated with kingdoms.
- In-universe, Mileena states that "Nazar" is the name of the god of the sea.
- Ix obtains a costume for Nazar, complete with his personal sword.