Nasira is the main antagonist of Nasira's Revenge. She is Jafar's fraternal twin sister.
Background
Personality
Like her brother, Nasira possesses a vengeful and merciless nature. Said to be "just as nasty and power-hungry" as Jafar, Nasira is driven by an insatiable desire for power and enjoys tormenting her adversaries.
She does not hold Aladdin or his friends in high regard, despite Jafar's warning not to underestimate them. Ultimately, her not taking Aladdin seriously was what led to her defeat.
Physical appearance
Nasira's a middle-aged sorceress/necromancer of Arab descent. Her long black hair resembles a cobra's hood and her sharp eyes are dark brown (they appear black from a distance). Nasira's very tall (a head taller than Aladdin) and skinny. She usually wears a form-fitting, floor-length burgundy dress with black accents. Wrapped around her right bicep is a golden four-ringed snake armband.
Powers and abilities
Nasira is presented as a naturally-talented sorceress, unlike her brother who required Genie's magic to become capable of such feats. She can hurl mystical bolts, perform resurrections through magical artifacts, summon zombies and skeletons, bend others to her will, change her appearance, bring objects to life, create portals, and paralyze enemies.
Video games
Nasira's Revenge
In the opening cutscene, Nasira summoned her brother's ghost from the 'darkest depths' (probably a euphemism for hell). She discovered a way to bring Jafar back from the dead. Nasira was optimistic, but Jafar was wary. He warned Nasira not to underestimate Aladdin or his 'infernal' genie as he did before. Nasira insisted she had everything under control.
Nasira hypnotized the guards, including Razoul, and used them to arrest Jasmine and Sultan. She then ordered the guards to bring Aladdin to her, dead or alive. The following morning, Genie found a wanted poster and showed it to Aladdin. Aladdin realized something must have happened to Princess Jasmine and the Sultan, so he set off for the palace.
Aladdin barged into the throne room and confronted Nasira, demanding to know what she'd done with Princess Jasmine and Sultan. Nasira nonchalantly revealed she'd disposed of them and then angrily proclaimed once Jafar returned, Aladdin won't be around either. Before Aladdin could respond, Genie (rather bluntly) told Nasira Jafar wasn't coming back. Nasira lured Genie into a false sense of security before banishing him to the Cave of Wonders. She then ordered the guards to throw Aladdin in the dungeon and stated she'll be there to deal with him personally. But Iago and Abu rescued Aladdin and helped him escape the dungeon. Aladdin found Nasira and charged at her. Nasira blasted Aladdin and ran away, leaving him to a brainwashed Razoul. Aladdin defeated Razoul and somehow freed him from the spell. Razoul begrudgingly thanked Aladdin and said street rat continued his way.
Aladdin went to the Oasis and found the mystic he was apparently looking for (this was never explained). She told him Genie was imprisoned in the Cave of Wonders. So Aladdin went to the Cave of Wonders and rescued Genie. Aladdin and co. escaped and ran into the same mystic who helped him before. She told Aladdin Jasmine was imprisoned in pyramids. Aladdin thanked the mystic and basically said he owed her one. Once Aladdin and co. continued their way, the mystic revealed herself to be Nasira. While holding one of the artifacts needed to resurrect her brother, Nasira stated she was using Aladdin to collect the artifacts for her.
After Aladdin save Jasmine from Anubis, the princess attempted to warn him about Nasira. Aladdin arrogantly brushed off the warning, claiming it hadn't worked yet and continued his way. Aladdin rescued Jasmine's father and Nasira (disguised as the mystic) appeared. Aladdin asked her how she kept finding him and Nasira ditched her disguise. Furious, Aladdin attempted to kill her, but Nasira paralyzed him and ran off with the artifacts. Once the spell wore off, Aladdin followed Nasira and confronted her. He smashed the artifacts, killed Jafar, and chased Nasira off (the player can also choose to knock her out by throwing four or five crystals at her). Either way, Nasira escaped on a floating platform, and it is assumed she survived.
Trivia
- "Nasira" means "helper" in Arabic.
- In the original tale of Aladdin, the evil magician (whom Jafar was based on) has a younger brother who wishes exact revenge on Aladdin. He murders Fatimah, an elderly holy woman famous for her piety, wisdom and miraculous healing powers. Assuming her identity, he goes to the palace to meet the princess and tricks her by "preaching" that if a roc's egg is hanged from the middle of the dome, it will become the wonder of the world. The magician's younger brother intends for Aladdin to wish for a roc's egg and then have it hanged from the said place for the sake of his beloved wife. Unbeknownst to everyone, rocs and even their unhatched chicks are masters of all genies. By making such wish, Aladdin will bring down not only his own destruction, but his wife and palace as well. The princess then thought only of the roc's egg. When Aladdin is told by the princess of her desire, he summons the Genie of the Lamp and then makes the wish. As expected, the genie becomes furious as the wish of his bringing his unhatched master and then have it hanging from the dome of the palace is extremely blasphemous. Instead of destroying Aladdin, his wife and palace as he initially intends, the genie decides to spare them since the wish comes from the evil magician's younger brother whom Aladdin has just killed. The genie then reveals the murder of Fatimah by the evil magician and his disguise as the holy woman, and proceeds to remind Aladdin of his murderous intention and advices his master to be wary of him before vanishing. Aladdin summons the impostor and once he arrives still in his disguise, Aladdin swiftly kills him. The original tale of Aladdin ends there. Nasira is most likely based on that character.
- If one thinks about it, it doesn't make sense at all for the Genie to become furious when Aladdin makes the wish if he knows that it comes from the evil magician's younger brother, not his innocent master. He should have inform Aladdin that such wish is a taboo amongst the genies and then proceeds to reveal the real identity of "Fatima", and his murderous intention.
- Nasira is the second villain to be the sibling of another Disney villain. The first being Morgana, the younger sister of Ursula from The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea.
- It is unknown whether Nasira knew that Iago was the one who truly killed Jafar, as he was the one who betrayed and destroyed his former ally by destroying his lamp in The Return of Jafar, because it is never shown if she has a grudge against him as well as Aladdin and Genie, but she may have heard about it from her brother.
- Despite her overall high standing as the sibling of a Disney villain as well as a natural sorceress, Nasira is never mentioned outside of the video game she debuts in.
- Interestingly, the snake band on Nasira's arm matches the one Jasmine wore on her arm when she was wearing the red slave outfit in the first movie.
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