Nailah

Nailah
Game Data
Game	Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
First Seen	Chapter 1-8: Glory Unwanted
Starting Class	Wolf Queen
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“I am Nailah, Queen of Hatari, and this is Volug, my loyal servant. Our kingdom lies far east of here.”
—Nailah

Nailah (ニケ, Nike) is a playable character in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. She is the ruler of the lost nation of Hatari, located to the east of Daein. She is a white wolf and through the skill Formshift has the ability to transform (and keep her wolf form) whenever she wants. She first becomes playable in Part I, Chapter 8: Glory Unwanted and helps Micaiah along with Volug and Rafiel. She is required in that chapter. After the end of Part I, she goes with Tormod, Muarim, and Vika to Gallia. After the last battle, she returned to Hatari with recent events graven in her heart; she hoped to migrate her people across the Desert of Death.

Personality

Nailah truly has the pride, air, and manners of a Queen. She can be distant, serious, and blunt.

Despite this, however, she is very quick to form bonds with others, be they Laguz, Beorc, or even Branded, forming a lasting friendship with the elegant Heron Prince Rafiel and a fast friendship with Micaiah. She refuses to ever let Rafiel go anywhere alone and orders her trusted vassal, Volug, to pose as a 'pet dog' for Micaiah during and after their adventures together.

She puts great trust in her vassal Volug, though she can be quite blunt with him, likening him to a mere dog when he is in his unique "half-transformed" state.

She adores Rafiel as he is, and grows quite angry at Ike when he suggests that he be more like his brother Reyson and emulate the Hawk King Tibarn, a suggestion that Rafiel is certainly willing to try.

Character Data

Availability

Part 1											Part 2					Part 3															Part 4							Endgame
P	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	E	P	1	2	3	E	P	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	E	P	1	2	3	4	5	E	A1	A2	A3	A4	A5
								◎		○																						○			○		○	□	□	□	□	□

◎=Forced　○=Available　□=Available for selected　△=Reinforcement

Base Stats

Starting Class								Affinity
Wolf Queen ↓ Wolf								Wind
Level	HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Wt	Mov
33	66	17 ↓ 34	5 ↓ 10	23 ↓ 46	19 ↓ 38	35	16 ↓ 32	13 ↓ 26	9 ↓ 19	35 ↓ 58	7 ↓ 9
Skills				Weapon				Starting Items
Glare Guard Formshift Shove Savage				Strike - SS				Great Fang Concoction

Growth Rates

HP	Str	Mag	Skl	Spd	Lck	Def	Res
60%	30%	15%	20%	20%	45%	30%	30%

Overall

In Part I of Radiant Dawn, Nailah is very powerful, but already trained. She can kill the entire enemy army, but doing so will drain your other characters of valuable EXP opportunities. However, she can be used during emergencies or for rescue and protection of weaker units.

Biorhythm

Bond Support

• Rafiel: 10%

Death Quotes

Part 4, Chapter 4

Nailah: I... overestimated my limits...

Rafiel: Your Majesty, fall back. Don't fight any longer. I will take care of you, as you have done for me. Please... You must stop fighting.

Nailah: Rafiel... I will do as you say. I wouldn't want you out there dying without me.

Nailah: ...Maybe...I should not have been so cocky...

Rafiel: Queen...?!

Nailah: Stop squawking, Rafiel, I'll be all right. ...It makes me happy that you worry for me as you do. But I'll have to retreat for now.

Nailah: I am...defeated... ...Rafiel. Forgive me...

Nailah: Betrayal is the coin of the gods. I was aware of this. All things... are predestined... ...Rafiel. Forgive me...

Nailah: I've been defeated? Here? Gah, the vagaries of war... Rafiel... Forgive me. Some promises cannot be kept...

Rafiel: ...My queen... Please wait... Please permit me... to...accompany you.

Epilogue

Mistress of the Evil Eye (邪眼の主)

Returning to Hatari with recent events engraven in her heart, Nailah hoped to migrate her people across the desert.

Trivia

• Nailah's attire bears a resemblance to Malice's - they even have a cloth bandaging their left eye.

Etymology

'Nailah' is the feminine version of the Arabic name 'Nail,' meaning 'attainer.'

Nailah bint al Farafsa was a queen of the Rashidun Caliphate. During a rebellion against her husband, Caliph Uthman, rebels broke into the palace and attacked him; Naila attempted to stop the blow, but merely had her fingers cut off. She remained politically active after her husband's death.

Naila is also a city in Bavaria, whose original name was 'Neulins' and probably meant 'small new settlement.' Nila is a Creek name meaning "victor", which relates to her Japanese name.

Nike is the Greek goddess of victory.

Gallery

Nailah's portrait in Radiant Dawn.

Nailah's battle model as the untransformed Wolf Queen in Radiant Dawn.

Nailah's battle model as a transformed Wolf in Radiant Dawn.

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