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'''Japanese'''<br>Kenji Hamada<br>
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{{Quote|Heh. Sing like that again, and I might just let my comrade pluck out your tongue.|Nichol threatening a [[Villager]] to pay a toll.}}
'''Nichol''' (ナハト ''Nahato'', lit. '''Nacht''') is a [[Capture|capturable]] boss character from ''[[Fire Emblem Fates]]''. A knight of [[Nohr]], Nichol leads a group of bandits to terrorise a village.
 
   
 
'''Nichol''' (ナハト ''Nahato'', lit. '''Nacht''') is a [[Capture|capturable]] boss character from ''[[Fire Emblem Fates]]''. A knight of [[Nohr]], Nichol leads a group of bandits to terrorize a village.
Nichol is voiced by Kenji Hamada in the Japanese version.
 
   
 
==Profile==
 
==Profile==
 
===All Routes===
 
===All Routes===
Nichol appears in [[Bold Approach|Paralogue 5]], where he and his band of bandits are introduced in the midst of terrorising a village, taunting a child villager for failing to pay a toll. When the child responds by calling for help, Nichol sadistically threatens to allow one of his comrades to rip out his tongue. Fortunately for the village, the [[Avatar (Fates)|Avatar]]'s army, aware of the dire proceedings, arrives in the nick of time to save its inhabitants from certain death. Nichol is eventually defeated in the ensuing battle, either slain or captured by the Avatar's forces.
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Nichol appears in [[Bold Approach|Paralogue 5]], where he and his band of bandits are introduced in the midst of terrorising a village, taunting a child villager for failing to pay a toll. When the man responds by calling for help, Nichol sadistically threatens to allow one of his comrades to rip out his tongue. Fortunately for the village, [[Corrin|Corrin's]] army, aware of the dire proceedings, arrives in the nick of time to save its inhabitants from certain death. Nichol is eventually defeated in the ensuing battle, either slain or captured by Corrin's forces.
   
 
Nichol also appears as a potential visitor in the DLC episode [[Museum Melee]].
 
Nichol also appears as a potential visitor in the DLC episode [[Museum Melee]].
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===Overview===
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===Overall===
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Like most Paralogue bosses, Nichol brings virtually nothing to the table once captured, unless he is captured on Lunatic, he will come equipped with skills learned from the Wyvern Rider. His growth rates are flatly inferior to those of [[Camilla]], although they are, nevertheless, superior to those boasted by generic Malig Knights. Nichol's stat growths favor more towards a Wyvern Lord however, as his magic is usually not enough to let him take advantage of tomes and the fact that his magical stat cap is lower than his physical one.
 
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As a prepromoted Malig Knight, Nichol is one of the strongest capturable units in the game. This is particularly true on Lunatic, where his minimum base stats tie or beat nearly all of [[Camilla]]'s across the board while boasting superior weapon ranks and nearly identical growths. While he doesn't come with skills on Normal or Hard, he will come equipped with skills learned from Wyvern Rider on Lunatic.
   
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Nichol is at his best in ''Birthright''. The large number of Rout and Defeat Boss missions make mobility and access to 1-2 range weapons particularly valuable commodities, both of which Nichol possesses. While Nichol excels as a physical attacker, his magical capabilities should not be overlooked, despite his subpar Magic. He makes excellent use of the Bolt Axe, and can perform well with Tomes with a bit of investment. His high move and moderately high Defense allows him to engage groups of enemies sooner than most other units and survive reliably. For these reasons, Nichol makes a good replacement for [[Scarlet]], although they're at their best when both of them are deployed. Nichol can also be obtained many chapters before recruiting Scarlet since Silas will already be in the party and can marry as soon as the Prison can be built.
Nichol does have some usability in ''Birthright'', however. His moderately high Defense ensures that he can tank most physical weapons easily, and is useful in [[Tears of a Dragon|Chapter 24]] to respond to flying reinforcements that arrive around the map.
 
   
His usability in ''Conquest'' can be quite debatable since his stat growths are near identical to Camilla's, and it depends on how early in game he is captured. In unit-wise, however, he is still treated as a ''Birthright'' boss, meaning he comes with no exclusive skills outside of his class. If Camilla has fallen in battle, Nichol can serve as a decent replacement for her. Since he is a Malig Knight, he can also be used along with her to increase the player army's mobility due to the terrain effects in many maps of the ''Conquest'' route, as well as the player being limited to obtaining units in the Wyvern Rider branch of that route.
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Nichol is also a good unit in ''Conquest''. Although the Wyvern Rider class is more easily available, there are still a large number of maps that are made much easier with more than one of them deployed. He can still make a good 1-2 range magical attacker, although he is much more reliant on the Bolt Axe than in ''Birthright. ''For this reason, the player may prefer to reclass him to [[Wyvern Lord]] to enhance his physical capabilities. While he is a good replacement for Camilla or [[Beruka]] if the player is unwilling to use them or they are incapacitated in battle, Nichol is still more than capable of pulling his weight with them deployed, due to the strength of the Wyvern Rider class set.
   
 
As a Malig Knight, Nichol's base class set is the [[Wyvern Rider]]. His other normal reclassing option is the [[Wyvern Lord]] class. Like all other capturable units, he can be reclassed into special classes if so desired.
 
As a Malig Knight, Nichol's base class set is the [[Wyvern Rider]]. His other normal reclassing option is the [[Wyvern Lord]] class. Like all other capturable units, he can be reclassed into special classes if so desired.
   
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It's worth noting that if Nichol is recruited early enough, he'll earn experience at a very slow rate due to his very high starting level, although this will gradually correct itself as the game progresses. This means that Nichol will likely be stuck with his base stats for a long period of time. This is more of an issue in ''Conquest'', though Nichol's bases are high enough to function for a long time.
It is advised to capture Nichol in Museum Melee if possible, on Lunatic as he starts off with a higher weapon rank which leads to him using better weapons immediately without grinding or using [[Arms Scroll]] on him. It is also advised to capture him during earlier chapters, given as soon as the Prison can be built, which can be quite difficult but it will allow him to start off as a Level 2 Malig Knight.
 
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Overall, while not quite as dominant as his fellow Malig Knight Camilla, Nichol is still a great unit, regardless of the route.
   
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
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===Defeated by Player/Enemy===
 
===Defeated by Player/Enemy===
 
''"It was... inevitable."''
 
''"It was... inevitable."''
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== Cut Content ==
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Nichol seems to have originally been a recruitable unit with a larger role, but was scrapped and became a capturable unit instead. There are evidences that may prove that Nichol's role was indeed scrapped. For one, he, along with [[Candace]] (another capturable unit that could have been a cut unit as well) are the only two capturable bosses with critical/skill activation cut-in portraits, though they lack quotes for such. Another evidence being his voice clip played when he falls in battle which is said in a manner similar to how allied units are defeated, as well as being the only voice clip of his that plays. Most capturable bosses either have no defeat quotes or use multiple clips when fallen in battle (minus [[Haitaka]] and the [[Lloyd (Fates)|bandit]] [[Llewelyn|twins]]). Not only that, but he has many voice clips that were not used in the final release, with one of them mentioning his fear of death among most things. Additionally, his name is located among the names of male characters that can exclusively marry female Corrin. He also has a blushing graphic that was never used in the final game, which could have been used during his confession with Corrin and other events such as the Hot Spring.
   
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
* Nichol shares his Japanese voice actor, Kenji Hamada, with [[Azama]] in ''Fates'' including [[Gregor]] and [[Yen'fay]] from ''Awakening''.
 
* Nichol shares his Japanese voice actor, Kenji Hamada, with [[Azama]] in ''Fates'' including [[Gregor]] and [[Yen'fay]] from ''Awakening''.
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* Nichol also shares his English voice actor, Walden James, with other characters in ''Fates'' such as: [[Subaki]], [[Iago]], [[Kotaro]] and [[Haitaka]].
* Nichol seems to have originally been a recruitable unit with a larger role, but was scrapped and became a capturable unit instead. Some evidence that may prove Nichol was indeed scrapped are as follows:
 
 
* Nichol is one of the few capturable male bosses whose voice clips are not shared with other capturable bosses. Others include [[Senno]], [[Haitaka]], [[Lloyd (Fates)|Lloyd]], and [[Llewelyn]]. Haitaka, however, does share voice clips with two non-capturable Hoshidan bosses, [[Omozu]] and [[Kotaro]], and Senno shares his voice clips with [[Kilma]].
** He, along with [[Candace]] are the only capturable bosses with critical/skill activation cut-in portraits, though they lack quotes for such.
 
 
* Nichol and Candace are the only paralogue bosses to use the theme '''Squirm in the Dark''' when they are fought like most Nohrian bosses in the main storyline (not counting the playable allies in the ''Conquest'' route). This is considered to be unusual, as paralogue bosses normally have the theme "Wild Outlaw" played when they are engaged in battle. This could be due to the fact that they are the only two paralogue bosses to have their countries listed, with that being [[Nohr]], while most of the paralogue bosses are listed as scoundrels from remote regions.
** His voice clip that is present when defeated in battle is said in a manner similar to how allied units are defeated. Not only this, but he has many unused voice clips that were not used in the final release, with one of them mentioning his fear of death.
 
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* Nichol along with Candace are the only capturable units that were eligible for votes in the ''Fire Emblem Heroes: Choose Your Legend'' poll.
** Additionally, his name is located among the names of characters that can exclusively marry the female [[Avatar (Fates)|Avatar]]. He also has a blushing graphic that is never used in the final game, which could've been used during his confession with the female Avatar.
 
* Nichol is one of the few capturable male bosses who has voice clips not shared with other capturable bosses. Others include [[Senno]], [[Haitaka]], [[Lloyd (Fates)|Lloyd]], and [[Llewelyn]].
 
** Haitaka, however, does share voice clips with two non-capturable Hoshidan bosses, [[Omozu]] and [[Kotaro]], sharing his voice clips with [[Kilma]].
 
* Nichol and Candace are the only paralogue bosses to use the theme '''Squirm in the Dark''' when they are fought like most Nohrian bosses in the main storyline (not counting the playable allies in the ''Conquest'' route).
 
** This is considered to be unusual, as paralogue bosses normally have the theme "Wild Outlaw" played when they are engaged in battle. This could be due to the fact that they are the only two paralogue bosses to be listed where they're from, with that being [[Nohr]], while most of them are listed as scoundrels from remote regions.
 
   
 
==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==

Revision as of 17:45, 14 April 2019

“Heh. Sing like that again, and I might just let my comrade pluck out your tongue.”
—Nichol threatening a Villager to pay a toll.

Nichol (ナハト Nahato, lit. Nacht) is a capturable boss character from Fire Emblem Fates. A knight of Nohr, Nichol leads a group of bandits to terrorize a village.

Profile

All Routes

Nichol appears in Paralogue 5, where he and his band of bandits are introduced in the midst of terrorising a village, taunting a child villager for failing to pay a toll. When the man responds by calling for help, Nichol sadistically threatens to allow one of his comrades to rip out his tongue. Fortunately for the village, Corrin's army, aware of the dire proceedings, arrives in the nick of time to save its inhabitants from certain death. Nichol is eventually defeated in the ensuing battle, either slain or captured by Corrin's forces.

Nichol also appears as a potential visitor in the DLC episode Museum Melee.

Personality

Although not much is known about Nichol due to his minor involvement with the plot, several aspects of his character are depicted nevertheless. His help description, for one, describes him as being an apathetic individual despite having an unusually strong will to survive. His pre-battle quote also portrays him as a prideful individual, as he, despite being aware of the odds stacked against him in battle, arrogantly announces his combat superiority before taunting his foe to approach him.

In-Game

As an Enemy

Paralogue 5 - Bold Approach

All difficulties

Starting Class
FE14 Nichol Malig Knight Map SpriteMalig Knight
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMov
VariesVariesVariesVariesVariesVariesVariesVariesVaries-
SkillsWeaponStarting Items
**Strength2iconStrength +2
Cut ThroughLunge
FE14 Axe Axe - Varies (A on Lunatic)
FE14 Tome Tome - Varies (B on Lunatic)
Varies
  • Note: Stats and equipment are dependent on the player's progress in the game.

**These skills are innate on Lunatic mode

Xenologue 5 - Museum Melee

Starting Class
FE14 Nichol Malig Knight Map SpriteMalig Knight
LevelHPStrMagSklSpdLckDefResMov
VariesVariesVariesVariesVariesVariesVariesVariesVaries8
SkillsWeaponStarting Items
**Strength2iconStrength +2
Cut ThroughLunge
FE14 Axe Axe - Varies
(A on Lunatic)
FE14 Tome Tome - Varies
(B on Lunatic)
Varies
  • Note: Stats and equipment are dependent on the player's progress in the game.

**These skills are innate on Lunatic difficulty

Growth Rates

As a Malig Knight

HP Str Mag Skl Spd Lck Def Res
35% 60% 35% 55% 50% 15% 45% 35%

As a Wyvern Lord

HP Str Mag Skl Spd Lck Def Res
45% 60% 20% 60% 55% 20% 55% 20%


Max Stat Modifiers

Str Mag Skl Spd Luk Def Res
+1 -1 +1 0 -1 +1 -1

Class Sets

Standard Sets

Base Classes Promoted Classes

Special Classes

Base Classes Promoted Classes
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Overall

Secret Book (Artwork)
Subjective: The following part of this article is based upon the editor's personal experiences and opinions, and therefore may not be applicable for all readers.

As a prepromoted Malig Knight, Nichol is one of the strongest capturable units in the game. This is particularly true on Lunatic, where his minimum base stats tie or beat nearly all of Camilla's across the board while boasting superior weapon ranks and nearly identical growths. While he doesn't come with skills on Normal or Hard, he will come equipped with skills learned from Wyvern Rider on Lunatic.

Nichol is at his best in Birthright. The large number of Rout and Defeat Boss missions make mobility and access to 1-2 range weapons particularly valuable commodities, both of which Nichol possesses. While Nichol excels as a physical attacker, his magical capabilities should not be overlooked, despite his subpar Magic. He makes excellent use of the Bolt Axe, and can perform well with Tomes with a bit of investment. His high move and moderately high Defense allows him to engage groups of enemies sooner than most other units and survive reliably. For these reasons, Nichol makes a good replacement for Scarlet, although they're at their best when both of them are deployed. Nichol can also be obtained many chapters before recruiting Scarlet since Silas will already be in the party and can marry as soon as the Prison can be built.

Nichol is also a good unit in Conquest. Although the Wyvern Rider class is more easily available, there are still a large number of maps that are made much easier with more than one of them deployed. He can still make a good 1-2 range magical attacker, although he is much more reliant on the Bolt Axe than in Birthright. For this reason, the player may prefer to reclass him to Wyvern Lord to enhance his physical capabilities. While he is a good replacement for Camilla or Beruka if the player is unwilling to use them or they are incapacitated in battle, Nichol is still more than capable of pulling his weight with them deployed, due to the strength of the Wyvern Rider class set.

As a Malig Knight, Nichol's base class set is the Wyvern Rider. His other normal reclassing option is the Wyvern Lord class. Like all other capturable units, he can be reclassed into special classes if so desired.

It's worth noting that if Nichol is recruited early enough, he'll earn experience at a very slow rate due to his very high starting level, although this will gradually correct itself as the game progresses. This means that Nichol will likely be stuck with his base stats for a long period of time. This is more of an issue in Conquest, though Nichol's bases are high enough to function for a long time.

Overall, while not quite as dominant as his fellow Malig Knight Camilla, Nichol is still a great unit, regardless of the route.

Quotes

“What hope do any of you pathetic fools have against me? But you, friend, have an especially hopeful light in your eyes. Come closer. I'll be glad to extinguish it for you.”
—Nichol's pre-battle quote.
“So hope triumphed in the end? Not cruelty? It seems I backed the wrong horse. Alas, no turning back now...”
—Nichol's death quote
“I fear death above all things.”
—-Unused Nichol quote.

Defeated by Player/Enemy

"It was... inevitable."

Cut Content

Nichol seems to have originally been a recruitable unit with a larger role, but was scrapped and became a capturable unit instead. There are evidences that may prove that Nichol's role was indeed scrapped. For one, he, along with Candace (another capturable unit that could have been a cut unit as well) are the only two capturable bosses with critical/skill activation cut-in portraits, though they lack quotes for such. Another evidence being his voice clip played when he falls in battle which is said in a manner similar to how allied units are defeated, as well as being the only voice clip of his that plays. Most capturable bosses either have no defeat quotes or use multiple clips when fallen in battle (minus Haitaka and the bandit twins). Not only that, but he has many voice clips that were not used in the final release, with one of them mentioning his fear of death among most things. Additionally, his name is located among the names of male characters that can exclusively marry female Corrin. He also has a blushing graphic that was never used in the final game, which could have been used during his confession with Corrin and other events such as the Hot Spring.

Etymology

Nacht is the Dutch and German word for night.

Trivia

  • Nichol shares his Japanese voice actor, Kenji Hamada, with Azama in Fates including Gregor and Yen'fay from Awakening.
  • Nichol also shares his English voice actor, Walden James, with other characters in Fates such as: Subaki, Iago, Kotaro and Haitaka.
  • Nichol is one of the few capturable male bosses whose voice clips are not shared with other capturable bosses. Others include Senno, Haitaka, Lloyd, and Llewelyn. Haitaka, however, does share voice clips with two non-capturable Hoshidan bosses, Omozu and Kotaro, and Senno shares his voice clips with Kilma.
  • Nichol and Candace are the only paralogue bosses to use the theme Squirm in the Dark when they are fought like most Nohrian bosses in the main storyline (not counting the playable allies in the Conquest route). This is considered to be unusual, as paralogue bosses normally have the theme "Wild Outlaw" played when they are engaged in battle. This could be due to the fact that they are the only two paralogue bosses to have their countries listed, with that being Nohr, while most of the paralogue bosses are listed as scoundrels from remote regions.
  • Nichol along with Candace are the only capturable units that were eligible for votes in the Fire Emblem Heroes: Choose Your Legend poll.

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