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Neimi
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“ | Oh! Sniff... Why are you always so mean? Waaa! | ” | — Neimi |
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Neimi (Japanese: ネイミー Neimi) is a character of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. She is the childhood friend of Colm and hails from the village of Lark, which was destroyed at a time close to the start of Chapter 3. She starts as an Archer and can promote to either the Ranger class or the Sniper class.
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
Role
In the beginning of Chapter 3, Neimi approaches Eirika and Seth as the two discuss the state of Renais. She mistakes their army for a band of mercenaries, and tearfully requests help. She explains that she was from a village called Lark, which was burned down by Bazba's Bandits. The citizens were all killed except for her and Colm, who escaped just in time. Colm went to steal back something the bandits had stolen from Neimi, and she asks Eirika to help him, as she believes it is too dangerous.
Neimi then joins the army as an archer and stays for the rest of the game.
Starting stats and growth rates
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Promotion stat gains
Class | HP | Str | Skill | Spd | Lck | Def | Res | Con | Mov | Skills | Weapon level |
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Sniper | +4 | +3 | +1 | +1 | +0 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | Sure Strike | +40 |
Ranger | +2 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +0 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +2 | -- | D |
Analysis
This character analysis section may not be accurate to every player's experience. |
Neimi, as typical of a GBA-era Archer, has bad base stats. Her offensive growths are great, but her bow lock limits her experience gain. Her defenses are consistently bad, and when combined with her inability to counter at 1 range, she has a horrible enemy phase performance. She can only use D level Bows at base, but with the Steel Bow's rarity early on and weight, she is effectively locked to Iron Bows for quite a while, further compounding her poor offense. She does have a quick Colm support to boost her offensive parameters, but this does not completely alleviate her issues (especially her speed), and it only helps when Colm can be near her and is deployed.
Neimi is the only user of the Orion's Bolt. While it does sell for a hefty price, Neimi is still the only unit who can use it, thus meaning she has no competition for it. She is also one of only two units who will always wield bows, with Innes being the other. However, Innes requires significantly less investment than Neimi, and his base A-rank in bows means that he has better access to strong bows than her. Neimi will become stronger than him, but bow users are not in high demand, and Innes is usually good enough.
As with all unpromoted units that are not the Lords, Neimi has two promotion options, but for her there is not much of a choice, as Ranger is a much better choice for her than Sniper. Ranger gives her more movement, Canto, and access to Swords, allowing her to counter on enemy phase (albeit only at 1 range). Sniper does have Sure Strike, but it rarely makes a difference because she rarely has accuracy issues, and even when she faces shaky hit rates it has too low of an activation rate to be useful unless she is of a high level. Sniper does have higher strength and gives a better boost to her bow rank, and Ranger does possess a weakness to horse slaying weapons and cannot use ballistae, but these advantages are not as significant as Ranger's advantages.
Overall, due to her lack of 1-2 range–or even 1 range when she is not a Ranger–as well as poor base stats and poor defense, Neimi is generally not great.
Fire Emblem Heroes
Role
Neimi is one of the characters added to the game in the Calling of Blood update, and became available for summoning by players on January 7, 2022. Only one variation of Neimi is currently available in Heroes, based on her The Sacred Stones incarnation.
Neimi: Tearful Archer
Starting stats
- Neimi: Tearful Archer is only available at 5★ rarity.
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Initial Stats Level 40 Stats
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Skill set
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Skill | Unlock | Auto-unlock | SP cost | |
Iron Bow | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | 50 | |
Steel Bow | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | 100 | |
Silver Bow | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | 200 | |
Rapid-Crier Bow | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | 400 | |
New Moon | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | 100 | |
Moonbow | ★★★★★ | — | 200 | |
A | Spd/Res Bond 1 | ★★★★★ | — | 60 |
A | Spd/Res Bond 2 | ★★★★★ | — | 120 |
A | Spd/Res Bond 3 | ★★★★★ | — | 240 |
A | Spd/Res Bond 4 | ★★★★★ | — | 300 |
C | Spur Res 1 | ★★★★★ | — | 50 |
C | Drive Res 1 | ★★★★★ | — | 120 |
C | Drive Res 2 | ★★★★★ | — | 240 |
C | Joint Drive Res | ★★★★★ | — | 300 |
Personality
Neimi is very sensitive and cries very often and very easily, especially when in just slight distress and when talking to Colm, who is quite harsh with her. She is originally from a village called Lark, which was burnt down by Bazba's Bandits, the citizens killed and their home destroyed. After the chapter ends, the two both join Eirika's army. Neimi is respectful to others, shown in her conversations.
Neimi seems to have romantic feelings for Colm, hinted at in support conversations. The two have known each other since childhood, and the two have an ending in which they are married and have two children. She carries around a mirror that was originally her mother's, shown in her support conversations with Artur.
Her late grandfather Zethla was a legendary archer, known as "Single-Shot Zethla". According to Garcia, he never joined Renais's army, but the two did meet once.
Supports
- Main article:
Neimi/Supports
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Endings
Neimi, the Tearful Archer
She returned to her village and passed her days in peace and quiet. Years later, she traveled to the capital of Renais as an archery instructor for their military. She never could resist a good cry.
Colm and Neimi
The childhood friends became lovers first, then husband and wife. Worried for Neimi's well-being, Colm gave up his adventurer's ways. Neimi passed on her grandfather's skill in archery to her own son and daughter.
Quotes
Death quote
“ | You were right, Colm... I am a klutz. Sorry... | ” | — Death quote |
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Battle quotes
“ | I'm starting to wonder if I really should be here... | ” | — Neimi in the final chapter |
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Heroes quotes
- Main article:
Neimi/Quotes (Heroes)
Other appearances
Fire Emblem Cipher
Neimi is featured on two cards in Fire Emblem Cipher.
Fire Emblem Cipher data for Neimi | |||||
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Tearful Sniper, Neimi | |||||
"I'm sure I can help you if you'll let me... I'll keep you safe." | |||||
Attack: 50 | Support: 20 | Range: 2 | Deploy Cost: 3 | ||
Class: Sniper | Tier: Advanced | Class Change Cost: 2 | |||
Marksman's Granddaughter: [Trigger] [Once per turn] When you deploy another ally, this turn, this unit gains +10 attack. Wingbane: [Always] While this unit is attacking a enemy, this unit gains +30 attack. Sniper's Preparedness: [Support] [] You may pay this skill's cost, and if you do: Add this card to your hand instead of sending it to the Retreat Area after the battle. | |||||
Card #B11-013R • Artist: Kokon Konfuzi | |||||
Teary-Eyed Bow Girl, Neimi | |||||
"Uh... Hello? P-p-please, you have to help him. You have to!" | |||||
Attack: 30 | Support: 20 | Range: 2 | Deploy Cost: 1 | ||
Class: Archer | Tier: Base | Class Change Cost: -- | |||
Tearful Plea: [Activate] [Once per turn] [] Move another ally. Wingbane: [Always] While this unit is attacking a enemy, this unit gains +30 attack. Cover Emblem: [Support] After this battle, you may move your attacking unit. | |||||
Card #B11-014N • Artist: Kokon Konfuzi | |||||
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, see their TCG wiki article on Neimi . |
Flavor text
Game | Text (English) |
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The Sacred Stones | A childhood friend of Colm who
hails from Renais. She cries a lot. |
ルネス王国のラクの村出身
コーマとは幼なじみの泣き虫 |
Heroes | A hunter from Lark, a village in Renais. Joins the
Renais military after bandits burn her hometown to the ground in the midst of war's chaos. Appears in Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. |
ルネス王国ラクの村出身の狩人。
戦乱の中で故郷を山賊に焼かれ、ルネス軍に加わる。 (登場:『ファイアーエムブレム 聖魔の光石』) |
Meet some of the Heroes entries
Choose Your Legends placement history
Round | Placement | Character | Votes |
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CYL 1 (2017) |
240 | Neimi The Sacred Stones |
999 |
CYL 2 (2018) |
289 (+49) |
Neimi The Sacred Stones |
763 (−236) |
CYL 3 (2019) |
282 (+2) |
Neimi The Sacred Stones |
781 (+18) |
CYL 4 (2020) |
289 (−11) |
Neimi The Sacred Stones |
511 (−270) |
CYL 5 (2021) |
251 (−38) |
Neimi The Sacred Stones |
390 (−121) |
CYL 6 (2022) |
497 (+245) |
Neimi The Sacred Stones |
137 (−253) |
CYL 7 (2023) |
518 (+21) |
Neimi The Sacred Stones |
89 (−48) |
CYL 8 (2024) |
537 (+19) |
Neimi The Sacred Stones |
83 (−6) |
Total results | This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls. | 3,753 |
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Trivia
- There is a typo in Neimi and Gilliam's A Support. Neimi talks about Cormag when instead she should be referring to Colm. This error was caused due to Cormag being written similar to "Coma", which is Colm's Japanese name.
- In the May 31, 2004 build of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Neimi was named メアリ Mary. A relic of this is that her character palettes are labeled "mer" in the game data.
- Similar to Dorothy from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, Neimi's battle sprites show her wearing a skirt despite not wearing one.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology, and in other regions | ||
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Language | Name | Definition, etymology, and notes |
English |
Neimi |
Probably comes from the female name "Nemi"; however, this does not appear to have any significant meaning as a name. |
Japanese |
ネイミー |
Officially romanized as Neimi. |
Spanish |
Neimi |
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French |
Neimi |
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German |
Neimi |
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Italian |
Neimi |
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Portuguese (Brazil) |
Neimi |
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Traditional Chinese |
奈彌 |
Neimi |
Gallery
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Official artwork
Artwork of Neimi from The Sacred Stones.
Portrait of Tethys from The Sacred Stones prototype, which closely resembles Neimi.
Battle animations
Neimi attacking with a bow as an Archer in The Sacred Stones.
Neimi performing a critical hit with a bow as an Archer in The Sacred Stones.
Neimi attacking with a bow as a Sniper in The Sacred Stones.
Heroes artwork
Character artwork
Meet some of the Heroes artwork
Neimi in an artwork of Colm: Capable Thief.
References
This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series. |
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