Neimi (Japanese:ネイミーNeimi) is a character ofFire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. She is the childhood friend ofColm and hails from the village of Lark.

Biography

Neimi grew up in the Renais village ofLark, being the daughter of a cleric of the highest order.^[2] When she was young, her mother died from illness,^[2] leaving her in the care of her grandfather, the renowned hunterZethla.^[1] From a young age, she was taught how to use a bow and hunt alongside her grandfather,^[3] learning how to properly maintain her bow^[4] as well as how to discern objects from great distances,^[5] eventually receiving her grandfather's old archery gauntlet as a keepsake, which she resized for her own usage.^[6] During one of these hunts, she found a fox kit and took him in as a cherished pet.^[7] She also formed a friendship withColm, who would often help her out whenever she was in need and continued to look after her when her grandfather passed away.^[8]

WhenGrado invadedRenais, the knights of Renais were no longer able to fend off bandits for the citizenry;^[9] due to this, Bazba's Bandits were able to attack the village of Lark, razing it to the ground and killing its inhabitants.^[10] Although Neimi and Colm were able to escape, Neimi was distressed to find that she had lost her hand mirror, a keepsake from her mother.^[11] Despite Neimi's protests, Colm went to steal it back from the bandits,^[12] leading Neimi to seek out the help of others to keep him safe. She eventually foundEirika and her army, believing them to be mercenaries, and tearfully pleaded with them to help her, offering her assistance with a bow in return. Once the bandit's lair had been cleared out and the two friends had been reunited, they joined the traveling group upon Colm's request, having nowhere to return to otherwise. Neimi continued to fight alongside the Renais army during their campaign against Grado and, eventually, the Demon King, fastening her hand mirror to a leather strap so as to not lose it again.^[2]

After the war, Neimi returned to Lark, either marrying Colm and raising two children alongside him,^[13] or living out a few years in quiet before moving to the capital of Renais to become an archery instructor for the military.^[14]

Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Role

Neimi is a playable character. She joins automatically on turn 1 ofChapter 3, and can be used to recruitColm by talking to him in the same chapter. On Easy Mode, she is used as the tutorial forranged weapons andsupport relationships. Additionally, on Easy Mode, she offers to use theballistae inChapter 7 if she is deployed.

Starting stats and growth rates

Archer Level 1 Affinity

Recruitment:Chapter 3, automatically on turn 1 StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 17 Luck 4 Strength 4 Defense 3 Skill 5 Resistance 2 Speed 6 Constitution 5 Movement 5 Aid 4 Max HP 55% Luck 50% Strength 45% Defense 15% Skill 50% Resistance 35% Speed 60% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Iron Bow Vulnerary Weapon Levels -- -- -- D -- -- -- --

Promotion stat gains

Class	HP	Str	Skill	Spd	Lck	Def	Res	Con	Mov	Skills	Weapon level
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

Neimi, as typical of a GBA-eraArcher, 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 levelBows at base, but with theSteel Bow's rarity early on and weight, she is effectively locked toIron 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 theLords, Neimi has two promotion options, but for her there is not much of a choice, asRanger is a much better choice for her thanSniper. Ranger gives her more movement,Canto, and access toSwords, allowing her to counter on enemy phase (albeit only at 1 range). Sniper does haveSure 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 unless the player gives her a decent amount of training.

Fire Emblem Heroes

Main article:Neimi/Heroes

There is one variation of Neimi available inHeroes.

Personality

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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. Neimi is respectful to others, shown in her conversations.

Neimi is hinted to have romantic feelings for Colm. 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.

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

Battle quotes

Heroes quotes

Main article:Neimi/Quotes (Heroes)

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Neimi is featured on two cards inFire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Neimi
	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, seetheir TCG wiki article on Neimi .

Flavor text

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 theMay 31, 2004 build ofFire 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 toDorothy fromFire Emblem: The Binding Blade, Neimi's battle sprites show her wearing a skirt despite not wearing one.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Archer Sniper Ranger Bow Bow Sword Bow

Official artwork

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  Artwork of Neimi fromThe Sacred Stones.

Battle animations

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  Neimi attacking with abow as anArcher inThe Sacred Stones.
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  Neimi performing acritical hit with a bow as an Archer inThe Sacred Stones.
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  Neimi attacking with a bow as aSniper inThe Sacred Stones.
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  Neimi performing a critical hit with a bow as a Sniper inThe Sacred Stones.

Portraits

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  Portrait ofTethys fromThe Sacred Stones prototype, which closely resembles Neimi.

Heroes artwork

Character artwork

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  Artwork of Neimi: Tearful Archer.
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  Artwork of Neimi: Tearful Archer.
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  Artwork of Neimi: Tearful Archer.
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  Artwork of Neimi: Tearful Archer.

Meet some of the Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Neimi: Tearful Archer.
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  Artwork of Neimi: Tearful Archer.
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  Artwork of Neimi: Tearful Archer.
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  Artwork of Neimi: Tearful Archer.
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  Neimi in artwork ofColm: Capable Thief.
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  Neimi in artwork of Colm: Capable Thief.
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  Neimi in artwork ofSyrene: Graceful Rider.

Other artwork

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  Artwork featuring Neimi released on the seventh day ofChoose Your Legends:Round 8.

Cipher artwork

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  Artwork of Neimi.
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  Artwork of Neimi.
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  Commemorative artwork featuring Neimi.

References

This article is part ofProject Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in theFire Emblem series.