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Nichol

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Nichol

Portrait nichol fe14.png
Artwork of Nichol from Fire Emblem Fates.


An apathetic Nohrian soldier with a fierce will to survive at any cost.

Gender

Male

Race

Human

Nationality

Nohrian

Starting class

Malig Knight

Voiced by

Appearance(s)

Fire Emblem Fates

Heh. Sing like that again, and I might just let my comrade pluck out your tongue. Then again, my band of malevolent brothers is in dire need of amusement. So carry on. Scream your heart out. Top of your lungs now...
— Nichol, threatening a villager to pay a toll.

Nichol (Japanese: ナハト Nacht) is a character in Fire Emblem Fates. A Nohrian leader of a band of thieves, he serves as the boss of Sophie's paralogue. Nichol can be captured, and thus recruited, in all three routes of Fates. Like all other captureable bosses, Nichol has no supports or Private Quarters interactions.

Fire Emblem Fates

Role


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Starting stats and growth rates

Stats with two figures separated by a ~ are presented as a range. The figures to the left of the ~ are taken from a Chapter 8 playthrough, the earliest possible point where this chapter may be undertaken in the Birthright and Conquest campaigns; the figures to the right of the ~ are taken from a Chapter 23 playthrough, the point where this boss hits level 20 and stops scaling from there.

Normal Hard Lunatic

Small portrait nichol fe14.png
Ma 3ds02 malig knight nichol playable.gif Malig Knight
Level 5~20
Movement 8
Recruitment: Bold Approach, persuade or bribe in the prison after Orochi or Niles captures him

Stats Growths Mods Pair Up

Max HP 33~44 Speed 13~18
Strength 17~25 Luck 11~13
Magic 8~16 Defense 16~23
Skill 13~19 Resistance 13~20
Inventory Skills
Silver Axe*
Thunder*
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Weapon Levels
Swords/Katanas -- Lances/Naginata -- Axes/Clubs B Bows/Yumi --
Tomes/Scrolls C Staves/Rods -- Daggers/Shuriken -- Dragonstones --

Reclassing options

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Nichol
Base classes:*
Wyvern Rider Wyvern Lord
Malig Knight
Reclass options:
See reclass for more details on the reclassing system.

Growth rates when reclassed

Class HP Str Mag Skill Spd Lck Def Res
Wyvern Lord 45% 60% 20% 60% 55% 20% 55% 20%

Skill set

Skill set
Skill Learned at
Is 3ds02 strength +2.png Strength +2 Starting from level 6. Innate in Lunatic mode.
Is 3ds02 lunge.png Lunge Starting from level 7. Innate in Lunatic mode.
Is 3ds02 savage blow.png Savage Blow Malig Knight, starting from level 8
(From level 6 on Lunatic)
Is 3ds02 trample.png Trample Malig Knight, starting from level 15
Is 3ds02 rally defense.png Rally Defense Wyvern Lord, starting from level 8
(From level 6 on Lunatic)
Is 3ds02 swordbreaker.png Swordbreaker Wyvern Lord, starting from level 15
The above skill list does not include skills obtained via DLC.

Personality


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Quotes

Battle quote

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 battle quote in Paralogue 5

Death quote

It was... inevitable.
— Nichol's defeated 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

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Fates
An apathetic Nohrian soldier with a fierce
will to survive at any cost.
暗夜王国の兵士。あらゆることに無気力だが、
生きることへの執着だけは人一倍強い。

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round Placement Character Votes
CYL 1
(2017)
460 Portrait nichol fe14 cyl.png
Nichol
Fates
271
CYL 2
(2018)
628
(+168)
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Nichol
Fates
109
(−162)
CYL 3
(2019)
571
(+4)
Portrait nichol fe14 cyl.png
Nichol
Fates
122
(+13)
CYL 4
(2020)
690
(+44)
Portrait nichol fe14 cyl.png
Nichol
Fates
53
(−69)
CYL 5
(2021)
638
(−52)
Portrait nichol fe14 cyl.png
Nichol
Fates
67
(+14)
CYL 6
(2022)
524
(−116)
Portrait nichol fe14 cyl.png
Nichol
Fates
124
(+57)
CYL 7
(2023)
581
(+57)
Portrait nichol fe14 cyl.png
Nichol
Fates
69
(−55)
CYL 8
(2024)
550
(−31)
Portrait nichol fe14 cyl.png
Nichol
Fates
79
(+10)
Total results This character has 8 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls. 894

Trivia

  • Nichol possesses a critical cut-in portrait, a trait shared with Candace, and lacked by bosses that could be considered much more significant, like Iago and Hans. Additionally, his name is located among the names of characters that can exclusively marry Corrin[2] suggesting he had a more significant role before becoming a paralogue boss.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language Name Definition, etymology, and notes
English

Nichol

Variant of Nicholas, a name of Greek origin meaning "victory for the people" made popular by Saint Nicholas.

Japanese

ナハト

Romanized in the internal game files as Nacht. Nacht is German, Dutch, and West Frisian for "night".

Spanish

Nichol

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French

Nichol

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German

Nichol

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Italian

Nichol

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Portuguese

Nichol

Used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Fire Emblem Heroes.

Traditional Chinese

拿赫特

Nacht; used in the Choose Your Legends polls for Heroes.

Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nichol Voice - Fire Emblem: Fates (Video Game), Behind the Voice Actors, Retrieved: October 20, 2016
  2. "It's likely Nichol and Candace were going to playable characters and not just capturable bosses. Both of their names appear near the start of the character list alongside the other Avatar-only-supporters. In addition, they have critical cut-ins and Twitter avatars." — VincentASM, Interesting Unused Content & Trivia in Fates, Serenesforest.net, Published: March 5th, 2016, Retrieved: September 1st, 2016
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