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|appearances=* {{title|The Sacred Stones}}

'''Neimi''' (Japanese: {{hover|ネイミー|Neimī}} ''Neimi'') is a character of {{FE8}}. 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.

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.  

|portrait=[[File:portrait_neimi_fe08.png]]

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|HP=17

|recruit=[[The Bandits of Borgo|Chapter 3]], automatically on turn 1.}}

Neimi, at first, is just the standard GBA-era [[Archer]], which means she overall performs in a mediocre fashion. Her offensive growths are fantastic, but her starting stats leave a lot to be desired, and she cannot counter at close range, which are most enemies. She is the only bow user for the entire early game and all of [[Ephraim]]'s route (assuming [[Garcia (The Sacred Stones)|Garcia]], [[Ross]], and [[Gerik]] do not promote into their bow-wielding classes, [[Warrior]] and Ranger), as well as the only user of the Orion's Bolt. While it does sell for a hefty price, Neimi is still the only unit who needs it, thus meaning she has no competition for it. She can use ballistae, but this is only available in a few chapters, so it doesn't help her much. She can only use D level [[Bow]]s at base, but considering the [[Steel Bow]]'s rarity and weight early on, she is effectively locked to [[Iron Bow]]s for quite a while. In [[Eirika]]'s route, [[Innes]] comes earlier and, unless Neimi has been trained diligently or has gotten extremely lucky, will have comparable or even superior statistics. Doubling enemies is a bit of a hurdle early on, but she quickly grows out of it. Her defenses are very bad, and when put in conjunction with how she cannot counter, this gives her a horrible early enemy phase performance.

With [[Colm]], however, Neimi can truly shine. Their supports boost each other's offences in a significant way, and grow quickly: thus, with Colm around, Neimi's initially mediocre early performance becomes good, and even great, much sooner. This is what sets her apart from the other Game Boy Advance-era Archers. She has other support partners, but none of them grow as quickly. [[Amelia]] probably has the best one as it comes the "quickest" of them all while also making her sturdier and giving her even better critical, while Garcia, [[Artur]] and [[Gilliam]] boost her power and durability as well. Neimi can instantly get a C Support with Colm after recruitment, which is not much, but does make quite the difference in how she performs. She also can deal with flying enemies easily, as ''The Sacred Stones'' restores the [[bonus damage]] coefficient to x3 might, making her pivotal against [[Wyvern Rider]]s, [[Pegasus Knight]]s, and [[Gargoyle]]s.

As with all unpromoted units that are not the [[Lord]]s, Neimi has two promotion options, but for her there is not really much of a choice. Her skill is high enough that [[Sure Strike]] rarely, if ever, makes a difference, and when paired with the lack of a critical hit bonus and the situational status of ballistae, there is no real decision to make. [[Sniper]] is just about totally inferior to [[Ranger]], which gives her more movement, [[Canto]], and access to [[Sword]]s. The only significant advantage Sniper has over Ranger is that 1 extra point of Strength, and arguably tying Neimi and Colm's movement (though the [[Boots|Swiftsoles]] can do that for Colm already). The extra constitution makes it harder for her to be rescued or rescue due to her newfound horse, and gives her a weakness to horse slaying weapons, but she will almost never have to fight those and it gives her more to work with when it comes to Swords, only losing a little bit of speed from even some of the heavier ones and making her faster with Bows, too.

If trained, Neimi will almost always be the standout candidate for [[Nidhogg]], overshining Innes in most attributes, especially if she is a Ranger and not a Sniper. However, she heavily relies on Colm to do well, and without him she is nothing special, as the gap eventually opens very far wide and her weaker performance becomes noticeable.

==Personality and character==

|portrait=[[File:portrait_neimi_fe08.png]]

|port1=[[File:small_portrait_colm_fe08.png]]

|port2=[[File:small_portrait_garcia_fe08.png]]

|port3=[[File:small_portrait_amelia_fe08.png]]

|port4=[[File:small_portrait_artur_fe08.png]]

|port5=[[File:small_portrait_gilliam_fe08.png]]

{{quote|You were right, Colm... I am a klutz. Sorry|Death quote}}

{{quote|I’m starting to wonder if I really should be here...|Neimi in the [[Sacred Stone (part 2)|final chapter]]}}

Neimi is currently featured on two cards in {{TCGCipher}}.

|skill1='''Marksman's Granddaughter:''' {{CipherTrigger}} {{CipherOncePerTurn}} When you deploy another [[File:Ic TCGCipher Elibe.png|20px|Elibe]] ally, this turn, this unit gains +10 attack.<br>'''Wingbane:''' {{CipherAlways}} While this unit is attacking a [[File:It TCGCipher Fly.png|20px|Flight]] enemy, this unit gains +30 attack.<br>[[File:Is TCGCipher Attack.png|20px]] '''Sniper's Preparedness:''' {{CipherSupport}} {{CipherFlipOne}} 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.

|skill2='''Tearful Plea:''' {{CipherActivate}} {{CipherOncePerTurn}} {{CipherTap}} Move another [[File:Ic TCGCipher Elibe.png|20px|Elibe]] ally.<br>'''Wingbane:''' {{CipherAlways}} While this unit is attacking a [[File:It TCGCipher Fly.png|20px|Flight]] enemy, this unit gains +30 attack.<br>[[File:Is TCGCipher Attack.png|20px]] '''Cover Emblem:''' {{CipherSupport}} After this battle, you may move your attacking unit.

|jap-name=• {{hover|ネイミー|Neimī}}<br>• {{hover|メアリ|Meari}}

|jap-mean=• Officially romanized as '''Neimi'''.<br>• '''Mary''', known by this name in {{title|The Sacred Stones prototype}}, but not in any officially released materials.

|ital-mean=As above.

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| style="border-left: 1px solid {{Color2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid {{Color2}}" align="center" colspan="1" | [[Archer]]

| style="border-left: 1px solid {{Color2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid {{Color2}}" align="center" colspan="1" | [[Sniper]]

| style="border-left: 1px solid {{Color2}}; border-bottom: 1px solid {{Color2}}" align="center" colspan="2" | [[Ranger]]

| style="border-left: 1px solid {{Color2}}" align="center" | [[File:Bs fe08 neimi archer bow.png]]<br>[[Bow]]

| style="border-left: 1px solid {{Color2}}" align="center" | [[File:Bs fe08 neimi sniper bow.png]]<br>[[Bow]]

| style="border-left: 1px solid {{Color2}}" align="center" | [[File:Bs fe08 neimi ranger bow.png]]<br>[[Bow]]

| align="center" | [[File:Bs fe08 neimi ranger sword.png]]<br>[[Sword]]

FESS Neimi.png|Artwork of Neimi from {{FE8}}.

Ba fe08 neimi archer bow.gif|Neimi attacking as an [[Archer]].

Ba fe08 neimi archer bow critical.gif|Neimi performing a [[critical hit]] as an [[Archer]].

Ba fe08 neimi sniper bow.gif|Neimi attacking as a [[Sniper]].

Ba fe08 neimi sniper bow critical.gif|Neimi performing a [[critical hit]] as a [[Sniper]].