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Nuibaba

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Nuibaba

FESoV Nuibaba.png
Artwork of Nuibaba from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.


An arcanist who serves the Duma Faithful.

Gender

Male (Gaiden)
Female (Shadows of Valentia)

Race

Unknown

Age

124

Family
  • Unnamed ex-lover (deceased)
  • Unnamed sister (deceased)
Nationality

Rigelian

Starting class

Arcanist (Gaiden)
Witch (Shadows of Valentia)

Voiced by

Appearance(s)

The specter of love ever draws fools such as you like butterflies to nectar. And yet, the real feast is yet to come...when I dine upon your souls!
— Nuibaba

Nuibaba (Japanese: ヌイババ Nuibaba) is a minor antagonist first appearing in Fire Emblem Gaiden, in which Nuibaba appears as an Arcanist who presides over Fear Mountain from his manor. Nuibaba presumably a high-ranking member of Duma's clergy, as he/she has Marla, Jedah's daughter, under his/her command to guard Fear Mountain. Nuibaba wields the powerful magic spell, Medusa, which she is said to have received in exchange for her soul.[1]

Nuibaba was redesigned significantly in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, now appearing as a female Witch. Additionally, Nuibaba is stated to sacrifice girls from all over Rigel to monsters in order to preserve her youth.[2]

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Role

Nuibaba appears somewhat early in Act 4; he holds Tatiana hostage to keep Zeke under the control of Jerome.

The Mage Ring in his inventory makes him a formidable opponent, as it greatly increases the range of his Medusa spell.

Stats

See also: Siege of Nuibaba's Abode
Portrait nuibaba fe02.png
Ma nes02 arcanist enemy.gif Arcanist
Level 10
Stats
Max HP 40 Luck 0
Magic 12 Defense 9
Skill 7 Resistance 8
Speed 8 Movement 4
Equipment Spells
Mage RingThis item is dropped upon this unit's defeat. Fortify
Medusa
Weapons
Sword Axe B. Magic
Lance Bow W. Magic

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Role

For Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, Nuibaba has been redesigned and is now a witch. She, like in Gaiden, holds Tatiana hostage to keep Zeke under Jerome's control.

Her role is expanded from Gaiden, she offers to perform sacrificial rituals and initiation rites for Berkut to obtain more power from Duma. She also gifts Berkut with a mirror containing potent magical power for him to use in a dire situation. Berkut rejects her offers though he does take the mirror; he later goes on to sacrifice Rinea of his own accord.

Stats

See also: Siege of Nuibaba's Abode

Normal Hard

Portrait nuibaba status fe15.png
Ma 3ds03 witch nuibaba enemy.gif Witch
Level 20
Stats
Max HP 37 Luck 0
Attack 20 Defense 10
Skill 17 Resistance 14
Speed 14 Movement 4
Item Skills
Mage RingThis item is dropped upon this unit's defeat. Medusa
Fortify
Recovery*
Sophisticate*
Weapons
Swords Lances Axes
Bows Black magic White magic Monster weapons

Personality

Before the events of the game Nuibaba lived happily with a man with whom she had fallen in love. Unfortunately she was set upon one night by brigands and sustained a deforming wound to her face. Her love began avoiding her in favor of Nuibaba's younger and prettier sister. Eventually, wishing to be rid of Nuibaba, the man and her sister lured her to a remote location in the woods and threw her off a cliff, intending to kill her; she survived this by making a contract with a spirit that had sensed her dying presence. After killing her former lover and sister she secluded herself and turned her focus to extending her lifespan and enhancing her beauty using maidens collected from the region.[3]

Nuibaba seems to favor using love to trick people; she used an illusion of Celica to draw Alm to her manor.

Quotes

Battle quotes

...Go forth, Medusa! Now is the time you must fulfill your contract with me!
— Nuibaba in Gaiden.
Come forth, Medusa! Honor the pact you’ve sworn to me!
— Nuibaba in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia, at the start of the battle.
Come close... Let me share with you death's embrace!
— Nuibaba in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Critical quotes

Now sleep!
— Nuibaba
*Giggles*
— Nuibaba
Excited yet?
— Nuibaba
I think not!
— Nuibaba

Death quotes

*gasp* No...
— Nuibaba's defeat voice clip in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.
I-I have erred...
— Nuibaba in Gaiden
Ahhh... It cannot be... I won't be...
— Nuibaba in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Flavor text

Game Text
(English)
Text
(Japanese)
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
An arcanist who serves the
Duma Faithful.
ドーマ教団の妖術師。

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round Placement Character Votes
CYL 3
(2019)
403
(−27)
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Nuibaba
Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
385
(+88)
CYL 4
(2020)
515
(+56)
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Nuibaba
Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
179
(−206)
CYL 5
(2021)
563
(+48)
Portrait nuibaba fe15 cyl.png
Nuibaba
Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
99
(−80)
CYL 6
(2022)
404
(−161)
Portrait nuibaba fe15 cyl.png
Nuibaba
Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
196
(+97)
CYL 7
(2023)
398
(−6)
Portrait nuibaba fe15 cyl.png
Nuibaba
Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
135
(−61)
CYL 8
(2024)
509
(+111)
Portrait nuibaba fe15 cyl.png
Nuibaba
Gaiden / Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
91
(−44)
Total results This character has 7 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls. 1,382

Trivia

  • The opening to the fight against Nuibaba is the only map in the entirety of Gaiden to have any sort of chapter narration.
  • While referred to with with the masculine Japanese pronoun かれ "he" in the original game, Nuibaba is female in the remake. This could be due to the "baba" portion of the character's name being construed as coming from the Japanese (meaning "old woman") and the character's association with the female monster, Medusa.
  • Despite Nuibaba's class being changed to witch, Nuibaba is still referred to as an arcanist outside of gameplay in Shadows of Valentia.
  • In Gaiden, Nuibaba shares his portrait, magic spells, and stats with Gharn. However, Nuibaba has a Mage Ring while Gharn does not.
  • Nuibaba's critical hits are purely cosmetic, as while she can land a critical hit on a low-dodge unit, her only offensive spell is Medusa, which uniquely deals the same amount of damage even if it crits; as much as needed to bring the target down to 1 HP, or 1 damage if the target is already at 1 HP.

Etymology and other languages

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

Nuibaba

Derived from the Taiwanese 𡶀, meaning "mountain", and the Japanese ("old woman").

Japanese

ヌイババ

Officially romanized as Nuibaba.

Spanish

Nuibaba

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French

Nuibaba

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German

Nuibaba

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Italian

Nuibaba

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Dutch

Nuibaba

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Portuguese

Nuibaba

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

Korean

누이바바

Nuibaba

Simplified Chinese

奴伊巴巴

Nuibaba

Traditional Chinese

魯伊巴巴

Nuibaba

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Portrait nuibaba fe02.png Arcanist
Bs fe02 enemy nuibaba arcanist magic.png
Black magic

References

  1. "By offering up her soul, she had purchased the very darkest of sortilege; a single word from her lips was enough to snuff out life itself." — Pre-map narration, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
  2. "Nuibaba gathered young and comely girls from all across Rigel. She made sacrifices of them—fed them to monsters to preserve her own youth." — Cleric in Nuibaba's Abode, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
  3. "A witch of the Duma Faithful. She is contractually bound to Medusa. She resides in a hall upon Fear Mountain and torments the locals in her vicinity alongside Jerome of Rigel. She became a witch not out of swearing oath to Duma, but by her own means simply to be beautiful and able to use dark spells. She seeks to preserve her youth by sacrificing beautiful young maidens from all across Rigel. There was once a time where she was a pretty young girl who lived happily with the man she loved. However, one night she was attacked by bandits who left a hideous wound on her face. The man started to avoid Nuibaba in favor for her prettier younger sister. Growing tired of Nuibaba’s presence, the man and the younger sister schemed and lured Nuibaba deep into the woods. There, they pushed her off a cliff. As Nuibaba lay on the brink of death, a ghastly apparition appeared before her –attracted to the scent of death. She formed a contract with it and found herself restored with the promise of a longer life. After taking revenge upon the man and sister who had backstabbed her, she secluded herself to the woods where she became obsessed with power and beauty, eventually becoming a witch. That lust for power drew her attention to Alm’s brand which would grant her both eternal youth and life. Despite her plan to stir up Berkut’s fiery spirit against Alm, he was defeated. After that, she tried to lure Alm to her abode by using a phantom of Celica, but he managed to break through that plan too." — XKAN, FE SoV: Valentia Accordion Page 115: Dolth & Nuibaba Profile Translations, Kantopia, Published: April 5 2018, Retrieved: April 5 2018
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Playable characters AlmAtlasBoeyCatriaCelicaClairCliveDeenDeltheaEstForsythGennyGrayJesseKamuiKliffLeonLukasLuthierMaeMathildaMycenNomahPallaPythonSaberSilqueSonyaTatianaTobinValbarZeke
Non-playable characters HalcyonIrmaMassena
Bosses BarthBlakeDeenDeltheaDesaixDolthDumaGarciaGarthGazelleGharnGriethHestiaJamilJedahJeromeLawsonMagnusMarlaMikhailMuellerNuibabaRudolfShizasSlaydeSonyaTatarrahWolffXaizorZaksonZeke
Background characters Lima IVLipricaMila
Personal weapons FalchionRoyal Sword
Acts and Battles Act 1 1: Ram Woods Battle • 2: Fleecer's Forest Battle • 3: Thieves' Shrine • 4: Storming of Ram Valley • 5: Attack on the Southern Outpost • 6: First Battle of Southern Zofia • 7: Second Battle of Southern Zofia • 8: Deliverance Hideout • 9: Liberation of Zofia Castle
Act 2 1: Skirmish • 2: First Pirate Raid • 3: Second Pirate Raid • 4: Assault on the Pirate Throne • 5: Third Pirate Raid • 6: Beast Hunt • 7: Seabound Shrine • 8: Fourth Pirate Raid • 9: Fifth Pirate Raid
Act 3 Alm 1: Northern Zofia Battle • 2: First Battle of Zofia Forest • 3: Forest Crossroads Battle • 4: Siege of Desaix's Fortress • 5: Second Battle of Zofia Forest • 6: Sylvan Shrine • 7: Forest Northside Battle • 8: Retaking of the Sluice Gate
Celica 1: Zofian Coast Battle • 2: Skirmish • 3: Attack on the Desert Stronghold • 4N: Northern Desert Battle • 4S: Southern Desert Battle • 5: Attack on Grieth's Citadel • 6: Storming of the Valley Approach • 7: Dragon Shrine • 8: Liberation of the Temple of Mila
Act 4 Alm 1: Border Battle • 2: Rigel Forest Battle • 3: Fear Mountain Battle • 4: Fear Mountain Shrine • 5: Siege of Nuibaba's Abode • 6: Rigel Plains Battle • 7: Fight at the Dragon's Maw • 8: Rigel Falls Battle • 9: Secret Shrine • 10: Attack on the Last Bastion • 11: Attack on Rigel Castle
Celica 1: Dead Man's Mire Battle • 2: Skirmish • 3: Attack on Dolth Keep • 4: Lost Treescape • 5: Storming of Duma Gate • 6: The Swamps of Duma Battle • 7: Duma Tower
Act 5 1: Duma Temple • 2: The Final Battle
Locations ValentiaMila ShrinesNovisRigel (Fear Mountain ShrineLost TreescapeDuma Tower) • Zofia (Ram)
Groups, objects and concepts DeliveranceMonsters
Lists ActsCharactersClasses (Class change) • ItemsScriptsWeapons
Related topics Manga adaptationName chart • Other games (Shadow Dragon & the Blade of LightAwakeningEchoes: Shadows of Valentia) • Sound Test ModeTimelineUnused contentWorld map
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Celica's Party AtlasBoeyCatriaCelicaConradDeenEstFayeGennyJesseKamuiKliffLeonMaeNomahPallaSaberSonyaValbar
DLC EmmaRandalShadeYuzu
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Acts and Battles Prologue Alm and Celica
Act 1 1: Ram Woods Battle • 2: Fleecer's Forest Battle • 3: Thieves' Shrine • 4: Storming of Ram Valley • 5: Attack on the Southern Outpost • 6: First Battle of Southern Zofia • 7: Second Battle of Southern Zofia • 8: Deliverance Hideout • 9: Liberation of Zofia Castle
Act 2 1: Skirmish • 2: First Pirate Raid • 3: Second Pirate Raid • 4: Assault on the Pirate Throne • 5: Third Pirate Raid • 6: Beast Hunt • 7: Seabound Shrine • 8: Fourth Pirate Raid • 9: Fifth Pirate Raid • 10: Zofia Castle Battle
Act 3 Alm 1: Northern Zofia Battle • 2: First Battle of Zofia Forest • 3: Forest Crossroads Battle • 4: Siege of Desaix's Fortress • 5: Second Battle of Zofia Forest • 6: Sylvan Shrine • 7: Forest Northside Battle • 8: Retaking of the Sluice Gate
Celica 1: Zofian Coast Battle • 2: Skirmish • 3: Attack on the Desert Stronghold • 4N: Northern Desert Battle • 4S: Southern Desert Battle • 5: Attack on Grieth's Citadel • 6: Storming of the Valley Approach • 7: Dragon Shrine • 8: Liberation of the Temple of Mila
Act 4 Alm 1: Border Battle • 2: Rigel Forest Battle • 3: Fear Mountain Battle • 4: Fear Mountain Shrine • 5: Siege of Nuibaba's Abode • 6: Rigel Plains Battle • 7: Fight at the Dragon's Maw • 8: Rigel Falls Battle • 9: Secret Shrine • 10: Attack on the Last Bastion • 11: Attack on Rigel Castle
Celica 1: Dead Man's Mire Battle • 2: Skirmish • 3: Attack on Dolth Keep • 4: Lost Treescape • 5: Storming of Duma Gate • 6: The Swamps of Duma Battle • 7: Duma Tower
Act 5 1: Duma Temple • 2: The Final Battle
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