

In turn, this also causes the Replicant to suffer from something called the Black Scrawl, which is basically a technical malfunction sparked by a Gestalt’s relapse. A relapse can also occur when a Replicant becomes more self-aware, leading to a loss of control for the Gestalt, causing them to become Shades and start attacking Replicants themselves. The Gestalt relapse is a phenomenon that can happen due to defects in the Gestalt transformation process, which is what happened with Yonah and the other survivors. However, the Replicants started to become self-aware, and that’s where problems started. Gestalt Nier, on the other hand, went on to help the organization with stabilizing other Gestalts and keeping them from relapsing. The Project Gestalt scientists then put Gestalt Yonah into hibernation and kept her there until the threat of the disease had passed, and she could be put back into her Replicant body. After fending off the Shades, we find out that Yonah had interacted with Grimoire Noir as well, causing her to start to relapse.
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Unlike the other survivors, Nier was able to retain his sanity and free will even while using Grimoire Noir, making him an original Gestalt in the eyes of the scientists. These relapsed Gestalts (later known as Shades) cornered them, and Nier had no choice but to use Grimoire Noir to fight them off. Nier and Yonah escaped and took refuge in an abandoned supermarket. Upon interacting with their copies of Grimoire Noir, many of the survivors turned into relapsed Gestalts that had no control over their own minds. However, the charity organization turned out to be a government science experiment to find the “original Gestalt.” To that end, the organization handed out books called Grimoire Noir to the survivors, which would allow them to wield magical powers. There were a few other survivors with them as well. Yonah was suffering from the disease, and Nier came to this center hoping to get some food and medicine for her. At long last, the Flower is vanquished.Ī little before the Legion’s defeat, however, a man (whom we’ll refer to as Nier) and his daughter Yonah sought help at a charity organization center in Shinjuku. Eventually, Red Eye and the Legion were defeated, thus ending the threat of the White Chlorination Syndrome. To combat the Legion and Red Eye, the human souls were taken out of their bodies, leaving Replicants and androids to fight the monsters. The human souls were referred to as Gestalts, while the new bodies were called Replicants. The Cult of the Watchers seek to destroy the Seals so that they can summon the Watchers into the human world. The Seeds of Destruction are said to be tools left by the old gods, used to bring about the end of humanity. The war between the Union and the Empire is a terrifying one, as the Empire seeks to destroy the four Seals in Midgard in order to allow the Seeds of Destruction to appear in the world.

While they were referred to as “angels” in the game, the Cult of the Watchers was established to worship these beings, and they gradually became known as “Watchers” instead.ĭuring Drakengard’s time period, Brother is long gone, and the Cult of the Watchers has a high priestess named Manah, but more on her later. In Drakengard 3, the Flower sisters could link their powers with their disciples to call forth an angel from the heavens to aid them in battle. Zero and her sisters were six such beings that had the ability to summon them because of the power of Song. Simply put, Watchers are otherworldly beings that can be summoned into the human world if you have the right power.
