Earth is a planet which was previously inhabited by humans before their effective extinction by a disease known as White Chlorination Syndrome. It serves as the main setting for the NieR series.
Characteristics
In the 27th century, the moon was fractured by an unknown event, resulting in a shift of the Earth's axis. The axis distortion caused a change in the Earth's normal day-night cycle, creating continual daytime in the area that would become known as the Kingdom of Day. The axis shift also led to the creation of the corresponding Kingdom of Night, where it is perpetually night.
Following the end of the 14th Machine War, the female Administrator, Her, of the Earth's quantum server absorbed the data of the damaged Red Girl after the fracturing of the machine network's ego. By assimilating the Red Girl's corrupted data, She was overcome with grief and hatred, and used her own reality-altering abilities to freeze both the Earth, including machines and androids, and time itself as well while using the Red Girl's powers to change the Earth's surface into a network of stone towers resembling the home planet of the machine lifeform's creators.
After the events of NieR Reincarnation, following the defeat of Her and the reincarnation of Fio to accompany her, both androids and machines have become unfrozen from Her's time-freeze and now inhabit the Earth again, though it is unknown how much organic life remains.
Story
The World of NieR
A series of Twitter posts detailing the world of NieR released during the launch of NieR Reincarnation.
The World of NieR ①: 2003 A.D.
A white giant and a red dragon suddenly appear in Shinjuku. After they battle, an unknown particle called Maso causes a strange disease to ravage the area.[1]
The World of NieR ②: 2016 A.D.
As the infected grow violent, countries around the world strengthen their militaries in response to the threat. Meanwhile, a Japanese research facility begins to study Maso, as well as possible weapons based off it.[2]
The World of NieR ③: 2053 A.D.
Project Gestalt is launched to combat the disease. Human souls are separated from their bodies, but soon thereafter grow unstable, run amok, and perish. Despite this, a stable consciousness is eventually found that allows the project to proceed.[3]
The World of NieR ⑤: 11937 A.D.
Unidentified objects emerge from outer space and begin deploying weapons known as machine lifeforms. The androids now living on Earth retreat to a space station known as the Bunker and begin work on a line of combat androids called YoRHa.[5]
The World of NieR ⑥: 11941 A.D.
The first combat operation is carried out by the experimental YoRHa units. Ultimately, all but one of the sixteen units are destroyed in battle.[6]
Areas
Kingdom of Day
- Japan
- Hokkaido
- Kyushu
- Honshu
- Tokyo
- Shinjuku
- Yotsuya
- Yoyogi
- Amusement Park
- City Ruins
- Copied City
- Desert
- Eastern Road
- Eden
- Flooded City
- Gambler's Colosseum
- Soul Box
- Research Facility (implied)
- Forest Zone
- Northern Plains
- Village
- Pascal's Village
- Southern Plains
- Wetland Zone
- Mountain Zone
- Tokyo
- West Pacific
- Atlantis
- France
- Normandy
- Madagascar
- Jerusalem
- China
- Hawaii
- Oahu
- Australia
Kingdom of Night
- North America
- United States
- South America
- Brazil
- Cathedral City (implied)
Species
- For unknown reasons, several animal species on Earth are much larger compared to the past, including:
- Giant boars large enough to be mounted.
- Wolves closer in size to extinct dire wolves.
- Scorpions closer in size to a large lobster.
- Spiders with leg-spans winder than a person is tall.
- Several once extinct species have also reappeared, including:
- Beetle Fish, large aquatic beetles with horns like a rhinoceros beetle which are capable of flight.
- Dunkleosteus, a genus of prehistoric fish which lived from 382 million to 358 million years ago.
Characters
Kingdom of Day
NieR
Nier
Nier
Weiss
Kainé
Emil
Yonah
Devola
Popola
Sechs
Fyra
Louise
Halua
Shadowlord
Noir
Admins
P-33
- Shadowlord (Father)
- Gestalt Yonah
- King's Advisor
- Gideon
- Jakob
- Kali
- Hans
- Ursula
- Dimo
- Blue
- Carlo
- Nier's Mother
- Nier's Wife
- Red-Bag Couple
- Tyrann
- Goose
- Hansel & Gretel
- Hook
- Jack
- Kalil
- Roc
- Wendy
- Defense System: Geppetto
- Hina[Note 1]
- Yuzuki[Note 2]
- Gestalt Kali
- Gestalt Kainé
- Gestalt Kainé's Grandfather
- Roc's Caretaker
- Eleanor[Note 3]
NieR:Automata
2B
9S
A2
Pod 042
Pod 153
Anemone
Jackass
Pascal
Devola
Popola
Adam
Eve
Big Sis
Little Sis
Simone
Red Girl
Emil
Supply Trader
Weapon Trader
Wata
Kin
Machiya
Conna
Operator 21O[Note 4]
YoRHa No.4 Type S (4S)
YoRHa No.22 Type B (22B)
YoRHa No.64 Type B (64B)
YoRHa No.8 Type B (8B)
YoRHa No.11 Type S (11S)
YoRHa No.32 Type S (32S)
YoRHa No.42 Type S (42S)
YoRHa No.10 Type S (10S)
YoRHa No.12 Type B (12B)
YoRHa No.14 Type B (14B)
YoRHa No.3 Type B (3B)
Red Hooded Resistance Member
Noelle[Note 5]- Marx
- Hegel
- Boku-Shi
- So-Shi
- Auguste
- Ko-Shi & Ro-Shi
- Immanuel
- Ernst
- Grün
- Engels
- Plato 1728
- Friedrich
- Kierkegaard
- Jean-Paul
- Idiot Savant
- Half-wit Inventor
- Child Machine
- Mother Machine
- Father Machine
- Weird Machine
- Scientist Machine
Pearl Harbor Descent
Lily
Rose
No.4
No.16
No.21
Dahlia
Daisy
Gerbera
Margaret
YoRHa Boys
Black
No.2
No.3
No.4
No.6
No.21
No.9
No.22
Cactus
Lotus
Phlox
NieR Reincarnation
Kingdom of Night
- Bartas (implied)
Trivia
- It is unknown what the condition of the planet is after Her's time-freeze. Fio and Her visit an area described as a "world of pure white sand that stretches beyond the horizon," which may be either a desert or potentially the remains of the stone towers that were built around the world. Remnants of humanity, such as cars, signs, and other landmarks litter the area, described as looking "like bones."[9]
Gallery
Notes
- ↑ Hina is the 13th Crusader captain said to have slayed the last Red Eye in Jerusalem in the Grimoire NieR official timeline, with NieR Reincarnation directly showing the events set in NieR in Hina's Recollections of Dusk.
- ↑ Yuzuki is the last Red Eye said to have been slayed by the 13th Crusader captain in Jerusalem in the Grimoire NieR official timeline, with NieR Reincarnation directly showing the events set in NieR.
- ↑ Eleanor does not appear in NieR or any other media related to this entry, but NieR Reincarnation directly places her in the era of NieR.
- ↑ Operator 21O is not primarily stationed on Earth, but made the descent after requesting to be remodeled as a Type B unit for the final YoRHa operation.
- ↑ Noelle does not appear in NieR:Automata or any other media related to this entry, but NieR Reincarnation directly places her in the era of Automata.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Futaba and Yotsuba are not primarily stationed on Earth, but were stated to have been sent to Earth after the Pearl Harbor Descent Operation in the YoRHa Ver1.2 Musical evening show.
- ↑ Accord exists in both the Kingdoms of Day and Night.
References
- ↑ @NieRReinEN (August 13, 2021). The World of NieR ①: 2003 A.D. Twitter.
- ↑ @NieRReinEN (August 14, 2021). The World of NieR ②: 2016 A.D. Twitter.
- ↑ @NieRReinEN (August 16, 2021). The World of NieR ③: 2053 A.D. Twitter.
- ↑ @NieRReinEN (August 22, 2021). The World of NieR ④: 3470 A.D. Twitter.
- ↑ @NieRReinEN (August 22, 2021). The World of NieR ⑤: 11937 A.D. Twitter.
- ↑ @NieRReinEN (August 23, 2021). The World of NieR ⑥: 11941 A.D. Twitter.
- ↑ @NieRReinEN (August 24, 2021). The World of NieR ⑦: 11945 A.D. Twitter.
- ↑ @NieRReinEN (August 28, 2021). The World of NieR ⑧: [YEAR REDACTED]. Twitter.
- ↑ @NieR_Rein (February 17, 2025). 地平線の向こうまで続く、真っ白な砂の世界。 Twitter.