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Arshes Nei

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Arshes Nei is one of Dark Schneider's closest companions as well as his lover, and one of the Four Divine Kings. She is a half-human, half-dark elf.

Appearance[]

Arshes Nei is a woman of medium height and a voluptuous, well endowed figure. She has long dark hair and jade green eyes, as well as dark skin and long pointed ears due to her elven heritage. In her debut appearance, Nei dawns plate armor that covers her face and body. In most later appearances though, she wears light-colored garments that expose her cleavage, thighs, or buttocks.

Personality[]

In battle, Arshes is fierce, stern, and merciless, with a take-no-prisoners attitude.  Once an opponent begins to fight her, they must either best her or die at her hand. Much like her adoptive father, she commanded loyalty through force, seen as Di-Amon wouldn't dare fighting her lest his magic power was greater than her's.

She is passionately in love with Dark Schneider, both as a lover and a father figure, and is extremely jealous of Yoko's relationship with D.S.[1] However, much like majority of the female cast of the series, Arshes is exasperated by his womanizing ways. So much so that after the 15 year timeskip one of the main reasons that kept her from allying herself with him after his revival was the fact he spent a good deal of his free time with other women while essentially abandoning her.

History[]

Past[]

Arshes Nei Childhood

Arshes Nei as a child.

Arshes Nei was born around 100 years prior to the events of the Bastard!! manga. As a Human/Dark Elf hybrid, she was already an outcast at her birth, as both societies were reluctant to accept her. The Dark Elf clan she lived with belittled her and jumped at the first opportunity to abandon her when conflict broke out between her clan and the Wood Elves.[2][3]

A child on her own, Arshes Nei came upon Dark Schneider, grabbing at his cape. Feeling a rare sense of pity, the wizard took her in, raising her as his own daughter. [2]This facet is more fully explained in Volume 11. It was revealed that Nei was her given name and meant "no" or "not true." Dark Schneider subsequently gave her the name Arshes and he is the only one allowed to address her as such. When she came of age, she became his lover as well. In his conquest of the world, Arshes was one of his chief commanders, the first of the Riders of Havoc to join him.

Present[]

Arshes Nei is still one of the Four Riders of Havoc as the current timeline begins. Her own chief underlings are Sean Ari, Kai Harn, and the Vampire Dai Amon. She granted the first two their power. After Ninja Master Gara betrays the Riders of Havoc and rejoins the resurrected Dark Schneider, Nei is assigned to defeat him by Dark Priest Abigail and Ice Lord Kall-Su. When her underlings fail, she is left to take him on herself, but only after Abigail ensures her loyalty with the Curse of the Accused, in order to prevent her betrayal, as he knew that Arshes was by far the closest to Dark Schneider out of all of the Riders of Havoc in the past.

Her subsequent fight with Dark Schneider is an intense affair, with Metallicana suffering as a side effect of their battle. Arshes Nei's feelings for Dark Schneider begin to resurface. She wishes for Dark Schneider to kill her in a duel with Halloween so she won't suffer Accused's effects: being turned into a toad. However at the last moment before the curse takes hold, Dark Schneider rips his own heart out and sprinkles Arshes with his blood, breaking Accused.

At that point, Arshes rejoins him to prevent the awakening of Anthrax. She fights with him against Abigail, and then joins him and the other riders on the Arc after Anthrax's awakening and the subsequent invasion of the Angels of Heaven after the two year time skip.

After the four-year time skip, Ashes Nei is seen trying to track down Kall-Su, who is attempting to enter the realm of the giant gods. Upon meeting up with him, she reassures him that Dark Schneider will return, reminding him of their long history together.[4]

Abilities and Equipment[]

Enhanced Strength: Arshes is strong enough to deliver blows capable of shattering stone and pulverizing the bodies of her enemies.

Longevity: Being a half-elf, Arshes ages at an extremely slow rate, much slower than an average human as she is 115 years old but still looks like a woman in her mid-late 20s.

Magic: As a sorceress, Arshes Nei is formidable. She is a master of air-based elemental magic, specializing in spells involving lightning, to an extent that she is widely known as the "Thunder Empress", and considered the greatest magical warrior.[2] She is said to be nearly as powerful as Dark Schneider[5], and given the fact that she fought well against him this is validated. Via her empowerment of Sean Ari and Kai Harn, it is implied that she is skilled in High Ancient[6] and Charm magic as well.  She is also familiar with Fire Magic, though she does not specialize in it as Dark Schneider does.

  • Spells:
    • Air Magic
      • Balvolt: Creates a bolt of lighting to strike enemies.
      • Dien Tiar: Powerful shockwave that can cut through stone.[7]
      • Megadeth: Spell that creates an explosion of magic, like a bomb.[8] Nei is unable to cast the Megadeath spell without the Raijin-Ken.[9]
      • Raven: A high mobility flight spell.[10]
      • Tesla: Calls a powerful lightning storm down on the opponent.[11]
    • Black Magic:
      • Exodus: Envelopes the user in fire, and hurls them at the target.[10]
      • Riot: Several arcs of electricity attack the target.[10]
    • Earth Magic:
    • High Ancient Magic:
      • Def Leppard: Create a lightning ball that is a bottomless portal to another dimension and absorbs all magical energy.[13]
      • Helloween: The user opens the gates to hell and releases a powerful blast of limitless energy from his/her palm.[14]
    • Light Magic:
      • Anthem: Creates magic arrows of energy that will always hit their target unless a powerful barrier is up to shield the enemy.[15]
    • Spirit Magic:
      • Illusion: Makes the target see false images of the user.[16]
    • Summoning Magic:
      • Gilbert: A spell that summons a group of lightning elementals to attack the target.[3]
    • Unknown Magic:

Swordsmanship: Arshes Nei is also an adept swordswoman, a master of the secret Hariken Swordsmanship school[16], and her skill exceeds Dark Schneider's in that area. She is considered the supreme swordsman among the Divine Kings.[17] Her blade, the Raijin-Ken, or Lightning God Sword is inhabited by the Nue elemental, and is able to cut through mountains and even regenerate after it has been broken. She was seen easily destroying buildings with her sword.

  • Techniques:

Armor: While commanding armies Nei wears a large suit of plate armor. Though when fighting by herself she typically wears a lighter set of armor consisting of a breastplate and gauntlets.[1]

Anime/Manga Differences[]

Arshes' story is rather identical in the anime as in the manga, though she only engages in one fight with Dark Schneider instead of two, and fights with Abigail only, not the highest three undead that he unleashes in the manga.

Important Battles[]

Voice Actors[]

Other Appearances[]

Arshes Nei is a playable character in the BASTARD!! Ankoku no Hakaishin​ video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Bastard!! M.U.G.E.N. game.

Trivia[]

  • In the language of Love Land Nei means "No", "that's not true"[12]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bastard!! Data Book (p. 53)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bastard!! v2. Ch15
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bastard!! v4. Ch37
  4. ↑ Bastard!! v24. Defender of the Faith III
  5. ↑ Bastard!! v4. Ch28
  6. ↑ Bastard!! v4. Ch31
  7. ↑ Bastard!! v7. Ch58
  8. ↑ Bastard!! v4. Ch33
  9. ↑ Bastard!! v5. Ch42
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Bastard!! v4. Ch36
  11. ↑ Bastard!! v7. Ch57
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Bastard!! v11. Distant Thunder
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Bastard!! v4. Ch34
  14. ↑ Bastard!! v5. Ch39
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Bastard!! v4. Ch30
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Bastard!! v4. Ch29
  17. ↑ Bastard!! v4. Ch29
  18. ↑ Bastard!! v12. The Holy War III
  19. ↑ Bastard!! v12. The Holy War IV
  20. ↑ Bastard!! v7. Ch60
  21. ↑ Bastard!! v5. Ch38
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