Nuibaba

Nuibaba 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 Cindy Robinson (English, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia and Heroes) Junko Kitanishi (Japanese, Echoes: Shadows of Valentia and Heroes) Appearance(s) Gaiden Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Heroes

“	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.

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.

Fire Emblem Gaiden

Role

Nuibaba appears somewhat early in Act 4; he holds Tatiana hostage to keep Zeke under the control of Jerome and gave his soul to Medusa for power.

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

Arcanist
Level	10

Stats
Max HP	40	Luck	0
Magic	12	Defense	9
Skill	7	Resistance	8
Speed	8	Movement	4

Equipment	Spells
Mage Ring	Fortify Medusa
Weapons Sword ✗ Lance ✗ Bow ✗ B. Magic ✓ 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. Her new backstory establishes Nuibaba gave her soul to Medusa to save her life and remain beautiful.

Stats

See also: Siege of Nuibaba's Abode

Normal Hard

Witch
Level	20

Stats
Max HP	37	Luck	0
Attack	20	Defense	10
Skill	17	Resistance	14
Speed	14	Movement	4

Item	Skills
Mage Ring	Medusa  Fortify  Recovery*  Sophisticate*
Weapons ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗

Witch
Level	28

Stats
Max HP	44	Luck	0
Attack	24	Defense	12
Skill	19	Resistance	14
Speed	16	Movement	4

Item	Skills
Mage Ring	Medusa  Fortify  Recovery*  Sophisticate*
Weapons ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ ✗

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Fire Emblem Heroes

Main article: Nuibaba/Heroes

There is one variation of Nuibaba available in Heroes.

Personality

Before the events of the games, Nuibaba received a deforming facial wound in a bandit attack, and her lover began to prefer her sister. Nuibaba's lover and her sister attempted to kill her by pushing her off a cliff in a secluded forest; she survived by making a pact with Medusa, exchanging her soul for survival and revenge on her lover. Nuibaba killed her lover and her sister, then secluded herself and began extending her lifespan and enhancing her beauty using maidens collected from the region.

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.

Heroes quotes

Main article: Nuibaba/Quotes (Heroes)

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。

Trivia

• 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 婆 (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.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology, and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Nuibaba	Derived from the Vietnamese núi, meaning "mountain", and the Japanese 婆 ("old woman").
Japanese	ヌイババ	Officially romanized as Nuibaba.
Spanish	Nuibaba	--
French	Nuibaba	--
German	Nuibaba	--
Italian	Nuibaba	--
Dutch	Nuibaba	--
Portuguese	Nuibaba	--
Korean	누이바바	Nuibaba
Simplified Chinese	奴伊巴巴	Nuibaba
Traditional Chinese	魯伊巴巴	Nuibaba

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Gaiden Arcanist Black magic
Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Witch

Official artwork

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  Full portrait artwork of Nuibaba from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

CG images

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  CG image of Nuibaba in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Portraits

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  Portrait of Nuibaba in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Concept artwork

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  Concept artwork of Nuibaba from Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Screenshots

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  Nuibaba as a Witch in Echoes: Shadows of Valentia.

Heroes artwork

Character artwork

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  Artwork of Nuibaba: Mistress of Fear.
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  Artwork of Nuibaba: Mistress of Fear.
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  Artwork of Nuibaba: Mistress of Fear.
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  Artwork of Nuibaba: Mistress of Fear.

Meet some of the Heroes artwork

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  Artwork of Nuibaba: Mistress of Fear.
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  Artwork of Nuibaba: Mistress of Fear.
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  Artwork of Nuibaba: Mistress of Fear.
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  Artwork of Nuibaba: Mistress of Fear.
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  Nuibaba in artwork of Tatiana: Devoted Saint.

References

This article is part of Project Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in the Fire Emblem series.