Zero

Zero
Biographical data
AKA	Rose The witch with eyes of rose
Gender	Female
Age	17 (died at 17)
Born	c. 980 AD
Died	June 997 AD (as Rose)
Resurrected	June 997 AD (as Zero)
Height	168cm
Weight	56kg
B/W/H	Unknown
Cup size	D (measured by touch)
Likes	Nothing in particular
Dislikes	Smelly things
Favourite food	No preference
Weapon(s)	Zero's Blade
Hair colour	Silver
Eye colour	Rose
Family	One (copy) Two (copy) Three (copy) Four (copy) Five (copy)
Behind the scenes data
Designed by	Kimihiko Fujisaka
Voiced by	Maaya Uchida (Japanese) Tara Platt (English)
Appears in	Drag-On Dragoon Utahime Five Drakengard 3 SINoALICE NieR Re[in]carnation

Zero (Japanese: ゼロ, Hepburn: Zero; c. 980 – June 997), also known as Rose (Japanese: 薄紅, Hepburn: Usubeni) prior to June 997 AD, was a singularity and the original Intoner. When she found out the true purpose of the "flower" that had given her her powers, she tried to end her life, resulting in the birth of her five "sisters." She made it her mission to kill them and destroy the "flower" once and for all.

History

As Rose

Early life

She, initially without a name, was born to a single mother around the year 980 AD. Because of parental neglect, she learnt to steal food before she even learnt to speak. When she was of suitable age, her mother sold her off to a brothel.

At the brothel, she made friends with a girl who called her Rose because of the colour of her eyes. In turn, she came to call the girl Indigo. One day, Indigo suggested they steal as much money as they can and run away. However, when they were out of town, a man on a horse was waiting for them. It was then that it became clear to Rose: Indigo only needed her to carry more money, and never intended to actually take her along. As Indigo was about to kill her, their pursuers caught up with them, forcing Indigo and her man to flee. Rose survived and returned to the brothel.

Life of crime

Several months later, Rose murdered everyone in the brothel and ran away with their gold. Unfortunately for her, she was caught by bandits who robbed her blind. Luckily, she managed to escape them before they sold her off to another brothel. It was then that she decided not to own anything again, only to take things as she needed them.

For a time, Rose settled down with a man who was once a patron of her former brothel. However, she ended up catching a scourge that was going around and he left her. In fact, he plotted to betray her, as there was a bounty out for the one who massacred the brothel. Rather than let him take her, Rose killed him.

Getting caught and death

Afterwards, Rose found herself wandering from place to place, killing people in order to take their food and sleep in their beds. She had built up a reputation, becoming known as "the witch with eyes of rose." She was eventually caught in June 997 AD, as a hefty bounty was placed on her head.

Rose was dragged off to the bastille, where she was lashed. Then, she was chained up in its square along with five rebels who tried to revolt against the landed lord. One of them, a girl with gouged out eyes and a strong sense of justice, stood out to Rose. They shared a brief conversation where Rose reflected on her empty life, leaving her with zero to show for it.

As the scourge began to take her, Rose cursed the cruel and unjust world. It was then that she saw the flower.

As Zero

Before her sisters were born

The "flower" Rose saw before she died parasitized her dead body. She began to call herself Zero after obtaining the Power of Song. Seven months later, in January 998 AD, she used her powers to create a disciple for the first time.

Birth of the Intoners

Eventually, Zero realised the threat that the "flower" posed to the world. One February morning in 998 AD, Zero woke up to see a pink bloom sprouting from her chest. It was then that she decided she would kill herself. Although she knew that dragons and the "flower" were natural enemies, she didn't know where to look for one, so she tried to do it on her own. Her attempt was unsuccessful however, and resulted in the birth of her "sisters" One, Two, Three, Four and Five. The girls appeared to be about three to four years old and immediately considered Zero their sister. The eldest among them, One, instinctively knew that Zero would try to kill them and so ordered her sisters to run away.

Meeting Michael

After her sisters had run away from her, Zero began searching for a way to permanently kill them and herself. This time she would leave nothing to chance, and so searched for the strongest dragon in the world. On March 11, 998 AD, she met the dragon Michael. Michael was reluctant to trust her at first, but vowed to help her should she pass his trials. Following two months of testing, Michael finally agreed to help her.

Failed attempts to kill sisters

Zero caught up to her sisters on June 6, 998 AD, in the Cathedral City, where she found them being controlled by a black flower. She quickly created disciples to contain her sisters' rampaging powers, and then ordered Michael to blast the black flower with a powerful attack. The flower dissipated and its threat passed. Zero then began fighting One, the only sister who was not being controlled by the black flower, as Michael began fighting One's newfound dragon companion Gabriella. However, their fighting was interrupted by the mechanical humanoid Baltas. Zero and One briefly teamed up to take Baltas down, but to no avail. Zero and Michael were forced to flee in the end.

[EID_M1310] On August 21, 998 AD, Zero met a strange woman called Accord who informed her that she is a singularity.

[EID_M0010–M0020] Months later, on March 4, 999 AD, Zero and Michael attacked the Cathedral City in the hopes of killing all of Zero's sisters. Unfortunately, they found themselves overpowered by Gabriel, a daemonised version of One's friend Gabriella. Zero ended up losing one of her arms while Michael himself took the brunt of the attack and died, but not before he was able to use his final wish to reincarnate as Mikhail. Zero was thus forced to flee with the baby Mikhail in tow. They hid in the Land of Seas until Zero's wounds were healed.

Final attempt at killing sisters

[EID_M1010–M1040] Zero's final attempt to kill her sisters began exactly one year after her last attempt, on March 4, 1000 AD. She set out with Mikhail from their hideout in the Land of Seas and killed her youngest sister Five. She also recruited Five's disciple Dito into her party.

Branch A

[EID_M2010–M2060] Zero looked for her sister Four in the Land of Mountains. She eventually found out that Four was hiding on an airship in the sky. Zero was able to reach Four with Mikhail's help. After killing Four, Zero recruited Four's disciple Decadus.

Branch B

A divergence occurred when Zero met Octa.

Branch C

A divergence occurred after Zero was reunited with Mikhail following his kidnapping.

Branch D

A divergence occurred soon after Zero arrived in the Land of Mountains.

Story Side Branch

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Other branches

In an unspecified branch, Zero was able to reconcile with her sisters and ruled alongside them. It is unknown whether the threat of the flower was successfully eliminated in this branch or not.

Resurgence in the Library

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Characteristics

Appearance

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Personality

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Abilities

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Gameplay

Drakengard 3

Zero is the playable character throughout all of the game's main branches, as well as the Zero's Prologue DLC.

SINoALICE

Two versions of Zero were available during the SINoALICE x Drag-On Dragoon 3 collaboration event which originally ran from March 26, 2018 to April 26, 2018 on the Japanese game version. The event was later rerun from June 25, 2019 to July 9, 2019. The event was not available on the game's global version.

• Zero/Breaker (with Zero's Blade available separately)
• Zero/Cleric (with Manah's Staff)

Zero was also featured in the event story Harmonic Interference (Japanese: 調和干渉, Hepburn: Chōwa kanshō).

NieR Re[in]carnation

Two versions of Zero were available during the NieR Re[in]carnation x Drag-On Dragoon 3 collaboration event which originally ran from October 8, 2021 to November 8, 2021 on the global game version. The event was later rerun from June 13, 2022 to July 11, 2022. Zero's four star version was additionally available in the Re[in]carnation Appreciation Gala Survey Rally Summons which ran from August 1, 2023 to September 11, 2023.

• Progenitor Sister (with Zero's Blade)
• Divergent Sister (with The Black Flower)

Zero was also featured in the event story Record: Blood Oath's Edge.

Behind the scenes

Design and development

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Etymology

Her initial name, Rose, was given to her by a fellow girl in the brothel, based on the colour of her eyes. Her name after she became an Intoner, Zero, comes from her self-reflection at the end of her mortal life, which she felt was empty and purposeless.