Nero the Sable

== Overview ==

Nero the Sable is the second in command of the Tsviets. He is a thin man, with long, unkempt, black hair and red cat-like eyes (possibly caused as a result of using tainted lifestream in his creation). Perhaps his most striking features are a mechanical pair of wings that spread from his back, and the various restraints on his body. A metal mask (muzzle?) obscures his mouth, while a strait-jacket covers his upper torso. He always has balls of darkness that emanate and rotate around him. He speaks with an dry English accent. His weapons of choice are two guns (from their appearance, possibly handguns), and the power of darkness, which he can use to transport people, objects,etc, or, indeed, absorb them into the darkness and destroy them.

== Biography ==

Before Dirge of Cerberus Little is know about his life before the events of "Dirge of Cerberus". All that is know is that he is the biological brother of Deepground leader, Weiss, to whom he is deeply loyal to. Just before the events of Dirge of Cerberus, Weiss is taken over by Professor Hojo's data in Hojo's quest to find a host for the Omega weapon. It is during this time, that Hojo (as Weiss) teaches to Nero "the secrets of re-birth" to bring about Omega. Nero learns of Lucrecia Crescent’s theorem of the planet's ultimate and final weapon, Omega, and its herald, Chaos. Nero orders the Tsviets and Deepground to make a pure stream of mako (in Hojo's own words; lifestream untainted by either Jenova or the Geostigma virus) and to search for the Protomateria to bring about and control Chaos. Shelke's findings of Lucrecia's data eventually lead to information about the ex-Turk, Vincent Valentine. Hojo convinces Nero that Vincent Valentine holds the key to finding the Protomateria, so orders the Tsviets and Deepground to find him and/or eliminate him.

Dirge of Cerberus Although not seen in Edge, it is likely that he was there, as a small group of WRO troops is sucked into darkness. Nero's first in game appearance is not until the middle of the game, when Vincent is searching in the abandoned Shin-ra Mansion. One of the Cait Sith robots encounters Nero in the very heart of the Deepground complex beneath Midgar, "Mako Reactor 0". Nero summons darkness to engulf Cait as he did to the soldiers in Edge. He is next seen during the WRO assault of Midgar,where although he does not engage in the fighting with the ground assault, he discusses tactics with the Tsviet commanders. He teleports onto Cid Highwind's ship; The Sierra, and wreaks havoc in the engine room by absorbing the engine room crew into darkness. Shelke enters the room and, after a conversation, they begin to fight. He dodges Shelke's attacks, and releases some of the restraints on his arms and tries to have her be destroyed in the darkness. He watches over Vincent as he progresses his way down through the Shin-ra building. He sees Chaos emerge from Vincent, and as Nero teleports away, accidently drops Shelke's moblie telephone, which allows Vincent to control Chaos for a while again. Vincent later encounters him deep in the Deepground complex, where they duel. Upon being defeated, he taunts Vincent about Shelke's fate and then tries to absorb Vincent into the darkness. As he turns to go, Vincent and Shelke unexpectedly appear from the darkness.