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A gifted Intoner with superhuman battle skills and expert swordsmanship. She is open and uninhibited with men, yet violent and lazy by nature. She constantly quarrels with her overly serious sister, One. The flower blooming in her right eye prolongs her life and has given her a unique body.
— Official Website Description

Zero, formerly named Rose[1] prior to obtaining the power of song, is the main protagonist of Drakengard 3. She is an Intoner, one who is gifted with the ability to manipulate magic through songs. She is the eldest and the most powerful of the Intoners. Zero is on a killing spree and relentlessly hunting her sisters.

Zero's left arm is prosthetic. She gains a distinctive flower growing out of her right eye, which continues to grow. Mikhail is her trustworthy partner.

Story[]

See also: Zero's Novella and Memories of the Intoners
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Zero - A Rain to End and a Flower to Begin

Zero is a nickname; she has no real given name. Her oldest memory is her abusive mother yelling at her. Her mother would whip her back constantly until she lost all sensations on it. Zero reasoned that her mother was only raising her in the only way she knew and didn't blame her mother for her cruelty. She accepted long ago that she was an unwanted child and a bothersome pest to her mother's livelihood. Her mother sold her off when she was a child to prostitution.

She once teamed up with a fellow prostitute girl she trusted and decided to call Indigo (based on the color of her eyes). They decided to steal as much gold from the brothel as they could carry. As they ran out of town, a regular customer of Indigo was waiting for them by the town gate. Indigo and he were determined to kill Zero, as Indigo revealed she only needed her to carry away more gold.

Zero was caught by people from the brothel and brought back. Eventually, she decided to kill everyone in the brothel and to make an escape by herself. She also pocketed all the money she could but was robbed by bandits, later on, barely escaping from being sold into prostitution again. Zero decided to only take as much money as she needed from then on.

Wandering again to a city that didn't know her face, Zero had encountered a man whose name she doesn't remember. He was one of the patrons of the brothel where she worked. While he did recognize her, for some reason, she couldn't bring herself to kill him when he approached her. They lived together in the same house and shared a quaint life of peace together. Zero, however, contracted a deadly and highly contagious illness and, fearing for his life, the man abandoned her, but not before trying to sell her. Zero, however, killed the man by cutting off his head, noting that the man looked surprised in his final moments.

As she continued to wander, Zero had subconsciously decided to kill anyone in sight when she wanted something. She has killed so many people –regardless of age or gender– that she has lost count. One day, she broke into a household for food and killed every single family member. When the eldest daughter asked her reasons for the slaughter before her death, Zero found that she had no real justifications for doing so and merely did it as a reflex.

Zero was ultimately caught, when her illness became too much for her to bear. She was placed in a cell with five other girls that had plotted against the corrupt Lord of the land. These girls were subject to horrible torture, unlike Zero, who was simply given a few lashes instead. The girls all died one by one, with Zero being the last one alive. Finally, Zero's illness caught up with her, as she started coughing up blood. In her last moments, she gazed upon a beautiful pink flower that rose from the ground.

The flower that she saw revived her, taking root deep within her. She became a tool of destruction through which the flower sought to further its ambition of destroying humanity. It gave Zero the power of an Intoner. Zero attempted to destroy the flower by committing suicide, but that only resulted in the flower creating five more Intoners and the splitting of Zero's powers among them. Zero sees the creation of her Intoner "sisters" as her own fault, which is why she decides to kill them by herself.

Zero's Prologue

Zero first met Michael when he was drawn to the battle between her and the soldiers that served Caerula. He then attempted to kill Zero as a game, but she used Michael's firepower and brute strength to eliminate the soldiers trailing her. While trying to kill Zero, he came to notice the flower growing within her and laughed at this realization. Once the soldiers were defeated, he didn't proceed with his attack and only asked to talk with Zero.

While transporting Zero to the mountains, Michael wanted to know more about Zero's Flower. He explained to the Intoner how dragons have an existence deeply connected with the Flower, and that the latter and the dragons were natural enemies due to the dragon race being the only beings capable of destroying the Flower. Michael agreed to help Zero kill her Intoner sisters and also to kill Zero herself when the task was done.

Once at their destination, Michael tested Zero's strength and power over the Flower by tasking her to kill the magical beasts on the mountain castle in return for not killing her immediately. Zero soon completed the trial, and Michael took her to the Forest Country for another test.

Two months later, Michael served as the final test of strength for Zero within the Temple of Sands. Zero won the fight, and as promised, Michael began fighting by her side from then on as her friend and companion.

The sisters are quick to defeat the Lords of all the world's countries and divide the land among themselves.

Zero appears on a ledge, watching One's battle from afar. Although she does not seem to be at full strength, she declares with a smile that she will kill her sisters.

She arrives at the Cathedral City in time to stop her sister's destruction, bestowing them each with a Disciple. Once Michael had destroyed the Black Flower, Zero turned her attention to One. Their battle was cut short, however, as they were attacked by Bartas.

Chapter 0

Savage... I think you mean Intoner.
— Zero, Drakengard 3
Zero meets her sisters in Cathedral City to kill them, but One summons Gabriel, who kills Michael. Zero loses one of her arms but manages to survive the battle.

Branch A

Note: This branch ties into Shi ni Itaru Aka.

The flower begins growing out of Zero's eye. She seeks out Mikhail, Michael's reincarnation, and one year later decides to put an end to her sisters once and for all, before the power of song grows out of their control.

After eliminating Five and subsequently recruiting Dito, Zero decides to travel to the mountainous region. On the way, they encounter a Cerberus that tries to hinder them but it escapes following the decapitation of two of its heads. As the group reaches the end of their trek, they encounter the Cerberus once more, finally ending its life by decapitating its last head. However, as Zero turns her back from the corpse, a still-living rogue Cerberus head attacks her from behind, consuming her other arm and effectively killing her. Suddenly, the flower in her eye blossoms into a gigantic flower, from which the body of a bloody new Zero climbs out with her arm restored. Dito is shocked by the seemingly immortal Zero while Mikhail shudders at the sight.

Following Zero's successful confrontation with One, she seeks to deliver the finishing blow until One summons Gabriel into the fray. With Mikhail in tow, Zero defeats Gabriel with much ease until Mikhail collapses from the apparent over-exhaustion the battle has waged on him. Zero realizes her folly in desiring victory as she looks back at a depleted Mikhail, having died after the engagement. A distraught Zero walks towards One who has just finished saying her goodbyes to Gabriel. One tells Zero that she will go on ahead, ultimately meeting her end by Zero's hand.

Following the completion of her mission, Zero takes a moment and is subsequently impaled in the abdomen. Blood flushes out of Zero's body as it covers an individual who resembles One in appearance, albeit in a masculine form. He tells her that he is One's younger brother and that he was created with the sole intent of eliminating Zero ever should One be the first to die from their duel. As the young man pleads for Zero not to hate him for his actions, Zero only comments that she never hated anyone in the first place, not even her own sisters. She just wanted to be the last surviving Intoner, mentioning how hate never even played a part in her decisions because she had always intended to kill herself in the end. One is left aghast by her statement.

Within the reach of death, Zero slowly reaches out to Mikhail, thanking him for his recourse before ultimately perishing, apparently ending the current generation of Intoners. However, a disturbed One wonders about the future and tends to his dead sister, asking her what he shall do in a world without such divine beings governing its foundation. It is then that One comes to the revelation that he will start a church of sorts to protect the world in the place of its fallen Intoners, worshiping and revering his own sister in her place.

Following One's exit, doves surround the bodies of the fallen Zero and Mikhail, with a mysterious female having graced the location, citing how she already knew what was going to happen and that they should have taken another branch to proceed. As the doves exit the area, she abruptly takes her leave.

Branch B: The Price

After defeating Raphael, Mikhail reveals to Zero that he was afflicted with too much of its poison, ultimately dying from the toxins. Zero, distraught by the dead Mikhail, curses at him for leaving her again and once more at the flower for its unending curse. At that point, Zero remembers her flower's capabilities, utilizing her song powers to chant a seemingly powerful incantation. Apparently using the last of her strength, Zero thanks Mikhail before disappearing into the light.

Mikhail wakes up giddily and looks for Zero, sporting a familiar pink flower in his eye. A small child's voice responds to Mikhail in Zero's familiar tone, with Mikhail casually responding as if he were talking to Zero.

Branch C: Emesis

Following her victory against One, Mikhail dies from his wounds. One taunts Zero and dies. Zero is left with much regret and remorse over Mikhail's death while she continuously vomits on the floor. She tries to look for another dragon to end her life but she does not succeed in finding one.

Branch D: The Flower

Zero consumes One and allows the flower to bloom within her. The two are then transported to the "Spirit World", where giant statues of the six Intoners appear and engage Mikhail in a rhythm game. Mikhail triumphs, and after reminiscing with Zero, he destroys them. As they disintegrate, Accord states that the power of the flower has been sealed in the spirit world, nullifying its threat to humanity, although there is still a possibility of the seal breaking one day. Accord also states that although the recording function for Zero (likely the version of Accord assigned to her) was broken, she feels sure that Zero is still alive and that they will meet again.

Note: This branch ties into the events of Drakengard.
To save Mikhail's life, Zero forms a pact with him, transmigrating the flower into Mikhail and regressing herself into a child-like state. Zero is killed quickly thereafter by Brother One, and by the laws of the contract, Mikhail dies again.

Zero has somehow revived after ending D in the Library, the main setting in SINoALICE's continuity. Though she is initially confused by her foreign surroundings, Zero resumes her usual tendency to murder everything in sight. After eradicating one wave of Nightmares, she is reunited with a human Mikhail. She immediately redirects her objective to returning Mikhail to his proper dragon form. She stops herself from expressing any joy at seeing him again, rationalizing to herself that it will be fleeting.

As they fight through the Library, Gishin and Anki (SINoALICE's navigation characters) harass them and insist that they are helpful to them. Zero smacks them in annoyance. She doesn't relish her new chance at life. When they encounter the Nightmare versions of the other Intoners, Zero acknowledges their anguish and ruthlessly cuts them down. She gradually tells herself that she is actually in hell, trying to find some bitter joy in slaughtering her sisters again.

Nightmare One captures Mikhail in a dark mist that separates him from Zero. She hurries to his rescue by cutting through the Library's Nightmare characters and her revived sisters. Though she is exhausted by the end, it's implied through Mikhail's narration and Boy Mikhail's Job Story that she doesn't resist when the newly restored dragon Mikhail kills her again.

Her outfit and the flower can be collected as character equipment throughout the collaboration event.

Zero has two job classes for the collaboration event, Zero/Breaker and Zero/Cleric. Zero/Breaker is an Accord's description of her, describing her as the timeline irregularity. She also makes jabs at Zero's foul personality and her penchant for using violence to address her problems. When noting her promiscuous nature, Accord states that Zero has had numerous male partners before becoming an Intoner. The rest of that record is age restricted. This Zero successfully killed her sisters and allowed herself to be destroyed by Mikhail.

Zero/Cleric takes place sometime after she allied with Michael and is narrated by Zero. She has just killed a man whom she had sex with, disappointed to discover that he was a penniless smooth talker. She kicks his body out of the bed, cursing even the crashing of his body as shit. She uses the freed bedsheets to warm herself. As she gazes at the moon from the nearby window, Zero retorts that everything in the world is shit including herself. That's why she intends to take care of it all with Michael.

Her sword could be obtained through the event gacha. Its weapon story is Accord presenting it to a potential buyer at her weapon shop. She sells up the previous owner's strength and beauty, commenting that it's a one of a kind sword wielded by the strongest of the Intoners. When the customer inquires if that woman was a virgin (as in the sexual context), Accord stutters the truth and loses her sale.

Spoilers end here.

Personality[]

Zero has a violent disposition and is easily irritated, having no tolerance for anything complicated or repetitive. She doesn't care about her own appearance in the slightest, and has little regard for her health due to her ultimate fate. Often apathetic and bitter, she is prone to scoffing at anyone or anything which distracts from her main objective. In the Japanese script, she has a quirk for flippantly switching to polite language. When she does this, it's often used as build up for a satirical insult. Her haughtiness is occasionally mocked and played for laughs, especially when she appears to be confident in herself. In the English script, she is far more foul-mouthed, and her voice actress Platt uses a harsher tone than Uchida.

Michael was the only being Zero had trusted. The two partners were close and understood one another well. Zero is haunted by her dreams of their time together after his death. She initially feels emotionally detached from Mikhail –since the two dragons are completely different from one another– and refuses to call him by name; she insists that Michael is the only one who can have that right. Over the course of their adventure, however, Zero's feelings for him soften as she instructs and relies on him. She eventually becomes attached to him with maternal endearment.

While she mostly either ignores or threatens them, Zero does have some fondness for the disciples she takes on after killing their original mistresses. She briefly shows moments of melancholy if they should die for her, but spares them no mercy if they should betray her.

The Drag-On Dragoon 3 Story Side, however reveals that Zero's haughty demeanor masks her guilty conscience, with her inner-monologues self-deprecating at times. She blames herself for bringing the Intoners upon the world and laments on the consequences of her other actions, such as the loss of her disciples when they revert back to doves. Zero routinely reflects on how her sisters represent aspects of her own personality, eventually coming to realize that they collectively represent her hatred of the world as a result of many years of abuse. When she decides to save Mikhail by forging a pact with him, she feels as though she is doing it out of selfish reasons since the flower will also survive by using Mikhail as a host. Zero's lack of self-worth comes full-circle when she is finally killed by Brother One, explaining in a monologue that her death was something she had always looked forward to.[2]

Abilities[]

In addition to being the original Intoner, Zero is also the strongest of all of them. She boasts superhuman physical capabilities and master swordsmanship, although she is also skilled in a variety of other weapons. As an Intoner, Zero can manipulate magic via songs, through the energy of the Flower, as well as enter Intoner Mode to become invulnerable to attack and boosts their physical power to heightened degrees. The Flower growing out of her eye even allows her to create new bodies out of said eye for her after being mortally wounded.

Lineage[]

Flower
The Flower
 
DD3 Zero Portrait
Zero
 
DD3 Mikhail Portrait
Mikhail
 
DD3 Michael Portrait
Michael
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
DD3 Gabriella Portrait
Gabriella
 
DD3 One Portrait
One
 
DD3 Two Portrait
Two
 
DD3 Three Portrait
Three
 
DD3 Four Portrait
Four
 
DD3 Five Portrait
Five
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
One
One
 
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Rosa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Unknown
 
SnIA Gruen
Gruen
 
Placeholder
Grenat
 
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Unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Velde's head
Verde
 
Placeholder
Unknown
 
Placeholder
Unknown
 
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Unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Luis
 
Fey
Fey
 
 
 
Ramia's corpse
Ramia
 
Placeholder
Husband
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SnIA Chloe small
Chloe
 
Dg-golem
Golem
 
Seere art -2
Seere
 
Manah facial
Manah
 

Development[]

Character designer Kimihiko Fujisaka has said in a Famitsu interview that he initially designed Zero to look like a typical protagonist with traits matching his perception of a goddess. As her design went through revamps, he comments that an unaesthetic quality was added as the scenario came into being. She originally didn't have her eye-flower. Fujisaka believes flowers are feminine and wanted to somehow include it for her design. He spontaneously plopped one into her eye for originality and to have her design stick out. Taro Yoko liked it as soon as he saw it and approved it for the final, despite the producer's hesitation for it. When Zero's similarities with Kainé's flower motif was brought up, Fujisaka avoided explaining his thoughts in detail.

Zero's design was the first to be approved by Yoko, but he wanted more female characters to interact with her. He requested for Fujisaka to "think Puella Magi Madoka Magica" when designing her sisters.

Gallery[]

Quotes[]

  • Zero:"It's time...to put an end to the Intoners."
  • Zero:"Women,children,the elderly...it doesn't matter. If you standing in my way, You're gonna die."
  • Zero:"Okay, first of all, enough with the bulls*** fancy talk."
  • Zero:"Stop complaining."
  • Zero: "All sisters want to kill each other. Most just don't follow through."
  • Zero:"Not idea, not my problem."
  • Zero:"I'm not leaving until I've strewn your vigrin guts all over the goddamned snow!"
  • Zero: "After all the trouble i went through to get that goddamn airship...I am gonna slice the s*** out of every last one of you!"
  • Zero:"Don't know,don't care."
  • Zero:"...I don't have friends.I never have."
  • Zero:"I don't...blame...anyone...I just want to kill the Intoners...All of them...You think after all this I intended to...survive?...The world doesn't...work that way..."
  • Zero (In Branch B):I want you to know...I glad we meet. Mikhail."
  • Zero (In Branch C):"So it's like this,right? We're both prepared to die,But since you don't trust to me off myself, You're gonna try and kill me first".
  • Zero (In Branch C):"Shut up! Shut up,shut up,shut up,SHUT UP! You killed Mikhail...You killed Mikhaaail!".
  • Zero (In DLC Zero Prologue):"I was a refugee who had fled to the Land of Seas...At same time. I was in constant pursuit of the flower. Specifically, the five incarnations of the flower that has split off from me; my sisters. I had to hunt them down...and I had to kill them all. And I didn't have much time left".
  • Zero (In DLC Zero Prologue):"I"m not here to fail. So just the hell out of my way. If you mess with me. I'll kill you all. Got it?"
  • Zero (In DLC Zero Prologue):"I've never once trusted Michael. He was just idiot dragon with knack for saying things wrong. Why would anyone trust someone like that? We were always screwing with each other, you know? It was a lot if fun.......But sometimes Michael would get this one expression on his face...And I couldn't tell if it was happy or sad...................Michael...Just hold on, okay?...I'll be joining you soon.
  • Zero (In Branch D):"You've grown strong...Mikhail."

Trivia[]

  • Zero is the first female protagonist of the game series.
  • Zero is the only protagonist to also be the final boss in the same game.
  • Zero shares similarities in design and personality with Yonah and Kainé from NIER.
  • Her emblem bears similarity to Caim's pact emblem. Zero's is a revised version with a flower motif.
  • Her prosthetic arm can only move due to the parasite that is inside it.
  • Zero's regeneration may be interrupted if something stops her from climbing out of her flower.
  • Zero curls into the fetal position after being made idle for a long time while at the base camp.
  • Zero shares multiple elements with her sisters in her appearance.
    • She shares One's outfit color scheme (predominantly white with black).
    • She and Two have a flower as design ornament (hers in her right eye, while Two's is on her hair).
    • She shares the same hairclip with Three (with the exact same place, above their left eye).
    • She shares an armored left arm with Four (Zero's is smaller due to it being prosthetic, while Four uses it to conceal her rapidly growing nails).
    • She shares a similar shoulder decoration (albeit differently colored) with Five.
  • In Dengeki Online's Drakengard 3 character popularity poll, Zero was voted in fourth place during the intermediate result stages.[3] The final results were published in Drag-on Dragoon 3 Complete Guide, where fans voted her to first place.
  • In Dengeki Online's Intoner panties poll, a majority of fans voted black panties for Zero.[4]

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