| Heismay Noctule | Party |
Heismay Noctule is a major playable character in Metaphor: ReFantazio. He is a former knight of the Eugief tribe, distinguished by unique appearance and abilities as well as their small population, causing them to be discriminated against. Heismay is no exception to this prejudice, as he carries a painful past like a burden.
Appearances[]
- Metaphor: ReFantazio: Playable Character; Follower (Thief Archetype)
Personality[]
Heismay has an formal way of speaking, similarly to Hulkenberg. He has an orderly handwriting and a sparse and objective way of writing.
Profile[]
"Not long ago, I, too, had a child. But I couldn't protect him. It was in a nearby village. Some paripus started a riot, and my son was caught in the middle of it. They beat him until he was barely recognizable. Even bloodied and battered, he clung to life. But his body was broken. He couldn't move. And not a single person came to his aid. He was a eugief. And to them, that's all he was. But... he was a helpless child, left to die in a pool of his own blood! By the time I finally got to him, it had been hours. It was too late. I couldn't abide it. Reality was too painful, and I ran until I was spending my nights and days in the sandworms' pit. Better to live in solitude than in the embers of hell. That was the real reason I lived in that den of beasts. I thought death would be a mercy."
Heismay Noctule was a royal knight and a member of the Shadowguard, a "lower" group built on discrimination: they do dirty work in the shadows and are unseen by the public. He had a son about 18 years prior to the events of the game,[1] but he was however beat to death in a riot by members of the paripus.[2] Also, because Heismay refused to abide to one of his corrupt superiors, he was stripped of his title as a knight by Sanctism and deemed a disgrace, as well as exiled, though he hid in a sandworm's nest of his own will.
Martira's Arc[]
Heismay has been suspected of a series of kidnappings in Martira, and though his identity is a mystery, a bounty of 100,000 Reeve has been established on bringing him. Presumably before meeting Heismay himself, the protagonist and co. accept that bounty.
Heismay, secluded in the Giant Sandworm's Nest, would be located by the party, and Heismay is introduced to them by saving them from a human. He is still the primary suspect of a series of kidnappings so they fight him, though Heismay will hesitate to completely finish off the protagonist. Eventually, Heismay decides to disappear and run away. After investigating his shack, the party hatches a plan to force him out of hiding by making noise and exploiting his eugief tribe's sensitivity to sound. After fighting and defeating him, he finally admits he was framed for his status and personal circumstance.
To ascertain the truth, the party apprehends Heismay anyway with his full cooperation. This would prove his innocence as another kidnapping case would happen overnight while he was still bound. Eventually, after the party confronts Morris, who led most of them into a trap, Heismay hears a child's scream from inside Kriegante Castle, causing him to take matters into his own hands and escapes on his own. Eventually, he and Elphas Bardon reunite with the party and confront Morris in the Castle. This is all before he becomes furious at himself for hiding and turning a blind away to injustice, and awakens to his first Archetype, the Thief, and joins the crew in their mission, though the grander truth of their true intents behind their efforts as a group are kept secret to him.
"And then these meddlers came along. They dragged me under the night sky I'd not seen in many seasons. And beneath those stars, it finally came to me. This is not the life my son would have wanted for me. That thought changed my whole perspective. His memory deserves love, not pain. Look with your eyes and your heart. You can ignore it no longer. You loved your child, not this creature. And the child you loved... is gone."
After scouring through the Kriegante Castle, they discover Joanna is responsible for the kidnappings and worked with Morris to help her. This is all to feed the monster Homo Jaluzo, which she falsely interprets as her own dead baby. Heismay, rather than condemning her, is understanding of her grief, and helps free her of her pain after defeating the human. After solving the case, this is also when the rest of the party reveal their plot to save the prince and get close to Louis Guiabern to lift the curse, and Heismay officially agrees to join their cause out of sheer loyalty.
Gallery[]
Quotes[]
"Perhaps if you do succeed, one day... if you do manage to build an ideal country of kindness to all... Then I would protect that land with all I have. I believe we two strive toward the same world."
"I'd thought for a long time that if I wanted to feel accepted, I'd need... power, status. I just needed... allies, friends."
Etymology[]
Heismay's last name, Noctule, is directly based on the species of bat.
In Other Languages[]
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
 Japanese
|
ハイザメ・ノクトゥール (Haizame Nokutuuru)[3] |
 Korean
|
하이자메 (Haijame) |
  Traditional Chinese
|
羽伊邪命・諾克托爾 (Yǔyīxiémìng Nuòkètuōěr)[4] |
| Simplified Chinese
|
灰雨 (Huīyǔ) |
 French
|
Heismay |
 Italian
|
Heismay |
 German
|
Heismay |
 Spanish (Spain)
|
Heismay |
 Spanish (Latin America)
|
Heismay |
 Portuguese (Brazil)
|
Heismay |
 Russian
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Trivia[]
- Heismay enjoys fishing, and has been a recurring pastime for him.
- At one point Heismay recorded his experiences with taking care of his son in "Bygone Days," a book which the protagonist can read.
References[]