Weiss the Immaculate
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- "The pure will be "spared" for the cause, while the tainted will be hunted down and exterminated. They shall be slashed, strangled, and slaughtered. Beaten, stabbed, and crushed. Garroted and impaled. Shot and executed without mercy. The time has come to cleanse this world."
- —Weiss
Weiss the Immaculate (純白の帝王ヴァイス, Junpaku no Teiō Vaisu, lit. "Emperor Weiss the Pure White") is a member of the Tsviets and one of the antagonists of Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-. He is voiced by Dave Boat in the English version and Jouji Nakata in the Japanese version. His name comes from the German word Weiß, meaning White.
A mysterious SOLDIER who commands Deepground, he declared a hunt on the world three years after the Meteor crisis. He received the title of emperor, as he is the strongest Tsviet, as well as the first member. All Deepground soldiers fear his power and follow him; however, it's said that they rarely see him directly. He is the brother of Nero the Sable, and they are very close to each other.
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[edit] Story
[edit] Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-
Weiss and Nero appear soon after Genesis Rhapsodos is defeated by Zack Fair in SOLDIER First Class uniforms with the Deepground SOLDIER crest on them. He and Nero take Genesis's body away in a helicopter. Both Weiss and Nero had never seen Genesis before, but were aware that they, along with the other colored Tsviet's, were spliced with his genes. This takes place after the Nibelheim Incident and Zack's and Cloud's experimentation. Weiss has shorter hair than in Dirge of Cerberus. It was revealed in Crisis Core Ultimania that Genesis was alive, and was tried to be persuaded to join the rebellion against the Restrictors. However, Genesis ends up rejecting this offer due to regaining his SOLDIER honor, and would seal himself in a cavern below Midgar.
[edit] Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-
During the events of the Online multiplayer mode on Dirge of Cerberus, Weiss is restrained by chains attached to the throne inside Mako Reactor 0. He begin to speak to the Restrictor and tells him that he'd like to try out his new swords. After the Restrictor breaks the chains, Weiss takes hold of his swords, and tells him that he wants to fight him handicapped as he is confident that he is more powerful than the Restrictor. As he does this, the Restrictor calls forth Azul the Cerulean and Rosso the Crimson, and tells Weiss that if wants to fight handicapped, then he can, against Azul and Rosso. Weiss beats them both easily, but Azul transforms into Arch Azul, and Rosso into Bloodburst Rosso. Still, Weiss proves to be more than a match for the two Tsviets. Unable to attack the Restrictor, Weiss orders the female player to shoot him. The Restrictor proved to be very powerful, but was defeated by the player. Quickly in rage, he forced his short gunblade into her stomach with incredible strength, and watches as she drops to the floor. Weiss suddenly attacks the Restrictor as the effects wear off, and tells him that it was the Restrictor that told everyone that death is always with you as long as you are with Deepground. Soon after the Restrictor falls, Weiss and the Tsviets laugh at the demise of the Restrictor.
At the time of the revival festival of Kalm, the worldwide network that was broken since the Meteor disaster has been fully restored. The fragments of Professor Hojo's digitized mind that were previously spread were about to reform--in a simulation of Hojo himself. He invaded Weiss' body while the man was performing a Synaptic Net Dive to find the cure to the time-released virus the Restrictors had infected him with. It was meant to control him and was set to kill him within 3 days if the Restrictors' signal disappears.
Hojo, through Weiss's body, had the Deepground abduct those not under the effects of Geostigma to serve as incubators of enough pure mako to enable Weiss to absorb Omega, as well as trick the Planet into summoning it. The mako gave Weiss abilities far beyond Vincent's, and he was easily able to overcome him. However, Vincent was able to turn the tables by using his Chaos power to defeat Weiss.
Once Weiss had been defeated, Nero, who had been watching, wanted to merge with his "brother." Hojo ordered Nero to stop, knowing he wouldn't be able to control Omega with an impure being inside him. Neither Weiss nor Nero cared, and Hojo was finally destroyed as Nero integrated into Weiss, who then invoked Omega's power on a sense of compulsion, and vanishes in a ball of light. Weiss was later killed by Vincent in Chaos form. However, Weiss's body was carried off by an awakened Genesis, who told his "brother" that they "still have much work to do."
[edit] Battle
- Main article: Weiss Empowered
Weiss is fought as a boss twice at the end of Chapter 11. First he cannot be damaged, and so the player must lose, then he is fought again in a regular battle. He comes back fused with the Omega as the Final Boss of the game, Omega Weiss.
[edit] Weapon
Weiss wields a pair of lever-action sword revolvers forged by Argento. Though only officially referred to as, "Weiss's weapons," they are identified by the emblems on their hilts: Heaven (天, Ame) on the one carried in his right hand, and Earth (地, Tsuchi) on the one carried in his left.
Sometimes referred to as gunblades by fans, Weiss's weapons are more accurately compared to various real weapons that attempted to combine firearms with edged weapons. In the Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Ultimania, the weapons are described as, "a set [of weapons] that combine a revolver-type gun and a katana, with the reload action pictured in the concept art."
[edit] Etymology
Weiss (correctly spelled "weiß") is the German word for "white", which shows the conflict between him and his brother Nero (which is Italian for "black").
