Tieria Erde

Infobox animanga character
name = Tieria Erde
series = Mobile Suit Gundam 00


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first = Episode 1, Celestial Being
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voiced by = Hiroshi Kamiya (Japanese) Samuel Vincent (English) [http://gundam00.bandai-ent.com/news/news-002.php]
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age = Unknown [Based from the plastic model 'HG Gundam Virtue' (「HGガンダムヴァーチェ」) assembly instructions.]
height = 177 cm
born = Dec. 9th (year unknown)
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nationality = Unknown
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divider = yes
aux1 name = Allegiance
aux1 = Celestial Being
aux2 name = Rank
aux2 = Gundam Meister
aux3 name = Mobile weapons
aux3 = GN-005 Gundam Virtue
GN-004 Gundam Nadleeh
GN-004/te-A02 Gundam Nadleeh Akwos
GN-008 Seravee Gundamnihongo|Tieria Erde|ティエリア・アーデ|Tieria Āde is a fictional character in the Gundam series, "Mobile Suit Gundam 00". He is the pilot of the GN-005 Gundam Virtue and the GN-004 Gundam Nadleeh. His character is voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya, who won the "Best Actor in supporting role" award at the 2008 Seiyu Awards for this performance.

Name

The code name Tieria Erde is close to the words in Spanish "Tierra Verde", meaning "Green Earth", but Erde also means Earth in German. Whether the name Tieria Erde is the real name of the Gundam Meister is unknown, as very little is known about Tieria. However, considering that most of the Gundam Meisters are constantly referred to with their codenames, with their real names a Level 7 secret, it is likely the name "Tieria Erde" is also a codename.

Personality

Compared to the rest of the Gundam Meisters, Tieria is the most enigmatic, with none of his past explained.cite web|url=http://www.gundam00.net/character/index.html|title="Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Official Site"|publisher=Sunrise|accessdate=2008-02-05] So far, his life and history before Celestial Being's public string of armed interventions is unknown. The possibility that he is an android or cyborg exists, based on comments and some of his actions during the series, mainly his ability to physically connect with computer systems, as well as his reaction to statements about what it is like "to be human". This is brought up again at the beginning of season two, where his agelessness is implicated when Setsuna comments that Tieria "hasn't changed at all" after 5 years, and Tieria muses that he gets that sentiment a lot. A brief shot during the opening sequence at the end of the first episode shows Tieria and several other apparent humans held in large holding tanks.

History

First Season

Tieria seems rather stoic and distant, although also proud and arrogant. Constantly believing he has the best interests of Celestial Being in mind, he rarely acts out of impulse, and has little patience for the impertinent. To this end, he often clashes verbally with the other Gundam Meisters, as well as his "superior", Sumeragi Lee Noriega, on topics ranging from insubordination to ideology. Tieria is often noted for being on an extremely high horse, looking down upon others. Tieria also shows an unnatural loyalty to Veda, the supercomputer of Celestial Being, which Tieria can directly interface with. This link between Tieria and Veda can explain Tieria's holier-than-thou attitude, and his belief that he is a judge of the members of Celestial Being.Tieria is shown to also be rather intelligent, and capable of making competent snap decisions. His direct connection with Veda permits him to know more about Celestial Being than his fellow Meisters.

At the start of the series, he had an extremely rocky relationship with Setsuna; the former does not understand why the latter was chosen by Veda as a Gundam Meister, and believes Setsuna's brash actions and random insubordination will breach the code of secrecy of Celestial Being. However, he eventually found more a common ground with Setsuna in their vehement dislike of Team Trinity, even going so far as to back him up when he decides to combat them; this unexpected move, along with the teamwork strategies used in the battle, surprises the rest of Celestial Being.

Recently, cracks in Tieria's cold exterior have become prominent, showing a softer and more vulnerable side that contrasts greatly with the emotionless and superior Meister he seemed to be. After Lockon Stratos is injured protecting him from an enemy attack, Tieria displays a great amount of guilt and remorse. He angrily blames himself for Lockon's injury, even going so far as to call himself unfit to be a Gundam Meister. Lockon comforts him, yet afterwards when Tieria regains his composure he reverts to his old habit of snapping at his comrades.

When UN Army forces attacked the Meisters, Tieria locked Lockon in his room to prevent him from entering the battle, saying to Allelujah that he will protect Lockon as he saved him. He becomes increasingly concerned when Lockon manages to join the fight, and later when he disappears chasing Ali Al-Saachez. Just like the others, he is seen crying when they realize Lockon has been killed.

Following the return of the three remaining Meisters to the Ptolemaios, Tieria takes his emotions out on Setsuna, blaming his being "slow" as the reason for Lockon's death. Seeing this, Sumeragi breaks up the fight by promptly slapping Tieria across the face. Shortly afterwards, as Nadleeh is being repaired, he vows to Allelujah that he will fight back for Lockon's sake, despite the former's warning.

Soon after entering battle with the force of GN-X units plus Alejandro Corner's mobile armour, Alvatore, Tieria activates Nadleeh's Trans-Am system; however, he soon loses a limb and the Trans-Am is deactivated, leaving him vulnerable to the two GN-X units that attack him, one of them being piloted by Patrick Colasour. The two fire at each other simultaneously; while Tieria's shot destroys the GN-X and disables Patrick, Nadleeh is reduced to a mere torso.

Tieria is last seen in the cockpit of the Nadleeh, struggling to eject his GN Drive before losing consciousness, saying he is "going to where Lockon is".

econd Season

During the battle between Setsuna F. Seiei and the GN-XIII piloted by A-Laws members in the first episode, Exia is cornered and its two arms and right leg are severed off. Before the pilot of the GN-XIII can kill Setsuna, Tieria, piloting GN-008 Seravee, intervenes in the nick of time and takes out the GN-XIII with the Seravee's GN beam saber. After saving him from the attack, Tieria leads Setsuna, along with Saji Crossroad, to the Ptolemaios II.

Veda

Tieria has the ability to directly interface with Celestial Being's supercomputer, Veda. When this happens, Tieria's eyes glow with a rainbow-ish, digital hue that signifies a successful connection. The first time Tieria displayed such an ability was when Choubu, the Human Reform League's anti-Gundam squad, attempt to capture GN-005 Gundam Virtue. Tieria activated GN-004 Gundam Nadleeh, hidden under Virtue's armor, by interfacing directly with his Gundam's computer. This ability is later elaborated upon when Tieria interfaces directly with a Veda terminal on board the Ptolemaios. This allows Tieria to access anything uploaded to Veda, from information to live video feeds from cameras connected to Veda.

, who has the same ability to directly interface with computers. In episode 22, Feldt Grace notes that this ability is not one that humans would be able to perform.

With the hacking of Veda, however, Tieria has lost this connection. During the attack of the GN-X units, when the Gundams' power supply is switched to the Ptolemaios' external backup system implemented by Sumeragi, he still attempts to interface with Veda, leading to the immobility of Virtue. Patrick Colasour takes advantage of this and charges at Virtue with a beam saber; however, Lockon uses Dynames as a shield in the nick of time and takes the full blow. Later on, Tieria is shown to be concerned that Celestial Being would not be able to complete their mission due to the hacking of Veda.

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