Toy prototype details
Name: NemhetraTM
Subtitle: captivating leader
Line: KR|Horizon
Item type: action figure (dual figure) - Nº 2 in the line.
Character details
Name: Nemhetra, aka Iron-Face
Family name: AmhalgaardTM
Classification: uncertain, seemingly human
Sex: female
Relationships: daughter of Demo-Rha and Ir-Ash, cousin of Desion (Masq-Lor), Herrion, Rhadiel (Fai-Rha) and Mor-Rak, half-sister of Sei-Lha
Home: Tahron
Era: 15 years after Foundation
Affiliation: Destructomorph
Rank: chief marshal.
Background
First appearance: KR|Horizon #1 - The Destructomorph legacy
Brief bio: when Ir-Ash was magically mutated into Deptilion, the dark power of the spell affected the child that Demo-Rha was obliviously carrying, suspending the gestation in a timeless status. Years later, following Deptilion's demise after his final battle with Masq-Lor, the charm ended and Demo-Rha soon gave birth to a girl, whom she named Nemhetra and transported to safety to her sister Modi-Rha shortly before dying. With the help of his embittered son, Modi-Rha instructed a triad of dark sorcerers to secretly raise the infant, in order to make her into the enemy of the Therioms, who had exiled them a few decades earlier. For years, Nemhetra grew up under the sorcerers' tutelage in the shadow of a monastery near the UcamurTM region, and, despite her young age, she became a highly trained combatant. A creature of great intelligence, she was indoctrinated with tales of her parents and the power they had represented, making her develop, besides a coldblooded ambition and extreme cruelty, the desire to continue their legacy one day. After a supernatural process of transformation to an adult form, Nemhetra plotted, together with her spiritual advisers, to re-establish the Destructomorph army, defeat the Therioms and unlock the multiversal walls' portals. During a mission into the depths of Dekropolis, her parents' former stronghold, she learnt of the existence of the prodigious helmet that had been disassembled by her cousin Barkos, and succeeded in retrieving it. Owing to her complex biological and mystical heritage, Nemhetra could immediately control the full might of the helmet, which made her gain the moniker "Iron-Face" and act as a major adversary for anyone who would challenge her. Among the Therioms, only the three siblings' robatars could match her in a fight and, after their final battle, she was definitively defeated. Impressed by her determination and considering their blood relationship, Masq-Lor earned Nemhetra's trust by showing forgiveness and decided to enlist her in the Theriom army. She was quickly chosen as the fourth protector of the Key and was tasked with wielding her father's halberd. This arrangement at first resulted in a clash within the Therioms, but eventually, despite the wickedness her guardians had fed to Nemhetra, everyone came to recognise a good heart in her. By siding with the Therioms, she could finally make amends for her evil.
Articulation
Both figures have the standard articulation, excluding hinged abdomen.
In the comics, Nemhetra wears a magic helmet that in certain situations gives her incredible abilities and changes her look. Despite the two figures represent the same character, they render the two alternative forms and appear very different. Although it's not clear whether these figures will be released individually or in a 2-pack, I'm going to describe them separately.
Normal form: Chief Marshal Nemhetra
Description
Head: fair light-grey skin, long, thick red hair (with two loosely plaited locks worn at the back), green eyes. Her face is quite heavily coated with cosmetics (i.e., eye shadow and dark-red lipstick) and she wears a pair of yellowish teeth as earrings
Body: fair light-grey skin, long fingernails painted with red varnish. She wears several pieces of jewellery such as a Destructomorph emblem (i.e., a square-shaped blueish spider whose back slightly resembles a demoniac face) hanging from a black string worn round her neck, a snake-shaped silver armband adorned with a small skull on her left arm and a ring set with a greenish gemstone on her right hand
Wearables: a short sleeveless fit and flare dress, two silver chain mail fingerless gauntlets (which only have a loop for the middle finger), two silver boots with open diamond cuts on the shafts and vamps (revealing a pair of silver chain mail socks underneath), a belt made of several shiny silver discs laced together (with three small ornamented silver tassets attached) and a jagged, bat-shaped shawl/cape fastened to her arm bracers (which fortunately can be un-pegged). The belt separates the fitted silver chain mail bodice (whose armholes, two vertical "ribs" and lace-up U-neckline are trimmed with whitish bony ornaments) above the waist from the knee-length flouncy jagged off-white skirt (with a double slit) below, allowing for the waist swivel. The cloth cape is a thing of beauty, with its black and silver deco and camo design looking really great, and is wired to easily create a flowing effect.
Action feature
Although the normal form of Nemhetra doesn't have any action feature, we still get a removable piece of armour designed to protect her right shoulder and to enhance her outfit. This consists of a single mean-looking large dome-shaped pauldron that covers the shoulder and includes additional multiple plates and lames riveted to it, to defend the upper arm as well as parts of the back and chest. Its off-white (i.e., a white colour with a grey tinge that resembles tarnished silver) metal parts are engraved with a scale pattern and have shiny silver borders. The chest guard, which is embossed with a Destructomorph symbol, has a long, wide black leather strap that fastens to the back plate and buckles at the left flank.
Weapons and accessories
Aside from the additional armour, the figure includes several weapons. First up is a halberd, which is one of the four components of the Key (the one whose sawtooth blade is curved inward) and the same halberd that belongs to Deptilion in the Foundation series, except from being painted with some metallic-blue details here and there rather than plain silver.
The second weapon is a new version of Demo-Rha's sceptre, which is composed of a short whitish bony staff topped with a modified version of the Destructomorph symbol, i.e., a square-shaped black spider, whose back resembles a human skull with two silver shiny nuggets embedded in the eye sockets.
The third and final weapon is a clip-on metal sheath with a stiletto, which snaps on to either boot and is identical to the dagger accessory that came with Foundation Demo-Rha.
Furthermore, there is an additional hair piece wearing a four-horned whitish bony tiara, which is only shown briefly in the comics and is very reminiscent of her mother's headgear in the Foundation series, although the two outer projections are more similar to sorts of bat-shaped ears rather than horns. To display Nemhetra with this alternative hairstyle, it's necessary to remove the double-plaited-lock back piece of the hair that’s plugged in, add the ring-shaped extra bit, which gives the hair a little more height and includes the bony tiara, and replug the back piece.
Enhanced form: Iron-Face
Description
Head: similarly to other characters in the KR universe, Nemhetra wears one of the silver magic helmets, which in certain circumstances produces a silvery mask and gives her incredible physical and mental powers, changing her appearance significantly. The figure comes with an helmeted head, characterised by the metal mask activated and a pair of red glowing eyes. The mask is fictionally formed of two smooth halves that slide horizontally and then "deflate", to create devilish facial features, which are similar to those of her mother Demo-Rha. The helmet allows for her long unbound hair to come through the back and, in addition to the standard side crests, has a slit-like opening on the top that allows a badass red mohawk to come through
Body: fair light-grey skin, exposed abdomen, right upper arm and part of the thighs. Her hands are equipped with silver fingernail guards
Wearables: a sports bra-like silver armour with off-white tarnished details (including a pair of bra cups adorned with a cracked design), a silver rerebrace on the left arm, two fingerless gauntlets (ornamented with snake motifs on the sleeves and with spiked wrist guards), two thigh-high lobster claw-shaped boots (embellished with snake motifs on the shafts, open diamond cuts on the vamps, spiked calf protectors, toothed toe-caps, skull-shaped knee guards and turndown silver chain mail sock tops), a wide silver belt with a cross-shaped buckle (set with a greenish gemstone) that holds a number of off-white leather lappets, and a pair of white shorts. The armour is equipped with several serrated spikes, a metallic-blue Destructomorph symbol right below the chest, and a shoulder guard composed of two skull-shaped, spiked spaulders and a collar. It doesn't look like the most functional outfit for going to battle, but in the comics it is explained that, during her transformation, Nemhetra grows a kind of metallic underskin.
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| Nemhetra's stylised helmet with side crests. |
Action feature
In the comics, Nemhetra's enhanced form is equipped with Swiss army knife-like bracers, which incorporate liquid metal retractable appendages. These appendages can morph into solid metal bladed weapons or tools, which she can even shoot against her opponents or combine to form more complex weapons. The figure comes with many different silver attachments (including a sword, a spear, an axe, a mace, a lash and a sort of bow and arrow) and the feature is that you can detach the spiked piece on the side of either forearm, attach a weapon and reattach the piece, so it looks like the wrist guard had opened up and the weapon came out.
Apart from her many weapon attachments, the enhanced form of Nemhetra comes with two alternate heads: one displays her normal face and wears the inactive helmet without the visible mohawk, while the other is a mid-transformation head with the face covered by the two sliding halves of the metal mask, which shows no facial feature except for two subtly devilish sculpted eyes and a groove that splits the mask in two down the middle. This heads work as the necessary bridge between the unhelmeted and the helmeted-with-metal-face heads.
Finally, the figure includes a surprising weapon, which is an extended version of the sceptre that comes with the normal form. Here, the sceptre becomes a whip with a length of silver cord fastened to a bronze handle on one end and to a flaming Destructomorph symbol on the other end. I'm not sure about the exact meaning of this weapon (it's probably supposed to be an enhanced version of her wand, which is never shown in the comics), but it's still a welcome addition.
Final thoughts
Final thoughts
Character value: ♦♦♦♦♦ Nemhetra, the latest ruthless leader of the Destructomorphs, is the new biggest enemy of the Therioms!
Articulation: ♥♥♥♥ She has the usual female KR articulation. Her normal form's shawl, while being beautiful and comic book-accurate, is fortunately detachable, otherwise it'd limit her articulation in horrible ways
Sculpt and paint: ♣♣♣♣ Both figures look great. Her normal form's hair from the front looks pretty good, but from the back it looks impressive, while her enhanced form's face sculpt is absolutely beautiful. The paintjob is remarkable too and I don’t have any issues with my prototypes other than a stray spot of paint or two
Accessories: ♠♠♠♠♠ The many weapons for the enhanced form are easy to swap in and out. Hopefully one day we'll also get her robatar and super-robatar forms. However, if you want to rely on Nemhetra to take her opponents out without those further enhancements, she can have that demonic look...
Playability: ♪♪♪♪ Really, I'm so happy her normal form's outfit is not restricting, she wouldn't just be a lot of fun to play with. In the end, it’s just nice to have a chick on hand to fight the Therioms
Overall: ☺☺☺☺ I would say this dual figure is a home run! There is a lot to love about this set - both of Nemhetra's forms are excellent figures with superior detailing and sculpting. Good things are coming from PoliganToys and the KR|Horizon line, and I can’t wait for more figures like these.
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