
The Black Scrawl may be a reference to the Black Death, a deadly disease and historical epidemic.These characters represent the DNA nucleobases of denine, ytosine, uanine, and hymine, indicating that the Black Scrawl represents the breakdown of a Replicant's DNA. Its heavily implied that replicant Yonahs black scrawl had something to do with her corrupted gestalt form and since shes made from corrupted data, shes. The four Angelic Script letters seen as part of the Black Scrawl are Aleph, Cheth, Gimel and Thes (or A, C, G, and T).The Black Scrawl resembles the magical black runes that emit from both The Dragon and the The Giant in Branch E of Drakengard during the final battle in Tokyo.Ursula was also afflicted with the Black Scrawl, the progression of which can be seen throughout her side quests. At this point some Gestalts began to relapse, and Replicants developed a completely separate disease known as the black scrawl. They are sterile because their genes arent in them they are in the Shades, thats why the black scrawl is a DNA sequence, the body is reacting to a the. The Prince of Facade's predecessor fell ill with the Black Scrawl and died, leading to the title of king being passed down. If you get either ending A or B where Nier, Yonah and Kain all live Yonah will die soon anyhow because her Gestalt is now gone. This also means that there are no happy endings in this game. Even if Replicant Nier had surrendered his body to his Gestalt and Grimoire Weiss fused with Grimoire Noir, the same fate would have occurred. Yonah has the Black Scrawl (and always will no matter how many Replicants of her are made) because her Gestalt wasn't stable when placed into stasis. As the disease has no cure, Yonah dies to the Black Scrawl after the events of NieR. ĭue to her Gestalt being suspended in a half-relapsed state, every incarnation of Replicant Yonah will always be infected with the Black Scrawl.

However, the disease cannot actually be cured, and collection of the Sealed Verses is required to activate the system that returns all remaining “healthy” Gestalts to their Replicants before they relapse. Similarly, while a cure is not publicly known, the Song of the Ancients claims that the Black Scrawl can be cured after Grimoire Weiss collects each of the Sealed Verses. However, in reality, the Black Scrawl is not a pathogen it is actually an unexpected error that causes the corruption of a Replicant upon the relapsing of their corresponding Gestalt.


The source of the disease is not publicly known. SPOILER ALERT - Plot details for NieR follow. The disease causes pain throughout the entire body and ultimately leads to death.
NIER BLACK SCRAWL SKIN
The Black Scrawl manifests as patterns of black letters that swirl around the skin of infected individuals. The Black Scrawl is a widespread, incurable disease.
