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Hammer the Supplier, known in Japanese as Hamer (ハマー, Hamā), is a rat-form demi-human merchant and prisoner from the D Block of Nortune, Kislev. After being rescued, he follows the main group for a large portion of Xenogears, offering his services.
Personality[]
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A merchant with a happy-go-lucky attitude, Hammer was often at odds with those who he saw as physically or mentally stronger than him, forcing him to resort to dodgy means to get ahead in Kislev. Fei's appearance in his life presented him with new opportunities, but with it came more strains on his psyche.
It is eventually revealed that Hammer has some deeply-rooted issues concerning jealousy of others, and wanting to feel important and needed. While he is apologetic, he is also consigned to feeling that his measures are necessary, even at the expense of losing the friends he has.
Biography[]
Like all other demi-humans, Hammer was imprisoned in D Block partly because of Kaiser Sigmund's harsh anti-demi-human laws and policies, but mostly because he "slipped up" and was caught pulling a confidence game. When put through the traditional prison "Baptismal Ceremony" he was given the prisoner rank of D as he had lacked any real combat ability.
He was an associate of Ricardo "Rico" Banderas, regularly doing Rico's laundry in part because of this. In Nortune, he worked as a merchant, deceptively claiming his prices were lower than anywhere else as a sales pitch, despite buying and selling them for the same price. He also manages at one point to procure a FixBot Gear to supply Gear parts.
Xenogears[]
He somehow uses his connections with Fei Fong Wong to convince the higher ups to let him go, and for some unexplained reason gets a full pardon from his prison sentence as soon as Fei becomes the Gear Battling Champion.
Hammer becomes a close ally to the protagonists, joining the crew of the Yggdrasil, sharing a room with Rico. Whenever the group needs something difficult to procure, especially in the way of information, he somehow gets surreptitiously, and is most always surprisingly accurate. He's also a top-notch mechanic (or so he claims) and is able to supply Gear parts as well as repair Gears. However, upon boarding the Yggdrasil, his skills become less and less essential, to the point where he's conscious about it, feeling reduced to the role of a "bit-player" as he would later put it.
Hammer shoots and kills Medena.
He goes with the party to Solaris to help gather information and barter all the latest items found there. However while there he is turned by Karellen, who promises him a great reward, including his own brand of fighting power, if he can bring Elly Van Houten back to him.
When the party was mere steps away from escaping from Solaris, Hammer surprises the entire party when he pulls a gun on Elly and demands that she return with him back to Etrenank. Elly's mother Medena Van Houten steps in front of the gun and, after repeated orders to move out of his way, Hammer finally shoots her and runs away, leaving her to die. When the party escapes Solaris, Hammer stays behind with Karellen.
Hammer in Anima Dungeon Two.
When he appears again in Anima Dungeon Two, it is revealed that Hammer was surgically grafted into the structure of a massive Wel-Gear. Instructed by Karellen to destroy the party at the second Anima Dungeon and again return Elly to him, Hammer's new Wel-Gear form is a tough opponent. However, in spite of performing several self-modifications in battle, he was unable to defeat Fei and Rico.
Hammer took this moment to apologize to Elly. He also reminds Rico to go back to Kislev, as he's next in line to be Kaiser, much to Rico's surprise of him knowing this. Hammer dies when his Wel-Gear falls into a massive ravine and self-destructs.
Rico mourns for Hammer, angrily insisting that that it hadn't been Hammer's fault and fondly reminisces about the time he spent with him, in stark contrast to how they were usually seen interacting when Hammer was alive. Elly's crying, meanwhile, would convince Fei to try to stop her from fighting with them again, as he couldn't handle seeing her that upset ever again.
Quotes[]
- "I really don't want to do this to Miss Elly either. Really, I like her very much. But, but I... I... have no other choice! Because I'm no good... I don't have the strength like bro, or the smarts like the doc! I, I know everyone thinks of me as some annoying handyman who talks too much... I know that... I'm different from you all! I'm not special like you! A "normal" guy like me has no choice but to do this!"
- "For a bit player... like me... this is probably... the end... I deserve..."
Trivia[]
- Fei said that Hammer once said "What becomes of the normal humans...?" when he didn't, at least not on screen.
- The design of Hammer in Xenosaga was originally based on Hammer the Supplier from Xenogears.
- A character from Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has a similar story arc, turning to betrayal of the party due to struggling with feelings of inferiority in regards to someone they admire.
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