Piers Nivans

"I'm right there with you Captain, but your personal vendetta isn't going to get us anywhere!"

- Piers, to Chris

Piers Nivans is a member of the North American Branch of the B.S.A.A., assigned to the SOU (Special Operations Unit). Nivans served under Chris Redfield during the investigation into the incident at the Marhawa School; the 2012 Edonian civil war and the 2013 campaign in China.

Biography
Piers Nivans, the young ace of the B.S.A.A., was a naturally gifted marksman, much like his squad leader, Captain Chris Redfield. Due to his extreme sharpness and concentration, he was known as "the man who never misses a target".

He is also characterized as a person with a strong sense of responsibility and an astute discernment, being able to influence his teammates into the correct course in the battlefield. It's because of these qualities that makes Piers a trusted and valuable comrade of Chris, who regards him as the figure that will lead the B.S.A.A. one day.

Edonia
Piers is a part of the B.S.A.A. team in Edonia led by Chris Redfield. Other members of the team include B.S.A.A. operatives Ben Airhart, Carl Alfonso, Finn Macauley and Andy Walker. At one point, the team comes across Jake Muller and agent Sherry Birkin, though through unknown circumstances. They later come into contact with a woman believed to be Ada Wong who uses a bomb that explodes into syringes filled with the C-Virus. Ben, Carl, Finn and Andy are caught in the blast and become infected. The mutated operatives attack Piers and Chris who are forced to defend themselves.

Six months after the tragedy, Piers finds Chris - habitually smoking and drinking - in a bar in Edonia. At first Chris does not remember anything of bioterrorism, the B.S.A.A., or Piers and his dead comrades. However, Piers brings the memories to surface by forcing him to face the truth and convinces him to return to the B.S.A.A. and help with a mission in Lanshiang.

Lanshiang
During their mission in Lanshiang, Chris and Piers went over to a rendezvous point at a tenement house, dubbed the "Ace of Spades", where they were to rescue United Nations diplomats who had been held hostage by J'avo. After the diplomats had been rescued, the building was bombed by the UN to take out any remaining J'avo. Almost immediately after regrouping with Alpha Team outside, one of the men was attacked and dragged away by the Iluzja. Following the giant snake's trail, Alpha Team was led unawares into its lair. Searching for the beast in the hopes of finding the missing man alive, the snake attacked and killed soldier after soldier until only four were left to form any form of resistance: Piers; Chris; Marco and Jeff. On their way down to fight the Iluzja where they believed it to be, Jeff was grabbed by the snake from behind and killed, leaving just three left. The three succeeded in defeating the snake after much effort. Realising that Chris was stopping at nothing to finding Carla, he confronted his Captain with regards to the deviation from the mission. Unfortunately, Carla had chosen this very time to attack, infecting Marco with the C-Virus before escaping.

As the only two men from Alpha Team left, yet again, Piers and Chris received intel from HQ regarding Carla's position in the city - the dockyards. Rushing off to the dockyards and expecting reinforcements from Charlie and Delta Teams, escalated fighting in the city meant that it would just be the two of them to go after Carla as she escaped them yet again. Pursuing her in a high-speed chase across the city, HQ quickly desiphered that Carla was intending to reach an aircraft carrier just off the river. Flying through the air to reach the carrier's rear deck, Chris and Piers were initially knocked-out by the impact, allowing Carla to get away.

Appearance
Piers is almost as tall as Chris with broad facial features and light brown hair in a short front spike.

While on his mission in Edonia, Piers wears basic tactical gear including a grey coat, matching military-issue cargo pants, light brown combat boots, a light brown tactical vest and black leather gloves. Most apparent is a brown/grey and white box-weave garment around his neck, resembling a shemagh or keffiyeh. He also wears camoflauged kneepads and numerous camoflauged pouches on both legs, his vest, and on a tactical belt around his waist. A pouch on the left breast of his vest has two emblems embroidered on it. One is military blood-type patch imprinted with "A POS" (stating his A-positive blood type), the other being a brown camoflauge patch that reads "Special Operations Unit, BSAA" with a symbol of a winged shield and a sword overlapping it.

Six months after the events on Edonia, Piers is seen in casual wear when he finds Chris in a bar. He's dressed in grey pants with a black belt, a white t-shirt and a pale green army-style military jacket that bears the emblem of the B.S.A.A.'s North American Branch on both sleeves. While in Lanshiang, Piers' gear is almost identical. The only notable difference is he is no longer wearing a jacket and instead wears an off-white long-sleeved shirt. The shirt bears two emblems on the sleeves, first being the B.S.A.A.'s North American Branch emblem. The second is a small patch that reads "SOU - BSAA."

Personality
Piers' sense of responsibility seems to drive him to act as a moral compass for Chris and to keep him on the straight path, being the one to keep Chris from taking their mission in Lanshiang too personally. Dedicated and focused, Piers' moniker of being the man who never misses a target could very well apply to his personal interactions as well. When he set out to bring Chris back to the B.S.A.A. sixth months after the Edonia tragedy, it is something he made sure to accomplish and never faultered.

It is apparent that Piers has some sense of admiration or respect for Chris, referring to him as "Captain" respectfully at all times with one notable exception. When trying to get him to remember the events in Edonia, Piers referred to Chris exclusively by his first name. Piers finally called him "Captain" again when Chris' memories returned and was convinced to return to the B.S.A.A.