History Characters / DissidiaFinalFantasyOperaOmniaIToIII

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Right on the precipice of regaining his immortality by literally absorbing the afterlife of his homeworld, Xande realizes for all his bluster about living forever he has very little to actually live for. His immortal friends are all gone, the world will likely be destroyed by his actions, [[AndThenWhat and he has no goals beyond living forever]]. While this isn't enough for Xande to actually turn good, he does admit he needs to do some soul searching in regard to what he actually wants out of his life, everlasting or otherwise.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Right on the precipice of regaining his immortality by literally absorbing the afterlife of his homeworld, Xande realizes for all his bluster about living forever he has very little to actually life for. His immortal friends are all gone, the world will likely be destroyed by his actions, [[AndThenWhat and he has no goals beyond living forever]]. While this isn't enough for Xande to actually turn good, he does admit he needs to do some soul searching in regard to what he actually wants out of his life, everlasting or otherwise.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Right on the precipice of regaining his immortality by literally absorbing the afterlife of his homeworld, Xande realizes for all his bluster about living forever he actually has very little to actually life for. His immortal friends are all gone, the world will likely be destroyed by his actions, [[AndThenWhat and he has no goals beyond living forever]]. While this isn't enough for Xande to actually turn good, he does admit he needs to do some soul searching in regard to what he actually wants out of his life, everlasting or otherwise.

** While he will work with the Cloud of Darkness, he is well aware she does not care whatsoever about his goals so he only aligns himself with it sparingly. By Act 4 Xande has completely changed his methods of obtaining his immortality back; instead of dealing with cosmic entities he makes an attempt to [[YouSoulIsMine absorb the very Spirit]] of his homeworld, which would effectively allow him to take the souls of Master Noah, Doga, and Unei ([[TheResenter therefore taking their gifts which he always thought should have been his in the first place]]), and thus becoming immortal as a side-effect to gaining incredible knowledge and power. This catches Onion Knight and the heroes so off-guard he very nearly succeeds.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: When Onion Knight notes how even after they sacrificed themselves Doga and Unei begged him to look after Xande, Vaan points out Xande must have at one point been a person worthy of respect to have such loyal friends even in the face of his atrocities. Even though Xande still resents them, upon realizing when he does eventually dies he will be reunited in the Spirit with Master Noah and his friends does give him some comfort.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: When Onion Knight notes how even after they sacrificed themselves Doga and Unei begged him to look after Xande, Vaan points out Xande must have at one point been a person worthy of respect to have such loyal friends even in the face of his atrocities.

* TaughtByExperience: Back in ''III'' Xande breaks time and space in order to regain his immortality, although by doing so dooms the world to stagnate and decay; come ''Opera Omnia'' the new world is already broken and flooded with light so if he wanted to Xande could use that power to live forever, but decides he would rather be immortal in a world he can hold dominion over, as opposed to being immortal in a broken void.

* {{Expy}}: He becomes this for Galenth Dysley of ''Final Fantasy XIII'' when Jihl Nabaat enters the world. They're both staff-wielding magic users with a similar design scheme who love manipulating pawns to do their work, only to dispose of them when they've outlived their usefulness.

* Expy: He becomes this for Galenth Dysley of ''Final Fantasy XIII'' when Jihl Nabaat enters the world. They're both staff-wielding magic users with a similar design scheme who love manipulating pawns to do their work, only to dispose of them when they've outlived their usefulness.

* expy: He becomes this for Galenth Dysley of ''Final Fantasy XIII'' when Jihl Nabaat enters the world. They're both staff-wielding magic users with a similar design scheme who love manipulating pawns to do their work, only to dispose of them when they've outlived their usefulness.

* Expy: He becomes this for Galenth Dysley of ''Final Fantasy XIII'' when Jihl Nabaat enters the world. They're both staff-wielding magic users with a similar design scheme who love manipulating pawns to do their work, only to dispose of them when they've outlived their usefulness.

* PetTheDog: His encounter with Leonora counts as this. He doesn't attack her, protects her from monsters, and gives her a brief rundown on her new situation.

* CharacterDevelopment: Leon is one of the few characters who managed to have his character developed past his original game. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII" simply ends with Leon walking away from the group, regretting his actions and leaving them to possibly atone for them, but it's implied they may or may not see him ever again. Here, they acknowledge that and try to convince Leon to stay with them as he struggles with the weight of his actions and the use of his dark powers. In the end, he resolves to use his dark powers for good and commits to fighting alongside his family and the other heroes.

** Ninjutsu has Onion Knight dual-wileding for several sword attacks, followed by throwing a barrage of shurikens, finished off with a Back Attack finishing blow.

* CounterAttack: If the enemy is affected with the [Drain Weapon] debuff, Firion will counter attack after the enemy's turn always (even if said enemy is paralized and didn't attack) to heal the party.

* TheDogBitesBack: While in a villainous team-up, Eald'narche decides immediately after getting his hands on Sehl'teus that Xande has served his purpose and proceeds to abruptly end their alliance. Not about to stand for being insulted, Xande simply distracts the Zilart before grabbing Sehl'teus and teleporting the Kuluu to the hero party, for no other reason than to spite Eald'narche.

* VillainousRescue: After Eald'narche disbands their alliance, Xande goes ahead and rescues Sehl'teus from his and Kam'lanaut's clutches, delivering the living crystal to the main party. This wasn't done out of any sense of heroism; however, he was just angry at Eald'narche's blatant arrogance.

* VillainousRescue: After Eald'narche disbands their alliance, Xande goes ahead and rescues Sehl'teus from his and Kam'lanaut's clutches, delivering the living crystal to the party. This wasn't done out of any sense of heroism, however, he was just angry at Eald'narche's blatant arrogance.

* HazyFeelTurn: Garland is the manifestation of the conflict between good and evil itself, and generally takes the sides of the villains for this reason. That being said, he explicitly does not wish for the destruction of the world of respite, as this would of course bring an end to his fight with the Warrior of Light. Once most of the villains' plans turn towards some form of destroying the world in Act 4, he stops siding with them and goes along with the Warrior's plan to restore the gods. That being said, he's only doing this for selfish reasons, and it's heavily implied that he's going back to his old ways as soon as Spiritus and Materia are back in action.

* NoNonesenseNemesis: As in his original game, the Emperor is someone who knows what he wants and doesn't hesitate to take it, and is assured that eventually he'll rule the world and everyone will kneel before him. This is actually part of what makes him so dangerous, because in this setting, will is itself a source of power, and the Emperor's arrogance and ambition means that his will is extremely strong. Even before he reclaims his full power from the dark crystal, he's able to take on the likes of Ardyn and win and can shape parts of the world to his liking.