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* ShipTease: With eachother, which fits since they could have very easily been Ourouborous candidates if there wasn't a hard limit to the number of Ourouborous that can be around at once. Riku is also noticibly very protective of Manana at various points in the game, so it's actually harder to tell what Mananas feelings on this are because of how subtle she is about it in comparison to Riku, who often blurts out something that makes it obvious to pretty much everyone that he likes her.
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* MixAndMatchWeapon: Riku's pistol can turn into a laser sword.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has a darker complexion, but otherwise lighter than Taion.
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* BadassBookworm: If the Ouroboros party walks with [[spoiler:Cammuravi]] in the City and they pass the bookstore, [[spoiler:Cammuravi]] will remark how Ethel enjoys reading [[spoiler:since her rebirth and has been making him get more books]].
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* BadassBookworm: If the Ouroboros party walks with [[spoiler:Cammuravi]] in the City and they pass the bookstore, [[spoiler:Cammuravi]] will remark how Ethel enjoys reading [[spoiler:since her rebirth and has been making him get more books]].books]], and she's one of the most skilled warriors in Keves.
* BlowYouAway: Her fans use wind-based attacks.
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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Her being TheKlutz doesn't affect her performance in battle and, while she's stated to dislike fighting, she still willingly takes up her fan without complaints when called upon by the party.
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* LastOfHerKind: In the game's present day, she is the last of the original generation of Gormotti people and of Flesh Eater Blades, as well as potentially being the last of the original Blades as a whole that were born in Alrest from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2''. The game's ending also shows that she is Poppi's new caretaker, marking Poppi as the last of Alrest's original Artificial Blades.
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* LastOfHerKind: In the game's present day, she is the last of the original generation of Gormotti people and of Flesh Eater Blades, as well as potentially being the last of the original Blades as a whole that were born in Alrest from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2''. The game's ending also shows that she is Poppi's new caretaker, marking Poppi as the last of Alrest's original Artificial Blades.Blades and currently the only other known surviving member of Rex's team.
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* LastOfHerKind: In the game's present day, her [[HalfHumanHybrid half-High Entia, half-Homs heritage]] marks her as the last of the original generation of both those races that were born from the Bionis in the original ''Xenoblade Chronicles''.
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* LastOfHerKind: In the game's present day, she is the last of the original generation of Gormotti people and of Flesh Eater Blades, as well as potentially being the last of the original Blades as a whole that were born in Alrest from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2''. The game's ending also shows that she is Poppi's new caretaker, marking Poppi as the last of Alrest's original Artificial Blades.
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* PolarOppositeTwins: She is quiet and logical, her twin sister is loud, emotional, sadistic, and her PeekABangs cover the opposite eye.
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* TwinTelepathy: She and her twin sister, No. 13, had this before 13's initial disappearance. It's re-established after her Ascension Quest.
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* DisneyDeath: Right after she awakens, Nia is stabbed in the "heart" by D. However, after ''his'' death, she turns out to be none the worse for wear given that her Core Crystal functions as the closest thing to an ''actual'' heart for her and as a Blade form the original world she can regenerate from any other kind of injury.
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* DisneyDeath: Right after she awakens, Nia is stabbed in the "heart" by D. However, after ''his'' death, she turns out to be none the worse for wear given that her Core Crystal functions as the closest thing to an ''actual'' heart for her and as a Blade form unaltered from the original world she can regenerate from any other kind of injury.
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* FryingPanOfDoom: Manana uses a combat rated Nopon cooking pan, which noticeably glows green like Agnian Blades.
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* FryingPanOfDoom: Manana uses a combat rated Nopon cooking pan, which noticeably glows green like Agnian Blades. It's very much not meant to be used as a bludgeon: one of their Hero Quests revolves around her cooking going down in quality simply because her skillet is too damaged by all the fighting to be optimal for its main purpose.
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* TheHeart: Of Colony Mu. It's clear she keeps the colony together simply because everyone there loves her. The problem is, she's not a very good commander outside of that; after the destruction of the Flame Clock, the loss of their united purpose quickly causes discord in the colony. She does eventually work on her leadership skills as her Hero Quests progress.
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* BadassNormal: Compared to the Ouroboros, Heroes don't have the ability to access other classes, change their gear, use Fusion Arts, or transform into an invulnerable HumongousMecha at will, but they're still quite powerful in their own right.
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* BadassNormal: Compared to the Ouroboros, Heroes don't have the ability to access other classes, change their gear, use Fusion Arts, or transform into an invulnerable HumongousMecha at will, but they're still quite powerful in their own right.
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** Zeon, Teach, Gray, Isurd, Ashera, Alexandria, Fiona, Triton, Monica, Cammuravi, and Segiri are completely optional, [[spoiler:along with Nia and Melia]]. While Monica temporarily joins your party initially, unlocking her as a permanent Hero is optional.
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** Zeon, Teach, Gray, Only Ethel, Valdi, Riku and Manana, Juniper, Ghondor, and Miyabi have their Hero Quests as part of the main plot (in Ghondor's case, she does not have a Hero Quest and is automatically unlocked at the start of Chapter 6). While Isurd, Ashera, Alexandria, Fiona, Triton, Monica, Cammuravi, [[spoiler:Melia, and Segiri Nia]] are completely optional, [[spoiler:along with Nia relevant to the plot, and Melia]]. While Monica temporarily joins your party initially, when introduced, unlocking her them as a permanent Hero is optional.
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* DisneyDeath: Right after she awakens, Nia is stabbed in the "heart" by D. However, after ''his'' death, she turns out to be none the worse for wear given that her Core Crystal functions as the closest thing to an ''actual'' heart for her.
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* TheAgeless: As a Blade, Nia has no age. With the exception of cutting her hair, she looks just like her Blade form in ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2''.
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* SureLetsGoWithThat: Plays this trope to a tee when after revealing she doesn't know how to get to Origin, the party members figure out a means themselves and end up deciding that in her infinite wisdom she planned it all out as a sort of test of character and ingenuity. Nia doesn't bother correcting them.
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* BadassNormal: Compared to the Ouroboros, Heroes don't have the ability to access other classes, change their gear, or transform into an invulnerable HumongousMecha at will, but they're still quite powerful in their own right.
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* CrutchCharacter: {{Downplayed|trope}}. Heroes are automatically equipped with Gems with strength based on their levels, meaning that they may have significantly more powerful Gems than the Ouroboros members at some points - though of course, the Ouroboros can catch up with some grinding.
* BadassNormal: Compared to the Ouroboros, Heroes don't have the ability to access other classes, change their gear, use Fusion Arts, or transform into an invulnerable HumongousMecha at will, but they're still quite powerful in their own right.
* BadassNormal: Compared to the Ouroboros, Heroes don't have the ability to access other classes, change their gear, use Fusion Arts, or transform into an invulnerable HumongousMecha at will, but they're still quite powerful in their own right.
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* DisneyDeath: Right after she awakens, Nia is stabbed in the "heart" by D. However, after ''his'' death, she turns out to be none the worse for wear given that her Core Crystal is her ''actual'' heart.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: While her name has previously been spelled ''Niyah'' in Japanese, the Japanese character names in the credits use the English spelling of ''Nia''.
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** Her outfit in the epilogue and as a recruitable Hero is based more on her Driver outfit than her Blade one (unlike her royal robes). She also uses spectral versions of Pyra's and Mythra's Aegis swords in battle, and wears tights that very closely resemble Mythra's from her "Massive Melee Mythra"/''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrothersUltimate'' outfit as well as a white band around her right leg like the one Mythra normally wears, while her haircut more closely resembles Pyra's than her previous haircuts. She even mentions that the outfit was one made for her back when the worlds were separate.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She takes full responsibility for the aftermath of her Ascension Quest due to being indirectly responsible for the death of the Giant Tirkin and fulfills his dying wish to take care of his kids. She takes them back to Agnus Castle to watch over them there.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She takes full responsibility for the aftermath of her Ascension Quest due to being indirectly responsible for the death of the Giant Jumbo Tirkin and fulfills his dying wish to take care of his kids. She takes them back to Agnus Castle to watch over them there.
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* UltimateBlacksmith: Riku is one of the seven Legendary Nopon who can wield Ultimate Hammers and work with [[spoiler:Origin metal to upgrade the party's initial Blades.]], which also means he personally helped forge [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Lucky Seven]]. The details of how this came to be are another element of the Nopon's MysteriousPast.
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* UltimateBlacksmith: Riku is one of the seven Legendary Nopon who can wield Ultimate Hammers and work with [[spoiler:Origin metal to upgrade the party's initial Blades.]], Blades]], which also means he may have personally helped forge [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Lucky Seven]].Seven]] (depending on just when it happened, since he states he was taught by a previous Legendary Nopon). The details of how this came to be are another element of the Nopon's MysteriousPast.
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* AcheyScars: [[spoiler:Her neck scar appears and aches as her incarnations get older and she starts remembering how prior to the system of the Queens, Homecoming was just the Consuls personally exectuing soldiers that had reached the end of their lifespan.]]
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* AcheyScars: [[spoiler:Her neck scar appears and aches as her incarnations get older and she starts remembering how prior to the system of the Queens, Homecoming was just the Consuls personally exectuing executing soldiers that had reached the end of their lifespan.lifespan in a ritual that supposedly celebrated and offered up "the light of their life". She states the pain will get worse and worse over time until she is driven insane by it and gets herself killed one way or another, and asks that Eunie end her life should it come to that. It's not made clear if there is any way to avoid this fate, though Eunie's words that her life is not just her own anymore seems to motivate her to try.]]
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* BloodKnight: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment has her acting rather gleeful fighting her own countrymen, and is quick to rope the Ouroboros into helping her fight her own Colony and its Consul for no other reason other than it would be fun, which unsurprisingly makes said Consul call her a "beast". Even her own men share this attitude. Unlike the other Heroes, Ashera doesn't mind fighting until her final day or even if she drops dead in combat, so long as her death has meaning. [[spoiler:It's revealed that this is because of the torment borne of her multiple deaths at the hands of the Consuls suffered by each of her incarnations prior. In her mind, a glorious death is preferable to a undignified, humiliating execution.]]
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* BloodKnight: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment has her acting rather gleeful fighting her own countrymen, and is quick to rope the Ouroboros into helping her fight her own Colony and its Consul for no other reason other than it would be fun, which unsurprisingly makes said Consul call her a "beast". Even her own men share this attitude. Unlike the other Heroes, Ashera doesn't mind fighting until her final day or even if she drops dead in combat, so long as her death has meaning. [[spoiler:It's revealed that this is because of the torment borne of her multiple deaths at the hands of the Consuls suffered by each of her incarnations prior. In her mind, a glorious death is preferable to a undignified, humiliating execution.execution or having to kill herself to escape the pain that awakens in her along with the neck scar.]]
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* HiddenDepths: Ashera's second Hero quest reveals that underneath her badass exterior and devil may care attitude to conflict is a deeply traumatized woman tormented by her past, or in particular [[spoiler:her past lives ending in her dying an ignoble death at the hands of the Consuls]], which is the source of her desire to die gloriously, even if it's a friend who kills her.
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* HiddenDepths: Ashera's second Hero quest reveals that underneath her badass exterior and devil may care attitude to conflict is a deeply traumatized woman tormented by her past, or in particular [[spoiler:her past lives ending in her dying an ignoble death at the hands of the Consuls]], Consuls, or to suicide when the memory and pain from those executions returns in other lives]], which is the source of her desire to die gloriously, even if it's a friend who kills her.
* MadeOfIron: After Eunie [[spoiler:shoots her dead center to snap her out of W's mind control, Ashera remarks a normal person would have been killed by that. Instead she feels invigorated.]]
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* PastLifeMemories: [[spoiler:Ashera has memories from past incarnations that appear to go back to around the very beginnings of the ForeverWar, as she recounts the fact that at the time the Consuls would just brutally execute soldiers that made it to ten instead of having the Queen and off-seers send them off peacefully.]]
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* PastLifeMemories: [[spoiler:Ashera has [[spoiler:In every life Ashera over time regains memories from past incarnations that appear to go back to around the very beginnings of the ForeverWar, as she recounts the fact that at the time the Consuls would just brutally execute soldiers that made it to ten instead of having the Queen and off-seers send them off peacefully.peacefully. Unfortunately, these restored memories come with other issues.]]
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* BadassBookworm: [[spoiler:If the Ouroboros party walks with Cammuravi in the City and they pass the bookstore, Cammuravi will remark how Ethel enjoys reading since her rebirth and has been making him get more books]].
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* BadassBookworm: [[spoiler:If If the Ouroboros party walks with Cammuravi [[spoiler:Cammuravi]] in the City and they pass the bookstore, Cammuravi [[spoiler:Cammuravi]] will remark how Ethel enjoys reading since [[spoiler:since her rebirth and has been making him get more books]].
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Despite never raising her voice, she commands a lot of respect from her troops. She's about the only one who can get the hot-tempered No. 9 to stand down when she's in a bad mood simply by stating her name.
* PeekABangs: They cover her left eye and add to the sense of mystery when the team first sees her face.
* TokenMiniMoe: The youngest and smallest member of the party (not counting her mech), and cute in her own distinct way.
* YouDidntAsk: Her response when Sena asks her, "Why didn't you tell us about this?!" during an event is, "That line of questioning has never been established."
* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Fiona threatens him with this when he goes a little too far in playfully scaring her subordinates while visiting Colony Mu.
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* ForgetfulJones: As a result of having lived for so long, he admits that his memory isn't the best. [[spoiler:His second Hero quest revolves around him trying to remember the location of an object that someone entrusted to him long ago, and he's even long forgotten how to activate his Moebius form since he hasn't used it in so long.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Completing his quest and liberating Colony 15 will result in him joining Ouroboros as an ally.]] {{Downplayed|trope}} in that he was never evil and in fact deliberately sought to have his Flame Clock destroyed, something only Noah could do.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Completing his quest and liberating Colony 15 will result in him joining Ouroboros as an ally.]] {{Downplayed|trope}} in that he was never evil and in fact deliberately sought to have his Flame Clock destroyed, something only Noah could do.
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* ForgetfulJones: As a result of having lived for so long, he admits that his memory isn't the best. [[spoiler:His His second Hero quest revolves around him trying to remember the location of an object that someone entrusted to him long ago, and he's even long forgotten how to activate his Moebius form since he hasn't used it in so long.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn:[[spoiler:Completing Completing his quest and liberating Colony 15 will result in him joining Ouroboros as an ally.]] ally. {{Downplayed|trope}} in that he was never evil and in fact deliberately sought to have his Flame Clock destroyed, something only Noah could do.
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* JackOfAllStats: [[spoiler:The Soulhacker can not only use the various Arts of Unique Monsters, but change its active role via its Role Skill, meaning that the class can fit nearly any role or situation in the game.]]
* MagikarpPower: [[spoiler:His Soulhacker class starts out with very limited options, with no master arts or talent art to speak of. However, whenever a new unique enemy is defeated while someone is deployed with it, they gain a skill from the enemy, allowing the class to be extremely customisable and powerful]].
* MechanicallyUnusualClass: [[spoiler:Soulhacker is easily the weakest class in the game when initially obtained, since each individual Art (bar its Talent Art, Final Countdown) is not available from the beginning, and Master Skills can't be equipped. However, if the Soul Hack menu is filled with a sufficient amount of Arts and Master Skills by defeating Unique Monsters, Soulhackers become exceedingly customizable powerhouses.]]
* MagikarpPower: [[spoiler:His Soulhacker class starts out with very limited options, with no master arts or talent art to speak of. However, whenever a new unique enemy is defeated while someone is deployed with it, they gain a skill from the enemy, allowing the class to be extremely customisable and powerful]].
* MechanicallyUnusualClass: [[spoiler:Soulhacker is easily the weakest class in the game when initially obtained, since each individual Art (bar its Talent Art, Final Countdown) is not available from the beginning, and Master Skills can't be equipped. However, if the Soul Hack menu is filled with a sufficient amount of Arts and Master Skills by defeating Unique Monsters, Soulhackers become exceedingly customizable powerhouses.]]
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* JackOfAllStats: [[spoiler:The The Soulhacker can not only use the various Arts of Unique Monsters, but change its active role via its Role Skill, meaning that the class can fit nearly any role or situation in the game.]]
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* MagikarpPower:[[spoiler:His His Soulhacker class starts out with very limited options, with only three Arts and no master arts Skills or talent art Talent Art to speak of. of, in addition to not being able to use any other class's Master Arts or Master Skills. However, whenever a new unique enemy Unique Monster is defeated while someone is deployed with it, they gain a skill from the enemy, allowing the class to gains a new skill, Art, or Master Art that all characters can use from then on. Each of the skills and Arts also has its own upgrade condition, most of which can be completed simply by using it. With all of its abilities unlocked and upgraded, the class becomes extremely customisable customizable and powerful]].
powerful, and its Talent Art increases in strength with each new ability.
* MechanicallyUnusualClass:[[spoiler:Soulhacker is easily Soulhacker can't equip the weakest class in the game when initially obtained, since each individual Art (bar its Talent Art, Final Countdown) is not available from the beginning, and Master Skills can't be equipped. However, if or Master Arts of other classes, leaving it purely limited to its own skillset. It also passes no Master Arts or Skills to any other class aside from the Soul Hack menu is filled with skill itself, which simply allows unlocking new Soul Hacks without needing a sufficient amount Soulhacker in the party. Triton himself uses a completely different set of Arts fixed skills and Master Skills by defeating Unique Monsters, Soulhackers become exceedingly customizable powerhouses.]]Arts, none of which are the same ones the Ouroboros get.
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* NoSell: He shrugs off a couple of cannon blasts when visiting Colony Mu and they mistake him for an enemy before the party clears up the misunderstanding.
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* TokenHeroicOrc: [[spoiler:He becomes a recruitable Hero after completing his quest, making him the sole Moebius to side with Ouroboros. He even requests that the party destroys his Colony's Flame Clock.]]
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* BadassAdorable: She develops into this as part of her backstory and character arc. By the end, she's able to cow Triton with words alone and join the party in taking on her entire Colony all while retaining her kind nature that everyone loves her for.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: In one sidequest, she manages to talk Triton into backing down from teasing her crew by threatening to not feed him. Lanz and Sena mention they're now afraid of ''her''.
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* CameBackWrong: After her death, she was revived by Y but placed under his control along with certain other soldiers from both factions until Mio and Noah manage to snap her out of it.
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* CameBackWrong: After her death, she was revived by Y but placed under his control along with certain other soldiers from both factions until Mio and Noah manage to snap her out of it. Then inverted in that unlike the other revived characters (who get few or no restored memories) she gets ''all'' the memories of her previous life back. How exactly is not understood by the party themselves.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Her being TheKlutz doesn't affect her performance in battle and, while she's stated to dislike fighting, she still willingly takes up her fan without complaints when called upon by the party.
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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: She's on the receiving end of this when Noah and Mio convey their feelings through their off-seer melodies to break her free from Y's brainwashing.
* TheKlutz: In comparison to Mio being a skilled soldier, Miyabi was infamous for being very clumsy, though she personally doesn't mind because she doesn't particularly likefighting. fighting.
* NiceGirl: She gets along with the residents of the City so well that, by the time of her Ascension Quest, Travis introduces her at the cooking contest as, "Everyone's Sweetheart."
* TheKlutz: In comparison to Mio being a skilled soldier, Miyabi was infamous for being very clumsy, though she personally doesn't mind because she doesn't particularly like
* NiceGirl: She gets along with the residents of the City so well that, by the time of her Ascension Quest, Travis introduces her at the cooking contest as, "Everyone's Sweetheart."
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* IGaveMyWord: He is honor bound to never reveal the details of his past to anyone, despite having made that pledge to his former Consul.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Both Mio and Taion have this reaction when Teach invites them for "a little stroll," during his Hero Quest, knowing that it's going to be anything but due to being familiar with his training methods.
* TheFogOfAges: When talking to Ghondor about Vandham and the events of Uraya in ''2'', she admits the events happened so long ago that she's forgotten most of the details, but the important bits of what happened remain.
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* PowerFist: Her profile picture shows her wearing two large, mechanical fists.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She takes full responsibility for the aftermath of her Ascension Quest due to being indirectly responsible for the death of the Giant Tirkin and fulfills his dying wish to take care of his kids. She takes them back to Agnus Castle to watch over them there.
* PowerFist: Her profile picture shows her wearing two large, mechanical fists.
* GoodIsNotNice: Gray is good-aligned and has a hidden soft spot for Ouroboros, but he's also terse in demeanor and pretty ruthless. [[spoiler:When he and Ouroboros have cornered the hardliners, Gray says he'll kill Yarmil and only keep Broo alive for information and kill her if she doesn't tell him anything worthwhile, with both Lanz and Eunie remarking that he doesn't mess around.]]
* OldSoldier: [[spoiler:He's approximately the same age as Guernica (60), and was a close friend of his.]]
* TerseTalker: Gray doesn't talk much and when he does it's straight and to the point.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Notably, when a group of Lost Numbers try to secede from the City, her first instinct when catching up with them is to question how [[DidntThinkThisThrough thought-out their plan was]], and to send them back to the City so that they can come up with an actual idea for secession, and then present it to the Senate. None of the Lost Numbers try to argue with her on this either, indicating that they realized she was right about them doing things too fast.
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[[GuestStarPartyMember Special party members]] whom Ouroboros encounter and join their ranks.
!In General
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Many of them are the commanders of their respective Colonies as well as their strongest fighters. This means that recruiting the Hero to their cause also gives the party the opportunity to destroy that Colony's Flame Clock, freeing it from Consul control and opening up most of the other sidequests in that region. [[spoiler:Melia and Nia -- the ''real'' Queen of Keves and Queen of Agnus -- are the rulers of their respective nations and are more than happy to travel alongside the party, being two of the most powerful Heroes in the game.]]
* BadassNormal: Compared to the Ouroboros, Heroes don't have the ability to access other classes, change their gear, or transform into an invulnerable HumongousMecha at will, but they're still quite powerful in their own right.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Nearly all of them are fought before becoming allies with Ouroboros.
* MegaManning: Recruiting a Hero also grants one party member access to their class, while the rest can unlock it through fighting battles alongside the Hero and/or their initial inheritor. Most of them get to show off what they can do as both an enemy and an ally before they properly join.
* OptionalPartyMember:
** Zeon, Teach, Gray, Isurd, Ashera, Alexandria, Fiona, Triton, Monica, Cammuravi, and Segiri are completely optional, [[spoiler:along with Nia and Melia]]. While Monica temporarily joins your party initially, unlocking her as a permanent Hero is optional.
** Ethel is an interesting case: while she joins your party as a Hero, plot events remove her from the roster [[spoiler:and she dies in Chapter 4, becoming completely unusable. While her Ascension Quest add her back into the party, it is also optional.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Many of the commanders distrust the Ouroboros to one degree or another on their first encounter, but are usually willing to hear them out and very quickly come to see things the party's way. That the Consuls are addicted to being {{Bad Boss}}es certainly helps.
* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Several Heroes will also teach the party a Traversal Skill, enabling them to do things like climb ivy-covered walls or walk up sandy slopes.
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[[folder:Riku and Manana]]
!!Peerless Riku & Manana
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SayakaSenbongi (Riku); Creator/AyaSuzaki (Manana) (Japanese), Tarinn Callender (Riku); Grace Saif (Manana) (English)\\
'''Class:''' Yumsmith\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Sena
->'''Manana:''' Maybe it impossible for one Nopon...\\
'''Riku:''' But not for two!
A pair of Nopon who accompanies the protagonists on their adventure, with Riku originally with the Keves trio and Manana with the Agnus trio.
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* AdvertisedExtra: PlayedWith. Despite being with the Party since the beginning and showing up in almost every cutscene, they only become heroes and assist the main characters in combat during the middle of the third chapter. Additionally, unlike Tora or Riki (Tora especially) they have very little direct plot relevance, mostly serving as ways for the main characters to bounce off in CharacterDevelopment.
* BigAnimeEyes: Riku and Manana sport detailed anime-style eyes unlike the typical BlackBeadEyes seen on Nopon in previous ''Xenoblade'' entries.
* BigOlEyebrows: Riku is seen sporting a pair of prominent eyebrows which the official Twitter account describes as "dapper".
* TheBlacksmith: Riku is in charge of item crafting.
* TheDividual: Though being two Nopon, they fight together as one unit, Riku using a pistol and Manana using [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe a cooking pan that doubles as a shield]].
* FryingPanOfDoom: Manana uses a combat rated Nopon cooking pan, which noticeably glows green like Agnian Blades.
* FunnyAfro: Riku appears to have one. It's unclear if it's his hat or his hair, though when reclassed to Yumsmith, Noah and the other Keves characters get an ''ushanka'' that looks like it.
* MeaningfulName: Riku's name is derived from the Japanese word for "land", which goes along with his knowledge of gemstones and ores.
* MixAndMatchWeapon: Riku's pistol can turn into a laser sword.
* MysteriousPast: [[spoiler:It's implied that there's much more to Riku than meets the eye. When talking about how the Lucky Seven came into Riku's possession, Noah begins to suspect that Riku isn't exactly who says he is, but Riku feigns ignorance. Later, when Melia is freed from captivity, she apparently recognizes Riku and they share a glance, but doesn't comment on it otherwise.]]
* NervesOfSteel: Riku's Japanese profile describes him as someone who doesn't panic in any situation.
* NotSoStoic: Despite his usual stoicism, [[spoiler:in the ending when Agnus and Keeves must separate into two worlds again]], Riku's seen bawling his eyes out over the [[spoiler:possibility of never seeing Manana again.]]
* ObsessedWithFood: Nintendo of Japan describes Manana as always thinking about food.
* SixthRanger: They travel with Ouroboros throughout the whole adventure even though their presence in the actual battle party is optional.
* TeamChef: Manana's official profile describes her as the resident chef for the team.
* TrueCompanions: With each other and the main party. That last one is really relevant with the reveal the Nopon aren't [[spoiler:under Consul control.]] Meaning these two could just up and leave if they so desired without having to worry about Moebius targeting them, but they love their friends enough to stand by them.
* VocalDissonance: Riku has a very deep BadassBaritone in the English dub despite being a Nopon and speaking in their normal manner.
* UltimateBlacksmith: Riku is one of the seven Legendary Nopon who can wield Ultimate Hammers and work with [[spoiler:Origin metal to upgrade the party's initial Blades.]], which also means he personally helped forge [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Lucky Seven]]. The details of how this came to be are another element of the Nopon's MysteriousPast.
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!!From Keves
[[folder:Ashera]]
!!Undying Blade Ashera
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{MAO}} (Japanese), Cassie Layton (English)\\
'''Class:''' Lone Exile\\
'''Role:''' Defender\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Eunie
->''"Live fiercely, die spectacularly! That’s what I want the battlefield of my life to be."''
A hero from Keves and the commander of Colony 11 renowned for her skill in battle. She helps the party liberate her own Colony seemingly just for the fun of it.
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* TheAce: Like Ethel, she's one of the few named Silver-ranked Keves Commanders and an absolute beast on the battlefield.
* AcheyScars: [[spoiler:Her neck scar appears and aches as her incarnations get older and she starts remembering how prior to the system of the Queens, Homecoming was just the Consuls personally exectuing soldiers that had reached the end of their lifespan.]]
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has a darker complexion, but otherwise lighter than Taion.
* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: When the Ouroboros first meet Ashera, she's found lounging atop a pile of wrecked Keves mechs.
* BloodKnight: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment has her acting rather gleeful fighting her own countrymen, and is quick to rope the Ouroboros into helping her fight her own Colony and its Consul for no other reason other than it would be fun, which unsurprisingly makes said Consul call her a "beast". Even her own men share this attitude. Unlike the other Heroes, Ashera doesn't mind fighting until her final day or even if she drops dead in combat, so long as her death has meaning. [[spoiler:It's revealed that this is because of the torment borne of her multiple deaths at the hands of the Consuls suffered by each of her incarnations prior. In her mind, a glorious death is preferable to a undignified, humiliating execution.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: During Ashera's second Hero quest, she gets brainwashed by Consul W and the party is forced to fight her.
* DoubleWeapon: Her weapon is a two-sided sword.
* {{Expy}}: Pretty overtly to Dunban from the first ''Xenoblade Chronicles''. She has a similar black hair color and tanned skin to him, a similar Received Pronunciation accent, is similarly FamedInStory among Kevesi Defenders as one of the strongest fighters in all of Keves, is similarly introduced fighting Kevesi automata that resemble the first game's Mechon, is a high damage output dodge tank just as he is, has five of his Arts[[note]]Demon Slayer, Gale Slash, Soaring Tempest, Jaws of Death, and even his signature Blossom Dance as a Talent Art.[[/note]], is referred to as a "beast" by Consul R just as Dickson refers to Dunban in the prologue of the first game, has a similar reckless and HotBlooded personality to him as he was in that prologue, and even a line where she refers to the CrapsackWorld of Aionios as "a world of strife".
* FamedInStory: According to Lanz, there's not a single Keves Defender who hasn't heard of her.
* {{Foil}}: To Agnus' own Silver-ranked Hero Alexandria. Ashera is a boisterous Commander who proudly calls the battlefield her home. Alexandria is more composed and tactical, not to mention she acts far more ladylike than Ashera does.
* HiddenDepths: Ashera's second Hero quest reveals that underneath her badass exterior and devil may care attitude to conflict is a deeply traumatized woman tormented by her past, or in particular [[spoiler:her past lives ending in her dying an ignoble death at the hands of the Consuls]], which is the source of her desire to die gloriously, even if it's a friend who kills her.
* IAmVeryBritish: She has a Received Pronunciation accent that, along with her snarky attitude, makes her sound a lot like VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} when speaking.
* MeaningfulName: Ashera sounds very close to "Ashura", also known as 'Shura' in Hindu mythology. While "Ashura" are classified as guardian deities or rebelling against the gods, not unlike the Ouroboros who challenge Moebius, the "gods" of Aionios, "Shura" in Japanese Mythlogy is the name of a Buddhist God of War, referring to someone who fights without end with vicious, almost inhuman ferocity. Fittingly, Ashera is the biggest BloodKnight associated with the heroes.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Not to the same extent as Ethel, but she's a famed soldier among Keves' Defenders and her Colony is currently ranked Silver, the second-highest position in the proverbial totem pole. However, she's also fighting against not just the Consuls, but also her ''own colony''; it's played with in that she's rebelling not because she learned the Consul's plans, but because she thinks fighting the Consul and her own soldiers would be fun (and she dislikes how the Consul only gives them fights they know they will win). To the bewilderment of the Ouroboros, even her men are happy to fight their Commander because she and the party will give them a good fight.
* PastLifeMemories: [[spoiler:Ashera has memories from past incarnations that appear to go back to around the very beginnings of the ForeverWar, as she recounts the fact that at the time the Consuls would just brutally execute soldiers that made it to ten instead of having the Queen and off-seers send them off peacefully.]]
* RedBaron: Due to her prowess and enthusiasm on the battlefield, Ashera has earned herself the reputation of "Undying Ashera", but her more common title is "That Suicidal Maniac". She laments how dull the latter sounds, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint and nothing else]].
* ScarsAreForever: [[spoiler:Her neck scar always appears once she gets older, as a constant reminder of her deaths at the hands of the Consuls.]]
* SuicidalOverconfidence: She's so bad when it comes to fighting against overwhelming odds that she's renowned throughout Keves as "That Suicidal Maniac".
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: In her very first scene, she throws her weapon at a Keves mech about to assault the heroes and hits it square in the face. It's a more practical move than in some other settings, as she can dematerialize the blade at will to call it back to her hand.
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[[folder:Ethel]]
!!Silvercoat Ethel
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsumiTanezaki (Japanese), Lucy Doyle (English)\\
'''Class:''' Flash Fencer\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Noah
->''"There you are! You monsters!"''
A military commander of Keves' Colony 4.
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* TheAce: Described as such for her combat ability, having risen both herself and Colony 4 to Silver Rank when she was only on her third Term, ie. 12 years old.
* BadassBookworm: [[spoiler:If the Ouroboros party walks with Cammuravi in the City and they pass the bookstore, Cammuravi will remark how Ethel enjoys reading since her rebirth and has been making him get more books]].
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:Rather than allow O and P to completely drain away her life force, Ethel instead challenges Cammuravi to a final duel where they both kill each other.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Years before the main game, Ethel single handedly saves a young Noah and his friends from an Agnus war machine.
* BoobsOfSteel: Gives Monica a run for her money for having the most noticeable bust in the game, and is a legendary Keves soldier whose abilities in combat and leadership allowed her colony to rise to Silver rank in record time. Indeed, it's stated that even on her own she's more powerful than some of the Consuls.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Like everyone else in Agnes and Keves, the Consuls hack her internal Flame Counter so she can only perceive Noah and the rest of the party as horrifying {{Living Shadow}}s -- the moment it's broken, she recognizes Noah and stops fighting.
* CoolBigSis: Has this dynamic with Noah, Eunie, and Lanz; she's (slightly) older than them and her experience saved their lives years before, and since then the three of them have looked up to her.
* DualWielding: She fights with two swords at once. Unlike with [[VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX Elma]] and [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 Brighid]], her left-hand sword is shorter, as is the case with most real-life styles.
* GlassCannon: Her Flash Fencer class has monstrously high damage output compared to everything else in the player's arsenal up to that point, but generates an equally monstrous amount of aggro and doesn't have much ability to take a hit. Her Acceleration Art pushes it even further by boosting her auto-attack and Arts speed, but also raising the damage she takes.
* GuestStarPartyMember: She temporarily joins the party in Chapter 3, but is forced to leave [[spoiler:when N threatens to destroy Colony 4 if she doesn't comply]]. She does return in Chapter 4, however, [[spoiler:only to get killed off]]. [[spoiler:Later she's reborn as a child and can be permanently re-recruited after a side quest that rapidly ages her back up thanks to the machines Y created to grow soldiers to their final Term.]]
* HeroAntagonist: She's only attacking the party because she thinks they're {{Humanoid Abomination}}s due to being BrainwashedAndCrazy. She's a perfectly nice person otherwise. [[spoiler:Though she's forced back into this when N blackmails her with Colony 4's safety.]]
* HonorBeforeReason: She defeated Cammuravi in battle when his Ferronis suffered a technical malfunction, but refused to kill him. Keves Castle demoted her all the way down to Dirt rank, the lowest possible ranking in the country.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Played with. Her skills have not dulled at all, still holding the title of Silver Rank and remaining a fearsome foe on the battlefield. Her colony, however, has long since been dropped down to Dirt Rank, i.e. the bottom of the barrel.
* {{Irony}}: Her sparing Cammuravi in battle resulted in her colony's dropping to Dirt rank. Given the mid-game reveal that [[spoiler:the whole rank system is made to single-out the best colonies for Moebius to harvest life force from]], this act likely saved Colony 4 from destruction.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler:She and Cammuravi manage to kill each other with stabs to their respective Ferronis' chest compartments.]]
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Despite the corruption of the Consuls being exposed, Colony 4's Flame Clock being destroyed, and her allying with Noah and his party, Ethel remains loyal to Keves. It's not until she sees the Queen actively complicit with the Consuls' corruption that she decides to rebel.
* NiceGirl: Very kind and understanding to her soldier's current plight and gives the party shelter after they save Colony 4. She also hunts for supplies solo to reduce casualties amongst her men.
* RedBaron: She's nicknamed "Silver Ethel" due to her getting her colony to that rank. Doubles as an IronicNickname due to currently being Dirt ranked.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Same with other brainwashed Kevesian soldiers, the Flame Counter in her right eye glows red when hijacked by Counsuls.
* SexyWalk: While this walk is present with pretty much all the older female characters, the sway of Ethel's class outfit makes her hip movements particularly noticeable. There is also a portion of the game where you are required to follow her as she slowly leads you to a meeting room, giving the player ample opportunity to observe how she walks.
* ShipTease: Pretty blatantly with [[spoiler:Cammuravi. They want nothing more than to enjoy fair fights with one another, and even as they are condemned and dying both wish for nothing with their freedom than to cross blades with each other in earnest, and the sheer joy she displays as she fights him here is in stark contrast to her generally stoic demeanor. When Noah tells her about how he and the others became Ouroboros, she even laments the fact that she and (who is implied to be) Cammuravi weren't there as well (implying she wished for a relationship that went beyond fighting him as a enemy). Course during this particular life neither had any concept of romance, but the implications remain. The two are strongly drawn to each other after their revival, and upon regaining her adult body Ethel pledges to walk "hand in hand" with him from then on as they stand together in front of the rising sun. She also declares together she feels like they can do anything. Their mutual declarations of companionship with each other also seems to be what causes their Class Ranks to ascend.]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Mòrag, as a military commander with a DualWielding fencing style who initially opposes the party due to a misconception but joins them after the understanding is cleared up. Her English dub voice also sounds similar, only with an English accent instead of a Scottish one.
* WorthyOpponent: To Cammuravi; the reason she's currently Dirt ranked is refusing to kill him when his Ferronis broke through no fault of his own.
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[[folder:Segiri ''(Nagiri)'']]
!!'''No. 7 Segiri'''
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiKayano (Japanese), Brigid Leahy (English)\\
'''Class:''' Machine Assassin\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Sena
A young soldier from Colony 0, a secret colony directly under Moebius' command tasked with causing trouble behind the scenes in order to keep the ForeverWar going. As a Machine Assassin, she pilots a MiniMecha known as a Ferron, functioning as a debuff-focused Attacker.
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* CastFromLifeSpan: The Ferrons have a miniature Flame Clock tied to its pilot's lifespan, which will be heavily drained if its limiters were removed to increase power output. After Noah destroys them, the Ferrons can no longer drain life or remove their limiters, being powered by ether cylinders instead.
* CreepyChild: Segiri's assassin conditioning left her with a bad case of DissonantSerenity, to the point that she's A-OK telling Ouroboros to their face that she's part of Moebius' black ops team and was sent to kill them. One conversation with her reduces Sena to tears.
* TheDogBitesBack: After Consul F risks all her comrades' lives by overclocking their Ferrons against her wishes, then orders her to kill Sena, Segiri turns on him and mortally wounds him, allowing Sena/Lanz to finish him off.
* ExtremeDoormat: Due to her upbringing, she has a really hard time doing things for herself unless directly ordered. When told she's free now after F's death, she has to rationalize it by imagining "Segiri" and "No. 7" as two separate things with one ordering the other around, because she's just ''that'' dependant on the chain of command.
* MiniMecha: She uses a Ferron, which is essentially a miniaturized Ferronis.
* ReiAyanamiExpy: A [[MysteriousWaif thin]], EmotionlessGirl with silver hair, bright red eyes, and in her early teens who ends up hospitalized and is deeply loyal to an abusive leader.
* RoboSpeak: Due to being raised as a subservient assassin, she communicates in a robotic fashion and refers to herself in [[ThirdPersonPerson third person]]. What's strange is that no one else in Colony 0 talks like this, even though they've also been raised the same way.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
** Her being a cyborg that rides inside a MiniMecha brings to mind the Poppibuster from ''2'', as well as sharing the same RoboSpeak mannerisms as both Poppibuster and the original Poppi, though obviously without the added Nopon dialect.
** The fact that her life is tied to her MiniMecha also brings to mind Fiora post-Mechonization from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'', though unlike the latter, she seems to have been [[TykeBomb born for the role]] instead of subjected to UnwillingRoboticization. Her "No. 7" designation [[MythologyGag also happens to be]] the order in which Mechon Fiora joined the party in ''1'', which many players used as a nickname to refer to her without spoilers.
* TeenageWasteland: The 12-year-old Segiri is the Commander of Colony 0, and its de facto leader once she [[KlingonPromotion removes Consul F from the equation]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: When Sena makes her onigiri as an apology for suddenly running away, she ends up liking it so much that her first independent desire is to have some more.
* TykeBomb: Eunie pegs her for about three terms old (i.e. 12), which is young for a frontline soldier even by Kevesi and Agnian standards.
* UnexplainedAccent: Segiri is the only Kevesi hero to have an American accent rather than an English or Irish one.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Machine Assassin is generally a pretty bad class for story bosses and high-level Unique Monsters, not because of any inherent weakness the class has, but because most of them have an outrageous level of ContractualBossImmunity that makes it nearly impossible to debuff them.
* YouAreNumberSix: Colony 0 is mentioned to scrub as much personal info from their future assassins during their growth to maximize efficiency; before meeting Ouroboros, she was nothing more than No. 7. Sena gives her the name Segiri (Nagiri) by combining "seven" ("nana" in Japanese) and "onigiri" because she doesn't want to call her by a number.
* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Segiri unlocks the ability to traverse damaging terrain without harm.
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[[folder:Triton ''(Triden)'']]
!!Defiant Triton
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakayaHashi (Japanese), Stanley Townsend (English)\\
'''Class:''' Soulhacker\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Lanz
->''"I may like an odd scrap with some tough 'uns, but goin' on some idiot adventure with 'em sounds fun, too!"''
The Consul and Commander of Colony 15. An oddball who seems to live for adventure more than anything, and refuses to be called T.
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* BenevolentBoss: In contrast to pretty much every other Consul, Triton treats the people of Colony 15 as friends to him, and even asks the party to destroy their Flame Clock, only because he's unable to destroy it himself.
* CallingYourAttacks: When he sneak attacks Lanz, he does so while shouting "Man of the Sea Sucker Punch!" Somehow this still manages to work.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Triton is a Moebius who doesn't try to kill Ouroboros on sight, instead inviting them on a jaunt across Erythia Sea before encouraging them to smash Colony 15's Flame Clock. When the party presents his Lieutenant with valuable booty for his contest, he claims he beat them because he found a coconut that's larger than their fossil, and greater size means greater value. Even his own Colony's personnel admit that while they're grateful he treats them well, unlike most Consuls, they have no idea what's going on inside his head.
* CombatPragmatist: He's got no problem going for cheap shots in a fight, sucker punching Lanz while his guard's down.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite being both the Consul and Commander of Colony 15, it's residents have no problem arguing with him or even calling him an "ugly lump". However, this shows that they actually like him rather than fear him as he never retaliates outside out a bit of complaining.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He catches the party off guard while they are out exploring. After they draw their weapons in self-defense, Triton raises his fist...only to instead put his hand to his chin and remark at their impulsiveness before inviting them to come eat some food with him. The party is understandably bewildered by this but follows him anyway.
* EvilIsPetty: Subverted. While he doesn't like losing and starts a fight by sucker punching Lanz, he's far from being evil.
* TheFogOfAges: He's been alive long enough to start to forget things. And it's implied he became Moebius while he was getting up in age.
* FatherNeptune: One of the older looking Moebius members who lives by the sea and loves making sea-based metaphors.
* ForgetfulJones: As a result of having lived for so long, he admits that his memory isn't the best. [[spoiler:His second Hero quest revolves around him trying to remember the location of an object that someone entrusted to him long ago, and he's even long forgotten how to activate his Moebius form since he hasn't used it in so long.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Completing his quest and liberating Colony 15 will result in him joining Ouroboros as an ally.]] {{Downplayed|trope}} in that he was never evil and in fact deliberately sought to have his Flame Clock destroyed, something only Noah could do.
* ImmortalityImmorality: Inverted. If anything, him living for so long is why he's got the perspective to realize that what the rest of Moebius does isn't for him, and that it's not the length of life that matters, but what one does with it.
* JackOfAllStats: [[spoiler:The Soulhacker can not only use the various Arts of Unique Monsters, but change its active role via its Role Skill, meaning that the class can fit nearly any role or situation in the game.]]
* MagikarpPower: [[spoiler:His Soulhacker class starts out with very limited options, with no master arts or talent art to speak of. However, whenever a new unique enemy is defeated while someone is deployed with it, they gain a skill from the enemy, allowing the class to be extremely customisable and powerful]].
* MechanicallyUnusualClass: [[spoiler:Soulhacker is easily the weakest class in the game when initially obtained, since each individual Art (bar its Talent Art, Final Countdown) is not available from the beginning, and Master Skills can't be equipped. However, if the Soul Hack menu is filled with a sufficient amount of Arts and Master Skills by defeating Unique Monsters, Soulhackers become exceedingly customizable powerhouses.]]
* MythologyGag: Triton calls himself and his crew "Men of the Sea" similar to the [[VideoGame/{{Xenogears}} Captain of the Thames.]]
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He greets the party by getting so close into Lanz's face that they're almost touching.
* NobleDemon: Downplayed in that he's not afraid to resort to cowardly tactics in his attempts to best the party, but it's tame compared to his fellow Moebius. Aside from that, he treats the soldiers in his colony like his own crew and doesn't transform into his true form when he fights the party, saying that using anything other than his fists in a brawl would taint things.
* OneLetterName: Defied, despite the insistence of his fellow Moebius members he refuses to go by "T".
* {{Pirate}}: His main motif. He talks with a heavy sailor's accent, complete with plenty of nautical terms peppering his dialogue, and he asks the party to call him "Cap'n Triton". His Moebius helmet is even styled to look like a captain's hat, and he lets out a couple of "yarrrrr"s for good measure.
* PowerCopying: [[spoiler:The main perk of his unique Hero class, Soulhacker. As a trade-off for not having any set Master Arts and Skills of his own, Triton can acquire the unique arts and skills of Unique Monsters when he defeats them.]]
* PunnyName: Fitting his {{Pirate}} motif, his Japanese name is one letter off from the word "[[BladeOnAStick trident]]", whereas his English name is a BarelyChangedDubName that's also named after a [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek god]].
* RatedMForManly: Big, brawny, boisterous, and his EstablishingCharacterMoment shows him with a freshly punched [[ThreateningShark Gyaark]] casually slung over his shoulder. He also has SuperStrength and creates holes in the landscape just by punching.
* SailorsPonytail: Visible alongside his beard once he removes his helmet.
* SeaDogBeard: An epic, unkempt one, grayed by age, and crusted with salt.
* SoreLoser: While he subjects the party to a series of challenges and handicaps himself for the sake of fairness, it becomes clear that he never intended to actually lose by the time he adds a fourth part to his triple challenge. After he loses that, however, he admits defeat with no complaints.
* SuperStrength: He's strong enough that a friendly pat on the back sends Lanz, the biggest member of the party, stumbling, and he can casually defeat giant monsters.
* TokenHeroicOrc: [[spoiler:He becomes a recruitable Hero after completing his quest, making him the sole Moebius to side with Ouroboros. He even requests that the party destroys his Colony's Flame Clock.]]
* WhiteSheep: Disregarding M, I, and J's complicated cases, he's the only Moebius to not be a complete sociopath. Since his version of their trademark hedonism boils down to adventure and fighting stuff as much as he wants, he doesn't have the same total lack of care for humanity his peers show. In fact, he seems to really appreciate the people he hangs out with, and openly asks the Ouroboros to bust his Flame Clock just to see what they'll be able to do without being shackled to it.
* WillfullyWeak: Subverted. When asked by Taion why he didn't transform against them during their battle, Triton says initially that he would rather not use anything other than his body and fists, only to admit immediately after that it's been so long since the last time he transformed, he straight up forgot how to.
* VagueAge: In the Affinity Chart, he is ??? years old. Unlike previous Xenoblade games, this isn't because his real age is a spoiler, it's just because he doesn't know how old he is.
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[[folder:Valdi ''(Rudy)'']]
!!Artificer Valdi
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuuKobayashi (Japanese), Mack Keith-Roach (English)\\
'''Class:''' War Medic\\
'''Role:''' Healer\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Lanz
-> ''"It's just that, as a Mechanic, you can't start getting moody just because something's broken."''
A mechanic from Keves, who attacks the party to test his mechs against them.
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* ActualPacifist: After the party inspires him to build a helpful non-combat Levnis, but it's wrecked by Consul Q, he resolves to keep Colony 30's hands clean from combat.
** BadassPacifist: And he goes about it the only way a genius RobotMaster knows how. By researching Agnian Auto-Levs (and restoring friendly relations with Colony Iota in the process), he builds Dorrick, a huge Gastrates that can defend Colony 30 from Levnis attacks by redirecting their targeting systems to not recognize anyone as a combatant.
* AloofLeaderAffableSubordinate: Inverted. Valdi's a lot nicer than his Lieutenant Yuzet, but only because Valdi isn't very good at his job and Yuzet ends up saddled with all of his work.
* AuthorityInNameOnly: Officially, he's the commander of Colony 30, and was promoted there on the basis of his raw engineering skills. The thing is, he either doesn't know or doesn't care about ''anything'' that doesn't involve robots, so his [[NumberTwo second-in-command]] is for all intents and purposes the real administrator of the colony.
* CombatMedic: One of the purest Healers in the game, there are no classes that can beat War Medic in terms of flat-out restoring health. It has solid support capabilities too.
* DubNameChange: His name is changed from the rather mundane "Rudy" to the more fantastic "Valdi" in the English version.
* FriendlySniper: The gun Valdi (and anyone else who's using War Medic) uses for his class is extremely similar, if not identical, to Mwamba's in terms of model and attack animations, and it's pretty clear Valdi's... a tad too nice to be a soldier. Immediately after jumping the party with a pair of Levnis, he starts having small talk with them about his mechs and their technical details. Heck, the kid has to be reminded that he's trying to fight Ouroboros and that they're supposed to be evil ''with the party themselves'' being the one to tell him this before he actually does it.
* TheEngineer: He focuses more on working on the mechs of Colony 30, despite being the Colony's commander. He is said to be the best mechanic in Keves.
* GeniusDitz: He's Keves' most feared Levnis technician, but his people skills are a little south of sufficient.
* HealingShiv: As is Xenoblade tradition, Valdi's gun fires bullets that spread ether into the air and have a restorative effect on tissue... [[HandWave or something]].
* ICallItVera: His description on the Japanese Twitter mentions that he names each weapon he works with.
* PrettyBoy: It's pretty easy to mistake Valdi for a girl.
* RobotBuddy: Built one named Mechafriend after the party convinces him to build something he wants to build himself. It ends up saving his life after Consul Q seizes control of his incomplete siege Levnis in an attempt to kill him.
* RobotMaster: He commands Levnises, the Mechon-like battle machines employed by both Keves and Agnus. Rather than seeing them as mere weapons, he considers them his friends and hates how they're incessantly forced to kill and destroy because of the war.
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[[folder:Zeon]]
!!Dutiful Zeon
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyotaOhsaka (Japanese), Neil Newborn (English)\\
'''Class:''' Guardian Commander\\
'''Role:''' Defender\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Noah
A Keves soldier from Colony 9 who was friends with Noah and his group. After the latter are branded as traitors, Zeon is named the new Commander of Colony 9.
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* CallToAgriculture: Zeon quickly takes to the idea of becoming a farmer to solve Colony 9's food shortage. If brought to the desert, he'll comment on the sadness of a place with so little arable land.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Zeon can be briefly seen in the intro cutscene featuring Colony 9's battle with Colony Sigma, riding atop a Levnis.
* InadequateInheritor: Played with. Kite and some of the soldiers in Colony 9 regard him as this, feeling he's been failing in protecting and providing for the colony ever since he was named Commander. That said, Zeon has also been working his ass off and only really started to prove himself as the new Commander after Noah and the others killed the Consul and destroyed their Flame Clock.
* KnightTemplar: Subverted. At first it seems like he's fully bought into the spiel that Noah, Eunie, and Lanz have gone rogue. He keeps conversations to the minimum and bluntly says he expects them to betray him, even pondering in front of them if the Agnus assault in his Hero Quest is their doing. In truth, Zeon ''does'' still think of them as friends, but he feels as though their relationship has changed and their positions are far too different now. When Consul B reveals that he had been watching their entire battle with Agnus but did nothing to support Colony 9 and then insults the soldiers who died, Zeon declares that he would rather trust the "traitors" who risked their lives to protect the colony than a so-called leader who couldn't care less about its survival.
* KnightlySwordAndShield: He uses a sword-and-shield combo, and belongs to the Defender role.
* MercurysWings: He seems to be a High Entia hybrid, but his head wings are even smaller than Eunie's, [[UnevenHybrid suggesting that he has less High Entia blood than her]].
* RobbingTheDead: Due to the dire straits of Colony 9, Zeon is forced to scavenge supplies from the Everblight Fields, where the battle from the opening of the game took place, essentially looting Agnus and Keves dead troops alike. Kite's group is abhorred by this whereas Zeon [[IDidWhatIHadToDo felt it was the better alternative compared to raiding other colonies]].
* SwordBeam: His Art Celestial Blade attacks with a wave of energy from his sword.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Colony 9 arc revolves around the conflict between him and Kite. The latter and some of the soldiers are convinced he's not fit to be Commander and work to help the Colony amid the supply shortages. On the other hand, Zeon has been seen as being more effective since Noah and company freed the Colony and has since been trying to implement farming methods (albeit with mixed success prior to his second Hero Quest). For Zeon's part, he doesn't seem to mind that Kite is trying to undermine his authority and understands that he's simply concerned about the Colony's future.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: A more positive example than most. When the Ouroboros Keves group are named traitors and Zeon encounters them again, their different positions and loyalties makes him think their relationship isn't the same anymore and is unsure how to interact with them. It takes until the end of his Hero Quest and Noah's words for him to realize that they are still friends even if things might be different.
* YouAreInCommandNow: After the events of Chapter 1, the previous Commander of Colony 9 was forced to step down. Zeon was named as his replacement, though many including Kite believe he's not doing enough for the colony. He himself contemplates yielding his position in favor of allowing the colony to vote for whoever they thinks is best suited to lead them.
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[[folder:The Royal Summoner '''(MASSIVE UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
!!Melia Antiqua ''(Melia Ancient)'', Queen of Keves
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->'''Voiced by:''' Shiori Katsuta (Japanese), Creator/JennaColeman (English)\\
'''Class:''' Royal Summoner\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Noah
->''"I had... a very long dream."''
The true queen of Keves, returning from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1''. For tropes specifically pertaining to her original appearance, [[Characters/XenobladeChronicles1Protagonists click here]].
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* TheArtifact: Even after the fake Queen is destroyed for good and Melia returns to her castle, it will still retain its {{Mordor}} ambience and background music. One would expect that it'd be a much more cheerful place similar to Agnus Castle and return to its former glory as Alcamoth, but it still remains bleak and gloomy even as its benevolent ruler returns and has a few sidequests to her name there.
* BadassInDistress: She has been captured by Moebius and is being used as an energy source.
* BigGood: Shares this role with Nia in the endgame, where the two Queens work together to unite the warring nations against Moebius.
* ContinuityNod: Her outfit in the epilogue and as a recruitable Hero is based on her ''Future Connected'' garb, and her energy wings are based on those of Telethia.
* ContraltoOfDanger: Jenna Coleman's performance here is notably deeper than in the first ''Xenoblade Chronicles'', where both she and her character were younger.
* CuteClumsyGirl: She notably lets out an "ouch!" when performing her returning Starlight Kick art.
* DarkIsNotEvil: She's first seen wearing the same somber black gown as her EvilDoppelganger, but herself isn't malevolent or even anti-heroic in the least. She changes into her contrasting white battle outfit for the final battle and postgame.
* EasterEgg: Having Melia in the party allows you to visit her room in Keves Castle, as a Secret Area labeled the "Queen's Chambers". It's not much, but she'll promptly tell the party not to touch anything as they enter.
* GlassCannon: Melia and her Royal Summoner class have a very high Attack stat and can rack up huge damage with Elementals, but have paper-thin defenses and can crumble quite easily.
* TheHighQueen: Carrying over from her role as Princess of the High Entia, she is the true ruler of the forces of Keves, and rescuing her is a pivotal point of the endgame.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Her class is the strongest of the Attacker classes, and can only be used for postgame content (including her Hero Quest). Furthermore, her ascension quest requires all other colonies to be freed from their Flame Clocks.
* KingIncognito: Melia makes a point that her post-game adventures with the party are to be undercover, and nobody is to know that she's traveling the world. The in-game purpose seems to be to HandWave how NPC's don't act any differently when they see the Queen of Keves in your party, and why Kevesian enemies continue to attack you. Despite this, a few characters recognize her regardless.
* LightIsGood: Her battle outfit is a stark white, her MercurysWings give her an angelic appearance, and she's one half of the BigGood duumvirate.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Invoked. Having come into her own as the Queen of the High Entia, Melia let her hair grow out to better fit the role.
* MagicStaff: She wields the World Ender from ''Future Connected''.
* MercurysWings: Like all High Entia, she has a pair of large wings sprouting from her head. During her recruitment event, she even remarks on how similar hers and Eunie's are.
* PaperThinDisguise: Her Hero outfit is one, as she emphasizes that nobody is to know that she's leaving the castle to travel the world with Ouroboros. Keep in mind that she already showed her face to all her subjects earlier during the endgame.
* PostEndGameContent: Melia can be permanently recruited to the party after defeating the FinalBoss.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: She was one of the playable party members in her own game, and returns as one of the final recruitable Heroes in this one.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: As a High Entia, her life spans centuries if not millennia. She still barely looks any older than she did in ''Xenoblade Chronicles 1'', if at all.
* RemoteBody: After being rescued, she reveals that she was watching the party's actions the whole time through the eyes of her RottenRoboticReplacement. It's unknown whether this means she had any control over the decoy beyond being able to destroy it when the party's lives were in danger.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: It's her belief that if a royal doesn't help their subjects there's no point in them being around at all.
* {{Teleportation}}: When Sena asks Melia if she needs needs an escort from Origin to get her to Keves Castle, she replies with a "might you have forgotten who I am?" and effortlessly warps to her castle.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The refined, elegant long-haired Girly Girl to Nia's brash, snarky short-haired Tomboy.
* UltimateBlacksmith: Melia created the Sword of the End with the combined power of Origin and her own heart.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Starlight Kick, based off of wrestler [[Wrestling/TheGreatMuta Keiji Mutoh's]] Shining Wizard kick, returns as one of Melia's arts from ''Xenoblade Chronicles''.
[[/folder]]
!!From Agnus
[[folder:Alexandria ''(Nina)'']]
!!Craftmaiden Alexandria
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AmiKoshimizu (Japanese), Sharlit Deyzac (English)\\
'''Class:''' Incursor\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Taion
->''"Doing the same as everyone around you, it's always the same outcome. Following the playbook to the letter is hardly a strategy."''
One of the Heroes from Agnus, hailing from Colony Iota. She is a famous soldier, renowned for her ability to analyze combat situations.
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* TheAce: She's a skilled combatant with a tactical mind to match, which earned her Silver Rank.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis:
** During her first fight against the party she's able to easily ascertain their strengths and weaknesses, such as Taion's reticence, Sena being UnskilledButStrong, and Noah being a {{Determinator}} but having issues giving up when he knows he's outmatched.
** In the discussion topic Colony Iota's Goods, Alexandra mentions she was able to figure out that someone wanted to keep Agnus and Keves in a ForeverWar based on the data of the Collectopedia Card system she created, noting how the resources, supplies, and tech both sides used were even and balanced.
* BadassCrew: Unlike most of the commander Heroes whose troops are largely just cannon fodder, Alexandria's party is just as capable of keeping up with the Ouroboros as she is, and starting her quest causes several packs of them to deploy across the desert as ''far'' more powerful enemies than anything else in the region.
* BatmanGambit: Her plan to deal with the Ouroboros boils down to this. [[spoiler:By hounding them, she'd eventually force them to confront her, and by extension the Consul. As was her plan, since she wants Colony Iota to be free from the Flame Clock.]]
* BornWinner: The girls in the party describe her as one, and she certainly fits the bill as the exceptionally young commander of one of the most powerful and prosperous Colonies in all of Aionios. Where most Colony sidequests center around their persistent resource shortages, Colony Iota's are instead about having such an abundance of resources that they need to decide where to best trade their excess stock in exchange for future favors.
* CombatPragmatist: The first time Alexandria fights the party, she bogs them down fighting her underlings before attacking at high speed from behind with only Mio's hearing giving any warning.
* CriticalHitClass: Her class, Incursor, specializes in dealing critical hits for maximum damage, but at the cost of the damage bonus resetting if they're stunned.
* DubNameChange: Her name from the Japanese version has been changed from Nina to Alexandria in the English version.
* {{Foil}}: To Ethel and Ashera, skilled Commanders from Keves. Ethel was Silver-ranked but was dropped to Dirt when she refused to kill Cammuravi when his Ferronis malfunctioned and Ashera, another capable Commander, seems more interested in fighting than anything else. By contrast, Alexandria is cool and level-headed, keeping her Silver rank. Furthermore, whereas Ethel had to be broken out of her mind control by K to aid the heroes or Ashera asking for their assistance in taking down R, Alexandria [[spoiler:orchestrated things so that the Ouroboros would have to confront her eventually and give them a clear shot at Iota's Flame Clock. It also helps that she's technically been on the party's side from the start since she figured out someone was orchestrating a ForeverWar through her Collectopedia Card system]].
* TheGadfly: Loves to tease and confuse the party even after they officially become allies, Taion especially as a fellow tactician. In one camp discussion, they even remark how her smile tends to get a rise out of them, Mio and Sena excluded.
* GeniusBruiser: This game's Collectopaedia? Her invention, and she's no slouch as a warrior either in terms of strength or tactically.
* GirlyBruiser: Fond of wearing makeup and nail polish, and a powerful physical combatant.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:Q reveals that he learned from E that Alexandria had poisoned Iota's previous commander in his sleep in order to take his place, with her accomplices being her future subordinates. Alexandria states right afterwards that she has no regrets doing so, calling him a tyrant whose outdated tactics and wasting of men and resources would've ultimately gotten everyone killed.]]
* KlingonPromotion: [[spoiler:She got her commander position by poisoning the previous commander in his sleep, which she doesn't even deny, stating that she did it to save the Colony from his outdated tactics that were getting everyone killed.]]
* LightIsGood: More so than the other liberated Agnus Colonies. She's AMotherToHerMen, approved of a system where the ones who contribute to the colony the most get whatever they want within reason, and even somehow managed to convince Consul E to approve of the Collectopedia Card system used by Keves and Agnus to provide supplies to whoever needed them.
* PowerOfTrust: The neon-lit moral of her Ascension Quest. She thinks nobody trusts her because of her sordid past, and so she doesn't really trust anyone. [[spoiler:But when trusting Noah saves her from taking a cliff dive, she begins to open up, starting by agreeing to an engineering exchange with Valdi.]]
* PrimAndProperBun: She wears her hair in a bun to add to her regal bearing.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's taller than ''Noah'', which makes her age reveal all the more shocking.
* UnknownRival: To Valdi. Prior to the start of the game, Colony Iota and Colony 30 had a battle that, despite being Silver-ranked and having more supplies, ended in a loss for Iota due to 30 having superior mechs and just generally being impossible to read, due to the eccentricities of the residents living there. As a result, she's held a bit of a grudge against them for it. Valdi for his part, doesn't seem to recall this happening.
* WhatTheHellHero: After learning the true reason she fought the Ouroboros, Taion rips into her [[spoiler:for being so willing to sacrifice her troops just to get them to fight her head-on]]. Alexandria calls Taion "old-fashioned" because of this, though it's clear even she feels she's crossed a line.
* WhipSword: Her sword is able to extend into a whip for some attacks.
* WolfpackBoss: While the game recommends that you pick off her subordinates one by one while they're out on patrol, you can simply beeline straight to Colony Iota and fight her and all of them at once. However, it's only possible if you first wade through a crowd of grunts and an [[HumongousMecha Ulula]].
* YoungAndInCharge: She's only in her sixth term (15 in other words) and is effectively the head of Colony Iota.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She looks like an adult, but she's only in her sixth term, making her roughly 15 years old, which is lampshaded by Mio, who thought she'd be closer to her own age. According to Alexandria and Chickadee, the method is a combination of cosmetics and affecting a regal bearing, and the reason is to protect the colony from its enemies by obfuscating when the soldier turnover will be. She makes the party promise to keep this a secret following her first Hero quest.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cammuravi]]
!!Smoldering Cammuravi
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaitenKusunoki (Japanese), Shai Matheson (English)\\
'''Class:''' Seraph\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Taion
->''"My Way demands we fight! Come then, and test your mettle against my lance!"''
The honorable military commander of Agnus' Colony Delta.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He's revived by Y as a zombie during Mio's Hero Quest, but the party helps him fully regain his humanity and he becomes a fully recruitable Hero afterwards.]]
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:After O and P start forcibly draining his life force, he realizes he won't survive the battle and accepts Ethel's challenge to duel her where they both consequently kill each other.]]
* BladeOnAStick: He's shown to fight with a spear resembling a Blade's Megalance with flames engulfing the spear head.
* CastFromHitPoints: [[spoiler:The whole gimmick of Cammuravi's class, Seraph. He has enormously powerful Arts that cost 10% of his HP to activate, and once he's self-damaged for at least 35% of his maximum HP, he becomes Awakened and powers up his Talent Art.]]
* TheChessmaster: He's actually a very skilled strategist, as he's known to feign weakness to lure overconfident Kevesi armies into traps.
* CodeOfHonour: He's insistent on adherence to something called a Warrior's Way, and seems to believe everyone has one.
* EyeScream: When the Consul attempts to take control of him, he rips out his own left eye to prevent that. [[spoiler:His next incarnation gets it back, but is blind in that eye and suffers periodic pain in it as a result of his body remembering the injury.]]
* FateDrivesUsTogether: Believes this to be the case between him and Ethel, that one way or another they will always meet and become bound to one another, and [[spoiler:his first Hero Quest strongly supports this idea through the extreme coincidences that cause them to meet and partner up. Some memory of each other even is retained in their new lives from the previous ones.]]
* InfinityMinusOneSword: Cammuravi and his Seraph class are one of the most potent Attackers in the game, but can't be used until very late in the main story. [[spoiler:Ethel can't be re-recruited until even later, but she still leaves behind her Flash Fencer class until then.]]
* InterfaceSpoiler: While he appears early in the story, he isn't recruitable until much later, yet his silhouette can still be seen in menus.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler:He and Ethel manage to kill each other with stabs to their respective Ferronis' chest compartments.]]
* PlayingWithFire: Both his armour and his lance are engulfed in flames, and even his hair seems to be on fire, just like with Sena.
* RapidAging: [[spoiler:After his death, his next incarnation was aged up by Y's experiments, out of his belief that the flame of life shines brightest towards its end. As such, he looks just like he used to but he's a bit more naive than his original self.]]
* RedBaron: He is renowned as "Smoldering Cammuravi", befitting of his fiery appearance, and "Crimson Lotus Cammuravi" in Japanese.
* {{Samurai}}: His strict honor code, status as a renowned military leader, the general Japanese aesthetic of Agnus, and [[spoiler:his recurring self-sacrifice, in both the story and gameplay]], make Cammuravi rather samurai-coded overall.
* SatelliteCharacter: It's downplayed, but Cammuravi has a sum total of one scene alone (that being a scene that exists solely to show off his tactical skills) that Ethel is not a part of [[spoiler:before fighting and dying with her in Chapter 4. He never interacts with the party before said boss fight either, and his name isn't mentioned a single time the entire rest of the chapter following his death, with all focus being put on avenging or fighting for Ethel. Justified in that none of the party knew him personally at the time. He gets more personal focus when he's reborn]].
* ShipTease: Pretty blatantly with [[spoiler:Ethel. They want nothing more than to enjoy fair fights with one another, and even as they are condemned and dying both wish for nothing with their freedom than to cross blades with each other in earnest. Course during this particular life neither had any concept of romance, but the implications remain.]]
* SurvivalMantra: Has several, which he seems to recite in stressful situations [[spoiler:(namely when experiencing a fear of heights after he is reborn).]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [[spoiler:As revealed on the ride to the City, Cammuravi is deathly afraid of heights. Taion decides not to tell him about how high his Ferronis was in his previous life.]]
* WorthyOpponent: According to the relationship chart, he and Ethel are "Fateful enemies". This changes to "Partners" eventually.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Fiona ''(Mashiro)'']]
!!Proudbanner Fiona
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AoiYuki (Japanese), Rebecca Benson (English)\\
'''Class:''' Signifer\\
'''Role:''' Healer\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Lanz
->''"I just wish I wasn't such a weakling, I can't run away from my responsibility."''
One of the Heroes from Agnus. The young commander of Colony Mu in Erythia Sea, her Class is a Healer Class called Signifer, which specializes in buffing itself and its allies.
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* BladeOnAStick: Her weapon is a trident with a big red banner near the spearhead. She has the ability to rally allies behind her by waving it, represented in gameplay by the granting of random buffs to allies.
* CallBack: Two actually. Her purse bears the same symbol that's seen on [[Characters/XenobladeChronicles2OptionalBlades Electra/Raiko]] from the previous game. She's also a HornedHumanoid just like Electra and Kora and has electrical abilities like them.
* DubNameChange: In the English version she is named Fiona rather than Mashiro.
* FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler:She blames herself for Irma's death even though Irma would have killed her and Ouroboros otherwise.]]
* HornedHumanoid: She has a pair of small red horns on her head.
* InnocenceLost: Fiona's Hero Quest exposes her to the true danger of the war.
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: How she got promoted to Commander despite her young age and naivete. Following the previous Commander's death, she broke down in tears, begging the Colony's Consul to change the way the Colony operates. The Consul's response was to put Fiona herself in charge and tell her that if she wants things changed, do it herself.
* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:Her Hero Quest is named Transcendent Dreams for a reason. Ever since she was appointed leader of Colony Mu, the residents of the Colony have been deliberately misled by [[MasterOfIllusion Consul I]], being forced out at random to fight battles against illusionary Kevesi and fill the Flame Clock for I's nourishment. Meanwhile, they've been kept in the dark about everything from their supplies to their colony rank to the ''actual location of their Ferronis''. The illusion is broken when she enlists Ouroboros' help recouping her losses after a hard-fought battle, and they realize something is seriously wrong in Colony Mu.]]
* InSeriesNickname: She's nicknamed "Shiro-[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics chan]]" in Japanese, "Fifi" in English.
* RandomEffectSpell: The Signifer class' Aureole and Cry of Faith Arts each apply a random buff, either one to herself or two to all party members.
* ShockAndAwe: Her trident is charged with electricity when used as a weapon.
* YoungAndInCharge: She's pretty young but is the commander of Colony Mu, though it's downplayed in the sense that basically everyone there is in their early teens at most.
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[[folder:Isurd ''(Isurugi)'']]
!!Dawnhero Isurd
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomoakiMaeno (Japanese), Ian Bouillion (English)\\
'''Class:''' Strategos\\
'''Role:''' Healer\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Taion
->''"That is my revenge! It's payback for Nimue dying with her wish unfulfilled!"''
A military commander of Agnus' Colony Lambda and Taion's former mentor.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Isurd has maybe half an hour's worth of story relevance, is never directly fought (with his boss battle being fought against his Colony's Ferronis [[spoiler:which also is not being piloted by him to be begin with), and for most of his present day screentime, he's not even himself; rather, it's just a mudpuppet that looks like him. After the brief section of the game he and J debut in, he's only marginally more important than any other hero.]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: [[spoiler:When the real Isurd helps the party defeat the rampaging Auto-Levs during his Hero Quest, he strikes the final blow by having Taion collect a storm of energy discs from his guns inside his Mondo, then firing one shot at the perfect angle to send them all crashing into the Auto-Levs' weak points.]]
* BenevolentBoss: [[spoiler:Isurd spends a few of his sidequests working to improve amenities for his subordinates in Colony Lambda, and obviously seems to have cared for Nimue and Taion.]]
* DeadlyDisc: His Blade is a pair of energy disc guns wielded like DualTonfas. The discs are capable of bouncing off walls or changing trajectory mid-flight.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Has prominent tired eyes due to being a heavily overworked bureaucrat. It actually comes up as a plot point in his Ascension Quest, which has the party find him a hot spa so he can take time off and relax.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Subverted. Consul J initially wanted to use K's plan and manipulate Isurd into fighting the group by hijacking his Iris, briefly turning his left eye red, but thinks better of the plan and creates a clone with Isurd's feelings of hate towards Taion amplified. The mudpuppet still has his eye glowing red as part of the ruse.
* {{Revenge}}: Subverted. When the party first encounters Isurd, he makes it clear he hasn't forgiven Taion for his part in getting Nimue killed. After the battle, however, it turns out that the Isurd the group fought was actually a mudpuppet created by Consul J, representing Isurd with his feelings of revenge pushed to the max. Although the real Isurd does have some feelings of resentment for Taion, his fondness for him far outweighs the hate and knows Nimue's death is not entirely Taion's fault.
* StationaryBoss: Colony Lambda, obviously being a massive Ferronis, doesn't have the luxury of moving around in its boss battle. This can work to its favor depending on the player's build, somewhat, as its massive size makes it a lot harder to get any benefits from moves that require attacking from the side or behind.
* TheStrategist: During the conflict he has gained a reputation as a skilled tactician, a skill he has imparted to Taion.
* TronLines: Has blue lines on his face, which combined with his American accent indicates that he has Blade ancestry.
* WarmUpBoss: Not in the traditional sense - the fight with Colony Lambda is much too late in the game to count - but its ability to place down a unique area of effect that can debuff or damage characters is introduced here, and serves as an easily avoided and tutorialized version of similar, much more dangerous abilities used by lategame bosses such as [[spoiler:D placing down his own AOE debuffs in Cloudkeep, or Z shooting off pillars of fire in the final boss fight]].
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[[folder:Juniper ''(Yuzuriha)'']]
!!Ghostbow Juniper
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieKugimiya (Japanese), Lilly Hart (English)\\
'''Class:''' Stalker\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Noah
A hunter from Agnus and commander of the abandoned Colony Tau.
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* AmbiguousGender: Their gender is never referred to in Japanese, and in English, the pronoun "they" is used.
* AmbushEnemy: Not unlike an actual cat, their official bio states they use ambush tactics to hunt their enemies.
* BraidsOfAction: They have a single braid on the left side of their head, and they are a proficient archer, able to effortlessly survive in the wilderness.
* DubNameChange: Referred to as Juniper instead of Yuzuriha in the English verison.
* EnergyBow: Their bow is solid, but its bowstring and arrows are made out of bright-green energy.
* TheFatalist: Juniper and their colonists are fully apathetic about their Flame Clock running out, considering it to be simple natural selection at work. Between this and Colony Tau's location in the nearly impassable Maktha Wildwood, their Flame Clock is almost completely empty.
* ForestRanger: Juniper is both this ''and'' the CityGuards, given the dual nature of the Maktha Wildwood.
* GrindBoots: They teach the Traversal Skill which allows the party to grind down ropes to new areas.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Is on the receiving end of this when Kite first meets them during Zeon's Ascension Quest, though neither one of them have a clue that that's the case.
* {{Multishot}}: In their character video, they fire three arrows at once.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: Their weapon is a bow that fires explosive arrows. As shown by Eunie, Riku, and Valdi, guns are readily available in the setting.
* TrickArrow: During their attack on the party, their arrows are shown to explode shortly after hitting the target.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Miyabi]]
!!Glorysong Miyabi
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MisatoFukuen (Japanese), Sorcha Groundsell (English)\\
'''Class:''' Troubadour\\
'''Role:''' Healer\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Mio
An old friend of Mio and Sena's and a fellow Agnian off-seer.
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* CameBackWrong: After her death, she was revived by Y but placed under his control along with certain other soldiers from both factions until Mio and Noah manage to snap her out of it.
* CombatHandFan: Her main weapons are a pair of combat fans.
* ColorMotif: Contrasting Mio's off-seer outfit that's white with red accents, Miyabi's is white with green accents.
* DistaffCounterpart:
** Her being an off-seer who doesn't actually like fighting and is willing to off-see even the enemy faction brings to mind a female, Agnian version of Noah.
** Her being the person who exemplified everything an off-seer should be to Mio before dying brings to mind a female version of Crys, Noah's off-seer mentor.
* HeartDrive: Miyabi looks almost completely baseline human save for the square Core Crystal in her chest.
* HeroicSacrifice: Sacrificed her life to save Mio and Sena from deadly gas within Colony Omega.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Fights in her ceremonial-looking off-seer outfit.
* TheKlutz: In comparison to Mio being a skilled soldier, Miyabi was infamous for being very clumsy, though she personally doesn't mind because she doesn't particularly like fighting.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her left eye glows red while under Y's control.
* SupremeChef: One in the making after her Hero Quest, where she takes place in a cooking contest and earns praise from all the judges despite only bringing forward a simple ''teishoku'' meal. Following the contest, she asks Manana to teach her more about cooking, and the Nopon is more than happy to name Miyabi her apprentice.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Shares this dynamic with Mio; Miaybi is the demure and delicate off-seer who doesn't like fighting, while Mio is more athletic and prepared for combat, to the point where Mio didn't even intend to become an off-seer.
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[[folder:Teach ''(Shido)'']]
!!Inscrutable Teach
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTakahashi (Japanese), Martin T. Sherman (English)\\
'''Class:''' Thaumaturge\\
'''Role:''' Healer\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Mio
Mio, Taion, and Sena's commanding officer from Colony Gamma. In addition to overseeing the colony, he acts as a harsh, but fair training instructor.
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* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:As revealed by the Avenger in his Ascension Quest, Teach hides a past as the infamous Commander Oleg of Colony Chi. Known as the "All-Slayer" in Keves, he boasted superb effectiveness in battle but a very high mortality rate among his troops.]]
* DrillSergeantNasty: Don't like his polite demeanor fool you. Teach is ''very'' serious about his training regimens. According to Taion, new recruits would very much rather go onto the battlefield than partake in his training.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Despite his polite demeanor, Teach is strict when it comes to his training.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It's pretty apparent that "Teach"[[note]]Likewise his Japanese name ''Shido'' is short for "leadership"[[/note]] probably isn't his real name, what with it being a rather on-the-nose description of his reputation as a fearsome teacher. [[spoiler:That's because it isn't as his true name is in fact "All-Slayer Oleg"]].
* MeaningfulName: He lives up to his name "Teach", imparting lessons to those under his care while also training them in combat.
* NoodleIncident: He once saw someone become corrupted by power and was eventually consumed by it. Who that person was and their connection to him is unknown, save for that it left a very lasting impression on him, but it's strongly implied [[spoiler:he was referring to his old self as All-Slayer Oleg]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Like Ethel, he's willing to hear the party out and even gives them a free shot at destroying Colony Gamma's Flame Clock. This puts him at odds with Consul G, who is none too happy with Teach's decision.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Teach takes the Ouroboros to a secluded location under the pretense of eliminating a potential threat to the world. It's not until his health is depleted halfway that he reveals he wanted to test the heroes' resolve and whether they had control over their powers.
* ThatManIsDead: When [[spoiler:the Avenger]] calls him [[spoiler:Oleg]], he calmly states that he goes by Teach now.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Although he put the heroes through the aforementioned secret test to determine their character, he was wholly prepared to die at their hands or kill them himself, having seen what happens to people who become corrupted and consumed by their power. [[spoiler:And as the Commander of Colony Chi, he employed tactics that maximized his chances of victory but cost him lots of soldiers, due to his belief that the duty of soldiers is to stamp out evil at all costs.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Lifesage '''(MASSIVE UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
!!Nia ''(Niyah)'', Queen of Agnus
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HitomiOhwada (Japanese), Catrin Mai-Huw (English)\\
'''Class:''' Lifesage\\
'''Role:''' Healer\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Mio
->''"My name is Nia, and I am the Queen of Agnus... one wing of Aionios."''
The true queen of Agnus, returning from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2''. For tropes pertaining to her original appearance, [[Characters/XenobladeChronicles2MainProtagonists click here]].
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* TheAgeless: As a Blade, Nia has no age. With the exception of cutting her hair, she looks just like her Blade form in ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2''.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Her Lifesage class allows her to use attacks that can ignore an enemy's defenses.
* AutoRevive: Nia's Chain Attack Order lets her revive any fallen party members if completed, with increasing likelihood as her level increases. At higher levels, your party will be completely fine for Chain Attacks just as long as Nia herself is kept alive along with enough party members to reach 100%+ TP with her.
* BabiesEverAfter: Along with Pyra and Mythra, she had a child with Rex as seen in the ending.
* BigGood: She's the creator of the Ouroboros Stones, is awakened by the party late in the game, and serves as one of the most powerful forces for good in the final stretch of the story.
* BootstrappedLeitmotif: She's pretty much inherited ''Drifting Soul'' from ''2'' as hers. The original song played during several key emotional moments, with the most relevant one being when Nia revealed her Blade form to Rex and confessed her love for him.
* BoyishShortHair: As before, but with a twist -- she's in her Blade form this time, which was known for RapidHairGrowth when switching from her short-haired Gormotti form. She had a major haircut.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: While Nia serves as TheHighQueen, her true demeanor is still ''far'' from queenly, being the same headstrong, vulgar rebel she was in her younger years.
* CatGirl: She is a Gormotti, one of a race of cat people, although in reality she is a Flesh Eater Blade forced to consume her Gormotti sister.
* ContinuityNod:
** Her outfit in the epilogue and as a recruitable Hero is based more on her Driver outfit than her Blade one (unlike her royal robes). She also uses spectral versions of Pyra's and Mythra's Aegis swords in battle, and wears tights that very closely resemble Mythra's from her "Massive Melee Mythra"/''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrothersUltimate'' outfit as well as a white band around her right leg like the one Mythra normally wears, while her haircut more closely resembles Pyra's than her previous haircuts. She even mentions that the outfit was one made for her back when the worlds were separate.
** Her Enhanced Cellular Stimulus skill is based on when Nia used her healing powers to interfere with Malos' cells during their battle at the Cliffs of Morytha during ''2''.
* DisneyDeath: Right after she awakens, Nia is stabbed in the "heart" by D. However, after ''his'' death, she turns out to be none the worse for wear given that her Core Crystal is her ''actual'' heart.
-->'''Nia:''' Two cetris to the side and things'd'been a slight worse...
* DualWielding: Or rather, triple wielding. She wields three swords: her Catalyst Scimitar Blade weapon from ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'', and spectral copies of Pyra and Mythra's Aegis Swords.
* FireIceLightning: A variation - when she uses her Divine Sword Talent Art, she performs a flurry of slashes with her water-based Catalyst Scimitar before grabbing her simulacra of Pyra's and Mythra's swords to strike the opponent as they glow with their original elements of fire and light, respectively.
* HarmfulHealing: Her Lifesage class gives her a chance to add her healing power as pierce damage on a hit. Said skill that grants this is called 'Enhanced Cellular Stimulus', no doubt inspired by the attack that she used to incapacitate Malos in ''[=XC2=]''.
* TheHighQueen: The true leader of the forces of Agnus, she sealed herself away in the Cloudkeep to evade Z's clutches while the Consul installed a robotic decoy in her stead.
* TheFogOfAges: When talking to Ghondor about Vandham and the events of Uraya in ''2'', she admits the events happened so long ago that she's forgotten most of the details, but the important bits of what happened remain.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: As stated in-game, Nia's Lifesage class is the most powerful of the Healer classes. She can only be used for postgame content (including her Hero Quest). Furthermore, her ascension quest requires the player to trudge through an area of aggressive Level 90+ monsters.
* {{Irony}}: In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', Nia was a CrutchCharacter who often [[CantCatchUp couldn't catch up]] to the other Drivers when optimized and when the party gained access to more powerful Blades, not counting her (still not amazing) potential as a healing Blade for Rex. In this game, she's one InfinityPlusOneSword of two among the Heroes.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: For players who didn't play through ''2'', this is where they'll learn that the petite Gormotti girl Nia is actually a Flesh Eater Blade with supreme healing powers. Being a Flesh Eater made her an outcast in Alrest, but now she no longer needs to hide her true nature.
* LightningBruiser: Nia is both this and a SupportPartyMember. While her main focus is on healing, she also has high Attack and the Steelcleaver gem to make her defense-annuling attacks hit hard, along with high Agility, a decent Block Rate, and above-average defenses to make sure she herself can take a hit and heal it off.
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: Her conversation with Mio in the Memorial Hall heavily implies that Nia might be Mio's mother (or at least, the mother of the original Mio), and that she is quite possibly the baby Nia is holding in the picture seen at the game's end. Aside from that, Nia is also shown to have trusted M (a previous version of Mio) with hiding the location of the Cloudkeep, and when Nia awakens from her slumber, her gaze lingers more on Mio than on the rest of the party.
* MakingASplash: Like in her original game, she uses water to attack and heal, which makes it even more fitting that her castle is situated above a large ocean. Her mock Aegis swords also seem to be made out of water.
* MsExposition: After being rescued, she tells the story of how Aionios and Moebius came to be.
* MythologyGag: During her recruitment cutscenes, she briefly sings the Torigoth field theme from ''[=XC2=]'' to herself. She also sometimes hums the "quest complete" jingle from the same game after winning a battle.
* NoPronunciationGuide: While almost everyone pronounces her name with a short "i" (Nee-ah), Melia uses a long "i" (Nye-ah).
* {{Polyamory}}: It's revealed at the very end that Rex married Pyra, Mythra, and her.
* PostEndGameContent: Nia can be permanently recruited to the party after defeating the FinalBoss.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: She was one of the playable party members in her own game, and returns as one of the final recruitable Heroes in this one.
* RuleOfCool: Nia now inexplicably has the ability to wield spectral Aegis sword replicas based on Pyra's and Mythra's weapons. Out-of-universe, this serves as {{fanservice}}, and in-game she only uses them for the final hit of her Talent Art.
* SealedGoodInACan: Unlike Melia, Nia chose to lock herself away and go into stasis to avoid Z's notice.
* SirSwearsALot: Despite being the Queen of Agnus, she's the same Nia as she always was and is quite the pottymouth. When she awakens in front of the party, after a few repetitions of "ow" the first thing out of her mouth is "That Bastard!"
* SuddenNameChange: Her weapon is known as the "Anima Sword" rather than the "Catalyst Scimitar", though this is most likely because it refers to her complete set of weapons (the Scimitar plus her simulated Aegis swords).
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: PlayedForLaughs. Ironic as her ''decoy'' is the one wearing the actual mask, but Nia repeatedly tries to hide her brash personality behind a stoic, serene demeanor befitting the Queen she is. When she's recruited as a playable Hero, the party stumbles upon her dressing up in her old clothes while talking very crudely, only for her to embarrassingly return back to her more demure persona when she notices them.
-->'''Nia:''' Ahh, SCORE!! ...I mean... what... good... fortune!
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The brash, snarky short-haired Tomboy to Melia's refined, elegant long-haired Girly Girl.
* TomboyPrincess: Try as she might, she's still the same feisty and crude adventurer at heart despite growing up and becoming a mother and queen. She actually volunteers her services as Hero upon being recruited, in part due to wanting to feel that sense of adventure once more.
* TookALevelInKindness: Thanks to CharacterDevelopment. Nia is OlderAndWiser than before, and is considerably more mellow towards her friends and allies. While she still has sudden angry outbursts and fits of swearing, they're mostly merely used as exclamations or cries of pain and/or directed towards the villains.
[[/folder]]
!!From the City
[[folder:Ghondor]]
!!Wrathfist Ghondor Vandham
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatomiAkesaka (Japanese), Dominique Moore (English)\\
'''Class:''' Martial Artist\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Sena
A young woman in Agnus captivity. She's always followed by two escorts, who highly respect her. She's the daughter of Monica, making her the granddaughter of Guernica.
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* TheAce: She was ranked first in the Ouroboros tests, while Shania by comparison was ranked 8th.
* EleventhHourRanger: While she can be used before, storywise, she and Monica join the party as they're travelling down Origin, the final area of the game, and are present for the battle against Z.
* BadassNormal: Manages to shatter Moebius S' Core with her fists alone.
* BareFistedMonk: She specializes in hand to hand combat using her gauntlet Blades.
* BodyguardingABadass: She has a pair of personal bodyguards even though she's stronger and more powerful than the both of them.
* BrattyHalfPint: Repeated disappointment with changing the world has made her into an angry KnightInSourArmor that regularly insults her own mother, referring to her as "Bitchqueen", due to her belief said mother is too reckless.
* BrutalHonesty: Ghondor never minces her opinions on events or people and says things as they are.
* CharacterDevelopment: When she's introduced, she pointedly mocks the party for wanting to fight the war against Moebius because of the massive amounts of deaths; she is content in the prison because while people will still die (including her), it will be fewer than if they tried to escape. After some convincing from Ouroboros, she is convinced to fight on.
* DisappearedDad: An NPC in the City comments their admiration for Monica's strength for pressing forward for the good of the City despite losing both her father and her spouse, the latter presumably being Ghondor's father. Monica's Hero Quest explains he died on a mission to collect ether 14 years ago, i.e. when Ghondor was only around 4 years old.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Ghondor dislikes her name, but when Shania asks why she continues to go by it anyway, she says it's to keep her family close to her.
* PowerFist: Her profile picture shows her wearing two large, mechanical fists.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ghodor is rough around the edges but a deeply kind person underneath it, [[JerkassFacade though she'd rather die than admit it openly.]]
* MeaningfulAppearance: She wears a [[UsefulNotes/MartialArtsBelts black belt]], and is described as a proficient martial artist.
* LadySwearsALot: ''Is she ever.'' And unlike Eunie, with her mostly [[UnusualEuphemism flame-based]] profanity, her potty mouth uses actual profanity to really get across how rude she is. She calls her mother "Bitchqueen" and is rude to just about everyone.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The aftermath of Sena's sidequest is one of the few times she calls Monica "Mother" rather than Bitchqueen.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She's even shorter than the roughly under 5 feet tall Sena, and specializes in physical combat.
* PoorCommunicationKills: She had good intentions in telling Shania to stop trying to copy her and find her own identity, so that Shania would no longer be dependent on her. However, Ghondor's combination of BrutalHonesty and JerkassFacade caused Shania to think Ghondor hated her, kickstarting [[spoiler:Shania's StartOfDarkness and eventual defection to Moebius.]]
* SmarterThanYouLook: She doesn't seem like it, but her TP amount is actually on par with Taion, the smartest person in Ouroboros.
* {{Tsundere}}: Ghondor is quite willing to talk smack about the people she cares about, but loves them dearly.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gray]]
!!Ashenpelt Gray
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https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xc3_gray_maskless.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShigeruChiba (Japanese), Shaun Dooley (English)\\
'''Class:''' Full Metal Jaguar\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Eunie
->''"Whoever goes up against me, they're getting crushed."''
One of the Heroes, whose allegiance is unknown.
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* AttackDrone: In addition to his primary handguns, his Full Metal Jaguar class utilizes drones in combat which are each mounted with a {{BFG}} capable of firing sweeping laser attacks across a wide area.
* BadassCape: The primary costume component of his class is a tattered black cape.
* ChekhovsGunman: A more literal example than most, Gray is a completely optional hero that requires backtracking [[spoiler:whom is also a travelling resident of Swordmarch. A lot of things about him (such as the eyepatch) start to make sense once you head to the City, and if he's in your party while there, he'll comment on it and -- either directly or through inference -- let a few things loose a bit early (such as the fact the Lost Numbers also use Blades over traditional weapons, or telling you where to find important city personnel later on).]]
* FreezeFrameBonus: It requires getting a close look at him, but [[spoiler:Gray has visible aging lines along the exposed part of his face, an immediate indication that he's not from Agnus or Keves.]]
* GunsAkimbo: He wields two guns.
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:He has a wife living in the City. It seems he's extremely rarely home and even when in the City will frequently refuse to visit his wife when he's "on business". Despite this, the marriage appears to be stable and happy, with his wife merely saying Gray's always been like this and she doesn't mind.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:As eventually revealed on the Affinity Chart, his true age is 60 while his wife, Rozana, is 30 years old, half his age by a thirty year gap]].
* MythologyGag: His class is "Full Metal Jaguar", the same as Elma from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX''.
* RewatchBonus: [[spoiler:After learning he's from Swordmarch, it makes sense as to why the eye covered by his eyepatch lights up when activating Chain Attacks, as opposed to not lighting up at all like Riku and Manana or simply just lighting up the other eye -- he wears the eyepatch in order to avoid Moebius detection, not because of anything regarding his vision.]]
* SwordLimbo: In his character video he dodges Noah's sword by bending backwards, allowing it to pass over him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Monica]]
!!City's Bulwark Monica Vandham
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkenoWatanabe (Japanese), Pippa-Bennett Warner (English)\\
'''Class:''' Lost Vanguard\\
'''Role:''' Defender\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Eunie
->''"A partner in romance. The feeling of having someone very precious to you... That'd be one way of putting it. You'll understand too someday. Or... It might be that you already do."''
Guernica's daughter, and one of the Elders of the City.
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* EleventhHourRanger: While she can be used before, storywise, she and Ghondor join the party as they're travelling down Origin, the final area of the game, and are present for the battle against Z.
* ActionMom: She's Ghondor's mother and a formidable fighter on the battlefield.
* BigDamnHeroes: When the party is surrounded by seemingly endless mecha within Origin, Monica saves them by ramming and squishing them under her airship's weight. before joining the party herself.
* BuxomIsBetter: Her Lost Vanguard class gives the female characters more noticeable busts.
* FrontlineGeneral: She's an Elder but has no issue fighting alongside her troops.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Her Lost Vanguard class uses a massive tower shield in tandem with a mace.
* MarriedToTheJob: When one of her subordinates/former Ouroboros candidates confesses his feelings for her at the end of her sidequest, she cites the fact that she's not only [[InappropriatelyCloseComrades his commanding officer]], but one of the Elders of the City, as a reason why she can't return his feelings right now. Though an NPC remark from earlier in the game about how admirable she is to have stayed strong despite the pain of losing her spouse and her father indicates she may also [[TheLostLenore still be grieving her husband's death.]]
* TheMatchmaker: Downplayed. After explaining a bit more about human romantic relationships following the party learning how babies are made in the City, Monica notes the potential between Noah and Mio by stating that they might've already figured out the newly learned concept of romantic love.
* MsExposition: Explains the nature of the City and how humans are supposed to work with the party, in a way almost acting as the closest thing they've ever had to a parent.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Comes across as a no-nonsense leader, but names her famous curry "[[{{Pun}} Monicurry]]".
* SexyWalk: Her hips are given a pronounced sway when she walks in cutscenes.
* TeenPregnancy: Looking at her and Ghondor's ages in the Affinity chart (33 and 18 respectively) makes it clear that she had her when she was only in her mid-teens.
[[/folder]]
!In General
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Many of them are the commanders of their respective Colonies as well as their strongest fighters. This means that recruiting the Hero to their cause also gives the party the opportunity to destroy that Colony's Flame Clock, freeing it from Consul control and opening up most of the other sidequests in that region. [[spoiler:Melia and Nia -- the ''real'' Queen of Keves and Queen of Agnus -- are the rulers of their respective nations and are more than happy to travel alongside the party, being two of the most powerful Heroes in the game.]]
* BadassNormal: Compared to the Ouroboros, Heroes don't have the ability to access other classes, change their gear, or transform into an invulnerable HumongousMecha at will, but they're still quite powerful in their own right.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: Nearly all of them are fought before becoming allies with Ouroboros.
* MegaManning: Recruiting a Hero also grants one party member access to their class, while the rest can unlock it through fighting battles alongside the Hero and/or their initial inheritor. Most of them get to show off what they can do as both an enemy and an ally before they properly join.
* OptionalPartyMember:
** Zeon, Teach, Gray, Isurd, Ashera, Alexandria, Fiona, Triton, Monica, Cammuravi, and Segiri are completely optional, [[spoiler:along with Nia and Melia]]. While Monica temporarily joins your party initially, unlocking her as a permanent Hero is optional.
** Ethel is an interesting case: while she joins your party as a Hero, plot events remove her from the roster [[spoiler:and she dies in Chapter 4, becoming completely unusable. While her Ascension Quest add her back into the party, it is also optional.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Many of the commanders distrust the Ouroboros to one degree or another on their first encounter, but are usually willing to hear them out and very quickly come to see things the party's way. That the Consuls are addicted to being {{Bad Boss}}es certainly helps.
* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Several Heroes will also teach the party a Traversal Skill, enabling them to do things like climb ivy-covered walls or walk up sandy slopes.
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[[folder:Riku and Manana]]
!!Peerless Riku & Manana
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[[caption-width-right:350:Riku (right) and Manana (left)]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SayakaSenbongi (Riku); Creator/AyaSuzaki (Manana) (Japanese), Tarinn Callender (Riku); Grace Saif (Manana) (English)\\
'''Class:''' Yumsmith\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Sena
->'''Manana:''' Maybe it impossible for one Nopon...\\
'''Riku:''' But not for two!
A pair of Nopon who accompanies the protagonists on their adventure, with Riku originally with the Keves trio and Manana with the Agnus trio.
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* AdvertisedExtra: PlayedWith. Despite being with the Party since the beginning and showing up in almost every cutscene, they only become heroes and assist the main characters in combat during the middle of the third chapter. Additionally, unlike Tora or Riki (Tora especially) they have very little direct plot relevance, mostly serving as ways for the main characters to bounce off in CharacterDevelopment.
* BigAnimeEyes: Riku and Manana sport detailed anime-style eyes unlike the typical BlackBeadEyes seen on Nopon in previous ''Xenoblade'' entries.
* BigOlEyebrows: Riku is seen sporting a pair of prominent eyebrows which the official Twitter account describes as "dapper".
* TheBlacksmith: Riku is in charge of item crafting.
* TheDividual: Though being two Nopon, they fight together as one unit, Riku using a pistol and Manana using [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe a cooking pan that doubles as a shield]].
* FryingPanOfDoom: Manana uses a combat rated Nopon cooking pan, which noticeably glows green like Agnian Blades.
* FunnyAfro: Riku appears to have one. It's unclear if it's his hat or his hair, though when reclassed to Yumsmith, Noah and the other Keves characters get an ''ushanka'' that looks like it.
* MeaningfulName: Riku's name is derived from the Japanese word for "land", which goes along with his knowledge of gemstones and ores.
* MixAndMatchWeapon: Riku's pistol can turn into a laser sword.
* MysteriousPast: [[spoiler:It's implied that there's much more to Riku than meets the eye. When talking about how the Lucky Seven came into Riku's possession, Noah begins to suspect that Riku isn't exactly who says he is, but Riku feigns ignorance. Later, when Melia is freed from captivity, she apparently recognizes Riku and they share a glance, but doesn't comment on it otherwise.]]
* NervesOfSteel: Riku's Japanese profile describes him as someone who doesn't panic in any situation.
* NotSoStoic: Despite his usual stoicism, [[spoiler:in the ending when Agnus and Keeves must separate into two worlds again]], Riku's seen bawling his eyes out over the [[spoiler:possibility of never seeing Manana again.]]
* ObsessedWithFood: Nintendo of Japan describes Manana as always thinking about food.
* SixthRanger: They travel with Ouroboros throughout the whole adventure even though their presence in the actual battle party is optional.
* TeamChef: Manana's official profile describes her as the resident chef for the team.
* TrueCompanions: With each other and the main party. That last one is really relevant with the reveal the Nopon aren't [[spoiler:under Consul control.]] Meaning these two could just up and leave if they so desired without having to worry about Moebius targeting them, but they love their friends enough to stand by them.
* VocalDissonance: Riku has a very deep BadassBaritone in the English dub despite being a Nopon and speaking in their normal manner.
* UltimateBlacksmith: Riku is one of the seven Legendary Nopon who can wield Ultimate Hammers and work with [[spoiler:Origin metal to upgrade the party's initial Blades.]], which also means he personally helped forge [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Lucky Seven]]. The details of how this came to be are another element of the Nopon's MysteriousPast.
[[/folder]]
!!From Keves
[[folder:Ashera]]
!!Undying Blade Ashera
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{MAO}} (Japanese), Cassie Layton (English)\\
'''Class:''' Lone Exile\\
'''Role:''' Defender\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Eunie
->''"Live fiercely, die spectacularly! That’s what I want the battlefield of my life to be."''
A hero from Keves and the commander of Colony 11 renowned for her skill in battle. She helps the party liberate her own Colony seemingly just for the fun of it.
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* TheAce: Like Ethel, she's one of the few named Silver-ranked Keves Commanders and an absolute beast on the battlefield.
* AcheyScars: [[spoiler:Her neck scar appears and aches as her incarnations get older and she starts remembering how prior to the system of the Queens, Homecoming was just the Consuls personally exectuing soldiers that had reached the end of their lifespan.]]
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has a darker complexion, but otherwise lighter than Taion.
* AtopAMountainOfCorpses: When the Ouroboros first meet Ashera, she's found lounging atop a pile of wrecked Keves mechs.
* BloodKnight: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment has her acting rather gleeful fighting her own countrymen, and is quick to rope the Ouroboros into helping her fight her own Colony and its Consul for no other reason other than it would be fun, which unsurprisingly makes said Consul call her a "beast". Even her own men share this attitude. Unlike the other Heroes, Ashera doesn't mind fighting until her final day or even if she drops dead in combat, so long as her death has meaning. [[spoiler:It's revealed that this is because of the torment borne of her multiple deaths at the hands of the Consuls suffered by each of her incarnations prior. In her mind, a glorious death is preferable to a undignified, humiliating execution.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: During Ashera's second Hero quest, she gets brainwashed by Consul W and the party is forced to fight her.
* DoubleWeapon: Her weapon is a two-sided sword.
* {{Expy}}: Pretty overtly to Dunban from the first ''Xenoblade Chronicles''. She has a similar black hair color and tanned skin to him, a similar Received Pronunciation accent, is similarly FamedInStory among Kevesi Defenders as one of the strongest fighters in all of Keves, is similarly introduced fighting Kevesi automata that resemble the first game's Mechon, is a high damage output dodge tank just as he is, has five of his Arts[[note]]Demon Slayer, Gale Slash, Soaring Tempest, Jaws of Death, and even his signature Blossom Dance as a Talent Art.[[/note]], is referred to as a "beast" by Consul R just as Dickson refers to Dunban in the prologue of the first game, has a similar reckless and HotBlooded personality to him as he was in that prologue, and even a line where she refers to the CrapsackWorld of Aionios as "a world of strife".
* FamedInStory: According to Lanz, there's not a single Keves Defender who hasn't heard of her.
* {{Foil}}: To Agnus' own Silver-ranked Hero Alexandria. Ashera is a boisterous Commander who proudly calls the battlefield her home. Alexandria is more composed and tactical, not to mention she acts far more ladylike than Ashera does.
* HiddenDepths: Ashera's second Hero quest reveals that underneath her badass exterior and devil may care attitude to conflict is a deeply traumatized woman tormented by her past, or in particular [[spoiler:her past lives ending in her dying an ignoble death at the hands of the Consuls]], which is the source of her desire to die gloriously, even if it's a friend who kills her.
* IAmVeryBritish: She has a Received Pronunciation accent that, along with her snarky attitude, makes her sound a lot like VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} when speaking.
* MeaningfulName: Ashera sounds very close to "Ashura", also known as 'Shura' in Hindu mythology. While "Ashura" are classified as guardian deities or rebelling against the gods, not unlike the Ouroboros who challenge Moebius, the "gods" of Aionios, "Shura" in Japanese Mythlogy is the name of a Buddhist God of War, referring to someone who fights without end with vicious, almost inhuman ferocity. Fittingly, Ashera is the biggest BloodKnight associated with the heroes.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Not to the same extent as Ethel, but she's a famed soldier among Keves' Defenders and her Colony is currently ranked Silver, the second-highest position in the proverbial totem pole. However, she's also fighting against not just the Consuls, but also her ''own colony''; it's played with in that she's rebelling not because she learned the Consul's plans, but because she thinks fighting the Consul and her own soldiers would be fun (and she dislikes how the Consul only gives them fights they know they will win). To the bewilderment of the Ouroboros, even her men are happy to fight their Commander because she and the party will give them a good fight.
* PastLifeMemories: [[spoiler:Ashera has memories from past incarnations that appear to go back to around the very beginnings of the ForeverWar, as she recounts the fact that at the time the Consuls would just brutally execute soldiers that made it to ten instead of having the Queen and off-seers send them off peacefully.]]
* RedBaron: Due to her prowess and enthusiasm on the battlefield, Ashera has earned herself the reputation of "Undying Ashera", but her more common title is "That Suicidal Maniac". She laments how dull the latter sounds, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint and nothing else]].
* ScarsAreForever: [[spoiler:Her neck scar always appears once she gets older, as a constant reminder of her deaths at the hands of the Consuls.]]
* SuicidalOverconfidence: She's so bad when it comes to fighting against overwhelming odds that she's renowned throughout Keves as "That Suicidal Maniac".
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: In her very first scene, she throws her weapon at a Keves mech about to assault the heroes and hits it square in the face. It's a more practical move than in some other settings, as she can dematerialize the blade at will to call it back to her hand.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ethel]]
!!Silvercoat Ethel
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsumiTanezaki (Japanese), Lucy Doyle (English)\\
'''Class:''' Flash Fencer\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Noah
->''"There you are! You monsters!"''
A military commander of Keves' Colony 4.
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* TheAce: Described as such for her combat ability, having risen both herself and Colony 4 to Silver Rank when she was only on her third Term, ie. 12 years old.
* BadassBookworm: [[spoiler:If the Ouroboros party walks with Cammuravi in the City and they pass the bookstore, Cammuravi will remark how Ethel enjoys reading since her rebirth and has been making him get more books]].
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:Rather than allow O and P to completely drain away her life force, Ethel instead challenges Cammuravi to a final duel where they both kill each other.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Years before the main game, Ethel single handedly saves a young Noah and his friends from an Agnus war machine.
* BoobsOfSteel: Gives Monica a run for her money for having the most noticeable bust in the game, and is a legendary Keves soldier whose abilities in combat and leadership allowed her colony to rise to Silver rank in record time. Indeed, it's stated that even on her own she's more powerful than some of the Consuls.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Like everyone else in Agnes and Keves, the Consuls hack her internal Flame Counter so she can only perceive Noah and the rest of the party as horrifying {{Living Shadow}}s -- the moment it's broken, she recognizes Noah and stops fighting.
* CoolBigSis: Has this dynamic with Noah, Eunie, and Lanz; she's (slightly) older than them and her experience saved their lives years before, and since then the three of them have looked up to her.
* DualWielding: She fights with two swords at once. Unlike with [[VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX Elma]] and [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 Brighid]], her left-hand sword is shorter, as is the case with most real-life styles.
* GlassCannon: Her Flash Fencer class has monstrously high damage output compared to everything else in the player's arsenal up to that point, but generates an equally monstrous amount of aggro and doesn't have much ability to take a hit. Her Acceleration Art pushes it even further by boosting her auto-attack and Arts speed, but also raising the damage she takes.
* GuestStarPartyMember: She temporarily joins the party in Chapter 3, but is forced to leave [[spoiler:when N threatens to destroy Colony 4 if she doesn't comply]]. She does return in Chapter 4, however, [[spoiler:only to get killed off]]. [[spoiler:Later she's reborn as a child and can be permanently re-recruited after a side quest that rapidly ages her back up thanks to the machines Y created to grow soldiers to their final Term.]]
* HeroAntagonist: She's only attacking the party because she thinks they're {{Humanoid Abomination}}s due to being BrainwashedAndCrazy. She's a perfectly nice person otherwise. [[spoiler:Though she's forced back into this when N blackmails her with Colony 4's safety.]]
* HonorBeforeReason: She defeated Cammuravi in battle when his Ferronis suffered a technical malfunction, but refused to kill him. Keves Castle demoted her all the way down to Dirt rank, the lowest possible ranking in the country.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Played with. Her skills have not dulled at all, still holding the title of Silver Rank and remaining a fearsome foe on the battlefield. Her colony, however, has long since been dropped down to Dirt Rank, i.e. the bottom of the barrel.
* {{Irony}}: Her sparing Cammuravi in battle resulted in her colony's dropping to Dirt rank. Given the mid-game reveal that [[spoiler:the whole rank system is made to single-out the best colonies for Moebius to harvest life force from]], this act likely saved Colony 4 from destruction.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler:She and Cammuravi manage to kill each other with stabs to their respective Ferronis' chest compartments.]]
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: Despite the corruption of the Consuls being exposed, Colony 4's Flame Clock being destroyed, and her allying with Noah and his party, Ethel remains loyal to Keves. It's not until she sees the Queen actively complicit with the Consuls' corruption that she decides to rebel.
* NiceGirl: Very kind and understanding to her soldier's current plight and gives the party shelter after they save Colony 4. She also hunts for supplies solo to reduce casualties amongst her men.
* RedBaron: She's nicknamed "Silver Ethel" due to her getting her colony to that rank. Doubles as an IronicNickname due to currently being Dirt ranked.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Same with other brainwashed Kevesian soldiers, the Flame Counter in her right eye glows red when hijacked by Counsuls.
* SexyWalk: While this walk is present with pretty much all the older female characters, the sway of Ethel's class outfit makes her hip movements particularly noticeable. There is also a portion of the game where you are required to follow her as she slowly leads you to a meeting room, giving the player ample opportunity to observe how she walks.
* ShipTease: Pretty blatantly with [[spoiler:Cammuravi. They want nothing more than to enjoy fair fights with one another, and even as they are condemned and dying both wish for nothing with their freedom than to cross blades with each other in earnest, and the sheer joy she displays as she fights him here is in stark contrast to her generally stoic demeanor. When Noah tells her about how he and the others became Ouroboros, she even laments the fact that she and (who is implied to be) Cammuravi weren't there as well (implying she wished for a relationship that went beyond fighting him as a enemy). Course during this particular life neither had any concept of romance, but the implications remain. The two are strongly drawn to each other after their revival, and upon regaining her adult body Ethel pledges to walk "hand in hand" with him from then on as they stand together in front of the rising sun. She also declares together she feels like they can do anything. Their mutual declarations of companionship with each other also seems to be what causes their Class Ranks to ascend.]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Mòrag, as a military commander with a DualWielding fencing style who initially opposes the party due to a misconception but joins them after the understanding is cleared up. Her English dub voice also sounds similar, only with an English accent instead of a Scottish one.
* WorthyOpponent: To Cammuravi; the reason she's currently Dirt ranked is refusing to kill him when his Ferronis broke through no fault of his own.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Segiri ''(Nagiri)'']]
!!'''No. 7 Segiri'''
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiKayano (Japanese), Brigid Leahy (English)\\
'''Class:''' Machine Assassin\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Sena
A young soldier from Colony 0, a secret colony directly under Moebius' command tasked with causing trouble behind the scenes in order to keep the ForeverWar going. As a Machine Assassin, she pilots a MiniMecha known as a Ferron, functioning as a debuff-focused Attacker.
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* CastFromLifeSpan: The Ferrons have a miniature Flame Clock tied to its pilot's lifespan, which will be heavily drained if its limiters were removed to increase power output. After Noah destroys them, the Ferrons can no longer drain life or remove their limiters, being powered by ether cylinders instead.
* CreepyChild: Segiri's assassin conditioning left her with a bad case of DissonantSerenity, to the point that she's A-OK telling Ouroboros to their face that she's part of Moebius' black ops team and was sent to kill them. One conversation with her reduces Sena to tears.
* TheDogBitesBack: After Consul F risks all her comrades' lives by overclocking their Ferrons against her wishes, then orders her to kill Sena, Segiri turns on him and mortally wounds him, allowing Sena/Lanz to finish him off.
* ExtremeDoormat: Due to her upbringing, she has a really hard time doing things for herself unless directly ordered. When told she's free now after F's death, she has to rationalize it by imagining "Segiri" and "No. 7" as two separate things with one ordering the other around, because she's just ''that'' dependant on the chain of command.
* MiniMecha: She uses a Ferron, which is essentially a miniaturized Ferronis.
* ReiAyanamiExpy: A [[MysteriousWaif thin]], EmotionlessGirl with silver hair, bright red eyes, and in her early teens who ends up hospitalized and is deeply loyal to an abusive leader.
* RoboSpeak: Due to being raised as a subservient assassin, she communicates in a robotic fashion and refers to herself in [[ThirdPersonPerson third person]]. What's strange is that no one else in Colony 0 talks like this, even though they've also been raised the same way.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
** Her being a cyborg that rides inside a MiniMecha brings to mind the Poppibuster from ''2'', as well as sharing the same RoboSpeak mannerisms as both Poppibuster and the original Poppi, though obviously without the added Nopon dialect.
** The fact that her life is tied to her MiniMecha also brings to mind Fiora post-Mechonization from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'', though unlike the latter, she seems to have been [[TykeBomb born for the role]] instead of subjected to UnwillingRoboticization. Her "No. 7" designation [[MythologyGag also happens to be]] the order in which Mechon Fiora joined the party in ''1'', which many players used as a nickname to refer to her without spoilers.
* TeenageWasteland: The 12-year-old Segiri is the Commander of Colony 0, and its de facto leader once she [[KlingonPromotion removes Consul F from the equation]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: When Sena makes her onigiri as an apology for suddenly running away, she ends up liking it so much that her first independent desire is to have some more.
* TykeBomb: Eunie pegs her for about three terms old (i.e. 12), which is young for a frontline soldier even by Kevesi and Agnian standards.
* UnexplainedAccent: Segiri is the only Kevesi hero to have an American accent rather than an English or Irish one.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Machine Assassin is generally a pretty bad class for story bosses and high-level Unique Monsters, not because of any inherent weakness the class has, but because most of them have an outrageous level of ContractualBossImmunity that makes it nearly impossible to debuff them.
* YouAreNumberSix: Colony 0 is mentioned to scrub as much personal info from their future assassins during their growth to maximize efficiency; before meeting Ouroboros, she was nothing more than No. 7. Sena gives her the name Segiri (Nagiri) by combining "seven" ("nana" in Japanese) and "onigiri" because she doesn't want to call her by a number.
* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Segiri unlocks the ability to traverse damaging terrain without harm.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Triton ''(Triden)'']]
!!Defiant Triton
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakayaHashi (Japanese), Stanley Townsend (English)\\
'''Class:''' Soulhacker\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Lanz
->''"I may like an odd scrap with some tough 'uns, but goin' on some idiot adventure with 'em sounds fun, too!"''
The Consul and Commander of Colony 15. An oddball who seems to live for adventure more than anything, and refuses to be called T.
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* BenevolentBoss: In contrast to pretty much every other Consul, Triton treats the people of Colony 15 as friends to him, and even asks the party to destroy their Flame Clock, only because he's unable to destroy it himself.
* CallingYourAttacks: When he sneak attacks Lanz, he does so while shouting "Man of the Sea Sucker Punch!" Somehow this still manages to work.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Triton is a Moebius who doesn't try to kill Ouroboros on sight, instead inviting them on a jaunt across Erythia Sea before encouraging them to smash Colony 15's Flame Clock. When the party presents his Lieutenant with valuable booty for his contest, he claims he beat them because he found a coconut that's larger than their fossil, and greater size means greater value. Even his own Colony's personnel admit that while they're grateful he treats them well, unlike most Consuls, they have no idea what's going on inside his head.
* CombatPragmatist: He's got no problem going for cheap shots in a fight, sucker punching Lanz while his guard's down.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Despite being both the Consul and Commander of Colony 15, it's residents have no problem arguing with him or even calling him an "ugly lump". However, this shows that they actually like him rather than fear him as he never retaliates outside out a bit of complaining.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: He catches the party off guard while they are out exploring. After they draw their weapons in self-defense, Triton raises his fist...only to instead put his hand to his chin and remark at their impulsiveness before inviting them to come eat some food with him. The party is understandably bewildered by this but follows him anyway.
* EvilIsPetty: Subverted. While he doesn't like losing and starts a fight by sucker punching Lanz, he's far from being evil.
* TheFogOfAges: He's been alive long enough to start to forget things. And it's implied he became Moebius while he was getting up in age.
* FatherNeptune: One of the older looking Moebius members who lives by the sea and loves making sea-based metaphors.
* ForgetfulJones: As a result of having lived for so long, he admits that his memory isn't the best. [[spoiler:His second Hero quest revolves around him trying to remember the location of an object that someone entrusted to him long ago, and he's even long forgotten how to activate his Moebius form since he hasn't used it in so long.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Completing his quest and liberating Colony 15 will result in him joining Ouroboros as an ally.]] {{Downplayed|trope}} in that he was never evil and in fact deliberately sought to have his Flame Clock destroyed, something only Noah could do.
* ImmortalityImmorality: Inverted. If anything, him living for so long is why he's got the perspective to realize that what the rest of Moebius does isn't for him, and that it's not the length of life that matters, but what one does with it.
* JackOfAllStats: [[spoiler:The Soulhacker can not only use the various Arts of Unique Monsters, but change its active role via its Role Skill, meaning that the class can fit nearly any role or situation in the game.]]
* MagikarpPower: [[spoiler:His Soulhacker class starts out with very limited options, with no master arts or talent art to speak of. However, whenever a new unique enemy is defeated while someone is deployed with it, they gain a skill from the enemy, allowing the class to be extremely customisable and powerful]].
* MechanicallyUnusualClass: [[spoiler:Soulhacker is easily the weakest class in the game when initially obtained, since each individual Art (bar its Talent Art, Final Countdown) is not available from the beginning, and Master Skills can't be equipped. However, if the Soul Hack menu is filled with a sufficient amount of Arts and Master Skills by defeating Unique Monsters, Soulhackers become exceedingly customizable powerhouses.]]
* MythologyGag: Triton calls himself and his crew "Men of the Sea" similar to the [[VideoGame/{{Xenogears}} Captain of the Thames.]]
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He greets the party by getting so close into Lanz's face that they're almost touching.
* NobleDemon: Downplayed in that he's not afraid to resort to cowardly tactics in his attempts to best the party, but it's tame compared to his fellow Moebius. Aside from that, he treats the soldiers in his colony like his own crew and doesn't transform into his true form when he fights the party, saying that using anything other than his fists in a brawl would taint things.
* OneLetterName: Defied, despite the insistence of his fellow Moebius members he refuses to go by "T".
* {{Pirate}}: His main motif. He talks with a heavy sailor's accent, complete with plenty of nautical terms peppering his dialogue, and he asks the party to call him "Cap'n Triton". His Moebius helmet is even styled to look like a captain's hat, and he lets out a couple of "yarrrrr"s for good measure.
* PowerCopying: [[spoiler:The main perk of his unique Hero class, Soulhacker. As a trade-off for not having any set Master Arts and Skills of his own, Triton can acquire the unique arts and skills of Unique Monsters when he defeats them.]]
* PunnyName: Fitting his {{Pirate}} motif, his Japanese name is one letter off from the word "[[BladeOnAStick trident]]", whereas his English name is a BarelyChangedDubName that's also named after a [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek god]].
* RatedMForManly: Big, brawny, boisterous, and his EstablishingCharacterMoment shows him with a freshly punched [[ThreateningShark Gyaark]] casually slung over his shoulder. He also has SuperStrength and creates holes in the landscape just by punching.
* SailorsPonytail: Visible alongside his beard once he removes his helmet.
* SeaDogBeard: An epic, unkempt one, grayed by age, and crusted with salt.
* SoreLoser: While he subjects the party to a series of challenges and handicaps himself for the sake of fairness, it becomes clear that he never intended to actually lose by the time he adds a fourth part to his triple challenge. After he loses that, however, he admits defeat with no complaints.
* SuperStrength: He's strong enough that a friendly pat on the back sends Lanz, the biggest member of the party, stumbling, and he can casually defeat giant monsters.
* TokenHeroicOrc: [[spoiler:He becomes a recruitable Hero after completing his quest, making him the sole Moebius to side with Ouroboros. He even requests that the party destroys his Colony's Flame Clock.]]
* WhiteSheep: Disregarding M, I, and J's complicated cases, he's the only Moebius to not be a complete sociopath. Since his version of their trademark hedonism boils down to adventure and fighting stuff as much as he wants, he doesn't have the same total lack of care for humanity his peers show. In fact, he seems to really appreciate the people he hangs out with, and openly asks the Ouroboros to bust his Flame Clock just to see what they'll be able to do without being shackled to it.
* WillfullyWeak: Subverted. When asked by Taion why he didn't transform against them during their battle, Triton says initially that he would rather not use anything other than his body and fists, only to admit immediately after that it's been so long since the last time he transformed, he straight up forgot how to.
* VagueAge: In the Affinity Chart, he is ??? years old. Unlike previous Xenoblade games, this isn't because his real age is a spoiler, it's just because he doesn't know how old he is.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Valdi ''(Rudy)'']]
!!Artificer Valdi
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuuKobayashi (Japanese), Mack Keith-Roach (English)\\
'''Class:''' War Medic\\
'''Role:''' Healer\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Lanz
-> ''"It's just that, as a Mechanic, you can't start getting moody just because something's broken."''
A mechanic from Keves, who attacks the party to test his mechs against them.
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* ActualPacifist: After the party inspires him to build a helpful non-combat Levnis, but it's wrecked by Consul Q, he resolves to keep Colony 30's hands clean from combat.
** BadassPacifist: And he goes about it the only way a genius RobotMaster knows how. By researching Agnian Auto-Levs (and restoring friendly relations with Colony Iota in the process), he builds Dorrick, a huge Gastrates that can defend Colony 30 from Levnis attacks by redirecting their targeting systems to not recognize anyone as a combatant.
* AloofLeaderAffableSubordinate: Inverted. Valdi's a lot nicer than his Lieutenant Yuzet, but only because Valdi isn't very good at his job and Yuzet ends up saddled with all of his work.
* AuthorityInNameOnly: Officially, he's the commander of Colony 30, and was promoted there on the basis of his raw engineering skills. The thing is, he either doesn't know or doesn't care about ''anything'' that doesn't involve robots, so his [[NumberTwo second-in-command]] is for all intents and purposes the real administrator of the colony.
* CombatMedic: One of the purest Healers in the game, there are no classes that can beat War Medic in terms of flat-out restoring health. It has solid support capabilities too.
* DubNameChange: His name is changed from the rather mundane "Rudy" to the more fantastic "Valdi" in the English version.
* FriendlySniper: The gun Valdi (and anyone else who's using War Medic) uses for his class is extremely similar, if not identical, to Mwamba's in terms of model and attack animations, and it's pretty clear Valdi's... a tad too nice to be a soldier. Immediately after jumping the party with a pair of Levnis, he starts having small talk with them about his mechs and their technical details. Heck, the kid has to be reminded that he's trying to fight Ouroboros and that they're supposed to be evil ''with the party themselves'' being the one to tell him this before he actually does it.
* TheEngineer: He focuses more on working on the mechs of Colony 30, despite being the Colony's commander. He is said to be the best mechanic in Keves.
* GeniusDitz: He's Keves' most feared Levnis technician, but his people skills are a little south of sufficient.
* HealingShiv: As is Xenoblade tradition, Valdi's gun fires bullets that spread ether into the air and have a restorative effect on tissue... [[HandWave or something]].
* ICallItVera: His description on the Japanese Twitter mentions that he names each weapon he works with.
* PrettyBoy: It's pretty easy to mistake Valdi for a girl.
* RobotBuddy: Built one named Mechafriend after the party convinces him to build something he wants to build himself. It ends up saving his life after Consul Q seizes control of his incomplete siege Levnis in an attempt to kill him.
* RobotMaster: He commands Levnises, the Mechon-like battle machines employed by both Keves and Agnus. Rather than seeing them as mere weapons, he considers them his friends and hates how they're incessantly forced to kill and destroy because of the war.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zeon]]
!!Dutiful Zeon
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyotaOhsaka (Japanese), Neil Newborn (English)\\
'''Class:''' Guardian Commander\\
'''Role:''' Defender\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Noah
A Keves soldier from Colony 9 who was friends with Noah and his group. After the latter are branded as traitors, Zeon is named the new Commander of Colony 9.
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* CallToAgriculture: Zeon quickly takes to the idea of becoming a farmer to solve Colony 9's food shortage. If brought to the desert, he'll comment on the sadness of a place with so little arable land.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Zeon can be briefly seen in the intro cutscene featuring Colony 9's battle with Colony Sigma, riding atop a Levnis.
* InadequateInheritor: Played with. Kite and some of the soldiers in Colony 9 regard him as this, feeling he's been failing in protecting and providing for the colony ever since he was named Commander. That said, Zeon has also been working his ass off and only really started to prove himself as the new Commander after Noah and the others killed the Consul and destroyed their Flame Clock.
* KnightTemplar: Subverted. At first it seems like he's fully bought into the spiel that Noah, Eunie, and Lanz have gone rogue. He keeps conversations to the minimum and bluntly says he expects them to betray him, even pondering in front of them if the Agnus assault in his Hero Quest is their doing. In truth, Zeon ''does'' still think of them as friends, but he feels as though their relationship has changed and their positions are far too different now. When Consul B reveals that he had been watching their entire battle with Agnus but did nothing to support Colony 9 and then insults the soldiers who died, Zeon declares that he would rather trust the "traitors" who risked their lives to protect the colony than a so-called leader who couldn't care less about its survival.
* KnightlySwordAndShield: He uses a sword-and-shield combo, and belongs to the Defender role.
* MercurysWings: He seems to be a High Entia hybrid, but his head wings are even smaller than Eunie's, [[UnevenHybrid suggesting that he has less High Entia blood than her]].
* RobbingTheDead: Due to the dire straits of Colony 9, Zeon is forced to scavenge supplies from the Everblight Fields, where the battle from the opening of the game took place, essentially looting Agnus and Keves dead troops alike. Kite's group is abhorred by this whereas Zeon [[IDidWhatIHadToDo felt it was the better alternative compared to raiding other colonies]].
* SwordBeam: His Art Celestial Blade attacks with a wave of energy from his sword.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Colony 9 arc revolves around the conflict between him and Kite. The latter and some of the soldiers are convinced he's not fit to be Commander and work to help the Colony amid the supply shortages. On the other hand, Zeon has been seen as being more effective since Noah and company freed the Colony and has since been trying to implement farming methods (albeit with mixed success prior to his second Hero Quest). For Zeon's part, he doesn't seem to mind that Kite is trying to undermine his authority and understands that he's simply concerned about the Colony's future.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: A more positive example than most. When the Ouroboros Keves group are named traitors and Zeon encounters them again, their different positions and loyalties makes him think their relationship isn't the same anymore and is unsure how to interact with them. It takes until the end of his Hero Quest and Noah's words for him to realize that they are still friends even if things might be different.
* YouAreInCommandNow: After the events of Chapter 1, the previous Commander of Colony 9 was forced to step down. Zeon was named as his replacement, though many including Kite believe he's not doing enough for the colony. He himself contemplates yielding his position in favor of allowing the colony to vote for whoever they thinks is best suited to lead them.
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[[folder:The Royal Summoner '''(MASSIVE UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
!!Melia Antiqua ''(Melia Ancient)'', Queen of Keves
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->'''Voiced by:''' Shiori Katsuta (Japanese), Creator/JennaColeman (English)\\
'''Class:''' Royal Summoner\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Noah
->''"I had... a very long dream."''
The true queen of Keves, returning from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1''. For tropes specifically pertaining to her original appearance, [[Characters/XenobladeChronicles1Protagonists click here]].
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* TheArtifact: Even after the fake Queen is destroyed for good and Melia returns to her castle, it will still retain its {{Mordor}} ambience and background music. One would expect that it'd be a much more cheerful place similar to Agnus Castle and return to its former glory as Alcamoth, but it still remains bleak and gloomy even as its benevolent ruler returns and has a few sidequests to her name there.
* BadassInDistress: She has been captured by Moebius and is being used as an energy source.
* BigGood: Shares this role with Nia in the endgame, where the two Queens work together to unite the warring nations against Moebius.
* ContinuityNod: Her outfit in the epilogue and as a recruitable Hero is based on her ''Future Connected'' garb, and her energy wings are based on those of Telethia.
* ContraltoOfDanger: Jenna Coleman's performance here is notably deeper than in the first ''Xenoblade Chronicles'', where both she and her character were younger.
* CuteClumsyGirl: She notably lets out an "ouch!" when performing her returning Starlight Kick art.
* DarkIsNotEvil: She's first seen wearing the same somber black gown as her EvilDoppelganger, but herself isn't malevolent or even anti-heroic in the least. She changes into her contrasting white battle outfit for the final battle and postgame.
* EasterEgg: Having Melia in the party allows you to visit her room in Keves Castle, as a Secret Area labeled the "Queen's Chambers". It's not much, but she'll promptly tell the party not to touch anything as they enter.
* GlassCannon: Melia and her Royal Summoner class have a very high Attack stat and can rack up huge damage with Elementals, but have paper-thin defenses and can crumble quite easily.
* TheHighQueen: Carrying over from her role as Princess of the High Entia, she is the true ruler of the forces of Keves, and rescuing her is a pivotal point of the endgame.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Her class is the strongest of the Attacker classes, and can only be used for postgame content (including her Hero Quest). Furthermore, her ascension quest requires all other colonies to be freed from their Flame Clocks.
* KingIncognito: Melia makes a point that her post-game adventures with the party are to be undercover, and nobody is to know that she's traveling the world. The in-game purpose seems to be to HandWave how NPC's don't act any differently when they see the Queen of Keves in your party, and why Kevesian enemies continue to attack you. Despite this, a few characters recognize her regardless.
* LightIsGood: Her battle outfit is a stark white, her MercurysWings give her an angelic appearance, and she's one half of the BigGood duumvirate.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Invoked. Having come into her own as the Queen of the High Entia, Melia let her hair grow out to better fit the role.
* MagicStaff: She wields the World Ender from ''Future Connected''.
* MercurysWings: Like all High Entia, she has a pair of large wings sprouting from her head. During her recruitment event, she even remarks on how similar hers and Eunie's are.
* PaperThinDisguise: Her Hero outfit is one, as she emphasizes that nobody is to know that she's leaving the castle to travel the world with Ouroboros. Keep in mind that she already showed her face to all her subjects earlier during the endgame.
* PostEndGameContent: Melia can be permanently recruited to the party after defeating the FinalBoss.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: She was one of the playable party members in her own game, and returns as one of the final recruitable Heroes in this one.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: As a High Entia, her life spans centuries if not millennia. She still barely looks any older than she did in ''Xenoblade Chronicles 1'', if at all.
* RemoteBody: After being rescued, she reveals that she was watching the party's actions the whole time through the eyes of her RottenRoboticReplacement. It's unknown whether this means she had any control over the decoy beyond being able to destroy it when the party's lives were in danger.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: It's her belief that if a royal doesn't help their subjects there's no point in them being around at all.
* {{Teleportation}}: When Sena asks Melia if she needs needs an escort from Origin to get her to Keves Castle, she replies with a "might you have forgotten who I am?" and effortlessly warps to her castle.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The refined, elegant long-haired Girly Girl to Nia's brash, snarky short-haired Tomboy.
* UltimateBlacksmith: Melia created the Sword of the End with the combined power of Origin and her own heart.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Starlight Kick, based off of wrestler [[Wrestling/TheGreatMuta Keiji Mutoh's]] Shining Wizard kick, returns as one of Melia's arts from ''Xenoblade Chronicles''.
[[/folder]]
!!From Agnus
[[folder:Alexandria ''(Nina)'']]
!!Craftmaiden Alexandria
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AmiKoshimizu (Japanese), Sharlit Deyzac (English)\\
'''Class:''' Incursor\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Taion
->''"Doing the same as everyone around you, it's always the same outcome. Following the playbook to the letter is hardly a strategy."''
One of the Heroes from Agnus, hailing from Colony Iota. She is a famous soldier, renowned for her ability to analyze combat situations.
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* TheAce: She's a skilled combatant with a tactical mind to match, which earned her Silver Rank.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis:
** During her first fight against the party she's able to easily ascertain their strengths and weaknesses, such as Taion's reticence, Sena being UnskilledButStrong, and Noah being a {{Determinator}} but having issues giving up when he knows he's outmatched.
** In the discussion topic Colony Iota's Goods, Alexandra mentions she was able to figure out that someone wanted to keep Agnus and Keves in a ForeverWar based on the data of the Collectopedia Card system she created, noting how the resources, supplies, and tech both sides used were even and balanced.
* BadassCrew: Unlike most of the commander Heroes whose troops are largely just cannon fodder, Alexandria's party is just as capable of keeping up with the Ouroboros as she is, and starting her quest causes several packs of them to deploy across the desert as ''far'' more powerful enemies than anything else in the region.
* BatmanGambit: Her plan to deal with the Ouroboros boils down to this. [[spoiler:By hounding them, she'd eventually force them to confront her, and by extension the Consul. As was her plan, since she wants Colony Iota to be free from the Flame Clock.]]
* BornWinner: The girls in the party describe her as one, and she certainly fits the bill as the exceptionally young commander of one of the most powerful and prosperous Colonies in all of Aionios. Where most Colony sidequests center around their persistent resource shortages, Colony Iota's are instead about having such an abundance of resources that they need to decide where to best trade their excess stock in exchange for future favors.
* CombatPragmatist: The first time Alexandria fights the party, she bogs them down fighting her underlings before attacking at high speed from behind with only Mio's hearing giving any warning.
* CriticalHitClass: Her class, Incursor, specializes in dealing critical hits for maximum damage, but at the cost of the damage bonus resetting if they're stunned.
* DubNameChange: Her name from the Japanese version has been changed from Nina to Alexandria in the English version.
* {{Foil}}: To Ethel and Ashera, skilled Commanders from Keves. Ethel was Silver-ranked but was dropped to Dirt when she refused to kill Cammuravi when his Ferronis malfunctioned and Ashera, another capable Commander, seems more interested in fighting than anything else. By contrast, Alexandria is cool and level-headed, keeping her Silver rank. Furthermore, whereas Ethel had to be broken out of her mind control by K to aid the heroes or Ashera asking for their assistance in taking down R, Alexandria [[spoiler:orchestrated things so that the Ouroboros would have to confront her eventually and give them a clear shot at Iota's Flame Clock. It also helps that she's technically been on the party's side from the start since she figured out someone was orchestrating a ForeverWar through her Collectopedia Card system]].
* TheGadfly: Loves to tease and confuse the party even after they officially become allies, Taion especially as a fellow tactician. In one camp discussion, they even remark how her smile tends to get a rise out of them, Mio and Sena excluded.
* GeniusBruiser: This game's Collectopaedia? Her invention, and she's no slouch as a warrior either in terms of strength or tactically.
* GirlyBruiser: Fond of wearing makeup and nail polish, and a powerful physical combatant.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:Q reveals that he learned from E that Alexandria had poisoned Iota's previous commander in his sleep in order to take his place, with her accomplices being her future subordinates. Alexandria states right afterwards that she has no regrets doing so, calling him a tyrant whose outdated tactics and wasting of men and resources would've ultimately gotten everyone killed.]]
* KlingonPromotion: [[spoiler:She got her commander position by poisoning the previous commander in his sleep, which she doesn't even deny, stating that she did it to save the Colony from his outdated tactics that were getting everyone killed.]]
* LightIsGood: More so than the other liberated Agnus Colonies. She's AMotherToHerMen, approved of a system where the ones who contribute to the colony the most get whatever they want within reason, and even somehow managed to convince Consul E to approve of the Collectopedia Card system used by Keves and Agnus to provide supplies to whoever needed them.
* PowerOfTrust: The neon-lit moral of her Ascension Quest. She thinks nobody trusts her because of her sordid past, and so she doesn't really trust anyone. [[spoiler:But when trusting Noah saves her from taking a cliff dive, she begins to open up, starting by agreeing to an engineering exchange with Valdi.]]
* PrimAndProperBun: She wears her hair in a bun to add to her regal bearing.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's taller than ''Noah'', which makes her age reveal all the more shocking.
* UnknownRival: To Valdi. Prior to the start of the game, Colony Iota and Colony 30 had a battle that, despite being Silver-ranked and having more supplies, ended in a loss for Iota due to 30 having superior mechs and just generally being impossible to read, due to the eccentricities of the residents living there. As a result, she's held a bit of a grudge against them for it. Valdi for his part, doesn't seem to recall this happening.
* WhatTheHellHero: After learning the true reason she fought the Ouroboros, Taion rips into her [[spoiler:for being so willing to sacrifice her troops just to get them to fight her head-on]]. Alexandria calls Taion "old-fashioned" because of this, though it's clear even she feels she's crossed a line.
* WhipSword: Her sword is able to extend into a whip for some attacks.
* WolfpackBoss: While the game recommends that you pick off her subordinates one by one while they're out on patrol, you can simply beeline straight to Colony Iota and fight her and all of them at once. However, it's only possible if you first wade through a crowd of grunts and an [[HumongousMecha Ulula]].
* YoungAndInCharge: She's only in her sixth term (15 in other words) and is effectively the head of Colony Iota.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She looks like an adult, but she's only in her sixth term, making her roughly 15 years old, which is lampshaded by Mio, who thought she'd be closer to her own age. According to Alexandria and Chickadee, the method is a combination of cosmetics and affecting a regal bearing, and the reason is to protect the colony from its enemies by obfuscating when the soldier turnover will be. She makes the party promise to keep this a secret following her first Hero quest.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cammuravi]]
!!Smoldering Cammuravi
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaitenKusunoki (Japanese), Shai Matheson (English)\\
'''Class:''' Seraph\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Taion
->''"My Way demands we fight! Come then, and test your mettle against my lance!"''
The honorable military commander of Agnus' Colony Delta.
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* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:He's revived by Y as a zombie during Mio's Hero Quest, but the party helps him fully regain his humanity and he becomes a fully recruitable Hero afterwards.]]
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:After O and P start forcibly draining his life force, he realizes he won't survive the battle and accepts Ethel's challenge to duel her where they both consequently kill each other.]]
* BladeOnAStick: He's shown to fight with a spear resembling a Blade's Megalance with flames engulfing the spear head.
* CastFromHitPoints: [[spoiler:The whole gimmick of Cammuravi's class, Seraph. He has enormously powerful Arts that cost 10% of his HP to activate, and once he's self-damaged for at least 35% of his maximum HP, he becomes Awakened and powers up his Talent Art.]]
* TheChessmaster: He's actually a very skilled strategist, as he's known to feign weakness to lure overconfident Kevesi armies into traps.
* CodeOfHonour: He's insistent on adherence to something called a Warrior's Way, and seems to believe everyone has one.
* EyeScream: When the Consul attempts to take control of him, he rips out his own left eye to prevent that. [[spoiler:His next incarnation gets it back, but is blind in that eye and suffers periodic pain in it as a result of his body remembering the injury.]]
* FateDrivesUsTogether: Believes this to be the case between him and Ethel, that one way or another they will always meet and become bound to one another, and [[spoiler:his first Hero Quest strongly supports this idea through the extreme coincidences that cause them to meet and partner up. Some memory of each other even is retained in their new lives from the previous ones.]]
* InfinityMinusOneSword: Cammuravi and his Seraph class are one of the most potent Attackers in the game, but can't be used until very late in the main story. [[spoiler:Ethel can't be re-recruited until even later, but she still leaves behind her Flash Fencer class until then.]]
* InterfaceSpoiler: While he appears early in the story, he isn't recruitable until much later, yet his silhouette can still be seen in menus.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler:He and Ethel manage to kill each other with stabs to their respective Ferronis' chest compartments.]]
* PlayingWithFire: Both his armour and his lance are engulfed in flames, and even his hair seems to be on fire, just like with Sena.
* RapidAging: [[spoiler:After his death, his next incarnation was aged up by Y's experiments, out of his belief that the flame of life shines brightest towards its end. As such, he looks just like he used to but he's a bit more naive than his original self.]]
* RedBaron: He is renowned as "Smoldering Cammuravi", befitting of his fiery appearance, and "Crimson Lotus Cammuravi" in Japanese.
* {{Samurai}}: His strict honor code, status as a renowned military leader, the general Japanese aesthetic of Agnus, and [[spoiler:his recurring self-sacrifice, in both the story and gameplay]], make Cammuravi rather samurai-coded overall.
* SatelliteCharacter: It's downplayed, but Cammuravi has a sum total of one scene alone (that being a scene that exists solely to show off his tactical skills) that Ethel is not a part of [[spoiler:before fighting and dying with her in Chapter 4. He never interacts with the party before said boss fight either, and his name isn't mentioned a single time the entire rest of the chapter following his death, with all focus being put on avenging or fighting for Ethel. Justified in that none of the party knew him personally at the time. He gets more personal focus when he's reborn]].
* ShipTease: Pretty blatantly with [[spoiler:Ethel. They want nothing more than to enjoy fair fights with one another, and even as they are condemned and dying both wish for nothing with their freedom than to cross blades with each other in earnest. Course during this particular life neither had any concept of romance, but the implications remain.]]
* SurvivalMantra: Has several, which he seems to recite in stressful situations [[spoiler:(namely when experiencing a fear of heights after he is reborn).]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [[spoiler:As revealed on the ride to the City, Cammuravi is deathly afraid of heights. Taion decides not to tell him about how high his Ferronis was in his previous life.]]
* WorthyOpponent: According to the relationship chart, he and Ethel are "Fateful enemies". This changes to "Partners" eventually.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Fiona ''(Mashiro)'']]
!!Proudbanner Fiona
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AoiYuki (Japanese), Rebecca Benson (English)\\
'''Class:''' Signifer\\
'''Role:''' Healer\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Lanz
->''"I just wish I wasn't such a weakling, I can't run away from my responsibility."''
One of the Heroes from Agnus. The young commander of Colony Mu in Erythia Sea, her Class is a Healer Class called Signifer, which specializes in buffing itself and its allies.
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* BladeOnAStick: Her weapon is a trident with a big red banner near the spearhead. She has the ability to rally allies behind her by waving it, represented in gameplay by the granting of random buffs to allies.
* CallBack: Two actually. Her purse bears the same symbol that's seen on [[Characters/XenobladeChronicles2OptionalBlades Electra/Raiko]] from the previous game. She's also a HornedHumanoid just like Electra and Kora and has electrical abilities like them.
* DubNameChange: In the English version she is named Fiona rather than Mashiro.
* FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler:She blames herself for Irma's death even though Irma would have killed her and Ouroboros otherwise.]]
* HornedHumanoid: She has a pair of small red horns on her head.
* InnocenceLost: Fiona's Hero Quest exposes her to the true danger of the war.
* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: How she got promoted to Commander despite her young age and naivete. Following the previous Commander's death, she broke down in tears, begging the Colony's Consul to change the way the Colony operates. The Consul's response was to put Fiona herself in charge and tell her that if she wants things changed, do it herself.
* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler:Her Hero Quest is named Transcendent Dreams for a reason. Ever since she was appointed leader of Colony Mu, the residents of the Colony have been deliberately misled by [[MasterOfIllusion Consul I]], being forced out at random to fight battles against illusionary Kevesi and fill the Flame Clock for I's nourishment. Meanwhile, they've been kept in the dark about everything from their supplies to their colony rank to the ''actual location of their Ferronis''. The illusion is broken when she enlists Ouroboros' help recouping her losses after a hard-fought battle, and they realize something is seriously wrong in Colony Mu.]]
* InSeriesNickname: She's nicknamed "Shiro-[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics chan]]" in Japanese, "Fifi" in English.
* RandomEffectSpell: The Signifer class' Aureole and Cry of Faith Arts each apply a random buff, either one to herself or two to all party members.
* ShockAndAwe: Her trident is charged with electricity when used as a weapon.
* YoungAndInCharge: She's pretty young but is the commander of Colony Mu, though it's downplayed in the sense that basically everyone there is in their early teens at most.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Isurd ''(Isurugi)'']]
!!Dawnhero Isurd
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomoakiMaeno (Japanese), Ian Bouillion (English)\\
'''Class:''' Strategos\\
'''Role:''' Healer\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Taion
->''"That is my revenge! It's payback for Nimue dying with her wish unfulfilled!"''
A military commander of Agnus' Colony Lambda and Taion's former mentor.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Isurd has maybe half an hour's worth of story relevance, is never directly fought (with his boss battle being fought against his Colony's Ferronis [[spoiler:which also is not being piloted by him to be begin with), and for most of his present day screentime, he's not even himself; rather, it's just a mudpuppet that looks like him. After the brief section of the game he and J debut in, he's only marginally more important than any other hero.]]
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: [[spoiler:When the real Isurd helps the party defeat the rampaging Auto-Levs during his Hero Quest, he strikes the final blow by having Taion collect a storm of energy discs from his guns inside his Mondo, then firing one shot at the perfect angle to send them all crashing into the Auto-Levs' weak points.]]
* BenevolentBoss: [[spoiler:Isurd spends a few of his sidequests working to improve amenities for his subordinates in Colony Lambda, and obviously seems to have cared for Nimue and Taion.]]
* DeadlyDisc: His Blade is a pair of energy disc guns wielded like DualTonfas. The discs are capable of bouncing off walls or changing trajectory mid-flight.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Has prominent tired eyes due to being a heavily overworked bureaucrat. It actually comes up as a plot point in his Ascension Quest, which has the party find him a hot spa so he can take time off and relax.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Subverted. Consul J initially wanted to use K's plan and manipulate Isurd into fighting the group by hijacking his Iris, briefly turning his left eye red, but thinks better of the plan and creates a clone with Isurd's feelings of hate towards Taion amplified. The mudpuppet still has his eye glowing red as part of the ruse.
* {{Revenge}}: Subverted. When the party first encounters Isurd, he makes it clear he hasn't forgiven Taion for his part in getting Nimue killed. After the battle, however, it turns out that the Isurd the group fought was actually a mudpuppet created by Consul J, representing Isurd with his feelings of revenge pushed to the max. Although the real Isurd does have some feelings of resentment for Taion, his fondness for him far outweighs the hate and knows Nimue's death is not entirely Taion's fault.
* StationaryBoss: Colony Lambda, obviously being a massive Ferronis, doesn't have the luxury of moving around in its boss battle. This can work to its favor depending on the player's build, somewhat, as its massive size makes it a lot harder to get any benefits from moves that require attacking from the side or behind.
* TheStrategist: During the conflict he has gained a reputation as a skilled tactician, a skill he has imparted to Taion.
* TronLines: Has blue lines on his face, which combined with his American accent indicates that he has Blade ancestry.
* WarmUpBoss: Not in the traditional sense - the fight with Colony Lambda is much too late in the game to count - but its ability to place down a unique area of effect that can debuff or damage characters is introduced here, and serves as an easily avoided and tutorialized version of similar, much more dangerous abilities used by lategame bosses such as [[spoiler:D placing down his own AOE debuffs in Cloudkeep, or Z shooting off pillars of fire in the final boss fight]].
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[[folder:Juniper ''(Yuzuriha)'']]
!!Ghostbow Juniper
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieKugimiya (Japanese), Lilly Hart (English)\\
'''Class:''' Stalker\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Noah
A hunter from Agnus and commander of the abandoned Colony Tau.
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* AmbiguousGender: Their gender is never referred to in Japanese, and in English, the pronoun "they" is used.
* AmbushEnemy: Not unlike an actual cat, their official bio states they use ambush tactics to hunt their enemies.
* BraidsOfAction: They have a single braid on the left side of their head, and they are a proficient archer, able to effortlessly survive in the wilderness.
* DubNameChange: Referred to as Juniper instead of Yuzuriha in the English verison.
* EnergyBow: Their bow is solid, but its bowstring and arrows are made out of bright-green energy.
* TheFatalist: Juniper and their colonists are fully apathetic about their Flame Clock running out, considering it to be simple natural selection at work. Between this and Colony Tau's location in the nearly impassable Maktha Wildwood, their Flame Clock is almost completely empty.
* ForestRanger: Juniper is both this ''and'' the CityGuards, given the dual nature of the Maktha Wildwood.
* GrindBoots: They teach the Traversal Skill which allows the party to grind down ropes to new areas.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Is on the receiving end of this when Kite first meets them during Zeon's Ascension Quest, though neither one of them have a clue that that's the case.
* {{Multishot}}: In their character video, they fire three arrows at once.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: Their weapon is a bow that fires explosive arrows. As shown by Eunie, Riku, and Valdi, guns are readily available in the setting.
* TrickArrow: During their attack on the party, their arrows are shown to explode shortly after hitting the target.
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[[folder:Miyabi]]
!!Glorysong Miyabi
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MisatoFukuen (Japanese), Sorcha Groundsell (English)\\
'''Class:''' Troubadour\\
'''Role:''' Healer\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Mio
An old friend of Mio and Sena's and a fellow Agnian off-seer.
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* CameBackWrong: After her death, she was revived by Y but placed under his control along with certain other soldiers from both factions until Mio and Noah manage to snap her out of it.
* CombatHandFan: Her main weapons are a pair of combat fans.
* ColorMotif: Contrasting Mio's off-seer outfit that's white with red accents, Miyabi's is white with green accents.
* DistaffCounterpart:
** Her being an off-seer who doesn't actually like fighting and is willing to off-see even the enemy faction brings to mind a female, Agnian version of Noah.
** Her being the person who exemplified everything an off-seer should be to Mio before dying brings to mind a female version of Crys, Noah's off-seer mentor.
* HeartDrive: Miyabi looks almost completely baseline human save for the square Core Crystal in her chest.
* HeroicSacrifice: Sacrificed her life to save Mio and Sena from deadly gas within Colony Omega.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Fights in her ceremonial-looking off-seer outfit.
* TheKlutz: In comparison to Mio being a skilled soldier, Miyabi was infamous for being very clumsy, though she personally doesn't mind because she doesn't particularly like fighting.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her left eye glows red while under Y's control.
* SupremeChef: One in the making after her Hero Quest, where she takes place in a cooking contest and earns praise from all the judges despite only bringing forward a simple ''teishoku'' meal. Following the contest, she asks Manana to teach her more about cooking, and the Nopon is more than happy to name Miyabi her apprentice.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Shares this dynamic with Mio; Miaybi is the demure and delicate off-seer who doesn't like fighting, while Mio is more athletic and prepared for combat, to the point where Mio didn't even intend to become an off-seer.
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[[folder:Teach ''(Shido)'']]
!!Inscrutable Teach
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTakahashi (Japanese), Martin T. Sherman (English)\\
'''Class:''' Thaumaturge\\
'''Role:''' Healer\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Mio
Mio, Taion, and Sena's commanding officer from Colony Gamma. In addition to overseeing the colony, he acts as a harsh, but fair training instructor.
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* TheDreaded: [[spoiler:As revealed by the Avenger in his Ascension Quest, Teach hides a past as the infamous Commander Oleg of Colony Chi. Known as the "All-Slayer" in Keves, he boasted superb effectiveness in battle but a very high mortality rate among his troops.]]
* DrillSergeantNasty: Don't like his polite demeanor fool you. Teach is ''very'' serious about his training regimens. According to Taion, new recruits would very much rather go onto the battlefield than partake in his training.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Despite his polite demeanor, Teach is strict when it comes to his training.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It's pretty apparent that "Teach"[[note]]Likewise his Japanese name ''Shido'' is short for "leadership"[[/note]] probably isn't his real name, what with it being a rather on-the-nose description of his reputation as a fearsome teacher. [[spoiler:That's because it isn't as his true name is in fact "All-Slayer Oleg"]].
* MeaningfulName: He lives up to his name "Teach", imparting lessons to those under his care while also training them in combat.
* NoodleIncident: He once saw someone become corrupted by power and was eventually consumed by it. Who that person was and their connection to him is unknown, save for that it left a very lasting impression on him, but it's strongly implied [[spoiler:he was referring to his old self as All-Slayer Oleg]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Like Ethel, he's willing to hear the party out and even gives them a free shot at destroying Colony Gamma's Flame Clock. This puts him at odds with Consul G, who is none too happy with Teach's decision.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Teach takes the Ouroboros to a secluded location under the pretense of eliminating a potential threat to the world. It's not until his health is depleted halfway that he reveals he wanted to test the heroes' resolve and whether they had control over their powers.
* ThatManIsDead: When [[spoiler:the Avenger]] calls him [[spoiler:Oleg]], he calmly states that he goes by Teach now.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Although he put the heroes through the aforementioned secret test to determine their character, he was wholly prepared to die at their hands or kill them himself, having seen what happens to people who become corrupted and consumed by their power. [[spoiler:And as the Commander of Colony Chi, he employed tactics that maximized his chances of victory but cost him lots of soldiers, due to his belief that the duty of soldiers is to stamp out evil at all costs.]]
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[[folder:The Lifesage '''(MASSIVE UNMARKED SPOILERS)''']]
!!Nia ''(Niyah)'', Queen of Agnus
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HitomiOhwada (Japanese), Catrin Mai-Huw (English)\\
'''Class:''' Lifesage\\
'''Role:''' Healer\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Mio
->''"My name is Nia, and I am the Queen of Agnus... one wing of Aionios."''
The true queen of Agnus, returning from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2''. For tropes pertaining to her original appearance, [[Characters/XenobladeChronicles2MainProtagonists click here]].
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* TheAgeless: As a Blade, Nia has no age. With the exception of cutting her hair, she looks just like her Blade form in ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2''.
* ArmorPiercingAttack: Her Lifesage class allows her to use attacks that can ignore an enemy's defenses.
* AutoRevive: Nia's Chain Attack Order lets her revive any fallen party members if completed, with increasing likelihood as her level increases. At higher levels, your party will be completely fine for Chain Attacks just as long as Nia herself is kept alive along with enough party members to reach 100%+ TP with her.
* BabiesEverAfter: Along with Pyra and Mythra, she had a child with Rex as seen in the ending.
* BigGood: She's the creator of the Ouroboros Stones, is awakened by the party late in the game, and serves as one of the most powerful forces for good in the final stretch of the story.
* BootstrappedLeitmotif: She's pretty much inherited ''Drifting Soul'' from ''2'' as hers. The original song played during several key emotional moments, with the most relevant one being when Nia revealed her Blade form to Rex and confessed her love for him.
* BoyishShortHair: As before, but with a twist -- she's in her Blade form this time, which was known for RapidHairGrowth when switching from her short-haired Gormotti form. She had a major haircut.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: While Nia serves as TheHighQueen, her true demeanor is still ''far'' from queenly, being the same headstrong, vulgar rebel she was in her younger years.
* CatGirl: She is a Gormotti, one of a race of cat people, although in reality she is a Flesh Eater Blade forced to consume her Gormotti sister.
* ContinuityNod:
** Her outfit in the epilogue and as a recruitable Hero is based more on her Driver outfit than her Blade one (unlike her royal robes). She also uses spectral versions of Pyra's and Mythra's Aegis swords in battle, and wears tights that very closely resemble Mythra's from her "Massive Melee Mythra"/''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrothersUltimate'' outfit as well as a white band around her right leg like the one Mythra normally wears, while her haircut more closely resembles Pyra's than her previous haircuts. She even mentions that the outfit was one made for her back when the worlds were separate.
** Her Enhanced Cellular Stimulus skill is based on when Nia used her healing powers to interfere with Malos' cells during their battle at the Cliffs of Morytha during ''2''.
* DisneyDeath: Right after she awakens, Nia is stabbed in the "heart" by D. However, after ''his'' death, she turns out to be none the worse for wear given that her Core Crystal is her ''actual'' heart.
-->'''Nia:''' Two cetris to the side and things'd'been a slight worse...
* DualWielding: Or rather, triple wielding. She wields three swords: her Catalyst Scimitar Blade weapon from ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'', and spectral copies of Pyra and Mythra's Aegis Swords.
* FireIceLightning: A variation - when she uses her Divine Sword Talent Art, she performs a flurry of slashes with her water-based Catalyst Scimitar before grabbing her simulacra of Pyra's and Mythra's swords to strike the opponent as they glow with their original elements of fire and light, respectively.
* HarmfulHealing: Her Lifesage class gives her a chance to add her healing power as pierce damage on a hit. Said skill that grants this is called 'Enhanced Cellular Stimulus', no doubt inspired by the attack that she used to incapacitate Malos in ''[=XC2=]''.
* TheHighQueen: The true leader of the forces of Agnus, she sealed herself away in the Cloudkeep to evade Z's clutches while the Consul installed a robotic decoy in her stead.
* TheFogOfAges: When talking to Ghondor about Vandham and the events of Uraya in ''2'', she admits the events happened so long ago that she's forgotten most of the details, but the important bits of what happened remain.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: As stated in-game, Nia's Lifesage class is the most powerful of the Healer classes. She can only be used for postgame content (including her Hero Quest). Furthermore, her ascension quest requires the player to trudge through an area of aggressive Level 90+ monsters.
* {{Irony}}: In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'', Nia was a CrutchCharacter who often [[CantCatchUp couldn't catch up]] to the other Drivers when optimized and when the party gained access to more powerful Blades, not counting her (still not amazing) potential as a healing Blade for Rex. In this game, she's one InfinityPlusOneSword of two among the Heroes.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: For players who didn't play through ''2'', this is where they'll learn that the petite Gormotti girl Nia is actually a Flesh Eater Blade with supreme healing powers. Being a Flesh Eater made her an outcast in Alrest, but now she no longer needs to hide her true nature.
* LightningBruiser: Nia is both this and a SupportPartyMember. While her main focus is on healing, she also has high Attack and the Steelcleaver gem to make her defense-annuling attacks hit hard, along with high Agility, a decent Block Rate, and above-average defenses to make sure she herself can take a hit and heal it off.
* LukeIMightBeYourFather: Her conversation with Mio in the Memorial Hall heavily implies that Nia might be Mio's mother (or at least, the mother of the original Mio), and that she is quite possibly the baby Nia is holding in the picture seen at the game's end. Aside from that, Nia is also shown to have trusted M (a previous version of Mio) with hiding the location of the Cloudkeep, and when Nia awakens from her slumber, her gaze lingers more on Mio than on the rest of the party.
* MakingASplash: Like in her original game, she uses water to attack and heal, which makes it even more fitting that her castle is situated above a large ocean. Her mock Aegis swords also seem to be made out of water.
* MsExposition: After being rescued, she tells the story of how Aionios and Moebius came to be.
* MythologyGag: During her recruitment cutscenes, she briefly sings the Torigoth field theme from ''[=XC2=]'' to herself. She also sometimes hums the "quest complete" jingle from the same game after winning a battle.
* NoPronunciationGuide: While almost everyone pronounces her name with a short "i" (Nee-ah), Melia uses a long "i" (Nye-ah).
* {{Polyamory}}: It's revealed at the very end that Rex married Pyra, Mythra, and her.
* PostEndGameContent: Nia can be permanently recruited to the party after defeating the FinalBoss.
* PreviousPlayerCharacterCameo: She was one of the playable party members in her own game, and returns as one of the final recruitable Heroes in this one.
* RuleOfCool: Nia now inexplicably has the ability to wield spectral Aegis sword replicas based on Pyra's and Mythra's weapons. Out-of-universe, this serves as {{fanservice}}, and in-game she only uses them for the final hit of her Talent Art.
* SealedGoodInACan: Unlike Melia, Nia chose to lock herself away and go into stasis to avoid Z's notice.
* SirSwearsALot: Despite being the Queen of Agnus, she's the same Nia as she always was and is quite the pottymouth. When she awakens in front of the party, after a few repetitions of "ow" the first thing out of her mouth is "That Bastard!"
* SuddenNameChange: Her weapon is known as the "Anima Sword" rather than the "Catalyst Scimitar", though this is most likely because it refers to her complete set of weapons (the Scimitar plus her simulated Aegis swords).
* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: PlayedForLaughs. Ironic as her ''decoy'' is the one wearing the actual mask, but Nia repeatedly tries to hide her brash personality behind a stoic, serene demeanor befitting the Queen she is. When she's recruited as a playable Hero, the party stumbles upon her dressing up in her old clothes while talking very crudely, only for her to embarrassingly return back to her more demure persona when she notices them.
-->'''Nia:''' Ahh, SCORE!! ...I mean... what... good... fortune!
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The brash, snarky short-haired Tomboy to Melia's refined, elegant long-haired Girly Girl.
* TomboyPrincess: Try as she might, she's still the same feisty and crude adventurer at heart despite growing up and becoming a mother and queen. She actually volunteers her services as Hero upon being recruited, in part due to wanting to feel that sense of adventure once more.
* TookALevelInKindness: Thanks to CharacterDevelopment. Nia is OlderAndWiser than before, and is considerably more mellow towards her friends and allies. While she still has sudden angry outbursts and fits of swearing, they're mostly merely used as exclamations or cries of pain and/or directed towards the villains.
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!!From the City
[[folder:Ghondor]]
!!Wrathfist Ghondor Vandham
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatomiAkesaka (Japanese), Dominique Moore (English)\\
'''Class:''' Martial Artist\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Sena
A young woman in Agnus captivity. She's always followed by two escorts, who highly respect her. She's the daughter of Monica, making her the granddaughter of Guernica.
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* TheAce: She was ranked first in the Ouroboros tests, while Shania by comparison was ranked 8th.
* EleventhHourRanger: While she can be used before, storywise, she and Monica join the party as they're travelling down Origin, the final area of the game, and are present for the battle against Z.
* BadassNormal: Manages to shatter Moebius S' Core with her fists alone.
* BareFistedMonk: She specializes in hand to hand combat using her gauntlet Blades.
* BodyguardingABadass: She has a pair of personal bodyguards even though she's stronger and more powerful than the both of them.
* BrattyHalfPint: Repeated disappointment with changing the world has made her into an angry KnightInSourArmor that regularly insults her own mother, referring to her as "Bitchqueen", due to her belief said mother is too reckless.
* BrutalHonesty: Ghondor never minces her opinions on events or people and says things as they are.
* CharacterDevelopment: When she's introduced, she pointedly mocks the party for wanting to fight the war against Moebius because of the massive amounts of deaths; she is content in the prison because while people will still die (including her), it will be fewer than if they tried to escape. After some convincing from Ouroboros, she is convinced to fight on.
* DisappearedDad: An NPC in the City comments their admiration for Monica's strength for pressing forward for the good of the City despite losing both her father and her spouse, the latter presumably being Ghondor's father. Monica's Hero Quest explains he died on a mission to collect ether 14 years ago, i.e. when Ghondor was only around 4 years old.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Ghondor dislikes her name, but when Shania asks why she continues to go by it anyway, she says it's to keep her family close to her.
* PowerFist: Her profile picture shows her wearing two large, mechanical fists.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ghodor is rough around the edges but a deeply kind person underneath it, [[JerkassFacade though she'd rather die than admit it openly.]]
* MeaningfulAppearance: She wears a [[UsefulNotes/MartialArtsBelts black belt]], and is described as a proficient martial artist.
* LadySwearsALot: ''Is she ever.'' And unlike Eunie, with her mostly [[UnusualEuphemism flame-based]] profanity, her potty mouth uses actual profanity to really get across how rude she is. She calls her mother "Bitchqueen" and is rude to just about everyone.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The aftermath of Sena's sidequest is one of the few times she calls Monica "Mother" rather than Bitchqueen.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She's even shorter than the roughly under 5 feet tall Sena, and specializes in physical combat.
* PoorCommunicationKills: She had good intentions in telling Shania to stop trying to copy her and find her own identity, so that Shania would no longer be dependent on her. However, Ghondor's combination of BrutalHonesty and JerkassFacade caused Shania to think Ghondor hated her, kickstarting [[spoiler:Shania's StartOfDarkness and eventual defection to Moebius.]]
* SmarterThanYouLook: She doesn't seem like it, but her TP amount is actually on par with Taion, the smartest person in Ouroboros.
* {{Tsundere}}: Ghondor is quite willing to talk smack about the people she cares about, but loves them dearly.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Gray]]
!!Ashenpelt Gray
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https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xc3_gray_maskless.png[[/labelnote]]]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShigeruChiba (Japanese), Shaun Dooley (English)\\
'''Class:''' Full Metal Jaguar\\
'''Role:''' Attacker\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Eunie
->''"Whoever goes up against me, they're getting crushed."''
One of the Heroes, whose allegiance is unknown.
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* AttackDrone: In addition to his primary handguns, his Full Metal Jaguar class utilizes drones in combat which are each mounted with a {{BFG}} capable of firing sweeping laser attacks across a wide area.
* BadassCape: The primary costume component of his class is a tattered black cape.
* ChekhovsGunman: A more literal example than most, Gray is a completely optional hero that requires backtracking [[spoiler:whom is also a travelling resident of Swordmarch. A lot of things about him (such as the eyepatch) start to make sense once you head to the City, and if he's in your party while there, he'll comment on it and -- either directly or through inference -- let a few things loose a bit early (such as the fact the Lost Numbers also use Blades over traditional weapons, or telling you where to find important city personnel later on).]]
* FreezeFrameBonus: It requires getting a close look at him, but [[spoiler:Gray has visible aging lines along the exposed part of his face, an immediate indication that he's not from Agnus or Keves.]]
* GunsAkimbo: He wields two guns.
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:He has a wife living in the City. It seems he's extremely rarely home and even when in the City will frequently refuse to visit his wife when he's "on business". Despite this, the marriage appears to be stable and happy, with his wife merely saying Gray's always been like this and she doesn't mind.]]
* MayDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:As eventually revealed on the Affinity Chart, his true age is 60 while his wife, Rozana, is 30 years old, half his age by a thirty year gap]].
* MythologyGag: His class is "Full Metal Jaguar", the same as Elma from ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX''.
* RewatchBonus: [[spoiler:After learning he's from Swordmarch, it makes sense as to why the eye covered by his eyepatch lights up when activating Chain Attacks, as opposed to not lighting up at all like Riku and Manana or simply just lighting up the other eye -- he wears the eyepatch in order to avoid Moebius detection, not because of anything regarding his vision.]]
* SwordLimbo: In his character video he dodges Noah's sword by bending backwards, allowing it to pass over him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Monica]]
!!City's Bulwark Monica Vandham
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkenoWatanabe (Japanese), Pippa-Bennett Warner (English)\\
'''Class:''' Lost Vanguard\\
'''Role:''' Defender\\
'''Class Inheritor:''' Eunie
->''"A partner in romance. The feeling of having someone very precious to you... That'd be one way of putting it. You'll understand too someday. Or... It might be that you already do."''
Guernica's daughter, and one of the Elders of the City.
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* EleventhHourRanger: While she can be used before, storywise, she and Ghondor join the party as they're travelling down Origin, the final area of the game, and are present for the battle against Z.
* ActionMom: She's Ghondor's mother and a formidable fighter on the battlefield.
* BigDamnHeroes: When the party is surrounded by seemingly endless mecha within Origin, Monica saves them by ramming and squishing them under her airship's weight. before joining the party herself.
* BuxomIsBetter: Her Lost Vanguard class gives the female characters more noticeable busts.
* FrontlineGeneral: She's an Elder but has no issue fighting alongside her troops.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Her Lost Vanguard class uses a massive tower shield in tandem with a mace.
* MarriedToTheJob: When one of her subordinates/former Ouroboros candidates confesses his feelings for her at the end of her sidequest, she cites the fact that she's not only [[InappropriatelyCloseComrades his commanding officer]], but one of the Elders of the City, as a reason why she can't return his feelings right now. Though an NPC remark from earlier in the game about how admirable she is to have stayed strong despite the pain of losing her spouse and her father indicates she may also [[TheLostLenore still be grieving her husband's death.]]
* TheMatchmaker: Downplayed. After explaining a bit more about human romantic relationships following the party learning how babies are made in the City, Monica notes the potential between Noah and Mio by stating that they might've already figured out the newly learned concept of romantic love.
* MsExposition: Explains the nature of the City and how humans are supposed to work with the party, in a way almost acting as the closest thing they've ever had to a parent.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Comes across as a no-nonsense leader, but names her famous curry "[[{{Pun}} Monicurry]]".
* SexyWalk: Her hips are given a pronounced sway when she walks in cutscenes.
* TeenPregnancy: Looking at her and Ghondor's ages in the Affinity chart (33 and 18 respectively) makes it clear that she had her when she was only in her mid-teens.
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