History Characters / Xenoblade

* UnwillingRoboticisation: Though she takes it in stride later on, even discussing some of the advantages of being a machina-like, like not needing food or sleep. And [[EmergencyTransformation considering death was the alternative]], it's not hard to imagine she would have picked this option ''willingly'' if she was in any condition to be asked. The biggest advantage Fiora sees in having the machina-like body is that it allows her to stand with and fight alongside Shulk against any enemy, and boy can she ever. Fiora still prefers her Homs body, though, and she gets it back in the epilogue, courtesy of the Regeneration Chamber restoring whichever organic parts were removed.

* FrickinLaserBeams: She gains the ability to use them as a [[LimitBreak Talent Art]] depending on which Drones you equip her with.

* {{Expy}}: In ''Future Connected'', she becomes one for Lora. Both characters get their own ADayInTheLimelight side stories, in which, despite TheHero being a member of the party and having a weapon that plays a pivotal role in the plot, Lora and Melia are the respective leads. Similarly, both Lora and Melia are pursued by psychoes who come to a bad end toward the end of the story, with a tragically-themed final battle.

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: The attraction between Shulk and Fiora is well known to the people of Colony 9, to where several [=NPCs=] make note of it. Desire pretends to hit on Shulk, then says she's kidding since she already knows he's "taken". Fiora's brother, Dunban, has been aware of it since they were children and has long since given Shulk [[ShipperOnDeck his approval to court her.]] So has Reyn.

* TagalongKid: Fills this role despite being a middle-aged man due to his goofiness and Nopon mannerisms. Everybody else in the party has quite a big reason for wanting to fight the Mechon, be it avenging loved ones or trying to rescue them. Riki is pretty much roped into assisting them, and a few Heart to Hearts actually lampshade this. He's just along to make friends and prevent any potential threats to his family.

* CoDragons: She serves this along with Dickson and Alvis.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: Evil initially appears to be the main source of conflict in the game and antagonizes the main party throughout. Just when he is defeated for good,it ultimately turns out that he isn't the main threat as that is quickly usurped by Zanza.

* TookALevelInKindness: When Melia meets Tyrea in ''Future Connected'', she remarks that Tyrea has changed since the last time they met, as evidenced by her treating Teelan similarly to how one would treat a family member. Additionally, while Tyrea remains prideful with cool, sometimes sarcastic demeanor, she is considerably more supportive of Melia's endeavors than in the main story.
* {{Tsundere}}: She tries to convince Melia that her relationship with Teelan is simply her using him for his research, but it's obvious to everyone that she loves him like family. She's also one towards Melia, initially treating her with hostility before eventually warming up to the idea of acting like her sister. In another example, despite having been so heroic and inspiring during the defense of the ramparts, she goes off on her own once the fight is over and everyone reunites. While her excuse is a bit more vulgar, it's clear she was mostly simply too uncomfortable with how sappy the situation had become.

* FantasticRacism: She thinks all half-blooded High Entia are inferior, with the irony being that she IS one. She also refers to Nopon as "things" or "it". She seems to soften the former view at least over time.

* HiddenDepths: Speaking to her in the last part of Future Connected has her tell the party that she's shocked at how much she feels science is her true calling after being raised for a life of violence.
* HoldTheLine: Near ''Future Connected'''s climax, while Melia secures the assistance of the Companions, Tyrea leads the Gran Dell militia in defending the town against hordes of fogbeasts. Note that because of how weak the militia is, she did this almost completely by herself.

* TookALevelInKindness: When Melia meets Tyrea in ''Future Connected'', she remarks that Tyrea has changed since the last time they met, as evidenced by her treating Teelan similarly to how one would treat a family member. Additionally, while Tyrea remains prideful, she is considerably more supportive of Melia's endeavors than in the main story.

Sorean (ソレアン) Antiqua is the Emperor of the High Entia and father to Kalian. He is eventually revealed to be Melia's parent as well.

* {{Adorkable}}: He's a nerdy engineer who, up until the Mechon invasion, spent more than a fair bit of his time in the lab; his early-game social interactions tend to be more than a little awkward as a result. He builds up his resolve considerably over the course of his journey, but he still occasionally lapses back into geeking out in the Heart-to-Hearts. His victory and "battle going well" quotes are remarkably spirited (an aspect which was happily carried over to his ''Smash Bros.'' incarnation).

* {{Adorkable}}: In ''Future Connected'' is shown to actually have a fairly strong version of this in situations where she is compelled to try to say or do something supportive for someone she actually cares about like Teelan. Her tone changes rather hilariously as she is both trying to sound friendly and clearly not very good at it yet and just ends up looking rather awkward.

* EmergencyTransformation: Vanea keeps Fiora from dying this way, turning her into a cyborg whose body is integrated with a Faced Mechon she rides in. Her alterations seem less severe than other Faces, perhaps because Vanea was involved and was unwilling to butcher a Homs the way Egil would.

* FrickinLaserBeams: She gains the ability to use them as a [[LimitBreak Talent Art]] depending on which Drones you equip her with.

* SiblingMurder: She ends up murdering Kallian after he gets turned into a Telethia.

* HeroicBSOD: After discovering that Dickson, one of his {{Parental Substitute}}s, was EvilAllAlong... and that he himself has been DeadAllAlong for 14 years! He's almost ready to give it all up right there and then, convinced that his own existence has, beyond being Zanza's puppet, been utterly pointless; Alvis talks him out of it.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: After seeing her taking care of her brother and preparing lunch for Shulk, you wouldn't expect to see her driving a freaking tank and shooting its main cannon in a Mechon's face at point-blank range!! And that's BEFORE [[OneWingedAngel her transformation.]]

* DyingSpeech: After Mumkhar and Fiora retreated, he ha done last talk with Melia and Shulk:

* ShipperOnDeck: Ships Sharla/Reyn in her last Heart to Heart.

* HeroicSacrifice: Dies after pushing Melia away and [[TakingTheBullet getting stabbed by Metal Face's claws]].

* {{Determinator}}: Which somehow [[UpToEleven gets even more epic]] after most of the High Entia become Telethia and she is able to retain her sanity ''a few minutes later''.

** Will outlive her Homs and Nopon friends, many of them several times over.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Just ''try'' to hurt Juju in front of her. Even if it takes her a long and painful trek through an Ether Mine, she ''will'' find her brother and she ''will'' put a bullet between the eyes of whoever took him.

* Deuteragonist: While he’s still an important character Melia takes his role of the main protagonist in Future Connected.

!!Alvis/Monado

* FlatCharacter: He doesn't have much in the way of motivations of why he's racist (His FreudianExcuse is outright denied in this case), shows hardly any personality other than his twisted racism at pure bloods and is only there to be hated by the viewer. He is also completely forgotten about for a while, only appearing in a late game sidequest which is completely optional.