History Characters / XenobladeChronicles3TheFounders

* ThatManIsDead: Ambiguous due to A's tendency for CrypticConversation, but A has some dialogue implying that A may not self-identify as ''literally'' Alvis anymore. When Shulk asks why A (who he once knew as Alvis) has a new appearance, A responds that A is Alvis's conscience, memories and hopes incarnated as a new individual. A also states with some visible sadness that Alvis is "no longer", and that A and Alpha are what remain, although A also self-identifies with Alpha to some extent. [[spoiler:However, Shulk reaffirms A as "Alvis" at the end of the game, and in a creator interview in ''Aionios Moments'' the name Alvis is used for events involving A.]]

* MadeOfPhlebotinum: It's revealed near the end of the game that Matthew's Ouroboros Knuckles are partially made of Origin metal, explaining how he's able to destroy Flame Clocks and Moebius cores with them like Lucky Seven. [[spoiler:That's not even going into the fact that said Knuckles also carry Pneuma's Core Crystal, with the souls and wills of his implied great-great-grand-stepmothers.]]

* AmbiguousGender: A uses the masculine-leaning first-person pronoun "boku" just as Alvis did, but has a feminine-leaning androgynous appearance and voice, and is assigned the gender value of 1 (female) in the game's code, unlike the explicitly-nonbinary Juniper and Roc, who receive unique gender designations. However, A is never once referred to with gendered pronouns whether by A's self or anyone else (including in promotional materials; at most, A is occasionally referred to as a "person"). Other characters go out of their way to refer to A with non-gendered language compared to the rest of the cast in a conspicuous manner that suggests A is readily identifiable as being neither male nor female in-universe. Rex also states that the reason for A's current appearance is that the gender of Ontos is between male and female, and at the end of the game [[spoiler:A is directly referred to by Shulk as "Alvis", albeit in a good-natured and slightly humorous manner]]. However, [[WordOfGod official post-release material refers to A as a woman]].

* {{Bifauxnen}}: Downplayed and invoked. A does not explicitly identify as female (or anything specific at all, really, given that no pronouns are ever used for them outside of [[WordOfGod the official art book calling A "josei" which means "woman" in Japanese]]), but A's appearance has a lot of feminine traits which are the same types of androgynous features that made Alvis a PrettyBoy in ''1''. A also speaks with a husky TomboyishVoice, use uses [[{{Bokukko}} masculine pronouns]] in Japanese, and behave in a brusque and somewhat masculine-performing way as a reversal of Alvis's effeminate Japanese voice and mild AgentPeacock tendencies.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] compared to Rex and Shulk, who [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome were around in the prior games and used physical weapons that influence how they call their Blades]] in Aionios. A, however, calls their Blade to their waist as if it's in a nonexistent sheath due to being an IaijutsuPractitioner.

* LiteralSplitPersonality: [[spoiler:In a similar situation as Noah/N, Mio/M, and -- as revealed in ''Future Redeemed'' -- the Architect/Zanza and Pyra/Mythra, A is Alvis' hope and redeeming nature given form, existing to oppose Alpha.]]

* OneLetterName: Despite not being Moebius, A follows a similar naming scheme, and when Matthew asks if "A" is a real name, A dodges the question by simply noting the name is effective at signifying the "beginning" and how A and Alpha are the only beings in Aionios who can bear that title. At the end [[spoiler:Shulk refers to A as "Alvis", seemingly confirming that "A" is a pseudonym and that this is the full name A was keeping hidden]].
* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: A is derived from the Trinity Processor Ontos, who was essentially God in the first game, and [[spoiler:who was used as the basis for Origin]]. In the game's code A is listed as female, however, A is never referred to by any third-person pronouns at all in-game, at most being described with terms such as "this person" or its various localized equivalents. Further, Rex states that Ontos' gender was designed to be somewhere between male and female, and though A looks and sounds more feminine than Alvis, A uses a masculine pronoun in the Japanese version like Alvis once did [[spoiler:and may in fact actually be part of the same Alvis from ''1''. The official art book and WordOfGod, however, refer to A as "josei" (Japanese for "woman").]]

* ThatManIsDead: A does not seem to consider themself as ''literally'' being Alvis, given that when Shulk asks why A "looks like that" rather than simply being Alvis, A responds that they are specifically Alvis's conscience, memories and hopes incarnated as a new individual. A also states with some visible sadness that Alvis is "no longer", and that A and Alpha are what remain. [[spoiler:Shulk does refer to A as "Alvis" at the end of the game anyway, albeit in a slightly humorous manner.]]

* TheStoic: While A does have a sharp and sarcastic tongue, A doesn't emote much and remains mostly composed at all times. [[spoiler:This tracks, as A was born from the purely logical Ontos.]]

* BattleCouple: In the Archsage's Gauntlet mode of the main game, he can fight alongside Queen Nia, one of his wives, if both are unlocked. However, being a non-canon mode focused on gameplay, they don't have any special interactions with each other. Funnily enough, if playing as Mio in her default Zephyr class, the three of them form a DamagerHealerTank trio.