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The main party members of the ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' expansion, ''Torna ~ The Golden Country'', and their main Blades. To return to the index, click [[Characters/XenobladeChronicles2 here]]

Beware of '''unmarked spoilers''' for the base game!

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!Team Lora

[[folder:Lora ''(Laura)'']]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/SaoriHayami (Japanese), Anna Koval (English)

One part of the DLC's main-character duo, she has been on the run ever since she was ten years old and accidentally awakened Jin. She starts the game searching for her estranged mother.
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* BareFistedMonk: {{Downplayed}} - she carries a whip and her Driver Art, ''Spinning Wheel'' has her use it, but all her auto attacks are punches and kicks, all her Driver Arts end with a punch or kick, and in the trailer, she takes on ''Malos'' with nothing but her martial arts and even ''staggers him'' while he's armed with his Monado.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Though she lets [[spoiler:Gort go the first time out of respect for her mother, she doesn't hesitate to later cut down a mutated Gort when he threatens her and insults her mother. Though she also states she is doing it to put Gort out of his misery]].
* CastFromHitPoints: Her Talent Art, ''Swallow's Flight'', allows her to fully refresh her Arts' {{Cooldown}}s at the cost of half of her {{Hit Point}}s.
* CharacterShilling: {{Downplayed|trope}}, but even if you've spent most of the game playing as another character or team, Lora will end up getting most of the credit from NPC's on sidequests despite not being shown to do much more than the others.
* CryIntoChest: She does this with Jin after [[spoiler:finding out what happened at Torigoth]].
* DecoyProtagonist: Despite being the closest thing to a POV character for most of the game, it's [[https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1029004737797074944 Jin who turns out to be the true protagonist of the story]], and [[spoiler: ultimately it's Mythra who gets the most character development and plot focus, what with her being the Aegis itself and the only one who can truly take on Malos.]]
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Much like Cross in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'', she is the game's DecoyProtagonist, and gets a lot of focus and development in her own right but most of her role is to contribute to Jin's story and CharacterDevelopment and to invent the combat system used in the main game.
* DoomedByCanon: The main game revealed how her death changed Jin forever long before Rex and his friends get involved.
* {{Expy}}:
** Amusingly, while the base game liked to compare Rex to Addam, Lora may be even more like him than Addam is. A spirited young orphan who became a Driver by accidentally acquiring a legendary Blade not intended for her. She also wields her rope often in the same way Rex uses his grappling hook (her Break art spawns healing potions much like Rex's toppling anchor shot), and her Blades and skills push her towards the same CombatMedic style.
** While it's not as obvious in the base game, ''Torna - The Golden Country'', which is already a WholePlotReference to the Shevat-Solaris War arc of ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'', expands the context around Lora in a way that makes it clear she is its Sophia analogue. She is the red-haired ImpliedLoveInterest to Lacan's {{Expy}} Jin, whose last wish upon her death as a result of the conflict 500 years prior to the current game is for the latter to continue living. This wish ends up becoming the CynicismCatalyst that drives the latter's actions in the present day.
* FragileSpeedster: Lora has the fastest auto-attack in the game (where she simply punches the opponent) and can rack up some great DPS with auto-attack canceling, but Team Lora has the lowest HP of all three teams and Lora's Talent Art consumes half of her HP to make her even more fragile (something that the AI [[ArtificialStupidity fails to recognize]]).
* GiveMeASword: Jin and her designed an entire fighting style around sharing Jin's sword, constantly throwing it at each other, with the unarmed teammate assuming support through martial arts/Blade powers. Addam thinks it's amazing, until he learns why exactly they did this - not enough money to buy a second sword. Then he's just left in stitches.
* HeroicBastard: Implied; [[spoiler:Blade Eater Gort calls her a bastard in a way that implies that it wasn't just a general insult]]. There's also the matter of her eyes being yellow instead of blue.
* HadToBeSharp: The major reason why she excels in unarmed combat is simply due to being [[PerpetualPoverty constantly broke]] and barely able to buy food, let alone a proper weapon.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: As seen in her profile image, her [[WhipItGood "whip"]] is actually a charm tied at the end of a rope.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Her insistence that Jin learn about his first Driver causes Jin's StartOfDarkness. Reading his previous self's diary led to him to understand out how things end when a Blade and Driver fall in love and learn of the Flesh Eater process that his previous self had researched in desperation to keep his memories and feelings for his beloved wife. Since this is around the time Jin realizes he loves Lora, he doesn't take it well.]] Ultimately subverted as [[spoiler:Jin would eventually go on to deal the final blow to Amalthus when no one else could, [[RedemptionEqualsDeath albeit at the cost of his life]]]].
* OlderThanTheyLook: She's actually ''twenty-seven'' (making her older than the entire human half of the main game's party) and does not look like it at all. {{Lampshaded}} by Milton who would have guessed she was only twenty at most.
* PlayingWithFire: Her base weapon.
* ShipTease: Has a lot with Jin, particularly when they [[spoiler:find Jin's old house. Not only does she swoon over his lines, but she also insists on taking a picture with him after seeing one of him with his old Driver, only to be disappointed when the picture of the two of them becomes a group photo]].
* ShortHairWithTail: At first it looks like she just has BoyishShortHair, but there's actually a ponytail.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: One of her favored item categories is meat with the specific liked item being Ruby-Stew Buloofo, which Jin makes. In general, she has stated that she loves Jin's cooking.
* VocalDissonance: Her English voice is a lot deeper than you'd expect given how young she looks, and is an indicator of how old she actually is.
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[[folder:Jin ''(Shin)'']]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/TakahiroSakurai (Japanese), John Schwab (English)

Lora's first Blade, and the [[https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1029004737797074944 true protagonist]] of the DLC. This is Jin before his StartOfDarkness, where he was known as "The Paragon of Torna" and was the most respected Blade in the kingdom.
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* BadassNormal: Relative to his future self - Jin hasn't yet become a Flesh Eater and acquired the resulting StoryBreakerPower, so he's "just" a fast and skillful swordsman with some ice powers. However, he's still known as the most powerful Blade in Torna in the expansion, just as much as Brighid has this status for the Empire of Mor Ardain.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Usually he's a quiet, friendly guy who hates fighting, but if one manages to legitimately piss him off he can get outright merciless, to the point Lora has to stop him from dismembering Gort. This is, of course, {{Foreshadowing}} just how far he's going to fall when her untimely death comes.
* CampCook: He shares the cooking crafting skill with Mythra and Aegaeon.
* TheComicallySerious: In a majority of lighthearted situations with the team, Jin is frequently left speechless and bemused by his comrades' antics.
* CoolMask: Wears his signature mask initially to hide his identity, due to the fact that his Core Crystal was stolen years ago, which would lead people to accuse Lora as the thief.
* DeadpanSnarker: He is not above taking jabs towards his comrades whenever they say or do something that gets on his nerves, such as deciding to make steamed vegetables when [[WithFriendsLikeThese Mythra]] demands for something meaty in a post-battle banter. (For the record, if Addam's active Blade is Minoth instead, both he and Addam request meat and Jin obliges.)
* DeclarationOfProtection: Delivers one to Lora after defending her from Gort 17 years ago.
* {{Expy}}: He ends up being this game's equivalent of [[VideoGame/{{Xenogears}} Lacan/Grahf]]. He shares Lacan's backstory of having been a member of a group of heroes in the conflict from 500 years ago that nearly destroyed the world until the conflict led to the death of a red-haired woman close to him, and whose last wish was for him to live on, which ends up making him [[CynicismCatalyst embittered]] in the present but also [[ICannotSelfTerminate unable to commit suicide]] to escape, and which results in him deciding to dedicate his eternal life to [[OmnicidalManiac destroying the world with his own hands in order to end the world's equivalent cycle of life, death, and rebirth]][[note]]In Lacan's case, the reincarnations of himself, Elly, and Miang. In Jin's case, the Blade/Driver system which causes Blades to reincarnate and lose their memories[[/note]]. He also shares the similarly complicated relationship with this game's Miang and Krelian Expies, at times being completely opposed to them yet also other times working with them.
* TheHero: He is the central Blade of the story, just as Pyra and Mythra are in the main game. While Lora is billed first (being his Driver), she ends up being a DecoyProtagonist to him and Jin ultimately gets the most development and focus within the game (along with Mythra). To drive the point home, he provides the opening and closing monologues, and shows up on the save game icon rather than Lora.
* AnIcePerson: His Blade element is ice.
* LetThePastBurn: [[spoiler:His final act in the story after becoming a Flesh Eater is to return to the old house where he once lived with Ornelia, and burn it down. He also burns the new journal he started, as well as the group picture taken with Addam, Hugo, and their Blades with it]].
* LightningBruiser: He inherits Team Lora's balanced to FragileSpeedster stats, but has a Battle Skill that makes him hit ''extremely'' hard while reducing the damage that he himself takes. With Arts recharge pouch items, he can continuously chain all three of his Battle Arts in a row while melting through enemy health bars.
* MartialPacifist: He hates fighting, only doing so to ensure Lora's survival. Of course, this mindset has changed completely upon reaching the main game's time due to her demise.
* RedBaron: ''The Paragon of Torna''
* ShipTease: Has a lot of moments with Lora, such as when Lora starts to tease him about Lora liking one of his lines. Likewise, when Azurda asks him about [[spoiler:his thoughts about Blades eventually becoming Titans]], Jin replies, "I don't wish for 'forever.' All I want is my life with her. That's plenty."
* SupremeChef: His cooking craft is called "Home Cooking". In one {{Sidequest}}, his cooking skills are too refined for an Ardainian soldier to handle, requiring [[LethalChef Mythra]] to make his favorite dish instead.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Fits everything, except for the part where he dresses in all white. Lora likes to tease him about how he's just ''too'' perfect a ladykiller. [[spoiler:It never ends well when all of his known Drivers are women that he inevitably falls for and loses.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He favors seafood with Steel Salmon Tempura being his favorite item.
* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:The mask he wears was made by Lora herself and it's the only thing he takes with him to the main game while all his other keepsakes are burned away]].
* WeWillMeetAgain: [[spoiler:Jin hints at meeting Azurda again before they part ways, but also hinting that when they encounter each other again, they will be enemies. This is true in the main game when Azurda comes to Rex, Pyra, Nia, and Dromarch's aid, and sees that Jin still seeks {{Revenge}} against Amalthus for what happened 500 years ago.]]
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[[folder:Haze ''(Kasumi)'']]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/SaoriHayami (Japanese), Samantha Dakin (English)

Lora's second Blade, known for her ability to control other Blades and her uncanny resemblance to Lora.
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* BadassBookworm: She favors literature with The Knight of Torna, which Minoth can make [[spoiler:after Lora is officially knighted a Tornan Driver]] being her top favorite book.
* BlowYouAway: Her Blade element is wind.
* CompositeCharacter: Gameplay-wise, she's essentially a combination of Rex's Rare Blade Roc (a wind-element Blade who can disperse miasmas) and Nia (the go-to healer for the party).
* ClingyJealousGirl: {{Downplayed}}; every once in a while she pouts about her status as the "secondary Blade" to Jin's primary, and starts literally clinging to Lora. Lora and Jin usually humor her and let her be the flagship for a bit when it happens.
* TheCutie: To the point that even Mythra, who's perfectly willing to scream at children, finds herself unable to get mad at her.
* HealingWinds: A dedicated healer who uses the wind element to heal.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:Before making their way to the final confrontation against Malos, Haze sympathizes with Minoth for being Amalthus's Blade and hopes she never has a Driver like him, which is exactly what happens to her afterwards]].
* LoveFreak: She's quite excited when helping other people with love. There's a {{Sidequest}} in which the group helps a musician win over a Tornan girl, to which Haze animatedly volunteers to help out with.
* TheMedic: The '''only''' healing Blade of the party since Core Crystals are not part of the expansion's gameplay mechanics.
* {{Miko}}: Her appearance and unique powers of healing and ether manipulation invoke this.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:When a sweet girl like her declares someone to be beyond saving, it makes quite the impression. She sets this towards the mutated Blade Eater, Gort, in his last appearance]].
* SquishyWizard: Highly competent with wind spell-casting, on top of being a rare "true" healing Blade (with a straight party-wide healing art, that was noted in the main game to be really unusual) and her near-unique ether manipulation abilities. In exchange for all those gimmicks, she's one of the worst offensive Blades ever seen, to the point where Lora vastly outclasses her when borrowing her weapon, lacking the three-hit combo every single character can do and just clumsily clubs the enemy with her staff. This makes her a fantastic AI-controlled SupportPartyMember especially on high difficulties, but not so much as a player character.
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Haze specializes in sewing talisman pouch items.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: She favors vegetables with her main favorite being Wildflower Salad.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [[spoiler:A {{Sidequest}} in Auresco reveals that Haze is scared of ghosts, with Brighid playing a prank on her not to look behind her]].
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!Team Addam

[[folder:Addam Origo ''(Aderu Orudo)'']]
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-->Voiced by: Yusuke Handa (Japanese), Paul Thornley (English)

The beloved prince of Torna, though not the heir to the throne. He is also the one who awakened Mythra, being Rex's predecessor as the "good" Aegis' Driver and Zeke's childhood hero.
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* BenevolentBoss: He treats his underlings very well, "punishing" a guard who lost his vault key by allowing him to take time off to take care of his grandmother. Also has shades of GoodParents, since also has an inordinate amount of patience for Mythra's brattiness, with her acting as a surrogate "daughter" of sorts, and Addam helps her grow into a more caring and compassionate being. He also handily rejects Mythra's suggestion of taxing the people of Torna to help fund supplies. Overall, Addam is a supreme NiceGuy who genuinely does the best for his people and underlings despite his wealth and power.
* CallToAgriculture: When asked exactly what he plans to do after Malos is defeated, he doesn't have a solid answer, but decides he'd be fine if he could spend his days plowing his fields in peace.
* CastFromHitPoints: His Talent Art, ''Transcend'', extends his Driver Combo time at the cost of 25% of his {{Hit Point}}s as long as he has more than 30% to spare.
* CompositeCharacter: His appearance and mannerisms combine those of Rex,[[note]]which is acknowledged in-story in the base game[[/note]] Zeke, and [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Dunban]]. Aside from his signature Blade later becoming Rex's, Addam could pass for an older, gray-haired Rex but his mannerisms are less over-the-top versions of Zeke's, with some of Rex's earnest and AllLovingHero traits mixed in (along with a pseudo-familial relationship with Azurda, calling him "Nuncle" in this case). And while Mòrag from the main game is more similar to Dunban gameplay-wise, Addam's story role and gallant hamminess make him more of a match character-wise, especially with him being the previous celebrated wielder of the story's central legendary weapon but unable to unlock its full power like the main game's main protagonist. Also like Dunban, he has a BigBrotherMentor-esque relationship with a blonde-haired girl younger than him.[[note]]While Mythra only looks and acts ''slightly'' younger than Addam, she was BornAsAnAdult and is only a few years old during the events of the game, making her ''much'' younger chronogically.[[/note]]
* DramaticIrony: Players will know from the main game that Lora's awakening of Jin was an accident and she was ''almost killed for it'', yet Addam understands it differently:
-->'''Addam''': "That Core Crystal was stolen 17 years ago. Quite a feat to pull off that heist at that age!"
* GlurgeAddict: He doesn't exactly wear it on his sleeve, but Addam is moved to tears ''any'' time he hears about or witnesses a feel-good story, no matter how minuscule it may be.
* HeroicBastard: Unlike most Tornans, Addam has golden eyes, when they usually have blue eyes. During their first fight, Malos suggests that Addam is a bastard because of this trait, which later dialogue confirms. This status is another reason that Zettar is against Addam succeeding the throne.
* HiddenDepths: In one post-battle conversation with Minoth, Addam demonstrates his surprisingly operatic singing voice at Minoth's request.
* IdenticalGrandson: Addam bears a striking similarity to his descendant Zeke in appearance and mannerisms, being only slightly less silly. His WeaponOfChoice is even a lightning-elemental {{BFS}} like Zeke's. [[spoiler:{{Zigzagged}} since the Tantalese royal family's claim of being Addam's descendants is fraudulent, making Addam's appearance more of a coincidence then anything else; however, it's not completely unfeasible when it's heavily implied Zeke is descended from Zettar, Addam's uncle]]. On the other hand, given that Addam founded Fonsett Village and his similarities to Rex have been stated in-universe, it's implied that Rex is his ''[[spoiler:actual]]'' descendant, and he does look and act like Rex would if he were 10-15 years older.
* LargeHam: He seems virtually incapable of not overreacting. Even when he's not doing anything, his default expression is a smile larger than most have when they're actually laughing.
* TheLeader: As the most renowned hero among the team and the driver of the Aegis, Addam seems to take the lead whenever it's called for.
* MightyGlacier: Addam has low agility and slow-ish animations (not as bad as Zeke's though), but has the highest base HP of the party and hits ''hard''. While all team members share most of their stats, this can be {{subverted|trope}} when playing as Mythra or Minoth due to their higher DPS and faster, more spammable attack animations.
* MissingMom: His mother was never named or seen, but her being non-Tornan caused quite a scandal.
* NiceGuy: Easily one of the kindest characters in the expansion, if he is Rex’s ancestor it’s easy to see where Rex got his kindhearted nature from.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His voice in the English dub sounds like a more dignified version of Creator/JohnnyDepp as [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack Sparrow]].
* NoodleIncident: He's had his fair share of adventures even before resonating with Mythra as his Blade. One such story he recounts to Hugo in Gormott involves discovering an uninhabited Titan and then running away from all the huge monsters on it.
* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: {{Deconstructed}} - the reason Addam's been put out in the sticks of Torna is because most everyone he meets loves him, which makes him a threat to the other princes who have the right to the throne before him.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Mythra. He does not have romantic feelings for her since he’s already married to someone else. He only sees Mythra as a friend and ally, though he also acts almost parental toward her at times.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After Lora explains how she really came into possession of Jin's Core Crystal, Addam is pretty understanding and decides to recruit her in his efforts to stop Malos, even making up a story about how he found Jin's Core Crystal and decided to entrust it to her so that she doesn't have to worry about accusations of being a thief.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Fourth in line to inherit the Tornan throne, and Mythra's original Driver.
* ShockAndAwe: His base weapon, the Electro Greatsword.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: The cooking contest sidequest in Auresco mentions that his favorite food is Pan-Fried Tartari, calling back to his similarity with Rex. However, his liked pouch item is Energy Stir-Fry, a staple food.
* TheUnchosenOne: While he's a powerful and skillful Driver with more experience than Rex and just as good a heart, he was never able to use Mythra's full power the way Rex can (collapsing, helpless, when Mythra begins accessing said power). He laments at one point that despite wanting to believe in her, he still felt fear when he awakened Mythra from her core, fear that she would become like Malos, and this drew a small but disastrous wedge in their resonance. He's also got quite an ego under there despite being a good person (something Rex mostly lacks), which due to the way Aegises inherit personality traits from the first person to awaken them causes Mythra to initially act like a self-centered jerk.
* YinYangBomb: His two Blades, Mythra (light) and Minoth (darkness). Funnily enough this is balanced gameplay-wise, but not so much story-wise because Mythra is far more powerful than Minoth, and her opposing dark counterpart is actually the evil Malos.
* YouDidntAsk: Savvy players can catch a reference to it in optional dialogue earlier, but clearing the final {{Sidequest}} reveals that Addam has a wife, and that she's pregnant. The entire rest of the party is shocked by this revelation, prompting this reaction from him.
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[[folder:Mythra ''(Hikari)'']]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/ShinoShimoji (Japanese), Creator/SkyeBennett (English)
-->Designed by: Masatsugu Saitō

The second Aegis, awakened by Addam to counter Malos, as well as the {{deuteragonist}} of the ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' main game (or rather, one half of her). This is Mythra during a time long before Rex came into the picture, where she acted as a selfish, immature, and cynical surrogate daughter/younger sister to her first Driver.
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->See [[Characters/XenobladeChronicles2PyraAndMythra her page]] for tropes on her.
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[[folder:Minoth ''(Minochi)'']]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/ShinichiroMiki (Japanese), Trevor Dion Nicholas (English)

One of Amalthus' Blades, and a Flesh Eater. Though he is a failed experiment, he can still operate much farther from his Driver than normal. He would be known as "Cole" later in life and settle down as a playwright in Uraya, becoming close friends with Vandham from the main game.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: He has slightly darker skin than the other protagonists, and seems to be portrayed as some sort of Afro-Latino hybrid in the English dub, given his accent, his cowboy-like getup and the Spanish names for his Blade Arts and Battle Skills.
* AmericansAreCowboys: He has an American accent that sounds vaguely Southern, and is decked out like a cowboy complete with gunknives.
* AscendedExtra: Went from an [=NPC=] in the base game to a key ally in the fight against Malos.
* BlessedWithSuck: The only benefits he gained from becoming a Flesh Eater is being able to operate at full power without a Driver, which would also allow him to be the Blade of any Driver he wants. He doesn't get any new special powers, loses his immortality, can no longer return into a Core Crystal, and as the main game shows, will wind up aging into an old man with very little time left to live.
* CastingAShadow: His Blade element is darkness.
* CulturedWarrior: His crafting skill is dramaturgy. Fitting as Rex first meets him as a playwright in Uraya 500 years later in the main game.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being a dark Blade that resonated with Amalthus, Minoth is a fairly decent man. He is merely cynical and bitter over his situation as a failed Flesh Eater, as well as the downward spiral of his Driver, a man he once respected and cared about.
* DashingHispanic: Minoth's Blade Arts and Battle Skills are in Spanish.
* DeadpanSnarker: Makes a lot of sarcastic quips towards his teammates.
* DualWielding: Wields two daggers that also function as pistols.
* FlawedPrototype: By the time of the story, Minoth is already one of Amalthus's first attempts at creating a Flesh Eater. While it hasn't yet crippled him, Minoth can already tell that something's wrong with the results.
* {{Foil}}: To Malos. Both are darkness Blades that resonated with Amalthus before breaking away from him due to Malos gaining total control over his Aegis powers and Minoth being a Flesh Eater. They also have a certain degree of resentment towards their original Driver. But while Minoth has a strong moral compass and resonated when Amalthus hadn't completely embraced his nihilist desires, Malos was awakened afterwards, indulging in it and rampaging through Alrest like a child.
* GunsAkimbo: Uses dual pistols if he is the Rear Guard for Addam.
* GunFu: Shown off in the E3 2018 trailer.
* TheGunslinger: His theme invokes this with the stoic western ensemble and armed with pistol-daggers.
* HalfHumanHybrid: His most defining trait is the fact that he was one of Amalthus's first attempts in creating Flesh Eaters, being a FlawedPrototype at that. It is where a good portion of Minoth's resentment towards the Quaestor comes from on top of being aware of Amalthus's masqueraded dark side.
* InkSuitActor: Downplayed, while his English voice actor looks nothing like him, he's been involved in numerous productions in theatre, making his dramaturgy skill and job as a playwright in the main game all the more fitting.
* IWasQuiteTheLooker: Believe it or not this is the same Cole that Vandham and Rex would meet 500 years later.
* KnifeNut: Wields two knives that [[MorphWeapon can change into pistols]].
* KnightInSourArmor: His overall personality as he presumably resonated with Amalthus around the time the Quaestor provided relief to those in need before giving in to his despair over the state of Alrest.
* NobleDemon: Given that Minoth resonated with Amalthus before his former Driver gave into his despair over the world, he's this.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: While a decent DPS attacker in his own right, Minoth has to contend with ''Mythra'' for Addam's Blade slot, and also has the bizarre combination of a Special and a Battle Skill that reduce aggro and a Battle Art that increases it.
* RealMenWearPink: His favorite pouch items are Perfumes.
* RuggedScar: Inexplicably has a prominent scar over his left eye.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: He is among the tallest of the playable characters, wears dark clothing along with wielding the darkness element, and frequently makes snarky remarks at Addam's expense due to his cheerful personality.
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!Team Hugo

[[folder:Hugo Ardanach ''(Yugo Eru Superubia)'']]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/AkiraIshida (Japanese), Daniel Buckley (English)

The current Emperor of Mor Ardain, and Driver of the two ancestral Blades of his family, Brighid and Aegaeon.
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* AscendedMeme:
** He shouts "Don't forget me!" when it's his turn in a chain attack and "You're done!" when using a level three special.
** When filling a node in his Affinity Chart or leveling up his Driver Arts, he will sometimes say, "The culmination of years of sovereignty!" and "There's a reason why I am the Emperor!" Now we know where Mòrag gets it from.
* CastFromHitPoints: His Talent Art, ''Imperial Tether'', locks enemy aggro from switching at the cost of his health.
* DishingOutDirt: Starts out with the Earth element, playing along his role as a StoneWall.
* FireWaterJuxtaposition: His two Blades, Brighid (fire) and Aegaeon (water).
* GenerationXerox:
** Emperor Niall from the main game [[IdenticalGrandson looks just like him]] and even shares the same voice actor in both languages. He also got the throne by passing an elder heir who proved unfitting, though where Mòrag was a woman in a patriarchal empire, Hugo's older brother was simply lacking Driver potential. [[spoiler:He also dies while shielding someone from a destructive attack. However, unlike Niall, his death sticks, as there are no Blades like Nia around to resurrect him.]]
** Gameplay-wise he is a member of Mor Ardain royalty that serves as the party's tank, just like Mòrag.
* GoodIsNotSoft: When dealing with a spy in a {{Sidequest}}, rather than execute him, Hugo gives him a change in clothing, tells him his former identity is dead, and conscripts him into being a spy for them instead. His reasoning? That Addam might need him one day.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dies protecting Addam during the final battle]].
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: One of the only examples in the ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' universe shown using a sword ''and'' a shield simultaneously.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He looks no older than his mid-teens, but is actually at least 18 years old going by his post-battle dialogue with Haze.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: He's the party's tank, and a whole head shorter than Brighid!
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He is the Emperor of Mor Ardain and actively fights alongside Addam.
* StoneWall: As opposed to his descendant Mòrag, Hugo is a proper defense Tank.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: In a post battle dialog Addam mentions that Hugo used to have quite a fear of aspar (the giant snake monster type) owing to a small one that crawled out from under his pillow once as a child. His response indicates they still bother him.
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[[folder:Brighid ''(Kagutsuchi)'']]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/ShizukaIto (Japanese), Jules De Jongh (English)

One of the ancestral Blades of the Mor Ardain royal family, Brighid is a Fire Blade.
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* BadassBookworm: She favors literature with What You Must Protect being the main favorite. When receiving a literature pouch item, Brighid will say how much she loves [[CulturedWarrior reading Minoth's manuscripts]].
* PlayingWithFire: Her Blade element is fire, shared with Lora's base weapon.
* RedBaron: She and Aegaeon share the title of "Crown Jewel of Mor Ardain."
* {{Reincarnation}}: Or rather, this is an earlier incarnation. Contrary to Brighid's fears, her basic personality was the same 500 years ago as it is in the modern day, although she had different hobbies (lockpicking and botany, compared to her current preference for mineralogy).
* ShelteredAristocrat: Downplayed, but one campsite talk has her question if most Blades are really treated as poorly in most Alrest societies as Minoth claims, to which it's noted that it's no surprise she isn't aware of such treatment as she is a treasured royal heirloom.
* SitcomArchNemesis: With Mythra, especially during Fireside Conversations. Next to Milton, she's the one who takes shots at Mythra the most, and Mythra does just the same, even when the two aren't directly talking to each other. The two of them even agree on dismissing Hugo's claim that they're VitriolicBestBuds. Bizarrely, this trait doesn't carry over into the main game, which while {{justified|trope}} for Brighid, is a bit stranger regarding Mythra.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: She and Mythra do not get along, and they often snipe at one another.
* UndyingLoyalty: Greatly admires Emperor Hugo and would do pretty much anything for him.

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[[folder:Aegaeon ''(Wadatsumi)'']]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/ShuichiIkeda (Japanese), Chris Ragland (English)

One of the ancestral Blades of the Mor Ardain royal family, Aegaeon is a Water Blade.
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* AscendedExtra: Aegaeon plays a more active role here as one of Hugo's main Blades by actively fighting Malos along with everyone else, unlike in the main game, where it is optional to reawaken or equip him.
* CampCook: He shares the cooking crafting skill with Jin and Mythra.
* ChickMagnet: A RunningGag in group interactions reveal Aegaeon being a ladykiller due to sharing many interests with women, along with his polite chivalrous personality.
* MakingASplash: His Blade element is water.
* RedBaron: Shares the title "Crown Jewel of Mor Ardain" with Brighid.
* ShipperOnDeck: One of his post-battle dialogues has him contemplate how Haze would make an excellent consort for Hugo if she wasn't a Blade.
* SupremeChef: His cooking craft is called "Refined Cuisine".
* SweetTooth:
** He favors desserts with his favorite being Rich Platinum Bonbon.
** In a post-battle banter between him, Mythra, and Jin, the latter announces that he's next on dinner duty and is open to requests. Mythra immediately requests desserts with Aegaeon agreeing for something sweet until [[TheComicallySerious Jin]] shuts them down, saying dessert isn't dinner.
* UndyingLoyalty: Like Brighid, he has nothing but praise for Emperor Hugo.
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!Other Party Members

[[folder:Mikhail ''(Satahiko)'']]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/YukiNagaku (Japanese), Anjella Mackintosh (English)

A child slave who Lora and Jin take in early on.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: His eventual cheerful, bombastic facade from the main game is foreshadowed when Milton teaches him that horrible things will always be a part of life, and that learning to smile regardless can be a good way to deal with them.
* TheQuietOne: He doesn't talk much to the point that you can be forgiven for thinking he can't talk at all.
* SoleSurvivor: Lora and Jin first find Mikhail standing alone, the village he had been sold to burnt to ashes by pillagers.
* TagalongKid: He and Milton follow along with the rest of the group on their campaign against Malos.
* WhenSheSmiles: Though he's TheStoic most of the time, the few times he smiles are adorable.
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[[folder:Milton ''(Miruto)'']]
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-->Voiced by: Yukiko Morishita (Japanese), Gerran Howell (English)

An orphan who Addam took in three years ago after his village was wiped out in a flood.
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* CuteLittleFangs: Like Nia, he has visible cuspids.
* HeroWorshipper: Adores and looks up to Addam.
* MoralityPet: Mythra has a soft spot for him despite her general abrasiveness, [[spoiler:and it's Milton getting caught up in one of Malos' attacks that causes her to unleash her full power on him. Then, when it is discovered he died, Mythra believes ItsAllMyFault when she went OneWingedAngel on Malos, and Pyra is born in her grief over her actions]].
* TagalongKid: He and Mikhail follow along with the rest of the group on their campaign against Malos. Milton specifically was taken in by Addam after his village was destroyed in a flood.
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![=NPCs=]

[[folder:Azurda ''(Seiryu)'']]

-->Voiced by: Creator/ShigeruChiba (Japanese), Sean Barrett (English)

A powerful Titan.
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Azurda's first appearance in the prequel has him coming in to rescue Addam and his friends when Malos attacks the Torna capital]].
* CallBack: His side quest mentions his issues with a woman, which was previously explained upon in another side quest in the main game, in which Azurda was in debt due to having dated a GoldDigger.
* DemotedToExtra: Unlike the main game where he travels with and is involved with Rex and his friends, Azurda is simply an [=NPC=] that can become a part of the Community chart after doing a side quest for him.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: {{Subverted}}; unlike the main game where he's mostly referred to as Gramps by Rex, Nia, Tora, and even by his own dialog box, everyone else refers to Azurda by his name, except for Addam, who calls him "Nuncle".
* WeWillMeetAgain: [[spoiler:Azurda sees off Jin as he departs after [[LetThePastBurn burning down his old house and memoirs]], though Jin hints that they will see each other again, but will be enemies when that time comes. True to Jin's words, when they meet again in the main game, Azurda sees Jin is still seeking {{Revenge}} against Amalthus for what happened 500 years ago, and is forced to attack Jin to buy time to escape with Rex, Pyra, Nia, and Dromarch.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:King of Torna]]
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-->Voiced by: Shigeru Ushiyama (Japanese), Ramon Tikaram (English)

The current ruler of Torna.
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* AntiquatedLinguistics: His manner of speech is far more formal, sophisticated, and poetic than even that of fellow royalty like Hugo and Zettar.
* {{BFS}}: Holds a sword in his artwork that's almost as tall as he is.
* {{Expy}}: Physically resembles [[PapaWolf Khan]], the father of Fei Fong Wong from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:When Torna is destroyed and the castle is collapsing he chooses to stay instead of trying to escape and is implied to be killed by falling rubble]].
* GoingDownWithTheShip: [[spoiler:Chooses to die with Torna as it sinks into the Cloud Sea rather than try to escape]].
* NoNameGiven: Only ever referred to as the king. Even Zettar only calls him "Brother", and the credits don't name him.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After Malos makes his attack on the capital and escapes he doesn't hold the failure against Addam, recognizing that his own forces would have done no better.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Prince Zettar]]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/YasuyukiKase (Japanese), Alexander Cobb (English)

The current heir to the throne of Torna, though much less popular than Addam.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Resents Addam for his popularity with Tornan commoners in spite of him being further down the line of succession, and for successfully resonating with Mythra, which he painfully failed to do.
* HateSink: Comes across as an opportunistic, egoistical slimeball who uses every situation as a chance to seize the throne before Addam can.
* PetTheDog: Despite his {{Jerkass}} attitude and jealousy of Addam, he genuinely seems to love his brother. [[spoiler:When Torna is destroyed, he even pleads with the King to flee with him and is visibly upset to leave him behind]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Implied - [[spoiler:Zettar presumably goes on to form the Kingdom of Tantal under the false pretense of carrying Addam's bloodline. This leads to the deal with Amalthus to keep this a secret, leading to Genbu's [[ForegoneConclusion poor state in the main game]]]].

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rhadallis]]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/YasunoriMasutani (Japanese), Peter Marinker (English)

The 107th Praetor of Indol.
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* AssholeVictim: It is shown that the Indoline Praetorium under his leadership was corrupt even before Amalthus came to power, as Rhadallis believed they could take advantage of Malos's power and planned to scapegoat then-Quaestor Amalthus if anything went wrong. As such, Rhadallis had his assassination coming.
* DoomedByCanon: As he was Praetor during the Aegis War and Amalthus - who was responsible for the war in the first place by influencing Malos's personality - was inevitably going to rise to his position shortly after, Rhadallis wasn't likely to die peacefully.
* EvilOldFolks: A warlike Praetor who believes Malos's power can be used to serve Indol's will.
* SinisterMinister: While he didn't go to the same extremes that Amalthus would go to eventually, Rhadallis hoped to use Malos's power and the destruction caused by him for Indol's own gain.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The victim of such a scheme in the ending, as he takes a drink from his goblet and dies from it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Baltrich]]

-->Voiced by: Masato Obara (Japanese), John Chancer (English)

A Magister of Indol, and one of Amalthus's enemies within the Praetorium.
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* InTheBack: In the credits, a Flesh Eater Blade in service to Amalthus backstabs him.
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[[folder:Stannif]]

-->Voiced by: Hirohiko Kakegawa (Japanese), Nicolas Colicos (English)

An Indoline scientist who plots with Amalthus to overthrow the Praetorium, and the one responsible for creating the Blade Eaters.
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* AllThereInTheScript: His name is never spoken during the game, and only given during the credits.
* ForScience: He has no particular grand plans to harm or help Alrest, and seems driven only to discover the mysteries and limits of the incredible technologies and powers that he has access to, regarding them as messages from the Architect. Beyond that he doesn't seem to really care about how anything is used, and thus he has no issues helping Amalthus since Amalthus' own goals will enable him to experiment without restraints.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He wears some kind of bifocals that appear to be embedded in his eyes, and he's a MadScientist collaborating with a nihilistic zealot.
* KarmaHoudini: As a pioneer of the Blade Eater project and a co-conspirator in Amalthus's rise to Praetor (which also led to Jin and Mikhail's StartOfDarkness), Stannif gets through the events of ''Torna: The Golden Country'' without any apparent comeuppance.
* MadScientist: The creator of Blade Eater technology, which he created quite a few horrific prototypes of before the version that Mikhail and Amalthus got.
* SecretKeeper: He's one of a handful of people outside of Torna who knows the secret that Blades will eventually develop into Titans, based on his analysis of Core Crystals using technology that was left behind by Judicium as well as relics salvaged from the Land of Morytha.
* TheUnfought: None of the party ever fights him, or indeed ever learns of his existence. He's only ever seen plotting with Amalthus, who is never directly involved in the prequel's plot.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He survives the events of ''Torna: The Golden Country'' and seems to get a lasting position in Amalthus's Praetorium. However, he's not acknowledged at all in the main game despite being one of the pioneers of the Blade Eater project. While it's likely he would have died somewhere in the 500-year time gap before the main game (Indoline have long lifespans, but most don't live as long as Amalthus ends up living, and Stannif seems to already be elderly), there's nothing to say of ''how'' he died.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lady Origo]]
She is Addam's wife and lives in Alterra, where she is pregnant with Addam's unborn child.
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* NoNameGiven: Her first name is not stated, but the people of Torna refer to her as Lady Origo.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Torna is destroyed, it is unknown if Addam's wife survived or perished from the destruction caused by Mythra.
[[/folder]]

!Main Antagonists

[[folder:Malos ''(Metsu)'']]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/YuuichiNakamura (Japanese), David Menkin (English)

The first Aegis awakened. He believes it is his duty to destroy the world.
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* AGodAmI: Considers himself a divine entity, and calls himself "The Aegis" as a result (he declares this after he destroys the original "Aegis," the name that had been given to an ancient artifact that was displayed in Indol as their most sacred treasure).
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He was actually the stronger of the two Aegises, with Mythra overwhelming him only after unwittingly tapping into her true power. He in fact breaks Mythra's arrogant streak after wiping the entire party in their first encounter.
* ApocalypseHow: Continental, or possibly even Planetary. His plan involves unsealing the true form of the Tornan Titan, and then infusing its Core Crystal with the ether energy of a huge number of his Gargoyle artifices to magnify its power manyfold. The end result he believes will be an explosion so huge that it will wipe out the remaining titans (or at least most of them) and everyone on them in one fell swoop.
* BloodKnight: He wants to get Mythra's full power out so he could have a good fight and succeeds [[spoiler:by blowing up the capital city. It doesn't go well for him]].
* EvilLaugh: In one of the trailers prior to the prequel's release, Malos lets out an impressive triumphant laugh over Torna's devasation. [[spoiler:His laugh is later translated endgame upon pushing Mythra to use her full power, marveling at the destruction they could cause together]].
* FlunkyBoss: The first phase of the final battle against him starts with him accompanied by two Colossus Artifices. In general, Malos spends almost the entire story accompanied by hordes of Gargoyle Artifices under his control.
* {{Foil}}: To Minoth. Both are darkness Blades that resonated with Amalthus before breaking away from him due to Malos gaining total control over his Aegis powers and Minoth being a Flesh Eater. They also have a certain degree of resentment towards their original Driver. But while Minoth has a strong moral compass and resonated before Amalthus truly snapped, Malos was resonated afterwards and rampages throughout Alrest based on Amalthus's hidden twisted desires.
* ForTheEvulz: The base game reveals that his destructive nature was a result of Amalthus's despair, with Malos acknowledging and not giving a damn about it due to being too far gone. Before that revelation, Malos is clearly enjoying the devastation he causes throughout Alrest as a means of entertainment, saying that [[HumansAreBastards humans started the bonfire]] and he's only adding fuel to it.
* HotBlooded: He's certainly more fiery and enthusiastic to rain destruction upon Alrest now than he would be 500 years later. While he's still a bloodthirsty murderer, he completely lacks any real anger behind it and the touchy attitude that he would have 500 years later due to not yet coming to his realization in that period that even after leaving Amalthus he's still a slave to his driver's thoughts. Here Malos is just having as much fun as he can.
* HumongousMecha: Back during the Aegis War, he had an Artifice Siren, like Mythra, but it was black with red lights, and was able to command other Artifices, like the Gargoyles and the Colossi. [[spoiler:Mythra destroys it when she goes all out.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: He states with what seems to be sincerity that he believes the reason humans are so willing to kill each other is that deep down all humans just want to die. He then reasons that this means none of them deserve to live at all.
-->'''Malos:''' Watch humans long enough and you'll learn one thing. Deep down, they wish they were dead.
* LargeHam: He sounds even louder, more animated, and more furious in the prequel if one compares the disposition and manner in which he shouts his Monado Arts with that of the main game.
* MouthOfSauron: He believes himself to be carrying the Architect's will in destroying Alrest, even though it's clear that his mindset came from Amalthus.
* NighInvulnerability: He doesn't really get heavily injured at all in ''The Golden Country'', considering the results of the boss fights against him as more fun than threatening. He even laughs off the beatdown given during the final boss fight. This only changes at the very end [[spoiler:when Mythra's most powerful attack melts much of his body and fractures his core crystal. But as the main game showed, all that ultimately did was weaken him and prevent him from using most of his Aegis powers]].
* NoSell: He fairly easily breaks out of Haze's restraint ability with a burst of power from his body.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Malos believes Aegises to be instruments of the Architects will, and therefore concludes that his inherent desires are of divine origin. His Siren cockpit has several wing-like motifs that make him look like a multi-winged being, and spends most of his time hovering over Alrest raining down fire on all mortal life.
* PsychopathicManchild: Malos comes across less like an adult rampaging and more like a child with superhuman powers. He even appears before Amalthus just to tell him about the awesome destruction he'll cause with Torna, like a child showing off to his father. To be fair, he was only several years old at best, with unparalleled powers eclipsing even the other Aegis. The biggest difference between Malos here and the main game is that he hasn't developed the depression, self-hatred, and anger issues yet so he treats the destruction of Alrest as one huge party.
* SayMyName: [[spoiler:He screams Mythra's name as he and his Siren fall into the Cloud Sea upon defeat, barely surviving the intense power Mythra unleashed upon him]].
* TermsOfEndangerment: Casually calls Mythra "partner".
* VictoryIsBoring: It's possible he could have more easily destroyed Torna and perhaps even the rest of Alrest by simply hiding in the sky in Siren and bombarding it again and again over time (as he had already been doing) and sending the gargoyles to mop up survivors. The only reason he deviated with Torna was that he found this usual strategy to have become boring and decided on a more personal and flashier approach to its destruction. In particular he sought a way to destroy all/most of Alrest in a single attack, namely by supercharging Torna into a bomb to end all bombs.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Or rather, encourages Mythra to destroy Alrest together with him by forcing her to use her true Aegis powers, [[spoiler:firing a Siren Buster at Auresco and subsequently killing Milton to set her off]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gort]]
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-->Voiced by: Shunsuke Sakuya (Japanese), John Eastman (English)

A bandit who worked for Amalthus as a Core Crystal dealer, and sheltered Lora and her mother until he managed to steal the Core Crystal containing Jin from Torna. Lora's bonding with the Core caused Gort to attempt to kill her, only to lose his right arm to Jin in the process. Twenty years later, he comes back for revenge, which goes just about as well as the first time. Normally that would be bad enough, but unfortunately for him, Stannif and Amalthus are in need of test subjects.
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* AbusiveParents: Dialogue avoids referring to him as Lora's father, which implies he's possibly a step-father (all that's stated about their relationship is that Rynea, Lora's mother, was a maid that worked for him). Whatever the case, he was still one of Lora's guardians during her childhood and he attempted to kill her for selfish reasons, so the trope still applies.
* AnArmAndALeg: Lost his right arm to Jin twenty years ago, and loses the left after attempting to kill Lora at Torigoth. He gets them back [[spoiler:as a Blade Eater]], only to have his right arm cut off ''again'' and replaced with a larger prosthetic.
* ArtificialLimbs: His right arm is a skeletal robotic arm to replace the one that Jin cut off. His [[spoiler:Blade Eater form]] has a much bigger and more imposing model.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Amalthus, who hired him to steal Core Crystals, turns him into a prototype Blade Eater against his will after losing both arms, and as Stannif notes, he isn't expected to live long after serving his purpose.]]
* AxCrazy: He has even more screws loose [[spoiler:after he gets turned into a Blade Eater]], going into detail about how much he wants to eviscerate the party and use their blood to treat his wounds.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:He's transformed into one of the first Blade-Eaters, and the results are a horrifying Titan-like monstrosity with a human face inside its mouth, which in practice is not much different from the Guldos found in Morytha (except in the Guldos' case, it's self-inflicted). He's also still in pain from losing his arms, and even the prosthetic hurts.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Mumkhar from the Original Xenoblade Chronicles. Both have [[spoiler:similarly malformed appearances, fight with Claw-type weapons, commit despicable actions that advance the plot, resent the heroes for possessing a weapon they desire, and are both transformed into something more powerful: Mumkhar into a Faced Mechon, and Gort into a Blade eater.]]
* FlawedPrototype: It's noted that Gort probably doesn't have long to live [[spoiler:after becoming a Blade Eater]].
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: As noted above, since he only becomes a prototype Blade Eater, he has a very short lifespan. During Blade Eater Gort's battle with Lora's team this is shown by him steadily losing health independent of any attacks used on him, as if he's been inflicted with a status condition.
* {{Gonk}}: He's among the less attractive humans in ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2''.
--> '''Lora''': "A face that ugly, I couldn't forget. Trust me, I tried!"
* HateSink: He's a despicable human being (even Amalthus can't stand him) that abused Lora as a child and tries to kill her for resonating with Jin and slighting him, but in the grand scheme of the Aegis War, he's little more than a hired thug and a minor nuisance to the protagonists. [[spoiler:Even after he's turned into an expendable prototype Blade Eater for one last boss fight, he's still little more than a hateful and vengeful tool for Amalthus]].
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Among his other charming qualities, he also heavily implies he has lascivious intentions for capturing Lora, in addition to slowly killing her.
* PetTheDog: For all his faults, Lora does mention he at least treated her mother well, which is the major reason why she stops Jin from killing him in Torigoth in front of her grave. Subverted later on, as he insults her when [[spoiler:he's a Blade Eater]] by calling her a bitch, making the player wonder if he ever actually cared for her.
* PostFinalBoss: [[spoiler:He's fought after Malos is defeated by Mythra. Lora (or Jin, or Haze, or any member of the leader's team on NewGamePlus) can't actually die in the second battle with him, as the player character will just keep getting back up after falling in battle]].
* {{Sadist}}: He repeatedly goes into detail about how he wants to slowly kill Lora and Jin as slowly and painfully as possible.
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:While getting turned into a Blade Eater amplified his bloodlust, he briefly forgets that he has a prosthetic arm before getting excited that he has a new arm. However, as Lora notes, he hasn't simply lost his mind; he's ecstatic about getting revenge. This may be a side effect of him being one of Stannif's prototypes and little more than an expendable guinea pig (the Guldos became feral when they tried to use Core Crystals to replace their own brain cells, and Stannif may have tried something similar).]]
--> '''Gort:''' Hmmm. Is this my arm? Hey, I have an arm! It still hurts though. It throbs and it throbs, and it just DOESN'T STOP...
* ShoutOut: His hair, face, outfit and artificial arm resemble Junkrat from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' (possibly coincidentally). The English dub gives him an Australian accent like Junkrat to complete the homage, despite the fact that Australian accents in Alrest are normally reserved for Urayans.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: [[spoiler:After being turned into a Blade Eater, his voice has an inhuman reverb.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: He was very clearly willing to murder a 10-year old girl for resonating with Jin's Core Crystal.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Amalthus ''(Marubeni)'']]
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-->Voiced by: Creator/JunichiSuwabe (Japanese), Creator/CoreyJohnson (English)

A young Quaestor of Indol who climbed the World Tree and brought back two Core Crystals, one of which he awakened into Malos. His calm demeanor hides a terrible darkness in his heart.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: The base game already established that Amalthus was a monster, but the expansion makes him ''worse'' by showing he definitively knew about the connection between Blades and Titans, establishing his becoming Praetor was a bloody affair, that he'd turned one of his Blades into a Flesh Eater ''before'' the moment that made him climb the World Tree, and that he killed a baby.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Well standards of a sort, for while he did employ him to get core crystals, he later remarks that Gort is a "waste of a human being."
* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** His [[BodyHorror first attempts]] at creating Blade Eaters were horrific, with subjects not expected to live past their usefulness. One of those first subjects was [[spoiler:Gort, an abusive and greedy thug]].
** His rise to Praetor [[KlingonPromotion wasn't clean at all]], even though his predecessor was also a very corrupt individual himself.
* KlingonPromotion: The closing credits show that Amalthus's rise to Praetor was built on murdering everyone who stood in his way using poisoning and Flesh Eater assassins.
* MadScientist: He has one working for him, and he approves the experiments that create the first monstrous Blade Eaters.
* StartOfDarkness: The incident involving the bandit he helped, who later killed a family, and he personally [[spoiler:is implied to have killed the surviving baby as an act of "mercy"]] is suggested to have been his breaking point. Unable to cope with what Amalthus is becoming, his Blade Minoth severs all ties with him. Amalthus in turn would go on to climb the World Tree in search of answers, and awaken Malos from a Core Crystal he found there, poisoning the newborn Blade's mind with the misanthropy that had long festered in his own.
[[/folder]]
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-->Voiced by: Yuki Nagaku (Japanese), Anjella Mackintosh (English)

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