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=== Shulk ===

{{quote|''"The Monado... I hope I can figure out the secret of its power one day."''}}

 

 

Shulk (シュルク) is the main protagonist of Xenoblade. He likes to think things through and is very methodical in his approach to most situations. Early details show that he is able to wield the Monado due to the fact that he was one of the only known survivors on a previous expedition to retrieve the sacred weapon. He first acquires the sword when his home, Colony 9, is attacked. His first act upon acquiring the "destined weapon" is to fight for an end to the war with the Mechons and {{spoiler|avenge Fiora}}.

{{quote|''"I'm coming along as well. I'd feel better going with you boys than sitting at home worrying about you."''}}

 

 

Fiora (フィオルン, Fiorung) is the childhood friend of Shulk and the younger sister of Dunban. Naturally she has a soft-spot for Shulk and often cooks for him as he is grateful for the thought. She has a theory that Shulk has no taste buds and therefore no sense of taste.

 

* [[Action Girl]]

* {{spoiler|[[And I Must Scream]]: She says that during the time she was Egil's minion, she was fully aware of everything that was happening, yet couldn't do a thing to stop it.}}

* [[Angst? What Angst?]]: Lampshaded in-universe, as she isn't too eaten up about {{spoiler|becoming a Mechon/Homs hybrid}}. {{spoiler|Melia}} is envious of it.

{{quote|''"We may die if we take a stand here. But staying gives us the chance to change our destinies."''}}

 

 

A high-ranking soldier of Colony 9, Dunban (ダンバン) was originally thought to be the only one capable of wielding the legendary Monado, and used the weapon to great effect against the invading Mechon at the Battle of Sword Valley, one year prior to the game's main story. During the battle, however, the Monado took a considerable toll on Dunban's health, so much so that his right arm is now almost completely paralyzed, and he is thus no longer able to wield the Monado, as any further exposure to the weapon could potentially kill him. However, he is still able to effectively wield a katana with his left arm to fight against enemies.

** [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Dunban takes his level in badass by taking one in ''common sense''. After he gives up the Monado, he becomes a lot calmer and much more responsible. This is most noticeable during his reunion with the party, where he tells Shulk to understand his limits after their second battle with Metal Face comes to an abrupt end. The Dunban of one year ago would have recklessly charged the Mechon without a second thought.

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: He can wear one as a head gear. And he doesn't seem to loose any depth perception, for some reason.

* [[Elemental Powers]]:

** [[Bloody Murder]]: Well, given that Gale Slash makes people Bleed...

* [[The Obi-Wan]]

* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: Against {{spoiler|Mumkhar}}, once the truth comes out. It's notable in that this is the first time Dunban displays any of his characters flaws ''[[Not So Stoic|openly]]'' and Shulk has to help him back down because ''Dunban's'' [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] has the potential to even worse than his.

* [[The Smart Guy]]: On account of being [[Mr. Exposition]], he is this precisely half of the time. He was [[The Hero]] during the war one year ago, however.

** [[Team Dad]]: And this during the other half.

{{quote|''"I swear I won't stop until I've scrapped each and every one of you!"''}}

 

 

Sharla (カルナ, Carna) is a medic of Colony 6's Defense Force. She uses an ether rifle to fight, and her specialty is healing.

{{quote|''"If you do not grasp the importance of loved ones until after they are gone... That is simply too late."''}}

 

 

Melia (メリア) is a powerful mage who lives in the Royal City of Alcamoth prior to the games events. Her arts focus on summoning elemental spirits and ether magic. {{spoiler|She becomes the leader of the High Entia after Sorean dies.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Envy]]: Repeatedly says she is jealous of Fiora.}}

* [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs]]

* {{spoiler|[[Half-Human Hybrid]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Hopeless Suitor]]: When Fiora returns it's over for her.}}

{{quote|''"New Hom Hom friends! Meet this year's legendary Heropon, Riki! Riki live to serve!"''}}

 

 

Riki (リキ) is a member of the mercantile Nopon race. Although he looks like a child, he is actually 40 years old and has at least six children. A natural story-teller, he will go on at length about how he is actually the true legendary hero spoken of in the prophecies.

* [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]: He'd have you believe that he's a legendary heropon. Nobody is really fooled, but they humour him. Funnily enough, he ''is'' more than capable of a battler unlike most examples he's just a wee bit too prideful.

* [[Gradual Grinder]] / [[Stone Wall]]: He has a rather pathetic damage output... but with his health and Battle Arts that focus on debuffing and slowly sapping the health of enemies allow him to outlast almost anything.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: He can come off as really insensitive and a tad arrogant at times, but he has a lot of moments where he shows just how empathetic he truly is towards others, a great example being his talk with Dunban about what being a father means. He also dotes on Melia a lot and wants to be best friends with her.

* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With Melia, as well as a great deal of the cast since he's around twice their age.

* [[Older Than They Look]]: He's forty years old, which takes everyone by complete surprise.

* [[The Pollyana]]: He's constantly cheerful, even when the going gets tough.

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Really 40 Years Old]]: Happily married with seven children!

** [[Henpecked Husband]]: How much happy is open for interpretation, especially since his wife is an abusive gold-digging bitch.

{{quote|''"I like the look in your eye there, lad. It's time. This is war."''}}

 

 

Dickson Soss is a veteran of the battle of Sword Valley a year before the events of the game and a comrade of Dunban and Mumkhar. He is a resident of Colony 9 and looks over Shulk, Reyn and the other residents. He claims to have found Shulk in the Valak Mountain with the Monado and his parents dead. Dickson raised Shulk as his own. {{spoiler|It is later revealed that Dickson is a disciple of Zanza (Dickson of the Trinity) and only took Shulk because Zanza was using him as a host. He's truly a Giant older than pretty much every living thing on Bionis and never cared for anyone but himself.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Evil Mentor]]}}

** {{spoiler|[[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Turns out that everything he did was to help Zanza destroy and recreate the world.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Evil Former Friend]]: Turns out to be this for Dunban.}}

* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]: The morally grey cigar-smoking [[Badass]] variety. It becomes ''much'' more noticeable as the story approaches its climax and things get more difficult for everyone. Once {{spoiler|Zanza returns}} he doesn't pick up another one until {{spoiler|he dies.}}

{{quote|''"What're they trying to prove?! I'm not throwing my life away!No point dying in some godforsaken field."''}}

 

 

Mumkhar (ムムカ, Mumca) is is first introduced in the opening scene at the Battle of Sword Valley, alongside Dunban and Dickson. We quickly find out that Mumkhar is an honorless fighter and is willing to flee battle and abandon his comrades to save his life. We also learn that he desires the Monado for himself.

* {{spoiler|[[Transhuman Treachery]]: Justified. He was never a particularly loyal individual to begin with, which is why the Machina decided they didn't need to brainwash him, only offer him survival and power.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Ungrateful Bastard]]: This is what gets him in the end: not even a ''second'' after Shulk and Dunban decide to show mercy and let him live, he tries to kill them anyway and refuses to listen when Shulk foresees his death and tries to warn him about it.}}

* [[Wolverine Claws]]

 

{{quote|''"Do you wish to change it? The future."''}}

 

 

Alvis (アルヴィース, Alviss) first meets Shulk when he is collecting some pure water crystals for Melia. They are attacked by a Telethia and Alvis teaches Shulk to use the Purge ability, while demonstrating he can use the Monado with great proficiency. Alvis is revealed to be the seer of the Emperor Sorean, {{spoiler|and later one of Zanza's disciples.}}

{{quote|''"That sword... Could it be the...?"''}}

 

 

 

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

{{quote|''"If that weapon is truly the Monado, we shall be forced to take action."''}}

 

 

 

* [[Badass]]

* [[Bishounen]]: Dickson even makes fun of it, stating that he looks "like a sissy".

* {{spoiler|[[Baleful Polymorph]]}}

* [[Expy]]: Of Sigurd.

* {{spoiler|[[Face Death with Dignity]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Attempts it twice. The first time fails and he becomes a puppet of Lorithea. The second time he sacrifices himself as a Telethia to ensure Loritheas death.}}

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]

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Lorithea is the leader of the Research department.

** Among {{spoiler|Zanza's disciples, she and Dickson have this going in full force, albeit with opposite colors: Red-clad Lorithia is cold and cunning while the blue-clad Dickson is a lively [[Blood Knight]] who ''loves'' killing}}.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: If that's the official clothing of female High Entia ministers, they officially have the best Parliament ever.

* {{spoiler|[["Take That!" Kiss]]: After displaying Kallian in his Telethia form to Melia, she rubs it even more in her face by giving him a deep snog.}}

* [[The Vamp]]: Subverted. She looks the part, but she doesn't capitalise on it.

{{quote|''"This battle is for my people. If you can't handle it, drop that weapon and head home."''}}

 

 

Otharon is the leader of the Colony 6 defence force.

** [[Badass Normal]]: Otharon can't use ether, from what we see, and he's not a crack-shot like Gadolt is. What he does have, however, are balls of steel and an incredible amount of [[Heroic Willpower]].

* [[Bald of Awesome]]

* [[Determinator]]: Just try ''implying'' that he should give up on something. He simply will not rest until he's proven you wrong.

* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: Narrowly averted in-universe thanks to Shulk and his visions.}}

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Shulk has a vision of him pulling one early-on and spends much of the Colony 6 story arc thinking about how to avert his death. {{spoiler|He succeeds.}}

* [[Grumpy Old Man]]: At first.

* [[Team Dad]]

 

{{quote|''"They're all cowards. I'll show them all."''}}

 

 

Juju is Sharla's younger brother. He initially lives with his sister in the Refugee Camp, but he eventually tries to head for Colony 6, only to be captured by the Mechons and led to ether mines. After Shulk, Reyn and Sharia rescues him, he and Otharon go back to Colony 6 to try repair the town.

{{quote|''"I'll be fine. I'll be able to keep my mind on the battle knowing you're safe."''}}

 

 

Gadolt is Sharla's fiance and a colonel in the Colony 6 Defence Force. A bold, fearless man whom Juju looked up to as a father-figure, he went missing during a battle with the Mechon; leaving behind only his ether rifle.

=== Zanza ===

 

 

 

{{spoiler|... Until they realise that he's actually the ''real [[Big Bad]]''. The giant is actually named Arglas and was Egil's closest friend before discovering the Bionis Monado and being possessed by the evil god within: Zanza. Considered to be the soul of the Bionis, Zanza is the being responsible for all life on it and its attack on the Mechonis. Since Zanza requires a physical body to maintain his existence, being unable to remain in his spirit form forever, he has locked all life on Bionis in an endless cycle of death and rebirth: wiping out everything and creating life anew once life on Bionis reaches a certain point. This is because, if his creations evolve too much and leave the world he has created behind, then he will be without a living host and ultimately die.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Complete Monster]]: He evokes this reaction in-universe. Absolutely every single character who knows of his existence regards him as completely and utterly evil and without a single redeeming quality. Not even his subjects try to defend him: they sidestep the issue altogether.}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: You need to pass a reaction test to get your Visions during the fight, otherwise he'll shave off [[Fake Difficulty|colossal amounts of health]] with each attack without any warning... He'll still cause ridiculous amounts of damage, but at least this way you're prepared for it.}}

** {{spoiler|It eventually gets upgraded into an even bigger one when he emerges from Shulk's body.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Cosmic Horror]]: He has the mindset and immense power of one.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Deity of Human Origin]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Dual-Wielding]]: ''Both'' Monado's.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Evil Is Petty]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[God Is Evil]]: Or, rather, ''one'' of the gods is evil.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Jerkass God]]: Good magnificent ''[[Precision F-Strike|fuck]]''! This trope does not even ''begin'' to describe him! He's basically the living embodiment of every trope associated with evil and petty gods imaginable and then some!}}

* {{spoiler|[[Humongous Mecha|Humongous Organic Titan]]: As the soul of the Bionis, it counts as his.}}

* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. He ''tries'' to pull this on Shulk, but the reaction is a gigantic "[[Shut UP, Hannibal]]". Alvis also tries to explain this as the reason behind his actions but [[Complete Monster|certain]] [[Generic Doomsday Villain|factors]] prevent it from taking.}}

* [[Troperiffic]]: You are ''seeing'' how many tropes he covers, right?

* {{spoiler|[[Unexpected Genre Change]]: Zanza becoming the [[Big Bad]] basically marks an end to the [[Man Versus Machine]] story that composed 95% of the game and the beginning of a [[Rage Against the Heavens]] plot.}}

* {{spoiler|[[We Can Rule Together]]: He tries asking Shulk to be his new Disciple... It goes down about as well as you'd expect.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]: Starts to have one midway through the final battle, centered around the fact that he can no longer see the party's future, but Shulk can still see ''his''. By the time Shulk breaks out the [[Infinity+1 Sword|True Monado]], Zanza's breakdown goes into full-swing.}}

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Egil is the [[Big Bad|main antagonist]] of ''Xenoblade Chronicles'' {{spoiler|A member of the Machina people, beings born from the Mechonis, he and his friend Arglas, the giant from Bionis, worked together to ensure a peaceful future between both the peoples of both titans. However, when Arglas was possessed by Zanza and laid waste to Mechonis, Egil swore revenge and, when both titans were put to sleep, began attacking Bionis with an army of Mechon: hoping to wipe out as much life as possible on the titan so that when Zanza returned he would have less ether energy to absorb and thus be more vulnerable to attack. Due to his thirst for vengeance, he has been abandoned by his people but continues to fight against the Bionis nonetheless.}}

 

* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: {{spoiler|With or without his giant robot}}, he always fights with his bare hands.

** {{spoiler|[[Cool Sword]]: Until he replaces Meyneth as the Mechonis' soul and wields a replica of its sword to control its movements.}}

* [[Big Bad]] & [[The Evil Genius]]: He's the primary antagonist {{spoiler|until Zanza reveals himself}} and by far the most intelligent, being the creator of the Faced Mechon and the instigator of all the Homs-Mechon wars.

* {{spoiler|[[Defeat Means Friendship]]: For all of five minutes before [[Bigger Bad|Zanza]] goes and screws it up, but present.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Fallen Hero]]: He once sought to create a peaceful unity between the peoples of Bionis and Mechonis, but Zanza crushed that dream when he possessed Arglas.}}

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: He has one that's bigger than all the other ones in the game put together. And it's ''[[Bling of War|golden]]''.

** [[Large and In Charge]]: As a result.

* {{spoiler|[[Rage Against the Heavens]]: He seeks to eliminate Zanza, the soul of the Bionis. When Lady Meyneth tries to make him stop, he declares her a traitor to her own people and declares that the world no longer has a need for gods like her.}}

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: His ultimate goal is to avenge {{spoiler|his fallen people by destroying Zanza}}.

* [[Summon Magic]]: He's capable of creating Mechon during the fight with him, presumably by pulling their components out of [[Hammerspace]] and piecing them together with what looks a heck of a lot like telekinesis. Or magnetism.

* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]: It's subtle, but the you can definitely hear the sense of heartbreak in his voice after Meyneth makes it clear she's not on his side anymore. Him telling her that the world doesn't need gods comes off as him cursing her for betraying him while holding back tears. He regains his equilibrium for the final battle with him, though.}}

* [[White Mask of Doom]]: His [[Humongous Mecha]] has a very disturbing one that kinda looks like [[Nightmare Face|a melted skull]].

 

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Metal Face (黒いフェイス, Black Face) is the first primary antagonist and the first Faced Mechon introduced in Xenoblade Chronicles. He is the main reason Shulk begins the journey to the Bionis head after attacking Colony 9 and killing Fiora. {{spoiler|Is eventually revealed to be Mumkhar.}}

* [[Arch Nemesis]]: For Shulk, Reyn and Dunban. {{spoiler|''Especially'' Dunban, once his true identity has been discovered}}.

** When you add in {{spoiler|the death of the Emperor and possibly the one who captured Gadolt}}, both Sharla and Melia also have their reasons to hate him. So that's pretty much ''[[Beyond the Impossible|the entire party except for Riki]]''. {{spoiler|And maybe Fiora, but since she rejoins the party long after Mumkhar's death, it's hard to say.}}

* [[Complete Monster]]: He's one hell of a sick, twisted bastard, that's for sure.

* [[The Dragon]]{{spoiler|: Subverted. He look to be this, but he's actually [[The Brute]].}}

* [[Flunky Boss]]: In his final battle, he attacks the gang alongside a small team of Mass-Produced Faces.

* [[Guttural Growler]]: Which may clue you in {{spoiler|as to who his host is...}}

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]

* [[Starter Villain]]: He's the first Faced Mechon Shulk fights, and killing him serves as Shulk's main motivation for a good chunk of the game.

* [[Troll]]: He loves pissing off Shulk, and oh ''boy'' is he good at it.

** So does that make him a [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Troll Face]]?

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Xord is the second Faced Mechon that Shulk meets and is the first Mechon to talk in the game. Xord features the ability to transform into a bulky jet, similar to Metal Face.

 

* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: Sort of. While he ''is'' an incredibly loathsome guy and the main characters shed no tears at his demise, it's kind of sad to see him pitifully whimpering, gasping, and sobbing while all of his limbs have been blown off.

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Metal Face even lampshades it.

* [[Complete Monster]]: He's an unapologetic mass-murderer who gobbles up and slaughters Homs with glee, and shows a sick sense of joy at the prospect of killing Sharla's preteen brother. And of course, this asshole did {{spoiler|wipe out most of Colony 6 and cackles with glee as he reflects back on it}}. And since he {{spoiler|was converted into a Mechon before Egil started wiping out all of their memories of their previous life, this means that he willingly turned his back on his old life making him all the more hateable}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Degraded Boss]]: Not Xord himself, but the poison-spear wielding Mass-Produced Mechon such as Temporal Gawain are clones of him.}}

* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: He's a downright jolly guy who introduces himself to the party in a similar manner to that of a dinner host introducing himself to his guests... and is a loathsome mass-murderer who is intent on eating said guests for dinner.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: He drops many hints that Faced Mechon {{spoiler|are actually Homs.}}

* [[Giggling Villain]]: He gets especially giddy during the confrontation with him in the Ether Mines.

* [[Graceful Loser]]: Despite his all-around unpleasant attitude, he takes his loss to Shulk relatively well.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]

** [[Transforming Mecha]]

* [[It Can Think]]: The first Mechon who displays human-like behavior in front of our heroes, cluing them in to the fact that they're something more than mindless robots.

* [[Large Ham]]: Good ''lord'' is he ever!

* [[Nigh Invulnerable]]: You can't hurt him at all without toppling him via chain attack even with the Monado, much like Metal Face beforehand.

* [[The Obi-Wan]]: In a very strange manner. His big mouth basically drops all of the hints that Shulk needs to seek the truth about Faced Mechon, even though he didn't mean to.

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* [[Absolute Cleavage]]

* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: Same deal as {{spoiler|Egil}}.

* {{spoiler|[[High Heel Face Turn]]: Although how much of a "Heel" she ever was is disputable.}}

* [[Nipple-and-Dimed]]: Maybe...? Possibly...? [[Bizarre Nonhuman Biology|It's more than a little hard to tell]].

 

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=== Miqol ===

 

 

* [[Big Fun]]: He's surprisingly jovial for a guy from Mechonis. {{spoiler|Which just goes to prove that they're not all Mechon.}}

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]

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* {{spoiler|[[Body Surf]]: Similar to Zanza.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Demonic Possession]]: Subverted, as Meyneth ultimately turns out to be a force of good.}}

* [[Cool Big Sis]] / [[The Obi-Wan]]: To {{spoiler|Fiora}}.

* [[Defector From Decadence]]: The reason why she {{spoiler|turns on Egil}} is because she feels he's gone too far.

* [[The Dark Chick]]: A lot more emotional and mediating than any of the other Faced Mechon {{spoiler|pilots}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Dual-Wielding]]: Her Monado turns out to take the form of a pair of swords.}}

* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|It's not her being placed inside Face Nemesis, but Fiora.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Tragically subverted, as her sacrifice just results in Zanza taking her Monado and becoming even ''more'' powerful as a result.}}

* [[Mr. Exposition|Ms. Exposition]]

* {{spoiler|[[Physical God]]}}

* [[Reason You Suck Speech]]: She delivers a ''heroic'' version to {{spoiler|Zanza}}:

{{quote|"They {{spoiler|(the Homs)}} are living beings! If you cannot understand this, you have no right to call yourself a {{spoiler|god}}!"}}

* [[Team Mom]]: To the Mechonis characters.