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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}}.

 

* {{spoiler|[[A God I Am Not]]: As the chosen wielder of the third Monado. He chooses to be a mortal.}}

* [[Badass Bookworm]]

** {{spoiler|[[Heartbroken Badass]]: After losing Fiora.}}

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: And HOW!

* [[Blue Eyes]]

* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]: With Fiora. {{spoiler|Victorious Childhood Friend example; Everybody who knows Shulk and Fiora could tell they love each other and have for a long time, and they are pretty much a canon couple by the end.}}

** {{spoiler|[[It Sucks to Be the Chosen One]]: It turns out that he ''was'' chosen... because he happened to be near to the Monado. Not to mention the fact that the being who chose him was a colossal jackass.}}

* [[Combat Clairvoyance]]: From the Monado. {{spoiler|Or so he thinks at first...}}

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Has special moves revolving around both [[Back Stab]]bing enemies and kicking them while they're down. Most characters have moves like this, but Shulk's are especially prominent since they can't be unequipped.

* [[Conveniently an Orphan]]: Although he still has [[Parental Substitute|mentor figures]] in Dickson and Dunban.

* [[Elemental Powers]]: Mostly from the Monado.

** [[Healing Hands]]

** [[Light'Em Up]] / [[Pure Energy]]

* [[Expy]]: They look almost nothing alike, but his tragic past and status as [[The Chosen One]], among other things, parallel [[Xenogears|Fei Fong Wong]].

* [[Fragile Speedster|Fragile]] [[Jack of All Stats|Mario]]: He can heal, debuff enemies, dish out lots of damage and is also one of the faster party members on the whole. However, his health is rather lacking.

* [[Hair of Gold]]: A rare male example.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: [[Justified Trope|Justified]]. You don't discover everyday {{spoiler|that you have spent the last 14 years [[Dead All Along|being freaking DEAD]]!}}

** {{spoiler|[[Skeptic No Longer]]: After it becomes clear to him that the battle between the Bionis and the Mechonis ''isn't'' just a myth and that the repercussions of that fight are what led to the current crisis, he realises that he can't ignore what he isn't aware of and becomes more of an [[Agent Mulder]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[I Let Gwen Stacy Die|I Let Fiora Die]]}}: Although [[Tropes Are Not Bad|thankfully]] his angst is kept to a minimum, when not outright substituted by [[Unstoppable Rage]].

* {{spoiler|1=[[Intimate Healing]] / [[Sacred First Kiss]]: With Fiora.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Magic Feather]]: The Monado turns out to be something like this. While its mechon-killing powers are very real, Shulk's power to see the future turns out to be all his own, as he discovers in the late-game when he loses the Monado to Zanza.}}

* [[Moral Dissonance]] / [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|What Measure Is A Non-Homs?]]: His ultimate goal is effectively ''genocide'' against everything on Mechonis, because [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|they're just unthinking machines]]. {{spoiler|Once he realises ''just how wrong'' this is, he admits he's made a horrible mistake and dedicates himself to ''stopping'' all future fighting between the peoples of the two titans.}}

** [[Hot Scientist]]

* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Subverted. Dunban notes that [[Everyone Can See It|it's obvious that he and Fiora like each other]], but they suffer from the [[Twice Shy]] problem.

** Although when it comes to Melia, Shulk fits the trope to a T.

** '''[[Unstoppable Rage]]''': When he meets Metal Face for the second time, Shulk basically does a complete 180 on his personality... [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|and the rest has a very good reason for being on the Crowners page]].

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Against the Mechon for {{spoiler|attacking Colony 9 and killing Fiora}}. It's lampshaded by everyone to be an [[Out of Character]] moment as he's usually [[The Messiah]] to a T. {{spoiler|He eventually realises that they're right and he doesn't have the stomach for it.}}

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man|Sensitive Guy]]: To Dunban and Reyn's Manly Men.

* {{spoiler|[[Soul Jar]]: To Zanza.}}

 

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{{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|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Her personality was rewritten to be loyal to Egil after this, though [[The Power of Love]] allows her to remember who she is.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Become a Real Boy]]: Thanks to High Entia technology in the form of the Regeneration Chamber, Fiora gets her human body back for the epilogue.}}

* [[Betty and Veronica|Betty]]: {{spoiler|At first. She turns into a Veronica after becoming part-machine.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Can't Have Sex Ever]]: A common fandom comment after her transformation.}}

* [[The Chick]] and [[The Lancer]]

* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]: With Shulk. {{spoiler|Victorious Childhood Friend example; Everybody who knows Shulk and Fiora could tell they love each other and have for a long time, and they are pretty much a canon couple by the end.}}

* [[Dangerously-Short Skirt]]

** {{spoiler|Her initial Mechon frame also looks like [[Xenogears|Elly's]] Solaris outfit, and her Face Nemesis is practically a scaled-down Vierge.}}

* {{spoiler|[[First Girl Wins]]: Goes hand and hand with her being Shulk's [[Childhood Friend Romance]]. She was the first female party member by a long shot.}}

* {{spoiler|[[First Episode Spoiler]]: Her temporary death. No wonder her trope list is so damn long while more than half of it is covered.}}

* [[Girl Next Door]]

* [[Green Eyes]]

*** {{spoiler|[[Macross Missile Massacre]]: Or this.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Limit Break]]: Given that it requires her to be in ''very'' high Tension, Final Cross is about the closest the game has to a traditional version.}}

** [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Mostly while wearing the {{spoiler|Speed-type Frames.}}

** [[Sexy Backless Outfit]]: ... And just as many display this with pride.

** She can also be equiped with a {{spoiler|set of clawed digitigrade feet,}} if you're [[Furry Fandom|into that.]]

* [[Plucky Girl]]

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Red to Shulk, Blue to Reyn.

* {{spoiler|[[Robotic Spouse]]: Averted. The Machina manage to prevent her from ending up like one of this to Shulk.}}

* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: As [[Badass]] as she may be, the main story path doesn't really do a good job of showing ''why'' she and Shulk like each other.

** [[Romance Sidequest|Averted if you go for the Affinity conversations, though]].

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: {{spoiler|The girl goes through a ''huge'' amount of crap}}, but she never openly angsts about it.

* {{spoiler|[[Soul Jar]]: The same way Shulk is Zanza's, Fiora becomes [[God Is Good|Lady Meyneth's]].}}

* [[Tsundere]]: Type B.

* {{spoiler|[[Unwilling Roboticisation]]}}: {{spoiler|Though she takes it in stride later on, even discussing some of the advantages of being a mechon, like not needing food or sleep. And [[Emergency Transformation|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.}}

** {{spoiler|The biggest advantage Fiora sees in having the Mechon 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 human body, though, and she gets it back in the epilogue, courtesy of the Regeneration Chamber.}}

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]

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** [[Boisterous Bruiser]]

** [[Gentle Giant]]: [[Hidden Heart of Gold|Not that it always shines through]].

** [[Dumb Is Good]]: ... And he's also one of its most loyal and dependable members... [[Character Development|eventually]].

** [[Hidden Depths]]: Reyn may be rather slow academically, but he's also one of the most empathic and insightful people on the team.

* [[Character Development]]: He goes from a rather boisterous and irresponsible young man into a strong and compassionate warrior who defends his friends to the best of his ability.

* [[Expy]]: While he himself doesn't really have a clear-cut counterpart in ''Gears'' or ''Saga'', his weapons bear some resemblance to Shion's MWS.

* [[Fiery Redhead]]

* [[Hot-Blooded]]

** {{spoiler|Although the ending implies that they may end up together after all.}}

* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: It forms part of his [[Character Development]]. He used to protect the weedy Shulk when they were young, but later in the game he realises that Shulk has become strong enough to protect himself. He then decides that even if that's the case, he can still watch his friend's back.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Red Oni]]: Although this is later reversed as he begins to mature and become more level-headed.

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Manly Man to Shulk, Sensitive Guy to Dunban; although that's more on account of Dunban [[Team Dad|being more mature]] than anything else.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Sharla. ''Lots'' with Sharla.

* [[Stone Wall]]: Given that he's the game's primary tank...

* [[Undying Loyalty]]: It doesn't matter how dangerous the going gets, Reyn will never ''ever'' leave his friends' sides. Especially not Shulk's.

 

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{{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.

 

*** [[Brought Down to Badass]] & [[Power Loss Makes You Strong]]

** [[Badass Boast]]: "[[Crapsack World|Born in a world of strife!]] [[Million-to-One Chance|Against the odds,]] [[Screw Destiny|we choose to fight!]] '''''[[Calling Your Attacks|BLOSSOM DANCE!]]'''''"

** [[Badass Long Hair]]

** [[Handicapped Badass]]

** [[Memetic Badass]]: Considered to be one in-universe at first due to his use of the Monado and the fact that his doing so is entire reason why the Homs weren't wiped out a year ago. Gradually subverted as the group comes to understand that, for all Dunban's [[Badass]]ery he's still a normal person and is not to be put on a pedestal.

** [[Tranquil Fury]]: Every last one of his encounters with Metal Face... {{spoiler|until he realises ''who'' he is.}}

*** [[Batman Grabs a Gun]]: After learning {{spoiler|the truth about Metal Face}}, Dunban attempts to {{spoiler|''kill'' him. It takes one ''hell'' of an [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]] speech from Shulk to stop him from doing so.}}

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: To Shulk, Reyn and Fiora.

* [[Crazy Awesome]]: An in-universe deconstruction that shows what happens when somebody ''actually'' tries running on the [[Rule of Cool]]. During the [[Action Prologue]], he's the only one who can wield the Monado and somehow manages to defeat the Mechon through the liberal application of [[Leeroy Jenkins]] tactics. He's so wild and unpredictable that Dickson ends up referring to him as a "Beast". He doesn't have any strategy, tactics or planning. Just a crapload of balls and a total disregard for the danger that his own life is in... ''[[Crazy Enough to Work|and it works]]'', but he loses the use of his right arm due to being overloaded with the Monado's power. Despite this, he still thinks he'll be able to use the sword. This turns out to be horribly wrong as when he ''tries'' to be [[Crazy Awesome]] again, he can't take the sword's power and nearly ends up getting himself killed. Cue Shulk picking the sword up...

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

** [[Light'Em Up]] / [[Pure Energy]]: When he had the Monado.

* [[Emotional Bruiser]]: According to Fiora, however, he's a ''massive'' softie underneath the badass persona he presents to everybody. This eventually shines through as he connects more and more with the party on an emotional level and reveals his [[Shipper on Deck]] hopes for her and Shulk.

* [[Expy]]: Of [[Xenosaga|Jin Uzuki]], and by recursion, [[Xenogears|Citan Uzuki]].

* [[Glass Cannon]] / [[Fragile Speedster]]: He's arguably the game's best damage-dealer, and he can dodge most anything if you spam agility gems on him, but when he does get hit, he gets hit hard.

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Subverted in that while his fighting style clearly revolves around the use of one, quite a few of his weapons turn out to be [[An Axe to Grind|hand axes]] or [[BFS]]'.

* [[Large Ham]]: Mostly in battle. His [[Calling Your Attacks|attack cries]] are undeniably, ridiculously over-the-top. Doubles up as [[Not So Above It All]] given his status as the sensible [[Team Dad]] outside of combat. [[Limit Break|Blossom Dance]] in particular is evidence that Rufus Jones could become the English answer to the likes of [[Jamieson Price]].

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man|Manly Man]]: To Shulk and Reyn.

* [[McNinja|McSamurai]]: He's the one with the katana-themed fighting style, yet he isn't from the local [[Wutai]] equivalent (on account of the game not having one) and, in the dub, has a ''very'' English accent.

* [[My Sister Is Off-Limits]]: Averted. See "[[Shipper on Deck]]".

* [[The Obi-Wan]]

* [[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.

* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: His Monado usage can best be summed up as this.

* [[Warrior Poet]]: Recites a badass Haiku about war when using Blossom Dance.

{{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.

* [[Awesome but Practical]]: Head Shot. It deals an insane amount of damage despite Sharla having relatively low attack power and ''also'' has a chance to [[One-Hit Kill]] Dazed enemies.

* [[Baby Got Back]]

* [[Bare Your Midriff]]

* [[Big Brother Instinct|Big Sister Instinct]] / [[Mama Bear]]: 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, even if that someone is an enormous hulking Mechon.

* [[Boobs of Steel]]: If we're going by a ''defensive'' physical power rather than an aggressive one, then sure.

* [[The Chick]]: A more mature and level-headed version, but she counts.

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Especially to Melia.

* [[Dub Name Change]]: In Japan she's known as "Carna" (written "カルナ" in katakana).

** [[Healing Hands]]

** [[Shock and Awe]]

* [[Expy]]: Her skill with a gun marks her as the successor to [[Xenogears|Billy Lee Black]] and [[Xenosaga|Junior]].

* [[Face Palm]]: She usually does it when Reyn does something stupid..

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]

** {{spoiler|The ending implies they may have gotten together for real after all, though.}}

* [[Jiggle Physics]]: She's the best stacked female in the game ([[World of Buxom|and that's saying something]]), and it shows.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] / [[Unstoppable Rage]]: After {{spoiler|the people of Colony 6 are revealed to have been eaten by Xord}}, she goes ''absolutely apeshit'' and swears to "scrap each and every one of (the Mechon)" in revenge. Fittingly, {{spoiler|she's the one who gets the final blow on him by ''blowing him apart'', leaving him a limbless torso}}.

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: The yin to Juju's yang.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Reyn.

* [[Stone Wall]]: Especially with her heavy armour: she's not a big damage dealer (Though Headshot can be awesome in chain attacks) but she's the best healer on the team and is capable of dispelling debuffs as well.

 

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{{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.}}

* [[Costume Porn]]: Her standard outfit is very fancy.

* [[The Dutiful Son|The Dutiful Daughter]]

** [[An Ice Person]]

** [[Blow You Away]]

** [[Dishing Out Dirt]]

** [[Light'Em Up]]: Mind Blast.

** [[Shock and Awe]]

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

* {{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.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: "Power sound like sour. Sweets are better."

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Even though, if played right, Riki is one of the most useful characters in the game combining elements of thief and tank with some very useful XP boosting passive skills that can be shared with the others, the rest of the party treat him as a joke. Even if you have him as the lead character in the fight against the Makna Forest Telethia Reyn will mock him when he tries to claim credit for the victory.

** [[An Ice Person]]

** [[Playing with Fire]]

* [[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.

* [[Sad Clown]]: A very possible interpretation of his character. Despite everything he does for his village, his wife and fourteen kids spend tons of money and leave him in a perpetual cycle of debt, causing him to risk his life on a daily basis by fighting dangerous monsters with Chief Dunga being more than happy to stack debt after debt after debt on him. And it's implied that his wife is a gold-digger and has been noted to slap him, meaning that he's in an abusive relationship.

* [[Small Annoying Creature]]: Well, Reyn thinks so. [[Vitriolic Best Buds|They get over it, eventually]].

* [[Tagalong Kid|Tagalong Critter]]: 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 because Chief Dunga wants him away from the village and stacked more debt on him.

* [[Team Dad]]: Funnily enough, he actually fits as one. After all, he gives sound advice to ''Dunban'' about what it means to be a father (Or a daddypon if you prefer), and shares quite a bit of wisdom during some of his heart-to-hearts. It's fitting since he has 14 of his own littlepons waiting for him back at home.

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

 

 

 

* [[Ambiguously Evil|Ambiguously]] [[Heroic Neutral|Neutral]]: Dickson never does anything ''bad'' per se and he ''is'' always on hand to help Shulk, but a lot of what he says and the way he retreats from answering most of the questions presented to him presents the image of a man who is either helping out of an [[Enemy Mine]] situation or a knight in ''really'' sour armour.

* {{spoiler|[[Age Without Youth]]: It's ambiguous, but quite possible that his age is frozen at the moment in time when he became Zanza's Disciple as he's never shown in a "younger" body.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Blood Knight]]: It's revealed that this is why he follows Zanza's orders...}}

** {{spoiler|[[A God Am I]]: ... Although his ''reason'' for doing so was to seize unlimited power.}}

* [[BFG]]: That gun of his is easily longer than his arm, yet he effortlessly wields it in one hand.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: {{spoiler|At first...}}

* {{spoiler|[[Dark Is Evil]]: Once he goes [[One-Winged Angel]] and reveals his true nature as a villain, most of his attacks become darkness-based.}}

** [[Casting a Shadow]]: {{spoiler|During the battles with him.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Evil All Along]]}}

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

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

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Probably why the localization team chose to write his name as [[Jerkass|Dick]]son instead of the more common spelling of "Dixon."

** Though the latter would also make sense, as "Dixons" is a hardware retailer in the UK.

* {{spoiler|[[One Last Smoke]]}}

* [[Parental Substitute]]: To Shulk.

* {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]}}

** It's also shown that he served as Dunban's [[The Lancer|Lancer]] during the war.

 

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{{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|[[Body Horror]]: His Mechon body shows just how much of the Homs' organic body is removed during the Face conversion. To clarify: if you look closely, you'll see that the lower part of his body is hollow ''and can see that his entire spinal column has been replaced with something mechanical''.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Complete Monster]]: Calling this guy an asshole would be an understatement}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Disney Villain Death]]: One part of his death. It follows the [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]] example below.}}

*** [[Hellfire]]: The inevitable combination of the two.

* [[Expy]]: {{spoiler|Unpleasant former military man brought back to life as a main antagonist? Are we talking about this guy or Lt. Virgil?}}

** He also serves as an unintentional one to [[Star Fox|Pigma Dengar]]. Much like Pigma, he's a self-serving jackass who is a member of a three-man band of close friends, leaves those friends to die against the main villains, {{spoiler|and taunts one of his victim's loved ones about their screams when they died. Add in the fact that he gets assimilated by a horde of terrifying monsters}}, and the resemblance is uncanny.

* {{spoiler|[[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: By a giant falling spire}}

* [[Jerkass]]: And so much more...

* [[Obviously Evil]]: Let's see here... Gravelly voice, hunched-over battle stance, bulging eyes, being a rude and self-serving little bastard from the moment of his appearance... Was Dunban ''seriously'' surprised by his betrayal?

* [[Primal Stance]]

* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: {{spoiler|Same as Fiora, ie [[Subverted Trope|he comes back.]]}}

* [[Smug Snake]]: And it gets worse when {{spoiler|he comes back as Metal Face}}.

* {{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.}}

* [[Wolverine Claws]]

 

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

 

 

 

 

* {{spoiler|[[Anthropomorphic Personification]] He's one of the creators of the New Universe... and before that, he was a computer AI!}}

* [[Bishonen]]

* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: Not as bad as the [[Xenosaga|character]] he's an [[Expy]] for, but he has quite a lot of moments.

* [[Curtains Match the Window]]

* [[Expy]]: Takahashi could have put [[Xenosaga|chaos]]' model in some scenes and probably a lot of people wouldn't have noticed the difference. {{spoiler|Even their personalities, voices (specially in Japanese) and even roles in the story are almost the same}}.

* [[Meaningful Name]] {{spoiler|[[wikipedia:Monad (Gnosticism)|the Monad]] in Gnosticism is the first God, who created those that followed, which makes Alvis' endgame revelation somewhat clearer.}}

* [[Mr. Exposition]]

* {{spoiler|[[Time Abyss]]}}

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]

 

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

 

 

 

* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Shulk has a vision of him dying very early in the game. Part of the High Entia episode is learning how to prevent it. {{spoiler|[[You Can't Fight Fate|It doesn't work]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: It's shown that he's unaware of the fact that {{spoiler|his First Consort}} is attempting to off his daughter, which leads to the attempts on her life. {{spoiler|Later, he becomes one of the many disposable pawns in Zanza's resurrection plot.}}

* {{spoiler|[["Well Done, Son" Guy|"Well Done, Daughter" Guy]]: For Melia. Turns out she didn't ''need'' to try and win his affection. He loved her all along.}}

 

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

 

 

 

* [[Badass]]

* {{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]]

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]

* [[To Be Lawful or Good]]: He will not accept saving either his sister or father when they are in danger if it goes against orders or the rules of their people. {{spoiler|He realizes after his fathers death that he should be good regardless of the rules.}}

 

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Lorithea is the leader of the Research department.

 

* [[Christmas Cake]]: Clearly a lot older than the other female characters (and not just because she's a [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|High Entia]]) but by no means less attractive because of it.

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

* {{spoiler|[[Immortality]]: It's revealed that she assisted Zanza because she was promised this. Which is a little confusing because, as his Disciple, it stands to reason that a) She knew about him beforehand and b) Already had it to begin with, like Dickson. Whether this meant an upgrade from the standard Undying type that the Disciples have to a Class I is unknown.}}

* [[Lady in Red]]

* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]: By performing a [[Fusion Dance]] with Telethia!Kallian.}}

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Bizarrely averted. She's the only High Entia we see who wears [[Stripperiffic]] red and gold gear. Everybody else {{spoiler|except for the Bionite Order that also wear red}} is clad in very modest blue-white attire. One would naturally expect this to be indicative of her personality, given that most of the High Entia we see have very similarly dutiful personalities but it isn't. {{spoiler|The only thing it is indicative of, in hindsight, is that she was the evil one.}}

* [[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.}}

* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]

 

{{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]]

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

* [[Fingerless Gloves]]

* [[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.}}

* [[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.

 

* [[Expy]]: Of Dan from ''[[Xenogears]]''.

* [[Green Eyes]]

** [[Green Eyed Red Head]]

* [[Hot-Blooded]]

* [[I Just Want to Be Badass]]

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: The yang to Sharla's yin.

 

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

 

 

 

* {{spoiler|[[Affably Evil]]: As Jade Face he's genuinely polite to Shulk and his crew, though that politeness vanishes the more they irritate him.}}

* [[Badass]]: Let's put it this way, Dunban, the resident in-universe [[Memetic Badass]] considers Gadolt to be a ''legendary'' sniper. {{spoiler|When you fight him as Jade Face, he'll show you that he ''earned'' that reputation, Mechon body or not}}.

* [[Blonde Guys Are Evil]]: Subverted very, ''very'' hard. Despite looking like a thug, Gadolt is one of the most well-meaning and downright heroic characters in the game. {{spoiler|And as a Faced Mechon, he's been completely brainwashed so he still didn't become truly evil}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: He is assimilated by the Mechon and gets his mind and memories completely wiped by Egil so they can't hold him back.}}

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: He's mentioned fairly early in the game but doesn't make an appearance until it nears its conclusion. [[Big Damn Heroes|It's totally worth the wait]].

* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]

* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: Becoming a human shield (with his giant mechon) to shield the party from the collapse of Agniratha.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Flunky Boss]]: As Jade Face, he'll summon lesser Mechon to serve as distractions.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Cold Sniper]]: As Jade Face.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: After his transformation.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Sixth Ranger]]: For Egil's inner circle.}}

* [[Walking Spoiler]]: Thanks to his role once he finally shows up, it's hard to really discuss him without running into this.

* {{spoiler|[[White Mask of Doom]]: As Jade Face, notable as it looks almost skull-like.}}

 

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=== 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.}}

* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: He's some kind of purple shade... {{spoiler|or, rather, Arglas' skin is.}}

* [[Badass Beard]]: {{spoiler|While possessing Arglas}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Bishounen]]: His true form.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Blue and Orange Morality]]: It's implied that he isn't capable of understanding that the beings of Bionis are living beings with their own individual lives. To him, they're just food.}}

* {{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.}}

* [[Sealed Badass in a Can]]

** {{spoiler|[[Sealed Evil in a Can]]}}

* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: The Monado itself {{spoiler|turns out to have been created by him. He also powers it up so that it can damage beings from Bionis as well.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Technicolor Death]]}}

* [[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.}}

* [[Ironic Echo]]: {{spoiler|''"This world no longer has a need for Gods"''.}} His face when it's repeated by {{spoiler|Meyneth before she dies}} says it all.

* [[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]]''.

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

* {{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.

* [[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}}.

* [[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.}}

* [[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.

* [[Smug Snake]]: He loves to brag about how much more powerful he is than Shulk and his friends and is too overconfident for his own good... yet he's an odd example where he has every right to be smug since before some timely intervention from Otharon and a dip in an ether bath, there was no way they could really hurt him outside of toppling him during chain attacks which is easier said than done.

* [[Starter Villain]]: Shares this role with Metal Face. While he's the second Faced Mechon that Shulk and friends fight, he's the first that they truly defeat early in the game as well as the first to clue them in on their true nature.

* {{spoiler|[[Was Once a Man]]: As a result of being a converted Hom, specifically a blacksmith.}}

* [[White Mask of Doom]]

 

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

* [[Dragon with an Agenda]] & [[The Dark Chick]]: She assists Egil, but only because {{spoiler|she needs to revive Lady Meyneth to try and save Mechonis from his madness.}}

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

 

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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.

** {{spoiler|Turns out that's because she's really the [[Big Good]].}}

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

* {{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}}!"}}

* {{spoiler|[[Sealed Good in a Can]]}}

* {{spoiler|Synchronization: With Fiora. After she is killed by Zanza, the former starts to slowly die.}}

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