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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.}}

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.}}

* [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts]]: So, Dickson's rolled out some sweet new tech ~~{{spoiler|~~that can pierce Mechon armour}}. Hooray! Also, he expects you to pay for it. ~~Ffff~~...!

* [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts]]: So, Dickson's rolled out some sweet new tech that can pierce Mechon armour. Hooray! Also, he expects you to pay for it. As Dunban would say, "You cheap old man..."

* {{spoiler|[[The Ageless]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Ageless]]: He's well over ''thousands'' of years old, given the brief flashback that Egil has of him by Arglas/Zanza's side.}}

* [[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.

** [[Pet the Dog]]: Despite this, it seems that he does have a genuine soft spot for Shulk and Fiora.

** [[Pet the Dog]]: Despite this, it seems that he does have a genuine soft spot for Shulk and Fiora, the latter of whom is his adopted son.

*** {{spoiler|Until [[The Reveal]].}}

*** {{spoiler|Until [[The Reveal]], where he kills Shulk.}}

* {{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|[[Archnemesis Dad]]: Archnemesis Adopted Dad anyway, but he nonetheless becomes this for Shulk}}.

* [[Badass]]. He is stabbed through by Mechon, jumps into an impossible fight against things not even the Mechon-destroying sword can kill, Flies around in a fighter on his own shooting down the hideously strong things, and pokes fun at the Hero.

* [[Badass]]. He is stabbed through by Mechon, jumps into an impossible fight against things not even the Mechon-destroying sword can kill, Flies around in a fighter on his own shooting down the hideously strong things, and pokes fun at the Hero. {{spoiler|And after being outed as a villain, he's still able to effortlessly smack the party around during every encounter until the final battle on Prison Island while insulting them.}}

* [[Badass Mustache]]

* {{spoiler|[[Blond Guys Are Evil]]}}

* {{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.

** [[BFS]]: It also doubles as a sword.

* {{spoiler|[[Complete Monster]]: This is what he truly is: a self-serving bloodthirsty bastard who wants everyone dead and cozies up with a vicious, omnicidal god in order to obtain godlike power for himself.}}

* [[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.}}

* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]

* [[Elemental Powers]]:

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

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** {{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}}.

* [[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.}}

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: He has his asshole moments, but very clearly cares about Shulk, Fiora, Dunban, and the others.

** {{spoiler|[[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk]]: Or not. Turns out he really ''does'' live up to his name and is a straight up [[Jerkass]].}}

* [[Knight in Sour Armour]]: Goes hand in hand with his ambiguous neutrality. He's always on hand to help the heroes, but at the same time he's frequently dismissive and cynical. When he discovers that the Face Mechon {{spoiler|are Homs}}, his reaction is basically, "So what? I gave up trying to figure them out yonks ago."

* [[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.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: He looks a lot like Hulk Hogan.

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

* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]: During the showdown on Prison Island before entering Zanza's domain, he goes into his true Giant form for the fight.}}

* [[Parental Substitute]]: To Shulk.

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

* {{spoiler|[[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: He ~~attempts~~ ~~it,~~ ~~but~~ ~~ultimately~~ ~~dies~~ ~~from~~ ~~his~~ ~~injuries~~ ~~before~~ he ~~can~~ ~~retreat~~.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: He just decides to quit fighting after Shulk and the gang prove to be stronger and tells them to get a move on. This is a cover though: he knows he's dying and wants to deny them the satisfaction of victory.}}

** Though this was probably a cover-up; he knew he was {{spoiler|going to die}}; he just didn't want anyone to catch on.

* [[The Smart Guy]]: A non-playable version. Despite not travelling with the heroes directly, he's still on hand to serve as a guide and provide tech support every now and then.

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

** {{spoiler|[[The Dragon]] and [[The ~~Evil Genius~~]]: For Zanza.}}

** {{spoiler|[[The Dragon]] and [[The Brute]]: For Zanza.}}

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