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Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed is the fourth wave of DLC for Xenoblade Chronicles 3. It was released in April 2023, about nine months after the original game's release. Set thousands of years before the events of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, it depicts the story of Matthew and the other founders of the second City.
Plot[]
The story starts with Matthew and a mysterious person named A. Having witnessed his grandfather's death and the destruction of the first city, Matthew sets off with A to find other survivors of the City's destruction, as well as his missing sister Na'el.
They discover an Kevesi, Nikol, fighting an Agnian, Glimmer, despite the rest of their colonies perishing. Matthew intervenes, but this attracts the attention of the Consuls Q and R, who Matthew and A fight and kill, before Matthew destroys the flame clocks. The next morning, they wake up to find Glimmer has left, hoping to find a colony.
While the party searches for Glimmer, she is captured by the Liberators, who question her. She escapes and finds a nearby Ferronis, but it attacks her, as her lack of a flame clock makes her of little value to Moebius. The other party members arrive, as does the Liberators' leaders Shulk and Rex, and they fight and defeat Consul W.
The Liberators take the party back to Colony 9, where they are headquartered. They meet with Riku and after resting, learn that a distress signal was received from a nearby lake. Believing it could be Na'el, Matthew and the party make their way there.
A tells Shulk and Rex about their origin. A explains that they are a split off part of Ontos, who represented the balance between the masculine Logos and feminine Pneuma. Ontos's core was used to power Origin, but it broke free and created Alpha. The crystal washed up on a shore and was found by Na'el, whose hatred for Keves and Agnus allowed Alpha to use Na'el as a vessel. This vessel attempted to bring the residents of the City to a new world, but N arrived to destroy it. N attempted to destroy Na'el, but her grandfather Ghondor jumped in the way. The City was destroyed, but part of Ontos's consciousness split off and became A. Shortly after the conversation ends, Alpha, in the form of Na'el, arrives on the scene.
As Alpha arrives, he attempts to convince Matthew to join Na'el, but it doesn't work. After fighting Alpha, N arrives, and Shulk, Rex, and A inform Matthew that as long as Alpha exists, Moebius is not their primary enemy. Matthew also learns that N is Ghondor's father and thus his great-grandfather. After N and Alpha leave, Prison Island glows and Origin activates.
The party makes a plan to head to Origin, though Shulk and Rex are opposed to Nikol and Glimmer (their respective children, unbeknownst to the two former soldiers) joining them. They agree to a sparring match, and after Nikol and Glimmer win, Shulk and Rex agree to let them join. In addition, this further awakens the Ouroburos power they gained when Matthew intervened in their battle.
A tells Matthew that his gauntlets are made of Origin material, which is why Origin feels familiar to him. The party heads to Prison Island, where they encounter N. He reveals the one keeping Na'el in the world is Matthew, which is why he's been trying to kill him. They battle, and Matthew reveals his memories of the attack on the City. But Alpha suddenly launches a ray of lightning at N, creating a fog that envelops the party.
The party finds themselves in a suburban neighborhood in the year 20XX, one of the memories stored in Origin. Matthew hears piano and follows it to find Na'el. Na'el tells him that the world could be like that if they go through with Alpha's plan. But A shows her the ruined land of Morytha and what happened to the world of Klaus. Matthew persuades Na'el that she would be no different from Moebius if she continued to view the Kevesi and Agnians unworthy of life, but before she can join the party she is controlled by Alpha.
The party battles Alpha. Alpha attempts to pull Matthew's soul in, but he successfully resists it as N intervenes in the battle. The six party members combine into a humanoid Ouroburos resembling Noah's, and they destroy Alpha once and for all. Alpha asks Matthew if he is content with his decision, and he says he is.
Shulk and Rex reveal that without Ontos, Origin will require a new core, which will be the two of them and A. Rex promises the party that they will see them all again when the worlds are restored, and he and Shulk give their life force to Glimmer and Nikol respectively, allowing them to live beyond ten terms.
Origin crashes into Aionios, destroying the center part of the region and sinking into the ocean. N tells the party that Moebius will not give up on their quest for an endless now, and Matthew says he and his allies will keep fighting for the future, and that even he may end up doing so someday. The Liberators, who evacuated to a new location, begin to build the new city. Matthew says goodbye and departs, hoping to find more survivors of the original City.
In a post-credits scene, the world of Ainoios is shown splitting from one world to two (as depicted in Xenoblade Chronicles 3), before reuniting without destruction, finally putting an end to Klaus's experiment, as a bright blue light is seen heading towards the planet.
Trivia[]
- The radio seen in the memories of Origin makes several references to other Xeno games.
- It mentions a "Philadelphia-Class Mothership", a classification for Eldridge ships in the Xenogears series.
- The radio has the logo of Vector Industries from Xenosaga on it, and Dimitri Yuriev from the series is mentioned by name.
- The Earth Colonization Project from Xenoblade Chronicles X is also mentioned.
See also[]
- Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country