A

A is a playable character in Future Redeemed. A is Matthew’s traveling partner.

Appearance and personality
A has long silver hair, and blue eyes. An earring resembling an Aegis Core Crystal and Alvis’s necklace from Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition hangs from A’s left ear. A’s sword is reminiscent to that of the Monado, with similar symbols appearing in the weapon’s center. Whenever A activates, Zanza-like wings sprout from A from the left. In battle, A uses the Monado which is capable of destroying Flame Clocks.

Compared to Matthew's fierce nature, A is calm and calculated. Unlike Matthew, A tends to carefully think decisions through. A often scolds him for his recklessness. A acts in a logical manner.

Story arc
A and Matthew are first seen destroying a Vatura Flak in Vermillion Woods. After the battle, A asks why Matthew wanted to use the Ouroboros power in the first place, before A warns Matthew that Moebius can track the Ouroboros power. On their way to a camp, the two are attacked by Land Volffs, A demonstrates the power of the Talent Art Vision to anticipate their attacks and defeat the Volffs. After finding a place to set up camp and sleep, A takes notice of Matthew's uneasiness before falling asleep. The next morning, Matthew gets a ping of a City Iris from his X-Reader, only to find the refugee dead from an attack from monsters.

Matthew and A later observe a battle between and. Matthew then intervenes the fight between Glimmer and Nikol, unknowingly imbuing them with the power of Ouroboros in the process, much to A's annoyance. After Matthew routed the kids, Moebius Q and R then make their appearance, calling the two "Moebius Hunters", much to the duo's confusion before transforming into their Moebius forms to attack the duo. A then slew the two Moebius, before destroying the Flame Clocks under Matthew's orders.

When the two left to get food, they find Glimmer and Nikol fighting again, saying one of them should have watched them, with A reminding him that they want to secure as much food as possible before A decides to break up the fight, Matthew then scolds the two. When the group fell asleep, Glimmer manages to sneak out in the dead of night with A being the only one noticing her disappearance.

A is a fragment of Alpha who broke off from him after N's attack on the City. A is Alpha's conscience.

Lore

 * A is an instantiation of the other third of the Trinity Processor introduced in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Ontos.
 * A claims to be from the City.
 * A can play the lute, and teaches Glimmer how to play her newly repaired lute upon receiving it in A Melody Sustained.
 * Additionally, an animation at a Rest Spot shows A instructing Glimmer how to play the lute.

As a party member
A's class is Monado Fencer, a Healer class specializing in evasion.

Trivia

 * A bears a strong resemblance to Alvis, from Xenoblade Chronicles, fitting as A is Alvis's progenitor. A's earring is even the same as Alvis's necklace as seen in the Definitive Edition.
 * A's left wing and Alpha's right wing may be a reference to the angel statues in the Nisan Cathedral in Xenogears.
 * A's Japanese voice actress, Rina Sato, is selectable as an avatar voice in Xenoblade Chronicles X.
 * She also voices Mai Magus in Xenosaga.