Consul N

Consul N is an antagonist in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Unlike the other Consuls, he doesn't wear the red attire. He bares a striking resemblance to Noah and the leader of the Kevesi Consuls.

Appearance and personality
N's appearance and hairstyle is identical to Noah albeit with longer hair without being tied in a pony tail. Unlike the other Consuls, N wears full golden armor with red lines with a red X on his chest as well as a golden mask to conceal his face. N doesn't battle in his Moebius form unlike the other Consuls, preferring to fight in his humanoid form. In combat, he uses a dark version of Noah's Veiled Sword, known as the Sword of the End.

N is cold, ruthless, and devoid of emotions. He is not above blackmail, as seen when he blackmails Ethel by threatening her with the destruction of Colony 4 via the Annihilator if she doesn't kill the party. N is also sadistic and cruel, laughing at the party when it was revealed that the Queen of Keves was just a mechanical imposter during the skirmish at Keves Castle, as well as forcing the party to watch as Mio's life supposedly end during her Homecoming. However, all these motivations are the result of his sorrow and despair after losing M in the past and Z's manipulations.

Story arc
N is first seen observing the infinity symbol that D projects into the sky after his scuffle with party.

N is later seen alongside M seen during a meeting with his fellow Consuls, reminding D that his encounter with the party is fate. He then sends K after the party.

N is then seen watching the party's progression at the Amphitheater with Z, Y, and, with Z notifying them that the Eclipse is approaching.

N then observes a battle between Kevesi and Agnian forces on the theater screen while two other Consuls plays what appears to be the Aionios version of chess before being sent off by Z to Keves Castle.

N then visits Cammuravi in the Ivory Gaol of Agnus Castle, addressing him by his full title "Smouldering Cammuravi" before his eye glows the infinity symbol.

When Ethel reports in to the Queen of Keves, N was standing besides her, before demonstrating the power of the Annihilator weapon (which harnesses the power of the Annihilation Effect) on the Urayan Mountains, aweing Ethel with N revealing that the weapon can be used anywhere, before the Queen decides to target Colony 4 with the Annihilator, much to Ethel and Bolearis' protests, with N stating that they were freed from their Flame Clock. N then blackmails Ethel into killing the party, sending Cammuravi alongside her in her mission as well as new Ferronises (which is tied to both of their lives due to Y) made specifically to combat the party, much to her shock, with N saying that it is "entertainment", saying that forcing her rebirth is not fun to him.

When O and P reports to N at the Castle who was observing the flight of Bolearis, they express worry that he'll report to the party, N is not worried about that, confident that they'll come to him as it is the party's nature.

After O, and P's deaths, D, J, and N are seen looking outside a window of Keves Castle, J wondering if the party will come, which N confirms. D then mocks J if he's gonna give them a hug, saying he wants out. N then explains he wants to show the Queen how hope dies, further explaining that she occupies the same existence that Moebius does.

When the party reaches the throne room in their escape, N personally confronts the party when the Queen descended to the throne room, accusing them of intruding on the Queen's presences. N's very presences causes Noah to develop a headache. During the Queen's battle with the party it is revealed that the "Queen" was in fact, a mechanical imposter of the real one. N laughed at this revelation, talking to the real Queen that she haven't given up on her "false hope". When Noah's head start hurting again, N claims it was fate as he draws his Blade. Just as he is about to engage the party, the Lost Numbers begun their attack, seizing the Cradles that are being housed in the throne room, with the party using the opportunity to escape. After the skirmish, N removes his mask, lamenting how the passage of fate escaped his grasp, but remarks it will be within his reach once again, M then asks him what will he do then who also removes her mask; N's answer is to give the party equilibrium.

N and M later ambush the party as they attempt to escape from Li Garte Prison Camp, bringing 3 Gyrinus-type Levnises with them after Shania and several Lost Numbers betrays the group. After the party destroys the Levineses, M then volunteers to take on the party, much to N's surprise, by demonstrating her body hijacking abilities to the party, (unknown to N at the time, M switched places with Mio). After she was defeated, N overwhelms the party after Lanz and Sena's attempt to sacrifice themselves were thwarted by X who used her Interlinking cancelling abilities to issue N new orders from Z. N then takes the party prisoner at Agnus Castle until the day of the eclipse which coincides with Mio's Homecoming.

N later visits the party while they are imprisoned in the Ivory Gaol, knowing that the party is aware about the cycle of rebirth, he reveals that there's an exception that if someone's flames runs out during a Homecoming, they will never return, horrifying Noah.

On the day of the eclipse, N orders the Agnian soldiers to brings the party to the Ascension Grounds (with M, X, Shania and the Queen of Agnus attending), he then listens to the Queen's speech. After the speech he throws Noah's flute towards him to goad him into sending Mio which he refuses. The party, then watches in horror as she seemingly disappears. After the Homecoming, N then attempts to execute Noah, only for M to intervene, revealing that she was in fact, Mio, alive and well and that M took her place during the Homecoming. Horrified and distraught over the revelation that M died, N broke down, screaming in despair. He then lashes out furiously at Noah for causing her death, who was attempting to get through to him with Mio revealing that M has lost the will to live because of N's actions. Angered by M's death he attacks Noah relentlessly, only for him to draw the Sword of Origin from his Ouroboros form, leading to his defeat, as well as severely wounded him in the process. X then sets the false Queen upon the party which they also defeat, prompting X to teleport her and N back to Origin, but not before she uses Agnus Castle's Annihilator on the City's location (unknown to her at the time, positioned underneath Aionios, thanks to Mio's warning).

It was also revealed that N and M are in fact, preincarnations of Noah and Mio. In their past lives, Noah and Mio were once soldiers of the City fighting against Moebius. Noah was present when an Ouroboros Stone was activated. Later, he has a dream of Mio dying, with Z then appearing, seducing Noah. When he woke up, he was greeted by Mio at an Agnian camp, preparing their battle against Moebius. Later a dying Noah and Mio were greeted by Z as he kills his fellow soldiers in Origin.

In another flashback, Noah and Mio were seen fleeing from his soldiers, accused of treason. After that, they were later seen freezing in a blizzard.

In yet another flashback, Noah arrives just in time for Mio to give birth to her son, but she soon dies couple years after giving birth with his son in his hands grieving her loss, Noah then also dies, leaving his son behind.

In the last flashback, Noah is seen in the Amphitheater, watching his previous lives on the screen. Z then appears, introducing himself before seducing Noah into becoming a Moebius, with Noah choosing the "endless now" option, becoming N. He then steps into the screen, seeing Mio who then walks together in the horizon.

N is seen in another flashback, with Z manipulating him to kill the people of the City to revive Mio as the Moebius M which he is hesitant, but regardless carries out the task. Horrified M demands N to tell her why he did it, his answer is didn't want to lose anyone anymore, angering M, but N told her that they'll live together forever as Moebius, horrifying M of her immortality.

After his defeat, N remains despondent for the remainder of the story until Z reminds N that he desires eternity goading to take up his sword for his "Endless Now" philosophy. He then intercepts the party at the Eternal Prison in Origin when they're going to free the real Melia from her prison, with N displaying jealousy towards Noah for having Mio by his side, as well as claiming that Melia's the fulcrum of Origin before engaging the party while "standing at the brink of the void". N still refuses to listen to Noah even after being defeated once, blaming him for M's death. It wasn't until his final defeat that he finally finds peace and decides to reunite with Noah.

N and M makes a final appearance, with their spirits separating from Noah and Mio to finish off Z∞ by sacrificing themselves.

As a boss

 * Moebius N (Agnus Castle Barbican)
 * Moebius N (Ascension Grounds)
 * N (Part 1)
 * N (Part 2)

Trivia

 * N's backstory and motives are similar to Lacan/Grahf from Xenogears.
 * Both are preincarnations of the main protagonists Noah, and Fei Fong Wong respectively.
 * Both lost their loved ones, N to M, Lacan to Sophia, resulting them to taking dark and dangerous paths.
 * N is also similar to Jin from Xenoblade Chronicles 2; both wear masks to conceal their faces, and lost someone close to them, resulting them to side with the main antagonistic force and both eventually finds peace after their final defeats.