Consul D

Consul D is an antagonist in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. He is a Moebius who appears before the party and a member of the Consuls.

Appearance and personality
Like all Consuls, D wears the red armor and black cape, but with a fur collar. D wears a helmet with two horns with earring-like objects hanging from each side. In his Moebius form, he takes the form of a large demonic humanoid with sharp teeth, an infinity symbol on his chest, a ring around his waist and yellow spears on each arm that he can shoot. When Interlinking with J, his appearance is even more demonic; gaining additional spikes on his shoulders, and legs, as well as glowing blue horns, with an additional infinity symbol above the other.

D is a bloodthirsty individual. He cares nothing about anyone but himself and his allies. He is openly sadistic and murderous, relishing in the pain and suffering he causes. Cruel and unforgiving, D enjoys playing with people's fear such as taunting Eunie about killing her previous life, just to trigger her PTSD.

Story arc
D makes his presence known to Noah, and Mio's parties by impaling Guernica with one of his spears at. He then approaches the party with Mwamba, and Hackt in both of his hands. He then attempts to goad both sides into fighting each other again. When they refused, he kills both Mwamba and Hackt much to the party's horror. Despite being mortally wounded, Guernica manages to get into a downed Levnis and fights D, only for him to tear it apart, and pull Guernica out. Noah then frees him, prompting D to engage the party. D at first overwhelms the party, it wasn't until Guernica activates the Ouroboros Stone, turning the entire party into Ouroboros, with Noah and Mio Interlinking for the first time that they finally gets an edge. Amused, D tells them that by Interlinking, they're one step as the same level as Moebius, but despite that, he also calls them failures before reengaging the party, but he is defeated. Upon his defeat, he concedes and departs, but not before he projects an infinity symbol in the sky, marking the party enemies of Moebius.

After his encounter with the party, he returns to the Amphitheater, being chastised by P for running away as he and J breaks up their Interlinked form. He then attends the meeting with his fellow Consuls, being reminded by N that his encounter with the party is fate before he sends K after the party.

After K's downfall, D mocks the fallen Consul for his overreliance of his Iris with B claiming it was bad luck due to the black fog interfering. D then explains that K's reliance on the Iris caused his demise, further explaining that the Iris is not needed if he uses his other senses. P then reminds him that he still ran from the party after being defeated with her partner O agreeing, with D saying he had a good time fighting them before he fled. H then accuses him of excuses before J interrupts them, saying he's going to face the party next which the rests of the Consuls nods in agreement.

D in his Moebius form appears in a flashback, where he destroys Colony 18 at Rae-Bel Tableland before killing a previous incarnation of Eunie among the wreckage.

D makes a brief appearance after J's return from his battle with the party, supporting his decision before X calls O and P.

After O, and P's deaths, J, D, 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.

D, while Interlinking with J attacks the party again at the Annihilator Foundations while they are on their way to destroy the Annihilator. There, after D and J break up their Interlinked form, he removes his helmet, revealing his face to the party before the two reengaging the Interlink and then attacking the party. During the battle, D uses the air sensing horns to anticipate the party's every move, giving him a tremendous advantage. During the fight D taunts the traumatized Eunie, about killing her past self. However, Eunie was able to get over her trauma and with the help of Taion, manage to destroy the Annihilator just as it was about to fire on Colony 4, however D and J manage to get away.

D and J, most likely on Z's orders, were sent to kill Nia at the Cloudkeep. Just as the party wakes her up, D impales Nia with one of his spears, seemingly killing her. Eunie demands the two how they found the party, with D explaining to them is due to the fact that Mio is still half Moebius. Lanz then asks J why is he siding with D, with J explaining that by becoming Moebius he is treated the past memories of his previous incarnations, though they all met the same fate, before the two engages the party.

After subduing D, the party manages to reason with Joran, only for D to forcibly Interlink with him. D then explains his previous life as the Agnian soldier, Blackblaze Dirk who collects heads from the enemies he beheads to add to his collection, a hobby he continues as a Moebius. He states before coming to the Cloudkeep he went to the Ferronis where he keeps his collection of heads. His tale disgusts Eunie, before the rest of the party encourages her to fight through it. D then declares that he will kill the party and take their heads to add to his collection before reengaging the party.

Despite this, D is defeated. However he refuses to accept defeat, he demands Joran to give him more power, before calling him a "deadweight loser". Joran, had enough of being looked down on, overloads D with power in addition of black fog forming around him, due to Interlinking for too long. D demands Joran to cancel the Interlink, but he refuses and decides to throw himself and D off the Cloudkeep. D can only scream in horror as he falls to his death, followed by an annihilation event, killing D once and for all.

Dirk, also known as Blackblaze Dirk has dirty blond hair with a fringe, similar to Mikhail from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, red eyes, a single earring, and stubbles. Dirk wears the standard Agnian military uniform.

Dirk was once an Agnian soldier who went psychotic and enjoys killing. He would usually decapitate his defeated enemies whether Agnian or Kevesi with his handcrafted claws to bring back as trophies, a hobby he continues as a Moebius.

Lore

 * While Interlinking with J, D has the ability to sense the changes in the air with his horns.

As a boss

 * Mysterious Enemy
 * Moebius (boss)
 * Moebius D & J (Keves Castle)
 * Moebius D
 * Moebius D & J (Cloudkeep)

Trivia

 * D's overall appearance resembles Grahf from Xenogears.
 * D's character and backstory is similar to Mumkhar from Xenoblade Chronicles; both use similar weapons.
 * D's death is also similar to Mumkhar's, both involve falling into an endless sea before violently exploding after being defeated a final time by the party.
 * Before D's name was revealed following the 6.22.22 Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct, he was often referred to by the community as "Mr. Wild Ride", due to a line he said in the release date trailer.