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.

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 play, 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.

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 one of the origins of 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.

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.