Mote

Motes are specks of light that are commonly seen to rise from dead characters and monsters in Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Characteristics
The colour of motes varies depending upon the circumstances surrounding the character's death:
 * If a character is bound to a Flame Clock, killed by someone bound to a Flame Clock, or both, they produce red motes. Husks in the overworld invariably produce red motes.
 * Characters who reach their Homecoming, as well as dead City residents, produce golden motes.
 * Characters who die in other circumstances, including Moebius, produce blue motes.

If an Off-seer sends on a character producing red motes, the motes turn blue. The same is true for the golden motes of dead City residents, but not the golden motes of characters that reach their Homecoming.

Blue motes can also be seen during Off-seeing even if no character or monster has died, implying that they are not necessarily sourced from the deceased character themselves.

When a character touches a mote, it seemingly transmits a memory or emotion associated with the (possibly) deceased character.

Trivia

 * The aesthetic of the letters on the title logo of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 heavily resembles motes.
 * While the party is bound to 's Flame Clock, enemies dissolve into red motes upon defeat.