Husk

Husks are corpses of Kevesi and Agnian soldiers Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Characteristics
When killed, bodies decompose rapidly into a charcoal black skin while red motes rise from it. They remain in this state until an off-seer comes along to play for them, at which point the red motes turn blue and then stop appearing. A husk left not-off-seen for long enough will stop producing red motes, though it is unknown how long this takes. Husks have no purpose aside from this; they are simply dead bodides.

Death by Homecoming does not create a husk; the body simply disappears into golden motes. Humans not born from a cradle also disappear in this way regardless of how they die. Clothing and other held items are left behind.

Due to being reborn after death, it is possible for a Kevesi or Agnian soldier to encounter their own husk from a previous incarnation, though this is very rare and they do not understand it.

There are some inconsistencies with husks that are not explained, particularly in main story cutscenes, and so might be errors:
 * Sometimes fresh husks don't produce red motes at all.
 * Sometimes clothing vanishes with the body.
 * Sometimes the body disappears entirely when seen off, instead of staying put.
 * Sometimes a body actively drained of life disappears instead of leaving a husk.
 * Sometimes a non-cradle human is shown to have a body that persists "normally" after death.

Gameplay
Husks are scattered all over Aionios. Husks can be one person or a group of many. The player can send off the husk by approaching it and pressing A. This will build affinity with the colony they were from.

Trivia

 * Eunie is the only playable character to have her husk shown in the game.