Taion

Taion (, Taion) is a playable character in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. He is a soldier of Agnus and fights alongside Mio.

Appearance and personality
Taion has a slim build with messy brown hair. He sports a long flowing orange scarf, a white jacket with orange highlights (including the emblem of Agnus), white arm guards, a dark jumper and trousers with rolled-up cuffs, and white boots. He also wears glasses. Taion has a blue wedge-shaped core on his chest. His term mark is located in his left palm.

In battle, Taion uses a collection of drone-like entities resembling origami birds known as Mondo which fly around him and can be used as stepping stones.

Taion is tactically-minded, using his brains to fight alongside his allies. He is exceptionally cautious, preferring to extensively plan things out instead of rushing in blindly; this is due to the death of Nimue, which he blames on his past impulsiveness. While he acts somewhat cold and aloof, he occasionally shows a more caring and compassionate side of himself; he is the first member of the party to notice Eunie being shaken after finding a husk wearing her badge, and attempts to comfort her.

His uptight nature leads to Lanz and Eunie teasing him. In turn, he often criticizes them for their brash and unthinking attitudes, though he expresses jealousy at how confident Lanz can be.

As Ouroboros
When interlinking with Eunie, Taion takes on one of two Ouroboros forms: one associated with himself, the other with Eunie. Taion's Ouroboros form appears as a white-robed figure with a glowing core in each wrist. Leaf-like green decorations adorn its head, wrists, and shoulders. The form controls a seemingly limitless number of powered-up Mondo which are able to create extremely convincing illusions. Using the command 'Bind', the Mondo can be used to surround and trap an opponent; with the command 'Scatter', each Mondo creates an explosion. (The power of each individual explosion is small, but when combined the explosive force is much greater.) The Ouroboros form may also float and fly freely.

Taion's Ouroboros is balanced and versatile: the Scatter command provides strong offensive capabilities, and the Mondo may also be shaped into a shield, boosting the form's defense. Its greatest strength is in its illusions; through their creative use, Taion and Eunie are able to get the upper hand even on cunning opponents.

Lore

 * According to dialog during A Nopon's Counsel and Delicious Cooking, Taion is an exceptionally poor chef. He refuses to follow conventional recipes, attempting to "optimize" them to focus on "efficient absorption of nutrients and convenient portability", but the best praise Mio can manage for the results is that it's "unique". Despite this, he appears to be good at making tea, as Eunie drinks a cup made by him without complaint.
 * Taion can be somewhat vain about his appearance. During City Clothing, he claims that he doesn't care about anything but the functionality of the clothing he wears, but gets very upset when Eunie calls his scarf "uncool".
 * In About Armus, Taion demonstrates a deep knowledge of Armuidae, and expresses frustration at people using the term "Armus" to refer to both males and females.
 * A tweet from the official Xenoblade Twitter account claims that Taion's Blades are actually called "Katashiro", with Mondo being a nickname he gave them. However, nothing in-game or in the artbook ever hints at this.

As a party member
Taion's primary is Tactician, a Healer class which focuses on healing, debuffs, and evasion. He can interlink with Eunie.