Matthew


 * Not to be confused with Matthews.

Matthew Vandham is the main protagonist of Future Redeemed. He is the founder of House Vandham.

Appearance and personality
Matthew is a young man with black hair styled into a ponytail, two piercings on his left ear, blue eyes, and a scar over his left eyebrow. He wears a cropped short-sleeved jacket and shirt, with a belt around his torn pants. His weapon consists of a pair of red gauntlets called the Ouroboros Knuckles, which are imbued with a special power.

Matthew is straightforward, but kind. He is also shown to be fierce, such as interrupting the battle between Nikol and Glimmer by slamming his fist into the ground. Matthew has a strong fighting spirit. He bears a strong hatred of Moebius, N especially, due to his role in the City's destruction and the death of his grandfather, Ghondor, even stating to Moebius W that a killing thousands of Moebius wouldn't bring him peace.

Story arc
Matthew and A 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 place, before A warns Matthew that Moebius can track the Ouroboros power. Matthew then pulls out his X-Reader looking for survivors for the City, as well as his sister Na'el after N's attack.

On their way to a camp, the two are attacked by Land Volffs, A then demonstrates the power of the Talent Art to anticipate their attacks and defeat the Volffs.

After finding a place to set up camp and sleep, Matthew reminiscences the death of his grandfather, at the hands of N and the destruction of the City before falling asleep. The next morning, Matthew gets a ping of a City Iris from his X-Reader, only to find the refugee dead from an attack from monsters.

Matthew and A later observes a battle between and. Matthew then intervenes the fight between Glimmer and Nikol, unknowingly imbuing them with the power of Ouroboros in the process, much to A's annoyance, picking up Glimmer and tossing her towards Nikol, before he beats them up, berating the two for fighting each other, reminding them their enemies are not each other. Moebius Q and R then make their appearance, calling the two "Moebius Hunters", much to the duo's confusion before transforming into their Moebius forms to attack the duo. After A slew the two Moebius, Matthew orders A to destroy the Flame Clocks, freeing both Glimmer and Nikol.

When the two left to get food, they find Glimmer and Nikol fighting again, saying one of them should have watched them, with A reminding him that they want to secure as much food as possible. Matthew then disciplines the two, telling them that their fighting days are done, their Consuls are dead, their Flame Clocks are destroyed, and their Iris clocks are replaced by the Ouroboros ring. During a campout, Glimmer is angry that she is close to her Homecoming, blaming Matthew for taking it all away. Matthew then offers food to Glimmer, saying that she's not thinking straight. When the group fell asleep, Glimmer manages to sneak out in the dead of night.

In a flashback, Matthew is seen training with Na'el and Ghondor, before the latter challenges the two to a battle, in which he bests his pupils.

Lore

 * Matthew's mother and father died fighting Moebius 15 years prior to Future Redeemed.
 * This may coincide roughly with the emergence of Alpha, who has had control of Origin for over a decade prior to N's assault on the City.
 * Matthew always keeps photos of his family members in his pocket. He has one of Na'el, as well as a photo of Noah, Mio, and Ghondor taken 70 years previous.
 * Matthew likes to eat curry.
 * As the founder of House Vandham, Matthew is the ancestor of Guernica, Monica, and Ghondor.

As a party member
Matthew's class is Martial Artist, an Attacker class.

Trivia

 * Matthew bears a strong resemblance to Fei Fong Wong, the main protagonist of Xenogears.
 * Matthew's fighting style and animations are reminiscent of Fei's attacks and Deathblows.
 * Matthew's battle stance is similar to Fei's idle animation during battles.
 * While Fei's personality is somber and quiet, Matthew's personality is bright and cheerful.
 * Matthew is the first "Van-" character to be a protagonist of a Xeno game.