Consul N

N is an antagonist in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Unlike the other Consuls, he doesn't wear the red attire. He bares a striking resemblance to Noah and the leader of the Kevesi Consuls.

Appearance and personality
N's appearance and hairstyle is identical to Noah albeit without his hair tied in a pony tail. Unlike the other Consuls, N wears full golden armor with red lines with a red X on his chest as well as a golden mask to conceal his face. N doesn't battle in his Moebius form unlike the other Consuls, preferring to fight in his humanoid form. In combat, he uses a dark version of Noah's sword.

N is cold, ruthless, and devoid of emotions. He is not above blackmail, as seen when he blackmails Ethel by threatening her with the destruction of Colony 4 via the Annihilator if she doesn't kill the party. N is also sadistic and cruel, laughing at the party when it was revealed that the Queen of Keves was just a mechanical imposter during the skirmish at Keves Castle, as well as forcing the party to watch as Mio's life supposedly end during her Homecoming. However, all these motivations are the result of his sorrow and despair after losing M in the past and Z's manipulations.

Story arc
N is first seen observing the infinity symbol that D projects into the sky after his scuffle with party.

N is later seen alongside M seen during a meeting with his fellow Consuls, reminding D that his encounter with the party is fate. He then sends K after the party.

N is then seen watching the party's progression at the Amphitheater with Z and his fellow Consuls, with Z notifying them that the Eclipse is approaching.

N then observes a battle between Kevesi and Agnian forces on the theater screen while two other Consuls plays what appears to be the Aionios version of chess before being sent off by Z to Keves Castle.

N then visits Cammuravi in the prisons of Agnus Castle, addressing him by his full title "Smouldering Cammuravi" before his eye glows the infinity symbol.

When Ethel reports in to the Queen of Keves, N was standing besides her, before demonstrating the power of the Annihilator weapon (which harnesses the power of the Annihilation Effect) on the Urayan Mountains, aweing Ethel with N revealing that the weapon can be used anywhere, before the Queen decides to target Colony 4 with the Annihilator, much to Ethel and Bolearis' protests, with N stating that they were freed from their Flame Clock. N then blackmails Ethel into killing the party, sending Cammuravi alongside her in her mission as well as new Ferronises (which is tied to both of their lives) made specifically to combat the party, much to her shock, with N saying that it is "entertainment", saying that forcing her rebirth is not fun to him.

When O and P reports to N at the Castle who was observing the flight of Bolearis, they express worry that he'll report to the party, N is not worried about that, confident that they'll come to him as it is the party's nature.

After O, and P's deaths, D, J, and N are seen looking outside a window of Keves Castle, J wondering if the party will come, which N confirms. D then mocks J if he's gonna give them a hug, saying he wants out. N then explains he wants to show the Queen how hope dies, further explaining that she occupies the same existence that Moebius does.

When the party reaches the throne room in their escape, N personally confronts the party when the Queen descended to the throne room, accusing them of intruding on the Queen's presences. N's very presences causes Noah to develop a headache. During the Queen's battle with the party it is revealed that the "Queen" was in fact, a mechanical copy of the real one. N laughed at this revelation, talking to the real Queen that she haven't given up on her "false hope". When Noah's head start hurting again, N claims it was fate as he draws his Blade. Just as he is about to engage the party, the Lost Numbers begun their attack, seizing the Cradles that are being housed in the throne room, with the party using the opportunity to escape. After the skirmish, N removes his mask, lamenting how the passage of fate escaped his grasp, but remarks it will be within his reach once again, M then asks him what will he do then who also removes her mask; N's answer is to give the party equilibrium.

N and M later ambush the party as they attempt to escape from Li Garte Prison Camp, bringing Agnian Castle guard Levnises with them after Shania betrays the group. After the party destroys the Levineses, M then volunteers to take on the party, much to N's surprise, by demonstrating her body hijacking abilities to the party, (unknown to N at the time, M switched places with Mio). After she was defeated, N overwhelms the party after Lanz and Sena's attempt to sacrifice themselves were thwarted by who used her Interlinking cancelling abilities. N then takes the party prisoner at Agnus Castle until the day of the eclipse which coincides with Mio's Homecoming.

N later visits the party while they are imprisoned, knowing that the party knows about the cycle of rebirth, he reveals that there's an exception that if someone's flames runs out during a Homecoming will never return, horrifying Noah.

On the day of the eclipse, N brings the party to the Ascension Grounds (with M, X, Shania and the Queen of Agnus attending), and attempts to goad Noah into sending her which he refuses. The party, then watches in horror as Mio seemingly disappears. After the Homecoming, N then attempts to execute Noah, only for M to intervene, revealing that she was in fact, Mio, alive and well and that M took her place during the Homecoming. Horrified and distraught over the revelation that M died, he screamed in despair. He then lashes out furiously at Noah for causing her death, who was attempting to get through to him with Mio revealing that M has lost the will to live because of N's actions. Angered by M's death he attacks Noah relentlessly, only for him to be defeated.

It was also revealed that N and M are in fact, preincarnations of Noah and Mio. In their past lives, Noah and Mio were once citizens of the City fighting against Moebius.

As a boss

 * Moebius N (Agnus Castle Barbican)
 * Moebius N (Ascension Grounds)
 * N (Part 1)
 * N (Part 2)

Trivia

 * N's backstory and motives are similar to Lacan/Grahf from Xenogears.
 * Both are preincarnations of the main protagonists Noah, and Fei Fong Wong respectively.
 * Both lost their loved ones, N to M, Lacan to Sophia, resulting them to taking dark and dangerous paths.
 * N is also similar to Jin from Xenoblade Chronicles 2; both wear masks to conceal their faces, and lost someone close to them, resulting them to side with the main antagonistic force and both eventually finds peace after their final defeats.