#azurda xc2

[sturthepotofmadness]

I got a random idea for a Xenoblade Chronicles 2 au I want to throw out into the world, since I'm not too sure if I'm going to write it or not. There's technically two, but one is more of a Xenoblade 3 au and even then it's even more canon diverge-y than this one, so only the xc2 au for now.

The divergence point is a bit weird, since it would take place before Rex gets pulled into the mission to find Pyra and I'm assuming story salvager ranks works differently compared to gameplay salvager ranks (mainly that story salvager ranks go from E-D-C-B-A-S-SS in order from lowest to highest and the weird extra titles don't exist, just rank letters). Other than that, the only spoilers are the events of chapter 1, the very beginning of chapter 2, and a boss and group from chapter 3. You've been warned if you care about early game spoilers.

Anyways, time to actually talk about the au idea. Also cut after the second paragraph cuz this is long.

So let's say Rex is 14, maybe a few months out from 15 here, he's known within the Argentum salvager community, and being salvager rank C is impressive for someone so young. He's having trouble reaching a higher rank, if only because his only way to protect himself is an old sword he scraped together and getting higher ranks means salvaging at risker points, which means dealing with stronger monsters and needing a better weapon, but he doesn't want to spend what money he has on getting a better weapon.

For some reason, Vandham's Merc Group has an influx of kids that don't want to become mercenaries, so they send a group out to gather people to explain jobs to this group of kids they're taking care of. One of the groups was led by Yew since the Argentum Trade Guild can be a hot mess if you talk to the wrong person by accident and Yew is good at sorting through people. Yew sees the salvager community here and is impressed by how supportive they are of each other.

When Yew talks to one of the salvagers there and he brings up the idea of teaching some kids about salvaging. The salvager asks, "We talking Rex's age, or we talking younger?" Yew asks who Rex is and that just so happens to be the time when Rex pulls into the docks and the salvager points him out. Yew (and the mercs with him) have to process that as the salvager comments that Rex is really damn good to salvaging and probably would have a higher rank if would use his gold on getting a better weapon instead of sending it back to his home town or repairing damage to his hut on Azurda.

Yew's crew decides to speak to Rex once he's free and before he leaves, so continue talking around Argentum. They're... really unimpressed with 97% of the Nopon, with the only ones they aren't unimpressed by being Zuzu (makes those noodles all by himself) and Falala (is a chef wanting to be something greater). However, they can't really ask either of them if they want to speak to said kids because Zuzu can't leave his job due to the popularity and Falala has a full time job.

They see Rex finishing up with the stuff he wanted to do at Argentum and Yew goes over to him. Rex sees him and asks what he's up to and Yew explains he's looking for people to explain to some kids about some jobs they could do and how unimpressed he's been with everyone from Argentum except the salvager and exactly two Nopon too attached to their job. Rex comments "yea that's Nopon for you" and asks if they found what they're looking for. Yew says that one of the other salvagers suggested Rex because Rex is closer to the kid's age and might have their attention more than some random adult. Rex thinks about it, then says that he's willing to do it, but only if it's fine if he brings Gramps along. Yew doesn't know who Gramps is, assumes it's someone important to Rex, and asks if he can speak to this Gramps. Rex drags him off to Azurda, who is Gramps, which Yew has to accept that of course the kid calls this titan something else.

Gramps and Yew talk for a bit before Gramps gives his go ahead and they head off to Uraya.

One travel later and all the merc groups have the people they managed to convince to speak to the kids and meet at Uraya's capital before they all start heading down to Garfont Village. There's 6 people (including Rex) they convinced, but it's better than nothing.

Once they get close to Garfont village, Rex notices a massive spider thing with a golden glow further up the cliff, with the road splitting off there to up there and to Garfont Village. Rex asks about the giant spider thing, some of the mercs look over and promptly go "why the hell is there a giant Elder Arachno with a blade". They get to Garfont Village, throw the volunteers at the kids, then tell Vandham about the spider Rex spotted (and also admitting that they wouldn't have gave a second glance at it if Rex didn't mention it).

Vandham takes some mercs to go demolish the Elder Arachno while the six visitors talk to the kids, though they're clearly only interested in the talks given by Rex and some Driver from either Mor Ardian or Gormott.

Vandham and who he took with him return with the meat, shell, and drops of the Elder Arachno as the last lecture ends. It took so long to kill the spider since it called friends and they wanted all of that meat for rations. The visitors are free to stay for the night before heading back home or just head back now without any help from the mercs. They all decide to stick around and Vandham asks one of the mercs to pull aside who pointed out the spider.

Yew grabs Rex, mentioning the boss wants to speak to him since Rex was the one to point out the spider. Rex is confused but follows as they go over to Vandham. Vandham makes sure Rex is the one who pointed out the spider and Rex is like "yea, i saw something glowing in the distance and i saw it was coming from some sort of spider". Vandham pats his shoulder, thanks Rex for pointing it out before it could become a problem, and drops the Beastly Core Crystal in Rex's hand. Rex is confused but Vandham explained the glow was from a Blade and that's the crystal the Blade went back into and Rex is free to keep it. Rex does decide to hold onto it and Vandham shooes him off after telling him to "awaken it when it glows or do smth with it".

One night and travel time later, Rex is back in Argentum and one of the salvagers ask how the trip was. Rex says all he had to do was explain the basics of salvaging to a group of 6-10 year old kids and he got a core crystal because he pointed out some spider that ended up being dangerous kinda close to the village. The salvager is surprised Rex got gifted a core crystal and asks what he'll do it with. After a moment, Rex says he's going to hold onto it until "it glows", since the village leader mentioned awakening it once it starts glowing. The salvager says that if it does start glowing to do it in Argentum so the other salvagers can see. Rex agrees and they head their ways.

About a week or two later, the core crystal starts glowing again after Rex had to smack some crabs back into the Cloud Sea. He goes back to Argentum to turn in his haul for payment (and paying the dock person) before going over to where the salvagers are meeting up. The salvagers greet Rex and ask if anything interesting happened. He takes out the now glowing core crystal and someone asks if he's gonna try and awaken a blade. Rex thinks for a moment, then says yea. Some Nopon nearby hear that and ask to see Rexrex attempt to awaken blade. Azurda moves to get a better look at the happenings as a group starts forming to watch.

Rex holds the Beastly Core Crystal out and begins to focus on it and attempting to resonate with it. They watch as the crystal begins to glow and, after a burst of light, Rex is holding a special Megalance and Wulfric has appeared in front of him. The crowd is silent as Rex says hi to his blade and Wulfric introduces himself, causing a few members of the crowd to recoil.

Congrats, Rex, you're now a salvager driver before the main plot begins. Rex starts bonding with Wulfric so they can be stronger together and learning how to use the Megalance. He finds it come weirdly naturally to him, but whoever he's sparring with just says that weapons created by a Blade you trust feels more natural than some random wepaon. Wulfric also learns to be "softer" for the lack of a better term so he can calm people if they find him scary. Rex also starts salvaging in more dangerous locations once he feels ready with Wulfric's weapon and he begins getting higher ranks, managing to get to rank A before the main plot finally shows itself.

The only real ideas of how the main story would go once it gets kicked started are:

-the Torna crew being surprised by Wulfric not returning to his core crystal and promptly rampaging on them because Pyra yoinked Rex before he could die,

-Malos and Jin failing miserably to stop Wulfric from wrecking the shipwreck while Nia, Dromarch and Sever try and make sure none of the other people on the shipwreck aren't harmed and get off the wreck,

-Rex and Pyra have a bit of an easier time against Malos thanks to Wulfric wrecking shit but still needing to be saved by Nia and Azurda,

-and Pyra not being able to wake Rex up herself after they crash on Gormott because Wulfric is very protective of his driver that nearly died but is somehow alive thanks to this new blade that randomly decided Rex is now her driver.

Not too sure how much else the story would change, other than they would probably have to come up with something to hide both pieces of green core crystal on Rex and Pyra when they have to disguise Pyra since their original excuse in canon wouldn't work because of Wulfric (... and also Rex being more well known because of the whole salvager driver thing with a high rank).

[emilianatsuki]

Something I’ve always loved about the beginning of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the homely comfort feeling to the scenes with Rex and Azurda. Their bond is shown explicitly well and we feel right at home in the game straight away.

Rex is a young boy who is self sufficient. This contrasts with Shulk who is initially reliant on Fiora, Reyn and Dunban before coming into his own across Xenoblade 1. Rex is really interesting in this pov as his optimistic outlook is something he feels a need to keep up always.

Yes, he has Azurda and his family at Fonsett village. However, he feels he can’t show any weakness out of fear of worrying about the ones he loves and wants to be a support figure for. It’s what makes him so interesting to me early on in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

[silkhy-john]

Rex taking Vandham as his father figure because even in the absence of his own father, Azurda was always a grandfather

[allykakamatsu]

Playing XC2 if you played Torna first is a very different experience

Aka, a rough list of all my reactions to things that I shouldn't of reacted to on a first run cause I played Torna first-

(Note, I played both games for the first time years ago, this is just a recreation of my reactions.)

(Chapter 1) Aww Azurda has new adopted human and this one calls him Gramps that's adorable!

meeting new Torna for the first time Aww it's a cute Gormotti girl-! Why is Malos here-?! JIN WHY ARE YOU WITH MALOS WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!

Okay so Malos has a blade now, checks out given that his core is probably wrecked after what Mythra did to him but I guess Aegis's can be Drivers now.

JIN WHY DID YOU STAB A CHILD WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!?!?!

Oh, so Pyra is Mythra's new self. She seems sweet but I want my sassy girl back.

(Chapter 2) Yay Gormott! Glad to see it's not burned to the ground anymore.

If I had a nickel for every time Brighid attacked us thinking we were criminals I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's funny it happened twice.

Why isn't Pyra's fire affected by the water- oh is it cause of Mythra?

Oh, so Mórag is Brighid's new driver. Should've figured that out sooner but they're a cool looking pair. Wonder where Aegeon is though.

(Chapter 3) Hey Cole's scar kinda reminds me of Minoth, wonder what happened to him.

In between my tears over what just happened MYTHRA'S BACK FUCK YEAH!!!

(Chapter 4) Addam why the hell are you wearing a cloak you weren't wearing it in that scene.

MYTHRA I GET THAT YOU'RE UPSET AND PROBABLY STILL DEPRESSED OVER MILTON I AM TOO BUT I'M SORRY!!!

Wait.... COLE WAS MINOTH?!?! Jeez man what happened? I know you said you were a failed Flesh Eater but I didn't realise that meant this...

Also Minoth man, I love you but I think old age has made you senile why the hell are you sending us to Amalthus?

get's control of Mythra YES!! And omg her specials are her old arts that's adorable!!

Oh so this is the 'Evil Tifa' I've heard people joke about- wait.... MIKHAIL?!?! MY SON?! Okay this means you survived whatever the hell Amalthus did that's good, but it's been 500 years how are you still alive regardless? Also he's evil now which is bad but at least he's with his dad Jin.

WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME FIGHT MY SON GAME?!?!?!

Okay upside, Brighid's back at least and yup she's still awesome. And her specials are her old arts too that's still adorable.

Haze my babygirl you're back-! Wait, Fan la Norne? I'm with Mythra on this one when did that happen? And why is half of your core gone?

(More under cut)

(Chapter 5) Okay yeah I'm doubly with Mythra something happened to Haze and I am concerned.

Okay I can see why Addam picked this place for the Tornan refugees this place is beautiful.

Wait, Zeke's the Prince of where? I have not heard of Tantal before, is it new or am I forgetting something? (it was in-fact, relatively new)

in the same tone of 'Dinkleberg' Amalthus..... I can't prove it yet but you're the one behind Haze's missing core aren't you?

YES!! REX!! AMALTHUS WAS MALOS'S DRIVER DON'T TRUST HIM!!

Jin, I again ask what the hell happened to you?

Empty Moment- OH GOD THAT'S HIS LEVEL 4 I DID NOT WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT FELT LIKE AAGGHH!!

Jin what are you doing- HAZE NO!!! JIN I KNOW HAZE HATED AMALTHUS AND HE PROBABLY DID SOMETHING TO HER BUT WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!?!

after I'm finished crying Oh, hey Aegeon, was wondering when you'd show up. And that's the Emperor of Mor Ardain? Aww, he looks like an even more baby Hugo-! Wait... Hugo.... oh no.

(Chapter 6) Niall what are you doing no no no-! NOT AGAIN!!!

Okay, Nia, thank you for stopping history from repeating itself.

The Tantalese are descendent from Addam, that can't be right Addam went to Leftheria-! Zettar started this, didn't he?

No tier lists I don't care if Aegeon sucks I'm gonna use him anyway because I am biased.

'Cadet Branch of the Royal Family' Yup, Zeke is descendant from Zettar, RIP my man having to be in the same bloodline as him.

GAME WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME FIGHT MY SON AGAIN-!! WHY DOES MIKHAIL HAVE A CORE CRYSTAL?!?!

Pyra Mythra no no no you two aren't just made to destroy don't go with them no no NO!!!

(Chapter 7) Ah, so this is where Addam hid the third sword. 5 minutes of gameplay later I can see why he hid it down here, this place would drive anyone mad.

Is this what it feels like to be on the receiving end of Addam's talent art? Cause all these reinforcements have to be equivalent to being perma toppled and launched with how long this takes.

Addam drop the hood already.

Malos you fucking bastard when I get my hands on you....!! Jin you can stay but you're on think fucking ice pardon the pun.

YES!! REX GIVE THOSE GIRLS THERAPY THEY NEED IT!!!

(Chapter 8) You know, I'm pretty sure most people picked Pyra here calls Pneuma Mythra but I am not most people

YAY!! I can play as Jin again! And he is somehow even more overpowered than before!

Jin why are you lying to Brighid, she's more mature but she's otherwise the same.

Jin... ate.... oh... I should've.... figured but.... oh god.... I just thought loosing Lora messed him up but having to eat.... yeah between that and Amalthus no wonder he's like this.

Torna......

Aww, nice Jin's still in there, he let us go and told Brighid the truth.

(Rest of the game cause I love it but I forget the chapter markers) So.... um.... Jin I'm glad you were able to find love again after Lora but why did it have to be Malos? Like this is weirdly sweet but this is a weird progression.

AMALTHUS I KNEW YOU WERE THE ONE WHO MESSED WITH HAZE MALOS YOU ARE OFFICIALLY PRIORITY 2 THIS BASTARD DIES FIRST!!

Okay that's how Mikhail survived this long so I guess Amalthus was good for one thing.

No no no no no no no- MIKHAIL!!!!! Why.....?!?- Oh god they're showing the scene where he met Lora and Jin again GAME WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!?!

Okay I wanted to help Jin and stop Amalthus anyway but now I'm doing it for my baby boy.

Don't worry Jin I've got your back. THIS IS FOR LORA HAZE MIKHAIL AND EVERYONE ELSE YOU BASTARD!!!!!!

...... J... Jin...... chapter 9 is living up to it's name because I was a rainstorm of tears after this

Malos for Jin's sake I don't want to kill you anymore can you please stop- damn it!!

Never thought I'd be sad to see Malos go but, here we are.

Pyra, Mythra, what are you- no no no no NO!! POPPI I KNOW YOU'RE KEEPING YOUR PROMISE AND WE HAVE TO LEAVE BUT LET ME GO I HAVE TO SAVE THEM!!!!

bawling crying until the two come back and the tears become happy tears Heh... thank god....

[gexfan32]

Architect’s gift xenoblade headcanons

Three specific things changed about alrest at the end of XC2.

Firstly the obvious, the cloud sea cleared, and the large inhabited titans descended and merged into a single continent with the smaller titan ships remaining, as well as azurda.

Secondly, a significant amount of debris from the destroyed world tree elevator crashed in the surrounding ocean, as well as some on the new continent. The debris in the ocean is to the point that an Island made up of destroyed world tree parts is one of the first things explored by Rex after xc2.

Thirdly, with a final breath from the architect, some hard light wizardry clears out a bunch of guldos from central morytha, and opens the way to a new terminal within the still-intact base of the megastructure, which can be used to decouple blades from the blade system, sacrificing their immortality to be able to live without a driver, and have children. Blades that have undergone this process are called unbound blades, and a town of them has been established on the island made of world tree debris, ending up as a sort of research station as well.

Notably, not that many blades have actually used this procedure, as some blades, such as Sena and Aegeon are fine with their current status quo.

Unbound blades can be told apart due to a golden ring around their core crystal

[bluemoose86]

Sometimes a family is:

“We’ll beat them with the power of FRIENDSHIP!!!!!”

The embodiment of “I have done nothing wrong, ever, in my entire life” and her tsundere war criminal sister

An ex-terrorist cat girl and her butler

Overgrown rabbit with a maid fetish and a literal baby who could kill you with one punch

Lesbian wives

“THE EYE OF SHINING JUSTICE—” and his enabler best friend

And Gramps who wishes “if only I were 500 years younger—”

[aquafantasia]

Xenoblade requests I did over on twitter

[vgame-dragons]

Azurda from Xenoblade Chronicles 2

[iwakitsune]

I haven’t posted here in months, woops. Anyways, there is this really neat fanfic right here and I wanted to try my hand at drawing what Azurda would look like, so here it is! Poppi, Tora, and Rex are there for reference (general and height).

Haven’t drawn in a while so this was fun! Quick image description under readmore!

[ID: Poppi, Azurda, Tora, and Rex from the game Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Poppi is in her normal attire, with her arms extended slightly at her sides and looking up with a neutral expression; Tora is doing a mischievous expression, also with his normal attire and his wings tucked around his body; Rex is to the side, with his hand rubbing behind his neck and a smile, he is wearing something like blue overalls and a dark blue undershirt with a high collar, a brown belt with a pack to the side, and some simple pieces of armor in brown-copper color on his chest and right shoulder, he still has his hookshot on his left arm.

Between Poppi and Tora is Azurda as a Blade, much taller than the others with jagged grayish skin with spots of darker gray, a ‘beard’-like protusion like horn, a horn poking out from the middle of his forehead and other horns pointing backwards on the sides of his head, he also has fin-like ears in purple and a long green mane like grass, resembling a lot of his Titan form. On his chest is the symbol of Torna as his Core Crystal in blue, and resting on his shoulder is his weapon: a sword with dark gray handle and red grip. Also around his body are green ‘vines’ winding around.

Around his waist is a long purple cloth/skirt tired up with a belt with golden ornaments, the cloth itself has a design in red/orange like fire. He is barefoot and has clawed hands and feet. On the top right of the image are visuals of the Core and the sword fore reference.

Text reads: “Blade Azurda. From the fic: “Looks like we are out of snacks” by Starsoarer. ikit 25/11/21.” End description]

[dapling]

I love this world because you’re in it

[bearlycute-art]

Tanabata is today! Make a wish, but not the wish Cubbonyan made for him and Jin…

[alexandra-steinway]

Rex Talking To Gramps After Getting Stabbed By Jin

Rex: I wasn't injured. I was lightly stabbed.

Gramps: I'm sorry, you were stabbed???

Rex: Lightly stabbed.

[emilianatsuki]

Other fun thought I remembered to discuss. I like how Rex looks up to and idealised most of the adults around him and takes part of them into his sense of self. Corinne likely impacted his cheerful and helpful personality, as he wanted to become like her and help those around him.

The second most important person in his life is definitely Azurda (or Gramps, as he likes to call him). Azurda becomes his parental figure alongside Corinne, and Rex wants to become a man who can pay back the ones he loved who helped me grow into the kind of person he currently is.

Rex misses his parents, even if he never knew them. He knows they wouldn't want him to be wallowing in his own sorrow and it's why he focuses on trying to become someone others can look up to. He struggles to show weakness, as he feels like it's disrespecting those who sacrificed themselves for him.

This is why Vandham's death, another man he looked up to as a parental figure. Affected him so hard. Rex spent most of his life being someone whose loved ones died to protect him. He feels that unless he becomes someone who can silently suffer and help those around him; they died in vain.

Rex, even post Xenoblade 2, took a lot of himself based on Vandham especially. Despite the short time he knew him, Vandham impacted him strongly, and he wants to respect the man who died to protect him and his dream of Elysium.

Morag and Zeke also became older figures who shaped Rex into the man he later became. Rex is a person who loves to please those around him, even at the cost of himself. It's due to this he struggles with his own self perception and had to shape himself through his experiences with the others he met.

Rex's fighting style and clothing sense is inspired by both Zeke and Morag by the time of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 also. He looks up to them both and takes their power into his own. It depicts how much his allies play into Rex's strength and the way he inspires those who come to idealise him also.

It's due to this that Rex, as he is during Xenoblade 3 is like an ultimate representation of a man who lives not for himself but for others. It's both tragic but also realistic that he still has self image issues from his experiences.

Despite that, Rex became a man who could help others and does inspire everyone around him. He even saved Malos and Jin at the end of their lives by opening their eyes to what they had and the good they achieved during their lives. I love this man so much.

[silkhy-john]

Mythra: *slaps Rex* *Gets embarrassed *Leaves room*

Azurda: she’s showing too much skin

Dromarch: pot, kettle…

Azurda: what’s that supposed to mean

Dromarch: have you looked in the mirror lately?

Azurda: … touché

[thorusofer]

Picking up where we left off so long ago. Xenoblade Chronicles Stream #5 Part 1

Its time to get back into this game and pick up where we left off last time we played. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Stream #5 Part 1 is out now over at https://youtu.be/uUibMvQ5550 So go check it out! #XC2 #XenobladeChronicles2 #Xenoblade #Pyra

[crimsonpanda]

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 discord roleplay group.  ***ACCEPTING***

Hey do you like Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and would like to roleplay with their characters?  Well I’m starting up a group roleplay just for the occasion!  We could roleplay along the main story, perhaps do some Aus and some other fun things too! Here’s the list of characters you may select from that are available at the moment. You may have up to two characters, (Pyra and Mythra count as one person)

Available Characters: Rex Pyra/Mythra Nia Dromarch Mòrag Brighid Zeke Tora Poppi Azurda Akhos Mikhail

If your interested in joining please message me, or say something in the comments if you want to join, even if your not interested you can  simply just reblog it to help us get more boost while hunting for people who are interested!