Machina

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The Machina (English dub: /ˈmækɪnə/) are a race in Xenoblade Chronicles. They are mechanical life inhabiting the Mechonis.

Physiology[]

The Machina are humanoid beings with a machine-like appearance. Much like the Homs that are born of Bionis, these creatures are born of Mechonis. They can live for thousands of years (many of them watched the battle between Bionis and Mechonis). They do not need to feed on other life-forms to survive; they only require "a little water and some Ether every now and then."

Oddly, they also mention that water makes them weak, though it can be assumed that they are simply saying that they cannot be submerged in water or swim well, likely due to their mechanical parts and their weight.

There are events that show that Machina can attach certain equipment to augment their bodies.

Habitat[]

The Machina currently inhabit the Fallen Arm, but they maintain a secret base inside the Mechonis Field. In the past they resided in Agniratha, in the Mechonis' head.

Story[]

War of the Titans[]

The Machina developed a religion based on their creator, Meyneth, who they worship throughout the game. They created a highly advanced civilization, and made friendly approaches with the people of Bionis. They maintained a peaceful age until Zanza took over the giant Arglas and attacked Mechonis and the Machina's capital, Agniratha, using Bionis and Telethia. Almost all of the Machina were wiped out until the titans grew weak and the attack ended. Exhausted from the battle, Meyneth went into a deep sleep to regain power, not before warning the surviving Machina that Bionis was not dead, and some day it would awaken once more.

One of the Machina, a young man named Egil, swore vengeance on Bionis and Zanza for the death of his companions and the possession of his friend, Arglas. To this end, he used the Mechon to attack the people of Bionis, which alienated him from his fellow Machina. After being displaced from their capital, they took residence on the Fallen Arm, where they tried to stop Egil. Unfortunately, Egil won the battle and the Machina were forced to hide their existence.

Fallen Arm[]

The party discover the Machina by chance whilst they are attempting to regroup after falling off of Sword Valley. They are taken into the Hidden Machina Village, where Fiora is treated to maintain her life with her new body. Shulk is then approached by the leader of the Machina, Miqol; Egil's father. He asks the party to kill Egil to stop the bloodshed, requesting that they first find Egil's sister, Vanea.

Mechonis[]

The party meets Vanea in Mechonis Field, after they are almost killed by Jade Face, and she guides them through Mechonis up to Agniratha. Egil is met for the first time in person at the Meyneth Shrine, and the party fight him and lose - they then must travel to the Mechonis Core, where he is fought again.

Bionis' Reawakening[]

The destruction of Mechonis does not affect the Fallen Arm, so the Machina are largely unscathed from the events in Mechonis Core. Miqol continues to assist the party, taking care of Shulk and making him the Replica Monado to replace his missing sword. He offers to take the party to the Bionis' Interior after the events of Colony 6.

It is noteworthy to say that Colony 6 will grow to have Machina immigrants. So far, there are no problems between the Machina and the races of Bionis, even though this is the first time as a fully integrated town with mixed races.

Ending[]

In the ending, the Machina can be seen living in peace in Colony 9. Dunban remarks on the advanced technology the Machina are sharing with the colony.

Although the Fallen Arm still exists in the new world, it is unknown if the Hidden Village stills exists or if the Machina will relocate again.

Machina Characters[]

Supporting Characters[]

NPCs[]

In Xenoblade Chronicles 3[]

Descendants of the Machina survive in the world of Aionios in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, but now they are considered just another variation of the humans of Keves, along with Homs-descended and half-Homs-High Entia-descended Kevesi humans. As with the Homs, the Machina are never mentioned by name in-story, and the game presents no evidence of any specific awareness of the Machina having existed as a separate culture. Their multi-thousand-year lifespans are also now gone, as all Kevesi humans, along with the humans of Agnus, have fixed maximum lifespans of ten Terms.

Whereas Machina in Xenoblade Chronicles were most easily recognizable by their distinctive style of clothing, Kevesi humans of Machina descent dress identically to other Kevesi, and their Machina features are instead more noticeable by their (mostly) greyish skin complexion, darker grey skin on the sides of their faces and the backs of their arms, and numerous mechanical skin sutures. Numerous Kevesi human like Lanz, Mwamba, Valdi and Segiri, have noticeable Machina-like physical features. Additionally, in Xenoblade 3 Official Artworks Aionios Moments, Lanz is stated to be biologically of Machina origin. A few of these Machina-based Kevesi like Segiri and No. 13, have a white skin tone in the middle instead of the light gray. The meaning of this trait is unknown.

The Hidden Machina Village on the Fallen Arm, at one point the centre of surviving Machina culture after the depopulation of Mechonis, still exists on Aionios as the Wall of the Great Hand, a now-abandoned, partially-buried ruin in the Eagus Wilderness of the Fornis Region.