Glimmer

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Glimmer
Glimmer
Species	Agnian human
Gender	Female
Age	10th Term
Hair colour	Pale auburn
Eye colour	Orange
Affiliation	Colony Gamma (formerly) Liberators City
Occupation	Founder of House Rhodes
Voice actor (JP)	Shino Shimoji
Voice actor (EN)	Georgina Sadler
Main appearances	Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (statue) Future Redeemed

Glimmer Rhodes (Japanese: カギロイ・ローディス, Kagiroi Rōdisu) is a playable character in Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed. She was designed by Masatsugu Saito, the lead character designer of the game.

Overview

Glimmer is the founder of House Rhodes. She is an Agnian soldier with Aegis traits who fights with a staff. She has a stubborn personality, and a harsh tone. She develops a selfish personality after being unable to accept the truth of the world. Her class is Kitharode, a Healer class which uses the Wildfire Kithara as its weapon, which appears to be a combination of a staff, a candelabra, and a stringed instrument.

After being implied throughout Future Redeemed, it is hinted at the end of The Ouroboros Power that she was originally raised by Rex. She seems to eventually move past her stubbornness and harshness, as her statue's description in Memorial Hall notes that she was "exceedingly gentle and kind at heart." Also according to her statue's description, she contributed to the development of medical science in the City.

Appearance

Glimmer is biologically of half-Leftherian and half-Blade origin. Glimmer bears numerous similarities to Pyra in appearance; in addition to sharing Pyra's emerald Aegis Core Crystal on her chest (thought whole), Glimmer also has light red hair with a similar fringe to Pyra and a ponytail that is tied in a similar fashion to Pneuma by a white ornament with red lines. Her head also has a white and red headband. Her eyes are orange. Her skin is white, and she possesses a lean physique with a noticeable bust.

Her clothing consists of a short skirted yukata on her torso and shoes that resemble tabi socks with sandals. Her legs are mostly bare. The yukata is white outside and red inside. Her midsection has a crimson "belt skirt" with a white flame pattern on the side. On top of the "belt skirt" is a red band with a silver buckle. On her hips is a white band with a bronze buckle which leans to the left and has a red ribbon. On top of that ribbon is an Asian style tassel. She has a ribbon tied around her arms and secured at her neck. Her hands have black fingerless gloves with silver bands at her wrists. Her shoes are white with black platform soles and red laces. The shoes are affixed to her feet by red metallic bands at her ankles. Bronze shapes are present on the front and side of the shoes. She seems to wear two sets of socks, a black outer sock and white inner sock. On her left thigh is a white pouch with bronze buckles.

Her Blade is a white staff with a fan like head what has red and gold details. The staff ends at a spiky point. It can produce flames and turn into a cello by generating orange strings. A flame clock can be seen on the center of the fan, which turns into the Ouroboros symbol after she becomes Ouroboros.

Story

Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed

Previous Life

Prior to the merging of the two worlds and the creation of Aionios, the original Glimmer lived in Alrest, likely being raised by Rex. As part of the Origin system, Glimmer was repeatedly reborn in Aionios as a soldier of Agnus.

Soldier of Agnus

Eventually, an incarnation of Glimmer was assigned to Colony Gamma. When Colony Gamma fought against Colony 5 in Vermilion Woods, her colony almost defeated Colony 5 until everyone but her was killed by the Keves colony's Ferronis. Glimmer and Nikol, now the sole survivors of their respective colonies, began trying to kill each other. However, their fight was interrupted by Matthew, who used his gauntlets' Ouroboros power to stop the fight, resulting in Glimmer and Nikol becoming Ouroboros. The two soldiers tried to kill Matthew and A, but are easily defeated. When Consuls Q and R appear to fight Matthew and A, R has Glimmer surprise attack Matthew from behind, but proves to be no use, as A kills both Consuls and then destroys the two Ferronis Flame Clocks, freeing Glimmer and Nikol from the Flame Clock system.

Freed from the Flame Clock

Glimmer becomes furious about being released from the Flame Clock, and runs off to try making contact with an Agnian colony. Eventually, she is attacked by some Skarn Volffs and ends up learning that she received new powers. She is then discovered by Panacea, who subdues Glimmer and is about to finish her when she notices that Glimmer's Iris lacks a Flame Clock. Shulk then arrives to assess the situation and has Glimmer come with his group to their nearby camp. Glimmer answers some questions about her current situation, before going to the tent prepared for her.

Later, Glimmer finds that she is in the communication range of Colony Eta. Desperate to contact the Agnian colony, she knocks out the nearby sentries monitoring her, before running to the Diablada Cliffs. There, she encounters Consul W with the Colony Eta Ferronis, and asks the Consul for help. However, due to being Ouroboros, W has no need for her and begins trying to kill her, only for her to be saved by Shulk, who tells her that this is the true nature of the Consuls. Matthew, A, and Nikol arrive on the scene as well, and the four battle the Ferronis while she sits on the sidelines.

After a while, W summons a Kevesi Ferronis, and fuses it and the Agnian Ferronis with himself. He then fires a large beam at Glimmer and Nikol, only for Rex to arrive and block the beam. After W is defeated, everyone rests up for the night at the camp, with Glimmer and Nikol opening up a little to each other. The next day, the group heads to Colony 9, the base of operations for the Liberators. Glimmer also begins to grow closer to the rest of the group.

The Ouroboros Power

After the party's encounter with Na'el and Alpha at Raguel Lake, Rex and Shulk explain to Glimmer, Nikol, and Matthew about the history of their original worlds and how Aionios came into being. Afterwards, Glimmer and Nikol decide that they want to fight alongside everyone else in order to defeat Alpha. However, Rex and Shulk adamantly refuse, deeming the two of them unworthy of challenging Alpha, telling them they must stay in the Colony. The party then asks Riku about boosting their Ouroboros power. Riku informs them that they need some kind of "Trigger" to power up. In order to activate this trigger, Rex and Shulk volunteer to fight Glimmer and Nikol at the Gotrock Oracle Ruins. Glimmer and Nikol struggle a bit against the two, but are able to unlock more Ouroboros power to defeat Rex and Shulk, powering up the Ouroboros Stone in the process. Rex and Shulk then agree to let them tag along to Origin. With both matters dealt with, the party turns in for the night.

Later that night, Glimmer has a small heart-to-heart with Rex, who Glimmer does not know is actually her father. Glimmer thanks him for saving her earlier, while Rex apologizes for flipping out at her. Glimmer then opens up about how she was angry at first, but now is glad to be with the group and glad to be able to choose for herself. Glimmer asks Rex about his eye scar. He tells her that he got it during the fight with Alpha, saying he got sloppy and had to pay for it. However, Rex says that he kind of likes the scar despite its downsides, explaining how someone he really looked up to "had an eye thing too".

Glimmer then asks Rex why he risks life and limb fighting to protect people he does not even know. Rex tells her that if through his fighting, someone in the world gets to smile, that is the type of world he wants to help create. He explains how as long as someone's alive, they are always connected to others, saying that it used to be called affinity, or bonds. He then says that their meeting was the work of chance, which tied the bond between the two of them, and now, they have to protect that bond.

Confrontation with Alpha

Glimmer and Rex fighting N

The next morning, the party leaves for the Black Mountains, where Prison Island is located, in order to get to Origin. Soon after, they finally arrive at the Prison Terrace. They are greeted by N, who reveals that the one keeping Na'el in this world is Matthew, which is why N's been trying to kill him. The party confronts him, and N's clash with Matthew reveals to them a memory from Origin, of N's attack on the City and Alpha's involvement with it. All of a sudden, Alpha shows up and sends a ray of lighting at N, shocking him. Alpha's power emanates a fog which consumes the party.

The party arrives inside a memory from Origin. shortly before the time of Klaus' experiment. The party looks around at the scenery of a house with a garden, with a view of a large city with tall buildings, with one tower reaching into the sky. Rex and Shulk confirm that this is a memory of Klaus' world, when the two worlds were one. The party then follows the sound of a piano, and find Na'el, who explains that the world could be like this if they went through with Alpha's plan. A then shows Na'el the Land of Morytha, the aftermath of Klaus' experiment and what Alpha's proposed new world would ultimately become if his plan succeeded. Matthew persuades her that she would be no different from Moebius if she continued to view the Kevesi and Agnians as "things" unworthy of life, and that they could live like the people of the City if they were only allowed to choose it. Na'el agrees to join the party and stop Alpha, but not before Alpha regains control of her and disappears.

The party is then transported back to the Ark, where Alpha insists that the future has no need for the things of the past and that conscience is useless to the Trinity Processor. The party refuses to accept his goals, with Shulk and Rex recalling that Klaus trusted them with the future, and engage in combat with Alpha. After a while, Alpha tries to pull Matthew's soul in, but he resists and stays inside his body before N intervenes in the battle. Matthew expresses that for now, he is glad to have N at his side. Alpha unleashes his true form, that of a large humanoid figure with an empty, mask-like face. In a final effort to defeat Alpha, N grants Matthew the powers of his Sword of The End and instructs him to combine it with his Ouroboros Knuckles, which begin to emit green energy due to them containing what appears to be Pneuma's core. This grants the party the true power of Ouroboros, resulting in Alpha's demise.

The Gift of Life

Rex and Shulk Gifting Glimmer and Nikol with their life force

Shulk and Rex begin to fade, and they reveal that without Alpha, Origin requires a new avatar to keep Aionios stable, which will be themselves and A. Glimmer and Nikol expresses disagreement, but Rex assures them that they will see them all again when the worlds are restored. As a final gift, Rex and Shulk grant Glimmer and Nikol their life force so they can live out the rest of their lives, after which Rex, Shulk, and A step forward into a large rift, telling them that the three of them will be waiting for them at the far edge of time.

Glimmer sees Matthew off

Sometime after the reconstruction of the City, Glimmer finds Nikol and Riku still working on the Ouroboros Stone. She affirms that once the Ouroboros Stone is upgraded, they will be able to use the power of Ouroboros whenever they want to. The three of them, along with Na'el, Panacea, and Linka, send Matthew off as he sets out on a journey by himself, leaving the City in the hands of his friends.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Legacy as the City's Liberatrix

Statue of Glimmer in the City's Memorial Hall

Glimmer greatly contributed to the City's development of medical science throughout her life. Glimmer eventually became the Founder of House Rhodes and had a family. Glimmer would go on to live until the age of 80 years old.

When the City was rebuilt, a statue of Glimmer was placed in the Memorial Hall alongside the statues of Matthew, Nikol, Shulk, Rex, and Na'el as the City's Liberatrix.

Gameplay

In battle, Glimmer's class is Kitharode, a Healer with an aptitude for supporting the party with various buffs and rapid healing. Her Blade is known as the Wildfire Kithara.

In a Chain Attack, Glimmer starts with 20 TP by default, but she can gain 5 more through a "TP Plus" skill in her Affinity Growth tree. Glimmer's Chain Art is Red-Hot Paean, which has a default completion bonus of "Heals all allies by 30% and grants them Regenerate".

Uniquely among all party members in Future Redeemed, Glimmer joins the party at a fixed level of 16, as opposed to other party members matching the party leader's level when they first become controllable. This is likely because she is playable in set battles in Chapter 2 before she joins the party in earnest.

General Stats

"Base" assumes minimum weapon level and no Affinity Growth. "Fully upgraded" assumes maximum weapon level and complete Affinity Growth.

Level	HP	Attack	Healing Power	Dexterity	Agility	Critical Rate	Block Rate	Physical Defense	Ether Defense
1, base	167	43	20	34	18	5%	5%	5%	25%
99, base	4,194	304	520	351	186	5%	5%	5%	25%
99, fully upgraded	4,194	815	612	351	186	10%	10%	5%	25%

Weapon Stats

Glimmer's weapon can be upgraded in Riku's Workshop after the quest Riku's Workshop has been completed.

Weapon Level	Attack	Critical Rate	Block Rate	Ingredients Required	Item Rarity	Gold Cost
I	32	5%	5%	-	-	-
II	57	6%	6%	Bladestone Fragment		2,200
III	88	6%	6%	Bladestone Fragment x2		3,700
IV	122	7%	7%	Bladestone Fragment x3 Testudo Shoulder Gun		5,300
V	164	8%	8%	Bladestone Kevesi Soldier's Armor x3		6,500
VI	208	8%	8%	Bladestone x2 Luminescent Laia Fin		9,300
VII	258	9%	9%	Bladestone x3 Testudo Shoulder Gun		10,300
VIII	315	9%	9%	Exquisite Bladestone Mineral Darbus Bone		16,800
IX	378	10%	10%	Exquisite Bladestone x3 Egel Horn		31,000
X	442	10%	10%	Mysterious Fragment Silver Ravoon Bone		44,800

Arts

• Elysian Anthem (Talent Art), AOE/Heal all on hit
• Illusory Bloom, Phys. Def. Down/Blaze
• Great Garland, AOE/Area heal on hit
• Flare Aria, Field /Attack Up
• Daybreak Hymn, AOE/Heal
• Burning Ballad, AOE/Crit. Rate up
• Meteor Flame, Ether Def. down

Fusion Arts

The below table shows the results of each possible fusion Art and their additional effects. They replace the Ouroboros Powers' effect, while the regular Arts' effects are unchanged.

Regular Arts are listed in the top row, whereas Ouroboros Powers are listed in the first column. Their intersection in the table contains the resulting Fusion Art.

Fusion	Illusory Bloom	Great Garland	Flare Aria
Daybreak Hymn	Bloom Hymn AOE/Heal/Acc. up	Garland Hymn AOE/Heal/Eva. up	Flare Hymn Heal all
Burning Ballad	Burning Bloom AOE/Crit. Rate up/Atk up	Burning Garland AOE/Crit. Rate & dmg up	Flare Ballad Crit. Rate up for all
Meteor Flame	Meteor Bloom Ether Def. down/Eva. down	Great Flame Damage link	Meteor Aria AOE/Ether Def. down

Skills

• Soothing Fire: Restores nearby allies' HP on Art execution. Amount healed is equal to 30-50% of user's Healing.
• Healing Genius: Boosts amount of HP healed from using healing Arts by 20-30%.
• Will to Aid: Boosts healing Arts recharge speed by 20% when an ally is at low HP.
• Rapid Response: Boosts speed of ally revival by 20-40% and raises Healing by 5-15.

Affinity Growth

The below table contains a detailed breakdown of Glimmer's Affinity Growth tree.

Note: Nodes are listed from top to bottom, from left to right.

Icon	Name	Description	Cost	Prerequisites
Affinity Growth Tier 1
	Enhance Art Illusory Bloom	Power Multiplier: 110% -> 130% Recharge Gauge: 8 -> 7 Inflicts Blaze upon landing hit.	20 AP	None
	Enhance Art Great Garland	Power Multiplier: 180% -> 235% Recharge Gauge: 7 -> 6 Heals nearby allies when Art hits, to max of 100% of Healing Power.	20 AP	None
	Enhance Art Flare Aria	Field range of effect - small medium	20 AP	None
	Learn Art Burning Ballad	Type: Buff Area of Effect: AOE around User Power Multiplier: 0% Recharge Gauge: 20.0s (Time Recharge) Buff/Debuff: Critical Rate Up	15 AP	Defeat the Skarn Volffs (story objective)
	Learn Art Meteor Flame	Type: Ether Attack Area of Effect: One Target Power Multiplier: 300% Recharge Gauge: 30.0s (Time Recharge) Buff/Debuff: Ether Defense Down	15 AP	Defeat the Skarn Volffs (story objective)
	Learn Skill Soothing Fire	Restores nearby allies' HP on Art execution. Amount healed is equal to 30% of user's Healing.	20 AP	None
	Learn Skill Healing Genius	Boosts amount of HP healed from using healing Arts by 20%.	20 AP	None
	Learn Skill Initiative Effect: Critical	Starting the battle with an attack from the back grants the whole party Critical Rate Up.	5 AP	None
	Learn Skill Healing Power Plus	Increases Healing by 25.	5 AP	None
	Learn Skill Attack Plus	Increases Attack by 30.	5 AP	None
Affinity Growth Tier 2 (1 Affinity Growth Unlock Kit required)
	Enhance Art Illusory Bloom	Power Multiplier: 130% -> 160% Recharge Gauge: 7 -> 5 Inflicts Blaze upon landing hit.	30 AP	Illusory Bloom powered up once
	Enhance Art Great Garland	Power Multiplier: 235% -> 310% Recharge Gauge: 6 -> 4 Heals nearby allies when Art hits, to max of 100% of Healing Power.	30 AP	Great Garland powered up once
	Enhance Art Flare Aria	Field range of effect - medium large	30 AP	Flare Aria powered up once
	Enhance Art Daybreak Hymn	Power Multiplier: 180% -> 200% Recharge Gauge: 16.0s -> 15.3s	25 AP	Daybreak Hymn learned (automatic upon defeating Skarn Volffs in story)
	Enhance Art Burning Ballad	Recharge Gauge: 20.0s -> 17.3s	25 AP	Burning Ballad learned
	Enhance Art Meteor Flame	Power Multiplier: 300% -> 360% Recharge Gauge: 30.0s -> 26.6s	25 AP	Meteor Flame learned
	Enhance Talent Art Elysian Anthem	Power Multiplier: 500% -> 580% Heals all allies when Art hits, to a maximum of 150% of Healing Power.	40 AP	None
	Learn Skill Will to Aid	Boosts healing Arts recharge speed by 20% when an ally is at low HP.	20 AP	None
	Learn Skill Rapid Response	Boosts speed of ally revival by 20% and raises Healing by 5.	20 AP	None
	Enhance Skill Soothing Fire	Restores nearby allies' HP on Art execution. Amount healed is equal to 30% 40% of user's Healing.	30 AP	Soothing Fire learned
	Enhance Skill Healing Genius	Boosts amount of HP healed from using healing Arts by 20% 25%.	30 AP	Healing Genius learned
	Enhance Skill Will to Aid	Boosts healing Arts recharge speed by 20% 30% when an ally is at low HP.	30 AP	Will to Aid learned
	Enhance Skill Rapid Response	Boosts speed of ally revival by 20% 30% and raises Healing by 5 10.	30 AP	Rapid Response learned
	Learn Skill Unlock Arts Canceling	Allows you to cancel one Art into another Art, and raises Art damage by 25%.	40 AP	None
	Learn Skill TP Plus	At start of Chain Attack, increases TP by 5.	20 AP	None
Affinity Growth Tier 3 (2 Affinity Growth Unlock Kits required)
	Enhance Art Daybreak Hymn	Power Multiplier: 200% -> 225% Recharge Gauge: 15.3s -> 14.3s	35 AP	Daybreak Hymn powered up once
	Enhance Art Burning Ballad	Recharge Gauge: 17.3s -> 14.6s	35 AP	Burning Ballad powered up once
	Enhance Art Meteor Flame	Power Multiplier: 360% -> 440% Recharge Gauge: 26.6s -> 22.6s	35 AP	Meteor Flame powered up once
	Enhance Talent Art Elysian Anthem	Power Multiplier: 580% -> 700% Heals all allies when Art hits, to a maximum of 150% of Healing Power.	60 AP	Elysian Anthem powered up once
	Enhance Skill Soothing Fire	Restores nearby allies' HP on Art execution. Amount healed is equal to 40% 50% of user's Healing.	40 AP	Soothing Fire powered up once
	Enhance Skill Healing Genius	Boosts amount of HP healed from using healing Arts by 25% 30%.	40 AP	Healing Genius powered up once
	Enhance Skill Will to Aid	Boosts healing Arts recharge speed by 30% 40% when an ally is at low HP.	40 AP	Will to Aid powered up once
	Enhance Skill Rapid Response	Boosts speed of ally revival by 30% 40% and raises Healing by 10 15.	40 AP	Rapid Response powered up once
	Learn Skill Field Duration Up	Increases field effect duration by 30%.	15 AP	None
	Learn Skill Slower Healing Aggro	Reduces aggro generated from healing Arts by 30%.	15 AP	None
	Learn Skill Healing Power Up	Boosts Healing by 10%.	15 AP	None
	Learn Skill Attack Up	Boosts Attack by 10%.	15 AP	None
	Learn Skill Longer Buff Timers※	Extends duration of buff effects issued by self by 30%.	20 AP	None
	Learn Skill Longer Debuff Timers	Extends duration timers of debuffs applied to enemies by 30%.	20 AP	None
	Learn Skill Ouroboros Power Awakened	Boosts damage dealt by Unity Combos by 50%.	5 AP	The Ouroboros Power completed

Notes

• ※ If a Buff is granted by a Chain Order, it is unaffected by the effects of this Skill.

Unity Pairings

When Glimmer is paired with the following party members in Unity, they grant the skill shown and have the following Unity Combo finisher as shown in the below table. The Unity Order of which Glimmer is a part of is also named differently, depending on who she is paired with.

Note that all Unity Orders have the same completion bonus of "Reduces enemy physical and ether defense by 30 percentage points during Chain Attack".

Icon	Character	Skill	Unity Combo	Unity Order Name
	Matthew	Attack Zone: Boosts allies' damage by 20%/30% and reduces enemy Block Rate by 10%/15% (does not stack).	Mega Explosion: Deals immense damage to target and inflicts Blowdown.	Red-Hot Furyfist
	A	Demon's Gate: Makes duration timers of debuffs on all enemies tick down 25%/50% slower. (Does not stack.)	Blast Slash: Deals damage to target and inflicts Smash.	Red-Hot Bladeflash
	Nikol	Rapid Adaptation: Boosts damage dealt based on the amount of battle time elapsed.	Hellstream: Deals huge damage to target and inflicts Burst.	Red-Hot Cyclone
	Shulk	Promised Land: Extends the buff duration for all allies by 25%/50%. (Does not stack.)	Flame Slash: Deals damage to target and inflicts Smash.	Red-Hot Horizon
	Rex	Divine Blades: Boosts all allies' Critical Rate by 15%/20% and critical hit damage by 30/50 perc. points. (Does not stack).	Sacred Ray: Deals huge damage to target and inflicts Burst.	Red-Hot Aegislight

Battle

Main article: Desperate Agnian

Trivia

Glimmer as an infant in the photograph during the ending of Xenoblade Chronicles 3

• Between having an emerald Aegis core crystal and having similar hair, Glimmer is implied to be either Mythra or Pyra's daughter, more likely Pyra's due to the color of her hair and eyes and her powers relating to flame. It's very likely she is the newborn Pyra is seen holding in the group photo Nia keeps, as the baby pictured also has pale red hair.
• In Japanese, Glimmer shares her voice actress with both Pyra and Mythra, as well as their complete form Pneuma. In English, she is voiced by a different actress from them, but is voiced in a manner very similar to Mythra.

Gallery

Official Art

Official Artwork

Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed 1st Anniversary Celebration Artwork from Masatsugu Saito

In-Game Renders

Hero Roster Icon

Level Up Art

Chain Art Icon

Glimmer and Matthew Chain Art Icon

Glimmer and A Chain Art Icon

Glimmer and Nikol Chain Art Icon

Glimmer and Shulk Chain Art Icon

Glimmer and Rex Chain Art Icon

Screenshots

Glimmer getting lute lessons from A

Glimmer's Term mark