Isurd

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Isurd
Isurd
Species	Agnian human
Gender	Male
Age	10th Term
Hair colour	Brown
Eye colour	Blue
Affiliation	Colony Lambda
Occupation	Commander
Voice actor (JP)	Tomoaki Maeno
Voice actor (EN)	Ian Bouillion
Main appearances	Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Isurd (Japanese: イスルギ, Isurugi) is a character in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. He was designed by Masatsugu Saito, the lead character designer of the game.

Overview

Isurd is the commander of Colony Lambda, an Agnian mining Colony located at the Great Cotte Falls. He is also known as "Dawnhero Isurd", being one of the nation's best strategists. He was once a mentor to Taion, taking him under his wing to train him up as a Tactician until he was transferred to Colony Gamma. He can be recruited as a Hero after completing the Hero Quest Unwavering Resolve.

Story

Isurd overlooking Erythia Sea

Roughly five years before the beginning of the story, Colony Lambda was on an expedition to the Cadensia Region, but was attacked by Kevesi soldiers under the cover of dark, resulting in Isurd being injured, and his squad routed. However, he was saved and treated by Nimue of the Lost Colony. After recovering, he left the Colony along with Nimue, bringing her back to Colony Lambda. Eventually, Isurd became the commander of the Colony, with Nimue as his right hand strategist. Together, the two mentored Taion in tactics and strategy, both thinking highly of his potential. However, when one of Taion's plans failed in battle against Colony 13 in the Urayan Tunnels, Nimue sacrificed herself to save Taion. As a result, both Isurd and Taion were filled with regret, and Taion lost confidence in his abilities, leading to Taion giving Isurd Nimue's pocket watch, and Isurd sending Taion to Colony Gamma to restore his confidence and emotional state. Some time after losing to Colony 13, Isurd heavily invested in Auto-Levs to nullify the poisonous smokescreen tactics of Colony 13, resulting in their rematch ending in victory.

Isurd confronting the party

During the main story, Isurd is visted by Consul J, who shows him a live view of the party traveling through Rae-Bel Tableland, and is then asked to take them out. However, Isurd would prefer to question them before fighting as Taion is a part of them, which leads to J using his ability to search Isurd's soul and find his regret of not being able to save Nimue, and makes a mud puppet from those feelings, afterwards incapacitating the real Isurd and the rest of Colony Lambda. The fake Isurd then leads an army of mud puppets, using the poisonous smoke tactics of Colony 13 to attack the party in the Urayan Tunnels. The party escapes, which leads them into the Great Cotte Falls, where the fake Isurd was waiting for them atop the Lambda Ferronis, with an army of Levnises and soldiers. The fake Isurd then states his goal was to drive Taion to despair by reminding him of his past mistake in battle against Colony 13, as revenge for letting Nimue die. The fake Isurd then pilots the Ferronis in battle against the party, which leads to the party gaining their second Ouroboros forms, and the defeat of the false Isurd. Taion then offers his life to satisfy Isurd's anger, but then the fake Isurd dies, and Consul J reveals himself. He explains that the feelings that his mud puppets have are real, including Isurd's hidden contempt towards Taion.

Isurd waking up after the battle

After the battle against J, the party finds the real Isurd incapacitated, who then wakes up and is informed of what had transpired as he rested. He expresses worry of what his mud puppet might have said towards the party, but Taion lies and says that the mud puppet was just like his normal self. Isurd apologizes for what happened, and returns Nimue's pocket watch to Taion, and tells him of what Nimue thought of him, and that he is not a coward, but overly-considerate of others. He then informs Taion to go to a place in the Cadensia Region, the Lost Colony, beyond the Farlaine Underpass where Saffronias bloom, and bury the pocket watch there. He then allows Noah and Mio to see off the mud puppets and lets the party go on their way.

Gameplay

Isurd's uses the Strategos class, a Healer class that specializes in healing allies and weakening enemies. His Class Rank can be increased to 20 by completing the Ascension Quest Effervescent Heart.

Arts

• Soulfire, Enemy Attack Down & Heal Party (Talent Art)
• Gyreflow, Field / Regenerate
• Razor Wind, Heal nearby allies
• No Love Lost, Physical Defense Down
• Mirror Trap, AOE / Counter Heal
• Moonshadow, Bind

In a Chain Attack, Isurd starts with 40 TP by default. Isurd's Chain Art is War of Attrition, and his Heroic Chain bonus grants an automatic Bravo! (150% TP) ranking if he completes a chain order. However, if he should exceed 150% TP normally, it will be reduced to exactly 150%, preventing an Amazing! rating if he finishes the order.

Base Stats

These are Isurd's raw stats prior to modifications by class. They serve as a baseline for calculating his stats in the Strategos class (see its page for the corresponding multipliers which adjust these stats). Intermediate values are linearly interpolated between these base stats.

Level	HP	Attack	Healing Power	Dexterity	Agility
1	463	25	27	32	21
99	6,617	360	386	324	213

General Stats

These stats assume Isurd is at rank 20 in his class.

Level	HP	Attack	Healing Power	Dexterity	Agility	Critical Rate	Block Rate	Physical Defense	Ether Defense
1, base	300	32	31	35	17	5%	3%	10%	30%
99, base	4,301	717	443	356	181	15%	6%	10%	30%
99, with default accessories	4,301	717	531	356	181	15%	6%	10%	30%

Isurd equips the following gems:

• Steady Striker
• Swelling Scourge, at level 20 onwards
• Swelling Blessing, at level 40 onwards

Isurd equips the following accessories as his default accessories, which can be changed in post-game or New Game+. All equipped accessories assume their Common variant.

• Circlet of Intellect
• Chipped Black Brooch, at level 30 onwards
• Lustrous Armring, at level 50 onwards

Quests

• Unwavering Resolve (Hero Quest)
• Effervescent Heart (Ascension Quest)
• Past and Present

Challenge Battle Mode

Dawnhero Isurd
Dawnhero Isurd
Type	Agnus Forces
Movement	Ground
Details
Location	Land of Challenge
Category	Challenge Battle Boss
Level	110
Detection	Sight, 120° at 15 M
Time	During Heroes Frontline
Respawns	No
Stats
HP	2,499,680
Attack	795
Healing Power	6,790
Dexterity	457
Agility	277
Phys. Defense	0%
Ether Defense	25%
Critical Rate	0%
Guard Rate	0%

Dawnhero Isurd (Japanese: 暁勇のイスルギ, Gyōyū no Isurugi) is a Challenge Battle Boss fought at level 110 alongside Inscrutable Teach, Dutiful Zeon, and Ashenpelt Gray during the first wave of the Challenge Battle Heroes Frontline.

Resistances

Break	65%	Topple	0%
Daze	0%	Burst	0%
Launch	0%	Smash	0%
Knockback	50%	Blowdown	50%
Phys. Debuffs	50%	Ether Debuffs	80%

Enraged

Trigger	Enemy is reduced to 50% HP.
Effects	Boosts damage dealt by 25%.

Arts

Name	Attribute	Targets	Hits	Power	Reactions/Statuses	Notes	Use Conditions	Cooldown
Auto-Attack 1	Physical	Single Target	2	180%			Anytime	0s
Auto-Attack 2	Physical	Single Target	2	180%			Anytime	0s
No Love Lost	Ether	Single Target	4	350%	Phys. Def. Down		Anytime	8s
Gyreflow	Buff	AOE around user	-	-	Regenerate		Anytime	40s
Soulfire	Ether	Single Target	1	600%	Attack Down	Heals all allies on hit to maximum of 150% of Healing Power	While enraged	10s

Affinity Links

Isurd	Trust	Whitby

Isurd	Trust	Rosh

Isurd	Wants to protect	Nimue

Trivia

• Isurd's Japanese voice actor, Tomoaki Maeno, also voices Gorg in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

Gallery

Artwork

Official artwork

Official artwork with the background effect.

Isurd's Concept Art

In-Game Renders

Class Menu Icon

Isurd's Affinity Chart Icon

Screenshots

Isurd's term mark

Isurd piloting the Lambda Ferronis