Mythra

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Mythra
Official artwork of Mythra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
Universe	Xenoblade Chronicles
Debut	Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2017)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country (2018)
Console/platform of origin	Nintendo Switch
Species	Blade
Gender	Female
Place of origin	Alrest
Created by	Tetsuya Takahashi
Designed by	Masatsugu Saito
English voice actor	Skye Bennett
Japanese voice actor	Shino Shimoji

Mythra (ヒカリ, Hikari) is one of the main protagonists of Monolith Soft's Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the third entry in the Xenoblade Chronicles series.

Origin

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Mythra is a Blade, which are personifications of weapons used by Drivers in the world of Alrest. Blades are in essence immortal but will revert to their Core Crystals if their Driver that awakens them dies. Mythra specifically is one of two legendary Blades known as the Aegis. She was first awakened by Addam, central character of Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden country, and later Rex, the protagonist of Xenoblade Chronicles 2. She forms a special bond with Rex and shares half of her life-force with him; if one were to die, the other would as well.

Around the year 3564, a priest named Amalthus climbed the World Tree, stole the two Aegis Core Crystals from Elysium, and brought them back to Alrest. Amalthus awakened the other Aegis named Malos, and Malos begins an attack on Alrest. To stop him, Amalthus approached Addam, prince of the Kingdom of Torna, and asked him to awaken the othe Aegis core. Addam accepts and awakens the other Aegis, Mythra. The two would battle against Malos in a series of events that would come to be known as the Aegis War. The war came to a head in a battle where Malos forces Mythra to unleash her full power, which Addam is unable to control. At the end, Malos is assumed to have died in a fire, but the victory comes at a cost: three Titans were sunken as a result of the battles between Malos and Mythra. The final battle destroys the Kingdom of Torna, thereby killing thousands of people including many of Mythra's companions. Seeing the aftermath of her actions, Mythra spontaneously transforms into Pyra in anguish, splitting her personality. Seeing no other way to protect Mythra, Addam puts Pyra in stasis inside the Ancient Ship and sinks it under the Cloud Sea until someone that is able to control her comes along. He also seals away Mythra's true Aegis Sword deep inside Spirit Crucible Elpys to ensure only one who is worthy can wield that power.

While Pyra awakens 500 years later, Mythra remains hidden for a while longer. She only forcibly awakens after Rex and Pyra have a near death experience at the hands of Malos and Akhos, members of a new terrorist organization known as Torna. Mythra tells Rex off for pulling a stunt to awaken her, and Pyra apologizes for the actions of her other half. After a while of reluctantly allowing herself to used in battles, Mythra becomes more open and willing to work with Rex, and the two eventually learn to swap between each other during a battle.

The party learns that Malos, another antagonist, requires Pyra's memories to regain his lost powers. Pyra offers herself in exchange for the safety of her friends. After her memories were taken, Pyra becomes unusable as a Blade, but suffers no physical effects. The party comes to rescue Pyra, with Rex fighting without the Aegis due Malos taking his powers away. Pyra and Mythra urge Rex to flee and leave them to die, but he refuses, saying that he is still their protector and will take them to Elysium. The sheer amount of willpower Rex displays causes Pyra and Mythra to merge together and form Pneuma, the ultimate form of Aegis. The party then confronts Malos and kill him in a final battle. Pneuma sacrifices herself to save the party from the collapsing world tree, dying in an explosion. However, after the rebirth of the world, the core crystal of Aegis glows again. Rex touches it and Pyra and Mythra appear in separate bodies. It is left ambiguous if the two retained their memories from their previous life.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

As a playable character

During Ultimate's development, Masahiro Sakurai had considered adding characters from ARMS and Xenoblade Chronicles 2, however as their games were announced after the roster was completed, they where not included in the base game. Three years later, Mythra would be announced as the tenth DLC fighter alongside Pyra in the February 17th, 2021 Nintendo Direct. She will be released sometime in March 2021.

Spirit

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
968		Mythra		★★★★	2	Critical Hit ↑ ↑	Xenoblade Chronicles Series

Gallery

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  Mythra's original design in XC2 before being altered for her appearance in Ultimate.

Trivia

Mythra's spirit costume as shown in Xenoblade Chronicles 2

• The artwork for Mythra's spirit is slightly altered from its original appearance, adding clothing to cover up her cleavage and legs; this was likely done to avoid raising the game's age rating, as Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has a higher age rating than Ultimate in most regions. Prior to Ultimate's release, this edited design was added into Xenoblade Chronicles 2 as an optional costume for Mythra. The artwork with her optional costume was later used as a basis for her design as a fighter.

External links

• Article on the Xenoblade Wiki.