Ethel

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"Silvercoat Ethel...! She pushed her Colony, all the way to rank Silver, and in her third term at that."

— Eunie

Ethel (Japanese: エセル, Eseru), is a character in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. She was designed by Masatsugu Saito, the lead character designer of the game.

Overview

Ethel is the commander of the Colony 4, a Kevesi Colony.^[4] She wields a pair of slender swords. She is famous for defeating three enemy colonies at once with only 100 soldiers at her command. She is called Silvercoat Ethel (Japanese: 白銀のエセル, Shirogane no Eseru) by all the forces of Keves. In the past, Ethel saved Noah and his friends from an Agnian attack.^[5] In battle, she wields Dual Rapiers and is of the Flash Fencer class. Ethel is temporarily recruited as a Hero after completing the Hero Quest No Want of Courage, but cannot be used after the party leaves Colony 4.

For Ethel to rejoin the party, a member of the party must reach rank 10 with the Flash Fencer and Seraph classes. The party then must go inside the lab at Colony Omega with Cammuravi in the party. By having Ethel undergo the maturation process, she will be able to rejoin the party at rank 20.

Story

Despite her prowess, Colony 4 was reduced to Dirt Rank after her refusal to kill her sworn rival Cammuravi after she was victorious in a Ferronis duel against him; his Ferronis' joints had collapsed due to a lapse in maintenance and she did not have an interest in winning what she believed to be a tainted victory. They both looked forward to a future opportunity to duel one another, not out of hatred but simply for their own satisfaction.

By hijacking her Iris, Ethel is brainwashed by the Consul K into seeing Noah and his party as shadowy monsters in order to goad her into killing them. Despite their attempts to flee, she forces them into battle against her. However, K's control over her begins to fail and she stands down before being knocked unconscious by K. Following his death and the destruction of Colony 4's Flame Clock, Ethel learns the truth of the Ouroboros and pledges her support to them. She is unable to join them for long, however, as she insists on delivering a report of what happened (albeit a false one) to the Queen of Keves as part of her duties as commander.

When she arrives at Keves Castle, N and the Queen reveal that they know she has been collaborating with Ouroboros and threaten to destroy Colony 4 with the Annihilator if she does not kill them. She is forced to work alongside Cammuravi and pilot a specially made Ferronis in an attempt to kill Noah and his allies, but she and Cammuravi intentionally hold back to give them a fighting chance. Consuls O and P attempt to brainwash Cammuravi, but he instead gouges his own eye out to stop them from hijacking his Iris and declares that he will not be the Consuls' slave. The Consuls begin to drain her life force and Cammuravi's as punishment for their defiance, but they ultimately choose to die on their own terms in one last duel.

Her cradle is later stolen from Keves Castle by the Lost Numbers, who keep it stored within their facility to deny it to the Kevesi forces. However, she is accidentally released by Cubibi during a game of hide-and-seek and joins the people of the City. At her insistence and the advice of the similarly revived Cammuravi (who she instinctively recognizes despite having no memory of her previous life), she travels to Colony Omega and has her growth accelerated to her final term by a specialized Cradle, allowing her to fight with Noah and her allies once again.

Should the player have Ethel undergo her maturation process, she will later join Noah and his allies in their final battle against Z∞, alongside all of the other Heroes they encountered on their journey. She can be summoned by Melia and Nia to help fight against X∞ or Y∞. Regardless of whether or not Ethel rejoins the party, she appears fully matured during the ending cutscene standing alongside other Kevesi commanders.

Gameplay

Ethel's class is Flash Fencer, a Kevesi Attacker class. She specialises in felling foes quickly, with increased damage (as well as considerable recharge on her Talent Art) to start a battle.

Arts

• Saber Strike (Talent Art), Smash
• Cross Impact, Power Charge on hit
• Swallowtail, Back Attack ↑
• Silver Cyclone, Side Crit. Rate+
• Acceleration, Auto-Atk spd. up/dmg up
• Million Flash, Bleed

In a Chain Attack, Ethel starts with 25 TP by default. Her Chain Art is Wintry End, which increases the damage ratio and grants Critical Rate Up to all allies. Her Heroic Chain bonus multiplies her own TP by 150% if she is the first to act in an order.

Base Stats

These are Ethel's raw stats prior to modifications by class. They serve as a baseline for calculating her stats in the Flash Fencer 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	465	28	24	31	22
99	6,638	404	343	311	223

General Stats

These stats assume Ethel is at rank 20 in her class.

Level	HP	Attack	Healing Power	Dexterity	Agility	Critical Rate	Block Rate	Physical Defense	Ether Defense
1, base	348	49	6	37	24	20%	4%	15%	15%
99, base	4,978	1,029	85	373	245	30%	8%	15%	15%
99, with default accessories	4,978	1,029	85	373	245	40%	8%	15%	15%

Ethel equips the following gems:

• Doublestrike
• Empowered Combo, at level 20 onwards
• Analyze Weakness, at level 40 onwards

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

• Spiked Pauldrons
• Detector Headgear, at level 30 onwards
• Scale Mask, at level 50 onwards

Battle

Silvercoat Ethel (Japanese: 白銀のエセル, Hakugin no Eseru) is a Boss. She is a Keves Soldier who is fought at level 16 at Hegemon's Seat in the Eagus Wilderness. She is assisted by 1 Keves Blocker, 1 Keves Sniper, and 1 Keves Rescuer.

Resistances

Break	40%	Topple	0%
Daze	0%	Burst	0%
Launch	0%	Smash	0%
Knockback	50%	Blowdown	50%
Phys. Debuffs	25%	Ether Debuffs	30%

Enraged

Trigger	Enemy is reduced to 50% HP.
Effects	Boosts Arts recharge speed by 25%.

Arts

Name	Attribute	Targets	Hits	Power	Reactions/Statuses	Notes	Use Conditions	Cooldown
Auto-Attack 1	Physical	Single Target	1	100%			Anytime	1.5s
Auto-Attack 2	Physical	Single Target	1	100%			Anytime	1.5s
Cross Impact	Physical	Single Target	2	300%	Buffs self with Power Charge		Other soldiers remain or above 30% HP	12s
				350%		Boosts accuracy and critical rate by 25%	Only Ethel remains or below 30% HP	6s
Swallowtail	Physical	Single Target	4	400%		Boosts damage when attacking from behind by 100%	Anytime	15s
Million Flash	Physical	Single Target	6	300%	Bleed	Boosts Bleed damage by 200%	Below 75% HP and other soldiers remain	20s
				400%		Boosts critical rate by 25% Boosts Bleed damage by 300%	Below 75% HP and only Ethel remains	12s
Silver Cyclone	Physical	Single Target	5	450%		Boosts critical rate by 50%	Below 50% HP	25s
Saber Strike	Physical	Single Target	1	550%	Topple	Boosts accuracy and critical rate by 25% Extends Topple duration by 50%	Below 30% HP OR Below 50% HP while only Ethel remains.	20s

Challenge Battle Mode

Silvercoat Ethel is fought at level 75 alongside Smoldering Cammuravi during the Challenge Battle Double Jeopardy.

Resistances

Break	60%	Topple	0%
Daze	0%	Burst	0%
Launch	0%	Smash	0%
Knockback	50%	Blowdown	50%
Phys. Debuffs	45%	Ether Debuffs	80%

Enraged

Trigger	Enemy is reduced to 50% HP.
Effects	Boosts Arts recharge speed by 50%. Boosts power of debuffs applied to enemies by 100%. Increases success rate of debuffs by 50 percentage points.

Arts

Name	Attribute	Targets	Hits	Power	Reactions/Statuses	Notes	Use Conditions	Cooldown
Auto-Attack 1	Physical	Single Target	1	100%			Anytime	1.5s
Auto-Attack 2	Physical	Single Target	1	100%			Anytime	1.5s
Cross Impact	Physical	Single Target	2	360%	Power Charge	Buff granted to self on hit	Anytime	12s
Acceleration	Buff	Self	-	-	Awakening		Used once, at 75% HP	N/A
							Used once, at 50% HP
							Usable if below 50% HP, enraged, and only Ethel remains.
Swallowtail	Physical	Single Target	4	300%	Phys. Def. Down	Extends duration timers of debuffs applied to enemies by 150%	Above 50% HP	15s
						Above notes, plus Art combo into Silver Cyclone	Below 50% HP, or only Ethel remains	21.7s
Million Flash	Physical	Single Target	6	450%	Bleed / Knockback	Boosts Bleed damage by 200%	Anytime	20s
Silver Cyclone	Physical	Single Target	5	390%		Boosts Critical rate by 50%. Spreads target's debuffs to other enemies in range.	Between 75% and 50% HP	15s
						Above notes, plus: Art combo from Swallowtail	Below 50% HP	21.7s
Saber Strike	Physical	Single Target	1	600%	Topple	Boosts accuracy and critical rate by 25%. Extends Topple duration by 50%.	Below 50% HP, or only Ethel remains.	20s

See also

• Ethel's Ferronis

Affinity Links

Colony 4 Ethel

Ethel	A commander like no other	Bolearis

• After Chapter 4

			initially
Ethel	Follows in her footsteps	Bolearis

Ethel	Companions of old	Oleshandra

City Ethel

Ethel	Don't get greedy	Travis

Ethel	Looks after	Cammuravi

• After Ethel undergoes the maturation process

			initially
Ethel	Partners	Cammuravi

			initially
Ethel	We'll find the answer	Cammuravi

Quotes

• "Whoever thought that we would join forces like this?"
• "I'll help myself."
• "To survive is to fight!"
• "Let's give them any assistance we can."
• "Come at me! I'm here!"
• "Mio... you dare!"
• "A route lies before us."
• "That's for you!"
• "I'm sorry."
• "No! I'm not done yet!"
• "We've found it at last."
• "Something we can use to our advantage."
• "There's an Ether Channel."
• "What shall we do?"
• "You're wide open!"
• "Such weakness!"
• "Get back!"
• "I could get used to eating with all of you."
• "Now we're getting somewhere!"
• "I'LL END YOU!"
• "What is that?"
• "It's NOT gonna work!"
• "I hope something of use is inside."
• "I have to act."
• "We must rest when we can."
• "I'm ready anytime!"
• "I entrust our future, to you!"
• "A worthy opponent indeed."
• "It seems you underestimated me!"
• "The enemy is coming to you!"
• "Oh. You really want to face that?"
• "I can hardly believe it still works."
• "Well spoken!"
• "Roger!"
• "Your plan worked!"
• "Just in time!"
• "Fighting by your side is an honor."
• "Nowhere to run! Prepare yourself!"
• "You heard the man; We could try a different approach!"
• "You won't get through!"
• "I'm here to spoil your fun!"
• "You won't have your way!"
• "May this victory spur us on."
• "Cammuravi would be quivering in fear right about now."
• "A moment's lapse here will cost your life."
• "You won't even see it coming!"
• "Break!"
• "Topple!"
• "Launch!"
• "Daze!"
• "Pulverize!"
• "Get back!"
• "Be gone!"
• "I'm armed and ready."
• "Stand in my way, and you die!"
• "Come at me all you like; I'll cut you down!"
• "Is that it?"
• "We're at the turning point!"
• "Ah.... Husks.... Would you mind, Noah?"

Trivia

• Her fighting style is based off of Niten-Ichi-Ryu. Which is said to be the use of a short sword, and a longer sword.
• Ethel's Japanese voice actress, Atsumi Tanezaki, also voices Agate in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
• Ethel is the only Hero who is unable to permanently join the party without completing her ascension condition.
• Possibly to avoid speculation of why she is unselectable, in the "Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct" and "Ask the Developer Vol. 6, Xenoblade Chronicles 3–Part 3" interview article ^[6], Ethel's profile icon is censored when showing the Hero selection menu.^[7]
• Ethel does not have an ascension quest and shares the same ascension condition with Cammuravi.
• Ethel is the only hero to be shown in cradle and be reborn back to 1st term, she and Nimue are the only two characters in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 to make their debut in their late term and then reappear in younger form.
• Ethel and Mwamba are the only characters in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 who each have two NPC icons on the Affinity Chart.
• Regardless if Ethel rejoins the party or not, she will always appear in the final cutscene of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. However, she will not be summoned by Melia or Nia during the second phase of final boss if she has not rejoined the party.
• Ethel shares similarities with Mòrag from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, both being an older and more experienced antagonist turned ally, both wielding two swords, and both being renowned as the strongest warrior of their respective nations.
• The optional side quest of revived Ethel's maturation process is similar to Emeralda's optional side quest from Xenogears where her child body is changed into an adult form.

Gallery

Artwork

In-Game Renders

Screenshots

References

Characters in Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Ouroboros	Noah · Mio · Lanz · Eunie · Sena · Taion
Heroes	Ethel · Valdi · Zeon · Teach · Riku & Manana · Gray · Isurd · Juniper · Ashera · Alexandria · Monica · Fiona · Triton · Ghondor · Miyabi · Cammuravi · Segiri · Nia · Melia · Ino · Masha · Shulk · Rex
Keves	Mwamba · Joran · Garvel · Hoope · Layla · Kite · Ethel · Bolearis · Crys · Queen of Keves · Melia
Agnus	Hackt · Cammuravi · Isurd · Nimue · Queen of Agnus · Nia
Lost Numbers	Guernica Vandham · Monica · Travis · Ghondor · Samon · Shania · Aggy · Oggy · Jansen · Kryto · Olive · Cyma · Nissick · Kisame · Masha
Consuls	B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · O · P · Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · X · Y · Z