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For those who have not completed games in the Xenoblade Chronicles series, this page contains spoilers regarding the plot. Discretion is advised.


Alrest (Japanese: アルスト, Arusuto) is the world and setting of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Torna ~ The Golden Country.

Overview[]

It is the name of the world overrun by a sea of clouds where Titans live. Each Titan hosts its own distinct civilizations, cultures, wildlife, and environments. The Titans march toward death and the world of Alrest is disappearing. The heroes try to save the world of Alrest by demystifying its cloudy past.

History[]

Xenoblade Chronicles 2[]

During the attack on Rhadamanthus, Klaus activated the Conduit, splitting the world in two. As a result of this, the planet fell into ruin. In an attempt to atone for his sins, Klaus, becoming later known as the Architect, tried to repair the damage he caused. He first covered the remnants of his old world with the Cloud Sea to fix the damage. He then began to recreate life, creating the Titans, Blades, and different races of human, resulting in the birth of Alrest. After Klaus's death and the Conduit's disappearance as well as Pneuma's sacrifice, Rex and company fly past the Cloud Sea on Azurda's back, revealing an endless ocean. The Titans then move to this newly revealed ocean and join together to create a gigantic landmass for all the inhabitants of Alrest to live on as Klaus's final gift.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3[]

The Two Worlds Combining

Alrest beginning to merge with the world of the Bionis and Mechonis

An unknown amount of time after the Conduit's disappearance, Alrest began to merge with the world of the Bionis into a single universe, an event that would destroy both worlds as a result of being composed of opposing forms of matter. Having made contact with each other as their worlds drew nearer, Nia and Melia formed a plan that would allow their people and cultures to survive and rebuild. They would each construct one half of an ark known as Origin that contained all of their societies' knowledge and their citizens' literal souls, which would allow them to be reborn after their worlds were separated and reconstructed back into their original states. Origin was constructed using the Ontos core of the Trinity Processor as its foundation.

Alrest Origin

The Agnian side of Origin

However, Origin was corrupted by the digitized souls of the people within it, creating the being called Z. Interpreting their fear of the future as the wish for an eternal and unchanging world, it hijacked the separation of the worlds. Instead of being reconstructed and then split back apart, both worlds were frozen in time and a third one was created between them, the world of Aionios, setting the events of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 into motion.

Most of Alrest became part of Aionios; Gormott Titan's remains formed Melnath's Shoulder, Everblight Plain, and Captocorn Peak, and combined with a small part of Bionis' Leg to form Millick Meadows in the Aetia Region, the Land of Morytha combined with parts of Makna Forest to form Maktha Wildwood as well as the Great Cotte Falls, the Urayan Titan's remains became a part of the Pentelas Region, Mor Ardain formed the Syra Hovering Reefs, the Spirit Crucible Elpys and the Leftherian Archipelago combined with Eryth Sea to form the Erythia Sea, the Tornan Titan's remains became the Dannagh Desert, the remnants of the Cliffs of Morytha combined with Colony 9 to form Yesterdale, and the Kingdom of Tantal merged with both Bionis' Leg and Valak Mountain to form Vermilion Woods, the Aurora Shelf, The Ragmos Desolation, and the Black Mountains in the Cent-Omnia Region.

After Z∞ is defeated and Origin is reactivated, Alrest and the world of Bionis are returned to their original states from before the creation of Aionios. The two worlds, no longer made up of opposing types of matter, then merge in earnest, restoring the world to what it was before it was divided by Klaus but still preserving the inhabitants of the old worlds.

Regions[]

Inhabitants[]

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]

Alrest appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as the setting of the DLC stage, the "Cloud Sea of Alrest." It is the second stage from the Xenoblade Chronicles series, released as part of Pyra and Mythra's Fighter Pack. The fighters ride on Azurda as he swims through the Cloud Sea. Various other Titans pass by in the background as the fight goes on, including Gormott, Mor Ardain, Indol, and Uraya, as well as the Argentum Trade Guild and the World Tree. As with the Gaur Plain stage, time passes by from day to night.

Trivia[]

  • With the revelation that Alrest was originally Earth, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 marks the first Xeno game where Earth is the primary setting. A common recurring theme in the Xeno series is that each game includes humans whose species originated from Earth, but whose story is set in alien environments; "xeno" being Greek for "alien".

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