Matthew Vandham

==Summary==
Matthew Vandham is the main protagonist of the DLC Expansion Story Future Connected for the game Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
He is a straightforward and caring young man who is searching for his sister Na'el after the destruction of the City at the hands of N. He meets and travels with A as they try to find other city survivors before encountering Shulk and Rex where he joins up with them in their organisation called the Liberators.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Name: Matthew Vandham
Origin: Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown but appears in his 20s
Classification: City Survivor, Ouroboros
Powers and Abilities:
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Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery (Is a master of the Fist), Weapon Creation and Summoning (Able to summon Ouroboros Gauntlets/Fists of The End, Iris users have also shown to be able to summon their weapon to their side), Weapon Control (Is able to disassemble his gauntlets to reveal the Pneuma Core Crystal), Acrobatics (Is highly skilled in acrobatics allowing for Matthew to move fluidly in combat), Forcefield Creation (Matthew is capable of creating forcefields), Extrasensory Perception and Enhanced Senses (Has access to an Iris which can allows it's user to see further, follow tracks and see information), Information Analysis (Has access to the X-Reader which allows for Matthew to see information on his opponents such as weaknesses, upcoming moves, etc), Accelerated Development (Passive: Physical Stats and Abilities, Ouroboros users have also shown to gain strength in reaction to both a strong opponent and to their own emotions as shown by Matthew responding to his emotions to save Na'el and Nikol and Glimmer responding to facing Shulk and Rex in battle), Aura (Has the power to summon an Aura of an Ouroboros which greatly enhances Matthew's attacks), Mind Manipulation (Ouroboros energy has been shown capable of separating one's conscience from their body as shown by Ghondor doing so to Alpha), Invulnerability Negation (Ouroboros power is capable of breaking through Alpha's Future Sight as stated by A during their fight with Alpha with Alpha's Vision Mode granting him invulnerability), Space-Time Manipulation and Sealing (Capable of damaging and sealing Fog Rifts which are rifts in space-time), Energy Projection (Able to shoot blasts of ether energy at his foes), Status Effect Inducement, Damage Boost (Numerous accessories and gems increase Matthew's damage to foes), Healing (Is capable of healing himself through accessories), Statistics Amplification (Of Strength, Speed, Defence and Vitality; Is able to boost his own stats through gems, accessories and arts), Statistics Reduction (Of Strength, Speed, Defence and Vitality; Matthew is able to reduce his enemy's stats), Probability Manipulation (Can increase his chance perform a critical hit, dodge an attack, hit an opponent or increasing the chance of statuses going off through the use of accessories), Probability Manipulation Negation (The item Chaotic Memory allows for the user to ignore the effects of evasion and shields), Passive Damage Transferal (Spike deals damages the enemy 160% of Matthew's attack), Damage Reduction (Numerous accessories reduce the damage that Matthew takes), Empathic Manipulation (Can increase or decrease his opponent's aggression towards him through the use of accessories and gems), Social Influencing (Is a highly likeable and influential person, recruited numerous City folk to the Liberators and convinced Na'el on how Alpha's future will fail), Fusionism (Is capable of interlinking), Blade Physiology (Aegis minus the Immortality; Has access to the Pneuma Core Crystal and thus has access to it's abilities), Elemental Manipulation (Of previous elements plus Water, Wind, Lightning, Ice, Earth and Dark; The Pneuma core has access to all the abilities from Blades as data for blades is shown to contain their powers as seen by Malos taking data from Pyra in order to restore his powers and both Pneuma and Malos have stated to have the data of all blades and titans, with Pneuma being shown to use abilities that Pyra/Mythra were unable to do such as using all the elements), Extrasensory Perception (Upscaled from Pyra was able to sense Vandham's intentions), Explosion Manipulation (Upscaled from Pyra Burning Sword detonates on impact), Perception Manipulation (Upscaled from Pyra and Mythra whoshowed Rex Artifice Aion along with appearing to him while their body is limp), Analytical Prediction and Precognition (Upscaled from Mythra's Foresight which allows her to predict her enemy's movements and see the future), Matter Manipulation (Upscaled from Malos's Siren who is identical to Mythra's Siren could shoot blasts that can turn rock into glass), Heat Manipulation and Greater Deconstruction (Upscaled from Mythra who when berserk performed this feat. This feat also affected Malos and his Artifice who could tank Siren blasts which could affect beings who can swim in the cloud sea which breaks down matter it comes into contact with), Enhanced Attack Reflection (Upscaled from Pneuma who can now reflect all attacks), Immortality Negation (Types 2, 3 - High Godly; Concept and Information, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9) and Nonexistent Erasure (Of Type 1 and Aspects 1, 3 and 4; Upscaled from Pneuma who was able to kill Malos by cracking his Core despite Malos surviving and regenerating from worse injuries and his core surviving worse damage, Ouroboros are derived from the Pneuma as seen by it being used by Matthew to both Interlink and turn Nikol and Glimmer into Ouroboros with the first Interlink using the Pneuma core being capable of permanently killing Alpha), Purification (Type 2; The Pneuma core has shown to be capable of dispersing Ouroboros energy which freed Nikol and Glimmer from the Flame Clock's influence), Time Manipulation, Physics Manipulation and Reality Warping (Upscaled from Pneuma who is stated to be able to rewrite her physical surroundings, Mythra shortly after states that by their point of view Indol would be frozen in place and Jin states that Pneuma has the ability to make what she imagines real), Crystal Manipulation (Upscaled from the Pneuma core who upscales from Agate who can create crystals), Weather Manipulation (Upscaled from the Pneuma core who upscales from Kasandra who unknowingly changes the weather and controls the weather multiple times), Enhanced Probability Manipulation (Upscaled from the Pneuma core who upscales from Kasandra who passively makes those around her insanely unlucky and Kasandra can make impossible situations occur to benefit herself though she doesn't realise that she does it), Size Manipulation (Upscaled from Floren who is capable of enlarging objects), Possession (Upscaled from the Pneuma core who upscales from Kassandra whose mask when worn takes control over Kassandra's body though if this could be used in combat is unknown), Paralysis Inducement (Upscaled from the Pneuma core who upscales from Kora who can inflict the "Stop Thinking" status which binds the opponent for a short period of time), Clairvoyance (Upscaled from Azami who is able to use this ability), Animal Manipulation (Upscaled from the Pneuma core who upscales from Ursula has control over a bear)
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Resistance to Blade Physiology Resistances (Flesh Eater), Law Manipulation, Power Modification and Reality Warping (As an Ouroboros, Matthew is capable of breaking Z's grasp on the world which allows Z to decide what is permitted and what is prohibited, control the world's very fabric and control other's abilities as evident by him disabling Mio's use of Moebius powers and controlling the Mio's and other Moebius' teleportation), Pain Manipulation and Madness Manipulation (Type 2; Moebius have been shown to be able of inflicting wounds that can transfer over to even entirely new bodies, these wounds inflict a terrible pain that grows over time which will eventually drive the person mad with Matthew showing no such problems from Moebius wounds), Possession (Heavily skilled individuals in Xenoblade are capable of resisting The Monado's attempt to possess them as shown with Dunban resisting it through his skill and technique), Time Stop (Able to exist within the world of Aionios which is a world of stopped time), Memory Manipulation and Earth Manipulation (Ouroboros are unaffected by Consul J's ability to steal memories and fashion them into mud puppets with their own minds), Precognition and Fate Manipulation (Matthew's actions makes the future uncertain with Vision users such as A being constantly surprised by Matthew's actions, Ouroboros power is capable of breaking through Alpha's Future Sight as stated by A during their fight with Alpha), Mind Manipulation (Unaffected by their own Ouroboros energy which was shown capable of splitting one's conscience from their body as shown by Ghondor doing so to Alpha), Life Manipulation (As a being unbound of the Flame Clocks, Moebius Y's ability to manipulate life does not work on Matthew), Perception Manipulation and Morality Manipulation (Is unbound from the influence of the Flame Clock which in turn makes Matthew unaffected by the Moebius Iris which has shown to be capable to change people's perception and have them attack former allies ruthlessly as shown by Noah's and Mio's Colonies perceiving them as monsters they must destroy no matter what), Technology Manipulation (Matthew's equipment is unaffected by the black fog which scrambles one's Iris), Existence Erasure (Able to withstand Alpha's art Cleanse the Dregs which causes an Annihilation event with annihilation events being stated to work by cancelling out matter), Absorption (Able to withstand Monado Eater during his final fight with Alpha which absorbs matter it comes into contact with), Paralysis Inducement, Power Nullification, Sleep Manipulation, Empathic Manipulation (Is able to resist these through the use of Accessories), Likely Absorption (Of Souls; Should be capable of being unaffected by Z's presence which is shown to drain the souls from individuals), Death Manipulation (Should be capable of surviving Z's presence which was able to kill a previous incarnation of Mio)
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Attack Potency: Low Complex Multiverse level (Even early in his journey, Matthew was capable of keeping up with the likes of Shulk and Rex, fought and defeated Alpha)
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Comparable to the likes of Shulk), likely Infinite (Has fought against Alpha)
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable (Physically clashed with N)
Striking Strength: Low Complex Multiverse level
Durability: Low Complex Multiverse level (Able to take hits from the likes of Alpha and N)
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Extended Melee Range, Thousands of Kilometers with projectiles (Matthew's ether attacks have shown capable of going long distances)
Standard Equipment: His Ouroboros Gauntlets/Fists of The End, numerous accessories and ether gems
Intelligence: Gifted (Is one of the greatest and most skilled fighters of his time with him being capable of keeping up with seasoned veterans such as Shulk and Rex despite his inexperience)
Weaknesses: None notable
==Notable Matchups==
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