Origin

Origin, also known as the Ark, is a region in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. It resembles a mechanical sphere, and the first Ferronis. It is the final region in the game. In Future Redeemed, it also serves as the final area of the game.
==Story==
===Xenoblade Chronicles 3===
It is revealed by Queen Nia that Origin is an ark that houses the consciousness of the worlds of Bionis and Alrest, with the intent to reboot them once both worlds intersected. Each world built one half of Origin. Ultimately, the reboot process failed due to the interference of Z and Moebius, who are a manifestation of the stored consciousness's fears, imprisoning Melia within Origin as a means of taking it over.
Since Origin rests beneath the Great Sea, it is impossible to get there by normal means, and thus the party requests Samon to use the (which can traverse the Great Sea). But the ship is incomplete; the party need six pieces of sufficiently-sized Origin Metal to complete it. After the party traverse all over Aionios to retrieve the metals to complete the ship, the party and several Lost Numbers stage an assault on Origin. Z activates Origin's defenses, causing it to emerge from the sea and fire upon the attacking ships and across the world at large. Eventually the party manages to penetrate Origin's defenses and reach the interior, disabling its defenses at the same time.
As the party explores the inner chambers of Origin, they came under attack by some Droids, constructs that comprise of Moebius. Eventually the party reaches the Eternal Prison where Melia is held, where N ambushes the party but is swiftly defeated, prompting N to reunite with Noah before releasing Melia. As the party continues to explore the depths of Origin, they come under attack by a swarm of Kurria Flak (which are repelled by the arrival of and Ghondor), XX will only appear if Side Story: Eunie is completed., and finally Y before finally arriving at the core of Origin which contains an Amphitheater.
After the party defeats Z's first form and he turns into Z∞, Origin transforms from a spherical shape into a more angelic appearance, releasing several tentacles and drones it then uses to attack various colonies around the world. It also uses these armaments to attack the Castle Ferronises that are sent onto it as a distraction. After Z∞'s death, Origin reboots, causing Aionios to split back into the worlds of Bionis and Alrest.
===Future Redeemed===
Roughly ten years before the events of Future Redeemed, Alpha hijacks control of Origin from Moebius, intending to use it as an Ark to carry the City s to a new world, and destroying whatever remains of the old worlds. Despite this, Moebius still have access to the Amphitheater within; it is unknown if Alpha is aware of its existence.
In the present, when N defeats Matthew following the discovery of Na'el being used by Alpha, a previously-cloaked Origin is revealed to be hovering above the world. Shulk and Rex explain its intended nature to the rest of their party, and their goal becomes to get there via so they can defeat Alpha and rescue Na'el. Upon reaching Origin, Alpha teleports the party within the Ark, showing them an illusion of Klaus's world before his experiment had fractured it. They work through the illusion to fight Alpha and defeat him. Shulk, Rex, and A believe they need to take Alpha's place within Origin to keep it running, so they leave the rest of the party behind. For unclear reasons perhaps relating to the temporary void in power, Origin falls to earth, obliterating the Cent-Omnia Region and leaving a great sea behind that it sinks into. In the end, Moebius retake control of Origin.
==Lore==
* Origin is the first, original Ferronis; all Ferronises are made inside Origin.
* Origin's architecture is based off of Ontos's core. Its primary design was created by a Nopon strongly implied to be Tora.
* Origin was built to survive annihilation events. Despite this, Nia keeps trying to shoot it with the Agnus Castle's Annihilator.
==Areas==
* Origin Interior
* Origin (FR)
==In other languages==
==Trivia==
* Origin's layout and role is similar to Merkava from Xenogears.
** Z transforming Origin into an angelic structure mirrors Deus emerging from Merkava to terraform the planet where Xenogears takes place.
* Origin in that appearance resembles a metallic version of the Ω System from Xenosaga Episode II.
** Origin's transformation resembles the Ω System emerging from and destroying Old Miltia.
==Gallery==
===Xenoblade Chronicles 3===
Left half of Origin on Bionis.png|The left half of Origin on Bionis
Right half of Origin on Alrest.png|The right half of Origin on Alrest
Origin colliding with Aionios.png|Origin colliding with Aionios
Origin transformed.png|Origin transformed by Z∞
Origin head.png|Origin's head after transformation
Origin's weapons.png|Origin's weapons
===Future Redeemed===
Origin's face.png|Origin's face
===Artwork===
====Concept art====
Origin concept art.png|Concept art
Origin concept art 2.png|Concept art
Origin concept art 3.png|Concept art
==Notes==
Category: Regions (XC3)
Category: Lore (XC3)