Yelv

Yelv () is a recruitable character in Xenoblade Chronicles X. He can be recruited after completing the Affinity Mission named Meeting Yelv.
As a Reclaimer, his goal is the salvation and collection of White Whale fragments, with the ultimate goal of finding his long-lost partner.
==Appearance and personality==
Yelv has tanned skin and thick medium-length blond hair.
While Yelv initially seems threatening, putting on a show of force when he first meets Cross, his personality flips when he finds people that meet his standards. He tends to enjoy challenging Reclaimer missions since those will better help him find his partner.
Yelv tends to be rather fierce, with the other Reclaimers keeping their distance from him. Eleonora compares talking with him with walking through a minefield, but she understands that he's actually rather nice underneath. However, he feels that she's a bit too involved in his business.
===Character Bio===
Foul-mouthed and quick-tempered, Yelv isn't a conventional example of BLADE's finest—though he will open his heart to those he respects. He tends to hang out in the , and similar to the protagonist, has some issues with his memories of past events.
===Battle Style===
Yelv wields a fearsome photon saber, which he extols as the ultimate weapon. His unique style is based on the Blast Fencer class.
==Story arc==
===Meeting Yelv===
Yelv initially meets Cross while searching for BLADEs to be his partner. He sets up three different Missions for anyone who seems like a big shot, and then gets them to do them, making it seem like there'll be trouble for anyone who doesn't make it. Once Cross finally beats his missions, he becomes a lot friendlier and recognizes them as his work partner.
===Arms and the Man===
===Yelv's Partner===
Prior to the events of Yelv's Partner, Yelv and Cross find Yelv's partner's legs and arms, and upon starting this mission now need to find his body in order to find the original person. He gives four sets of coordinates to Eleonora, and she deduces that he's looking for his partner's body, even though nobody told her about him. Additionally, she's already deduced the location of the body, presumably having computed it beforehand.
At Eddie's Conquest, they find the remains of a Skell, and Yelv mistakes the Gale Milsaadi at the scene for his partner. After defeating the Milsaadi, Yelv looks in the remains and finds his partner's head and body, dead inside. He decides to move on and be strong as a Reclaimer, and looks to Cross as his new partner to help him find the rest of the White Whale wreckage.
That being said, Eleonora had indicated she knew more about Yelv than was previously imagined...
==Lore==
==As a party member==
==As an NPC==
Yelv can be found in an alleyway northeast of North Founders Street in the .
===Heart-to-Hearts===
 Heart-to-Hearts
Affinity	Name
♥♡♡♡♡ 	Off Duty
♥♥♡♡♡ 	Peacekeeping
♥♥♥♡♡ 	The Ladies' Man
♥♥♥♥♡ 	Introspection
♥♥♥♥♥ 	Halcyon Days
===Affinity links===
===Missions===
* Meeting Yelv
* Arms and the Man
* Yelv's Partner
==In other languages==
==Gallery==
Yelv.png|Official art in Xenoblade Chronicles X.
Yelv ready to fight indigens.png|Yelv about to fight
Yelv saying hello to the locals.png|Yelv ready to fight three Hermit Insidias
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