Dmitri Yuriev

Dmitri Yuriev () is a major antagonist in the Xenosaga series and one of the primary antagonists of Episode III. He is the creator of the U.R.T.V.s, the leader of the Salvator Faction, and the founder of the Yuriev Institute. Yuriev is regarded as the first Salvator.
==Appearance and personality==
While alive, Yuriev is an older man with blond hair and glasses. He wears an all black uniform with a red decorations on it, white dress pants and boots. After taking over Gaignun's body, he takes on the former's traits, albeit with blond hair and wears the same outfit when he was alive. In Pied Piper, Yuriev wears what appears to be a black dress uniform with an X shaped trim, during that time, his blond hair is long and messy. 
Yuriev is a scheming individual, doing whatever it takes to accomplish his goals, not caring how many die in the process, using his influence over the Galaxy Federation to do so. Not even death is able to stop him from succeeding in goals as he is willing hijack the bodies of other people. After coming into contact into U-DO, he developed an extreme fear that he is willing to develop bioweapons, just to destroy it. After realizing that destroying U-DO is not possible, he instead develops a god complex and desires to surpass U-DO and conquer his own fears.
==Story arc==
===Origins===
According to Sellers and Yuriev himself, Dmitri Yuriev is one of the original Designer Children created to be used as test subjects in the early stage of U.M.N. organic transfer experiments. Yuriev is the only one who survived these experiments. During said transfer experiments, Yuriev also became the first human to make contact with U-DO and survive. This contact with this existence from a higher plane of existence implanted him with an unescapable and unnatural fear. This fear was the result of the potential end of the world he witnessed upon making contact. This fear is what drove him to eventually try to raise to the same level of existence as U-DO, no matter how many lives would be sacrificed for his ambitions. During his contact with U-DO, he also gained his ability to transfer his consciousness in another's body. This allowed him to survive for many years by possessing multiple vessels. It is unknown how old Yuriev is. Yuriev himself states that he has lived for "hundreds of years" but he does not give a specific number. Information given by Sellers seems to imply that he is around the same age as the U.M.N. due to his origins. Yuriev also says that he used to be held in the same facility as Abel.
After this experience, Yuriev became known as the original Salvator, being presumably the oldest designer children known to the general public. The Salvators being a political faction made up mostly of designer children who publicly fight for their own rights. In private however, the faction is mostly controlled by Yuriev and used as an arm to further his own goals.
===Pied Piper===
During the events of Xenosaga Pied Piper, Dmitri Yuriev holds influence over the Federation in its dealings with the Immigrant Fleet. He had met Erich Weber, also known as Voyager, who similar to him had contact with U-DO and foresaw the potential end of the world. Yuriev would provide narcotics to Voyager, who saw him as his sole companion and someone who understood his feelings. This enables Yuriev to exert influence over Voyager. This included through Yuriev's front organization, the Descendants of Nestorious.
Yuriev's role in things is eventually uncovered by Jan and his colleagues. As such Yuriev has his subordinates interfere with the investigation, having it called off and arresting Jan and his colleagues. Yuriev is seen with his assistant, Zora, also concerned about the activities of the Immigrant Fleet. Yuriev desires the , which the Immigrant Fleet possesses, for himself. When the Zohar is activated by the Immigrant Fleet, Yuriev can feel it. He becomes distressed upon realizing that Voyager is calling out for U-DO and withdraws support for him. 
At the end of the game, Yuriev influences the Federation to impose a military sanction on the Immigrant Fleet, further straining the relationship between the entities. He leaves the political stage to found an institution researching U-DO.
===Lead up to the Miltian Conflict===
Yuriev founds the Yuriev Institute. He is the creator of the U.R.T.V.s and acted as their male genetic donor. Years before the events of the game, he helped provide treatment to Sakura Mizrahi, using the U.R.T.V. variants to interact with her within her subconscious domain. At some point during the Miltian Conflict, he was shot and killed by Nigredo.
===Episode II===
In the present day it is revealed that Yuriev has been able to revive himself by awakening his consciousness within Gaignun. When doing so his hair changes back to his original color. The first time this occurs he reaches out to his subordinates in the Salvator Faction about the current situation who then readies his forces. He attacks and takes over the Federation Parliament, revealing himself to Pellegri after killing an Ormus hidden agent. He later reveals himself to Jr. by contacting him on the Durandal. Jr. is shocked and angry to realize that he has returned. Yuriev tells Jr. to eliminate Albedo as he has attempted to re-contact U-DO. Shortly afterwards, Gaignun is able to retake control of his body for the time being.
===Episode III===
Between Episodes II and III, Yuriev manages to restore his power over the Federation Government and has taken over the Zohar Project, for his and the Salvator Faction's interest. He also removed Vector Industries from the project due to their role in the Gnosis terrorism and his suspicions of Roth Mantel. Sellers also begins working for Yuriev. He is first seen working on Ω Res Novae and the Merkabah with Sellers and Citrine. He then decides to test Ω Res Novae against Vector Industries' KOS-MOS to shut them up. He and Sellers are later seen watching Roth Mantel when a subordinate reports on that Mantel's background check is clean. Yuriev decides to use him to his advantage and plans to kill him once he outlived his usefulness during the planned invasion of Michtam.
Yuriev and Sellers are later seen on a ship during the three-way battle between the Federation, Ormus, and the Gnosis. He remarks that planets are disappearing due to Abel's Ark as described in the Y-Data and that Lemegeton has awakened , and in turn causes the to become active. Sellers question who Abel is, Yuriev remarks that he met him when he was a U.M.N. space pilot a hundred years ago, and that he's a hundred years himself. As the party infiltrates the Merkabah, Yuriev makes his move to take over the Durandal, using his identity as Gaignun as part of the effort. He and his Salvator Faction successfully takes full control of the Durandal and obtains the Arbiter Code from Shelley and Mary Godwin to unlock the seals on the Zohar Emulators.
After the party defeats Citrine, they catch up to him in the Isolation Area releasing the seals on the Emulators. There he reveals his true motives to the party: since he unable to destroy U-DO, he decides to use Omega, and the Zohar to become a god before making his escape and steers the Durandal into Abel's Ark, crashing into it with the Zohar Emulators onboard. On Abel's Ark, Yuriev swaps out Ω Res Novae's counterfeit Zohar Emulator made by Sellers with the Original Zohar, transforming it and Abel's Ark drastically. The party then confronts Yuriev in the central chamber and it is revealed that Yuriev was contaminated by U-DO when he made contact with it. Despite wielding overwhelming power, he is defeated and merges with Ω Res Novae in a last ditch effort to kill the party, transforming into Ω Metempsychosis. This fails when the White Testament, who reveals himself to be Albedo Piazzolla removed Abel and the Zohar from Ω Metempsychosis and rendering Yuriev powerless. Albedo manages to reach Gaigun's consciousness who urges Jr. to kill him before its too late. Albedo then urges Jr. to form the link to destroy Yuriev and reluctantly does so, but at the last minute, Gaignun forces Albedo's consciousness into Jr. and proceeds sacrifice himself to kill Yuriev once and for all.
===Future Redeemed===
Dimitri Yuriev (spelled with an extra 'i', matching his original Japanese spelling) was mentioned at the end of Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed in the radio broadcast on the Ark. Here, he is a councilperson of the Minos Authority issuing a statement on the issue of the "Saviorite" Human Rights Protection bill. It is unknown whether this is supposed to be the same character as Yuriev in the Xenosaga canon, or just an Easter Egg.
==Lore==
* Dmitri is the genetic father of all U.R.T.V. variants.
* Dmitri's original body was disposed of after his death.
==Database==
==As a boss==
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==Trivia==
* Yuriev's name may have been influenced by the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, which was the first human to go into space.
** Yuriev describe himself as a U.M.N. space pilot multiple times and is stated to be the first one to come back alive from the transfer experiments
* Yuriev's English voice actor, Keith Sarabajka, also voices Boss and Vanderkam in Xenosaga Episode II, as well as Helmer and Erde Kaiser Σ in Xenosaga Episode III.
==Gallery==
===Official artwork===
Dmitri Yuriev XSPP concept art.jpg|Pied Piper concept art by Minohara Noboru
Yuriev XS1&2.jpg|Episode I & II artwork.
Yuriev XS1&2 Scan.jpg|Episode I & II artwork.
Yuriev XS1&2 Faces Scan.jpg|Episode I & II artwork.
===Xenosaga Episode II===
====Screenshots====
Dmitri and Juli.png|Yuriev with Juli Mizrahi.
Yuriev's final moments.png|Yuriev moments before his death.
Nigredo kills Dmitri.png|Yuriev's death.
Dmitri takes over Gaignun's body.png|Yuriev taking over Gaignun's body.
Yuriev after taking over Gaignun.png|Yuriev after taking over Gaignun's body.
Dmitri takes over.png|Yuriev takes over the Federation Parliament.
Yuriev contacts Jr..png|Yuriev contacts Jr. on the Durandal.
===Xenosaga: Pied Piper===
====Screenshots====
Pied Piper Scene 43.png|Yuriev in Pied Piper.
Pied Piper Scene 51.png|Yuriev clutches his head in pain in response to the Zohar's activation.
===Xenosaga Episode III===
====Screenshots====
Dmitri masquerading as Gaignun.png|Yuriev masquerading as Gaignun.
Dmitri shoots Mary.png|Yuriev shoots Mary.
Dmitri takes over the Durandal.png|Yuriev takes over the Durandal.
Dmitri demanding the Arbiter code.png|Yuriev demands the Arbiter Code from Shelley and Mary Godwin.
Dmitri and the Emulators.png|Yuriev activates the Zohar Emulators.
Dmitri makes his escape.png|Yuriev makes his escape.
Dmitri and the Zohar.png|Yuriev and the Zohar.
Dmitri and Ω Res Novae.png|Yuriev and Ω Res Novae.
Dmitri merges with Ω Res Novae.png|Yuriev merges with Ω Res Novae.
Dmitri dies.png|Yuriev dies for good.
====Character portraits====
XS3 character portrait Yuriev normal.png|Neutral Yuriev.
XS3 character portrait Yuriev awe.png|Yuriev in awe.
XS3 character portrait Yuriev sad.png|Sad Yuriev.
XS3 character portrait Yuriev arrogant.png|Smug Yuriev.
XS3 character portrait Yuriev (aura) awe.png|Yuriev in awe, contaminated by U-DO.
XS3 character portrait Yuriev (aura) sad.png|Sad Yuriev, contaminated by U-DO.
XS3 character portrait Yuriev (aura) normal.png|Yuriev contaminated by U-DO (unused).
XS3 character portrait Yuriev (aura) arrogant.png|Yuriev smug, contaminated by U-DO (unused).
XS3 character portrait Yuriev (Gaignun) normal.png|Yuriev in Gaignun's attire.
XS3 character portrait Yuriev (Gaignun) arrogant.png|Smug Yuriev in Gaignun's attire.
====Models====
Dmitri Yuriev (XS3).png|Yuriev's model.
Dmitri Yuriev (Gaignun).png|Yuriev in Gaignun's attire.
Dmitri Yuriev (boss).png|Yuriev contaminated by U-DO.
===Xenosaga I & II===
====CG images====
XS1&2 scene33.png|Yuriev awakens within Gaignun's body.
====Character portraits====
YurievXSDS01.gif|Yuriev normally.
YurievXSDS02.gif|Yuriev grinning.
YurievXSDS03.gif|Yuriev after awakening in Gaignun's body.
YurievXSDS04.gif|Yuriev in Gaignun's body normally.
YurievXSDS05.gif|Yuriev in Gaignun's body normally (facing left).
===Other===
Dimitri Yuriev (FR).png|Mention of Dimitri Yuriev in Future Redeemed.
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