Dickson

"Don't you kids ever shut up!"

- Dickson, after revealing his true colors.

"Let's do this. I'm going with you! You'll need someone to drag your corpse home."

- Dickson to Dunban during the Battle of Sword Valley at the very beginning of the game.

Dickson Soss is the hidden secondary antagonist in the 2012 video game Xenoblade Chronicles. A veteran of the Battle of Sword Valley a year before the events of the game, Dickson is an old comrade and friend to Dunban and Mumkhar. He is a resident of Colony 9 and looks over Shulk, Reyn and the other residents. He claims to have found Shulk in the Valak Mountain with the Monado and his parents dead. Dickson raised Shulk like his own son and starts the game off as a helpful mentor before revealing his true colors.

In reality, Dickson is Zanza's disciple and revealed his true motives by shooting Shulk in the back after the fight against Egil and finishing off Egil. He only cared about reviving Zanza and acquiring the powers of a god and used Shulk and the people of Bionis to further his own ends as well as have Zanza destroy Mechonis and Bionis. He also worked with fellow disciple Lorithia and together, they turned every single one of the pure-blooded High Entia into Telethia and taunted Melia saying her brother Kallian might end up as her boyfriend in the next life. It's even revealed he's willing to betray Zanza after finding out Shulk might be stronger than Zanza and it's hinted he would have killed off Shulk and took over as the new god, showing he has no loyalty to anyone but himself.