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What're they trying to prove? I'm not throwing my life away! No point dying in some godforsaken field.
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~ Mumkhar
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Fancy meeting you here, Monado boy!
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~ Metal Face to Shulk.
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That ain't got nothing to do with it. I'm just having the time of my life here! Ain't that the point?! I even get to take out that annoying Monado brat.
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~ Mumkhar to Dunban.
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Mumkhar, also known as Metal Face, is a major antagonist in the 2010 video game, Xenoblade Chronicles. Once an honorable yet unreliable soldier of Bionis and a comrade to Dunban and Dickson, his obsession with the Monado and jealousy of Dunban turned him against Bionis.
After his transformation into the villainous Faced Mechon, Metal Face, his devastating attack on Colony 9 becomes the catalyst for Shulk and his friends' journey to the Bionis head. He serves as one of the primary antagonists throughout the first half of the game.
In Japanese, he was voiced by Norio Wakamoto, who also voiced Cell in Dragon Ball Z, M. Bison in the Street Fighter series, and Vicious in Cowboy Bebop. In English, he is voiced by Timothy Watson, who also voiced John Dee in Nioh and Booga in Dragon Quest XI.
Appearance[]
Metal Face has a much more elaborate appearance compared to most Mechon in the game, though wilder and more chaotic than the other more refined Faced Mechon. He has blades for fingers and most of his body appears almost skeletal, a theme that is well accented by his skull-like face plate. He also has a cannon mounted on its head. Finally, he his abdomen holds the engine used to give Metal Face flight.
After getting repaired from his second encounter with Shulk, the "horns" on his head are switched for blood red ones and is given a bulkier outer shell, which conceals most of its abdomen and gives it greater resilience. His metal jaw is also replaced by a more jagged black plating that better resembles the rest of his body.
Personality[]
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I can talk all right. And I got a good memory. "Fiora get outta there, get out!". Her screams were music to my ears as my claws slid right through her soft flesh. Like a hot knife through butter!
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~ Metal Face gloating the heroes over Fiora's death.
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According to Dunban, Mumkhar was always an unreliable man, ready to fail his comrades when they needed him. At the same time, however, he noted how hard he fought against the Mechon just as he did with Dunban and Dickson. Despite this, Mumkhar proved himself to be a treacherous man, caring more for his own life than he does for others.
Following his transformation as Metal Face, Mumkhar has become much more vicious and crueller. The only thing that he desires in life is to slice his prey to ribbons and brand himself. However, he has a soft spot for causing anger in others, seen when he confronts Shulk for the second time. It is never made clear whether he has an appetite along the lines of Xord (or if he even eats for that matter). He is also quite cunning but very cowardly. If he feels he's personally in danger, he will flee, though more often than not this is quite justified.
Later in the game, Mumkhar reveals to want the Monado for himself, as he believed he would become the hero Dunban was. Because of this, he possesses a great, burning hatred towards both Shulk and Dunban, the former due to being a great threat, and the latter out of jealousy.
Biography[]
Prologue[]
Mumkhar is first seen fighting alongside Dunban and Dickson during the Battle of Sword Valley in the game's prologue. When the battle takes a turn for the worse, he deserts the group and reveals his plans to claim the Monado after the battle is over, before running straight into a group of hidden Mechon and is presumably killed.
Attack on Colony 9[]
Leading the raid against Colony 9 is a mysterious Mechon, Metal Face, severely injuring Colonel Vangarre in his first appearance. It's large silhouette and unique, somewhat humanoid frame catch the ire of Shulk, Reyn, and Dunban, who are shocked that Metal Face is seemingly immune to the Monado's effects. Battering down the trio with electricity, Metal Face is briefly interrupted by Fiora, arriving in an artillery unit in an attempt to take down the Mechon titan. However, Metal Face destroys Fiora's mech, and, after tormenting her, winds up its metallic claws and stabs Fiora, seemingly killing her - all in front of a desperate Shulk, whose efforts to warn Fiora about his vision of her demise were in vain. Filled with rage, Shulk battles Metal Face alongside his team, to no avail, as he taunts Shulk with a mechanical wag of his finger. Though Shulk is able to get a clean hit on Metal Face's head, after the Mechon stares at Shulk and Dunban, he flies off into the sky and retreats with his troops, leaving Shulk in anguish.
As Xord battles against the Monado's wielder, Shulk, Metal Face is repaired from his earlier battle, now equipped with a voice and working mouth.
Ambush outside Colony 6[]
After Xord's defeat and the arrival to the surface, Metal Face quickly attacks with an army of Xord Replicas and Mechon Models M64X and M53X. He taunts the party about how he enjoyed Fiora's death using his new voice, easily defeating an enraged Shulk. Just as things look grim for the party, Dunban and Dickson appear to the fight to fend off Metal Face's army. As Metal Face mocks a defeated party and aims to stab Dunban much like he did Fiora, a powerful Telethia arrives and attacks him, giving Shulk a chance to strike and cut into his limbs with the Monado. This triggers another one of Shulk's visions, one of him facing Metal Face atop Prison Island and triumphing over him. He is interrupted by an attack from Metal Face, who decides to retreat again, leaving behind a frustrated Shulk and Reyn. Metal Face is later seen returning to the Mechonis as Lady Vanea completes Face Nemesis.
Showdown at Prison Island[]
Metal Face appears at the invasion of Alcamoth tearing through forces outside of Prison Island. He wields a new weapon resembling a spear that can suck out the Ether from a life form. When the group allows the awakened Zanza (in Arglas' body) to upgrade Shulk's Monado, Metal Face throws the spear through Sorean Antiqua's defenses and pierces Zanza in the chest, killing him. Knocking Shulk away from Face Nemesis, Metal Face battles Shulk and his team, while deliberately attacking Dunban with claws in the same way Mumkhar would. When Emperor Sorean stops Metal Face from killing Dunban, he kills Sorean in revenge as Melia is narrowly pushed to safety. Just before Zanza dies, he tells Shulk that the process is complete, and Shulk transforms the Monado into the Monado II. Using it, he gains the upper hand against Metal Face, and is able to cut off Metal Face's left arm. As he is about to finish him off, Face Nemesis protects Metal Face and the two fly off away from Prison Island in retreat, only after Face Nemesis reveals her identity as Fiora's Mechon avatar.
Revelation as Metal Face at Valak Mountain[]
Near the end of Valak Mountain, Metal Face suddenly appears and blasts Face Nemesis, using Fiora's life as a bargaining chip to get Shulk to give up the Monado. Metal Face then opens up his core to reveal his pilot: Mumkhar, who had survived the Battle of Sword Valley and defected to the Mechonis, where he extracts himself from the Mechon body to collect the Monado. Dunban, feeling betrayed, tries to fight back, but Mumkhar shows his ability to control his Faced Mechon remotely and kill Fiora's body. As Melia's magic blast reveals an opening, Mumkhar fights the party, revealing to Dunban his old feelings of resentment, his desire to wield to Monado and be a hero, and justifying his murders through the love of his mechanical body and the power he has. His mechanical body is damaged by Dunban, but is saved when Egil arrives in Yaldabaoth, and the two leave with Face Nemesis and head back to Galahad Fortress.
Final Confrontation at Sword Valley and Death[]
The party meets Mumkhar again at the Heavy Machine Depot in the Sword Valley, accompanied with two Mass-Produced Faces. The copies and Mumkhar himself are outfitted with special weapons that can fatally poison any being from Bionis. Even with this upgraded equipment, Dunban overpowers Mumkhar, and is prepared to kill him until Shulk intervenes and talks him down. They agree to let Mumkhar go, with Dunban declaring that they have better things to do than fight Mumkhar, but Mumkhar is enraged, thinking he was just trying to get the last word. Shulk receives a cryptic vision of Mumkhar running into the path of a falling statue of a sword. Unsure of what this means, Shulk tells Mumkhar not to move to try and prevent the vision from happening, but he fires one last shot at the two, which misses and hits the side of Galahad Fortress, shaking loose a sharp spire from the structure that falls and impales Mumkhar inside his Mechon. The force of the impact causes the platform on which the battle took place to break off from the Mechonis' Sword and falls into the Great Sea, with Mumkhar effectively nailed to it, screaming as he plummets to his death.
Remains[]
While exploring the Fallen Arm, the party can find the location Black Wreckage, which holds the remains of Mumkhar's Face Mechon. It is also the location of a Heart-to-Heart between Dunban and Melia, in which Dunban reveals who Mumkhar was and how he coveted the hero status Dunban gained through use of the Monado and wanted it for himself. Dunban also explains that, even as he cannot forgive him, he wishes that he could have found peace, showing that he still cares for his old brother-in-arms. In this same Heart-to-Heart, Dunban mentions that Mumkhar was originally from another colony that was destroyed long ago before coming to Colony 9.
Other Media[]
Super Smash Bros.[]
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Whatever you're doing, it looks... SMASHING!
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~ Mumkhar
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In the Super Smash Bros. series, Metal Face appears in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a stage boss on the Gaur Plain stage. If there are four or less fighters on stage when nighttime comes, Metal Face may show up and slash his claws to destroy most of the stage. He also taunts the players, with significant quotes if one of the fighters is Shulk. He can be KO'd, and, similarly to the Yellow Devil, explodes upon defeat, causing heavy damage to every fighter caught in the blast except whoever dealt the finishing blow.
In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Mumkhar also appears as a spirit, being a primary attack-type. His spirit battle is a Stamina battle against Wolf O'Donnell on the Gaur Plain stage. At critical health, he enlarges and turns metal. At level 99, Mumkhar can be enhanced to become Metal Face, whose ability makes the player start the battle both giant-sized and metal.
Project X Zone[]
Metal Face makes an appearance as a non-playable boss character in the crossover video game Project X Zone 2.
Crosspedia Entry[]
One of the Mechonis machinery life forms known as "Mechons", this unit is used exclusively by the powerful warrior Mumkhar. The entire unit is colored black.
Mumkhar once used it to attack Colony 9, seriously injuring Fiora in the process.
Metal Face's sharp and angular body is incredibly well-armored, and its attack power matches the ferocity of Mumkhar's own personality. Along with the slashes it makes with long, liquid-filled claws, it can also transform into flight mode and fire energy shots from its man cannon.
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- Ironically, Mumkhar ultimately died in the Sword Valley, the same place he deserted Bionis to become Metal Face. Also, his ironic death at the hands of a large sharp object mirrors the ways in which he has killed most of his victims, such as Fiora, Arglas and Sorean.
- The band Children of Seraph has made a song dedicated to Mumkhar, going under the same name as his alias.
- Concept art features Mumkhar with a special helmet for his Core Unit suit, much like Fiora's for Face Nemesis, though it is never used in the final version of the game.
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