Xolduc

Xolduc (pronounced Zoul-dook) is the Nobody of Cloud. He is a member of the Midnight Syndicate, a group entirely comprised of various Nobodies.

Appearance
Where Cloud has spiky blonde hair and Sephiroth has long silver hair, Xolduc’s hair is red. He shares a strong resemblance to Genesis Rhapsodos from Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-.

History
At an unspecified point in time, Cloud Strife supposedly surrendered his Heart to Darkness—an act which seemingly resulted in the creation of Sephiroth, who states that he is the incarnation of the Darkness in Cloud’s Heart—thus making him Cloud’s Heartless. How Cloud regained his human form is unknown, but whenever a person loses his or her heart, a Nobody is also created.

In this case, the Nobody became known as Xolduc. He inherited all of Cloud’s and Sephiroth’s abilities, and is more powerful at his peak than either of the two. It has been speculated that the only possible way to defeat Xolduc would be for Cloud and Sephiroth to set aside their differences long enough to work together—a circumstance widely regarded as unfeasible and/or impossible.

Personality
Xolduc does not have a heart, but he is capable of feeling emotions, but only those that would be considered negative/destructive: anger, hatred, lust, aggression, and pleasure from the suffering of others.

Abilities

 * Cross-slash: three-hit blade combo, has a chance to stun for five seconds.
 * Blade Beam: massive energy release from his sword, then splits into two smaller beams after the initial hit. The second energy blast is only half as powerful.
 * Omnislash: charged with electricity, Xolduc begins to levitate. While this is activated, he is invulnerable to all attacks and moves 3x faster than normal.
 * Octoslash: eight-hit aerial combo.
 * Shadow Flare: creates numerous orbs of Darkness that can home in on the target or be used as mines.
 * Sin Harvest Angel: reduces all opponents in range to just one HP and zero MP.
 * Jump Slash: teleports to another spot in the area and attacks from behind.
 * Null-Stigma: pulls enemies into a massive spiral of fire that causes massive magic damage.

Support Abilities

 * Fire Boost
 * Finishing Plus
 * Combo Boost
 * Air Combo Boost
 * MP Rage
 * MP Rage
 * MP Hastega

Reaction Commands

 * Block: defends against Jump Slash.
 * Reaping Virtue: begins a series of “Reap” commands that, if executed successfully, will inflict 60% of current HP on Xolduc as non-elemental magic damage.

Quotes
The following is a list of quotations associated with Xolduc.

Battle Quotes
"I will never be a memory." (Victory)

"Sin Harvest Angel!" (When using Sin Harvest)

"Stigma!" (Stigma)

"Shadow Flare!" (Shadow Flare)

"Let me hear you scream!" (Omnislash)

"I want to watch you bleed!" (Octoslash)