Editing Luxord

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|image=[[File:Luxord KHIII.png|350x400px]]

|orgnum=X

|orgtitle=The Gambler of Fate

|orgweapon=Cards ''(Fair Game)''

|orgatt={{nihongo|Time|時|Toki}}

|orglimit=Jackpot

|game1=Kingdom Hearts II

|journalKH2='''First entry'''<br>Organization XIII's Number X.<br>The Organization has hinted that not only do they know about the Keyblade, but they may know things about Sora himself. Are they playing mind games, or is there truth to their words?<br><br>'''Second entry'''<br>Organization XIII's Number X, a master of rhetoric whose words left Sora and his companions quite perplexed.<br>Luxord was using the cursed medallions to conduct experiments on behalf of the Organization.<br><br>'''Third entry'''<br>Organization XIII's Number X, a gambler who can manipulate time.<br>Having shaken Sora and his companions with wily words, Luxord entertained himself by drawing them into a game-like battle.<br>In Port Royal, Luxord used Heartless and the cursed medallions to conduct experiments on the Organization's behalf and collect hearts.

|journal358='''Opening'''<br>No. X LUXORD<br>Life, to him, is just a game to be won...and he has all the '''time''' in the world to do it.<br>Weapon: Cards<br><br>'''HD 1.5 ReMIX'''<br>A member of Organization XIII. A gambler at heart who enjoys treating everything as a wager. He never lets down his gentlemanly and reserved attitude.

In ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]'', along with the rest of Organization XIII, Luxord appears in it and is also a playable character in [[Mission Mode]].

 

In ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', he harassed [[Sora]] and his friends in [[Port Royal]], playing a game with them involving the cursed [[Aztec Treasure]] there. He later battles Sora alone in [[The World That Never Was]], and is the third-to-last member of Organization XIII to fall.

 

In ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]'', he returns as a member of the [[Real Organization XIII]].

Immediately after taunting Sora, the Organization returns to [[Where Nothing Gathers]]. In response to talk about making plans for the future, Luxord states his hope for the boy and his intention to lend a hand to determine Sora's fate. This causes [[Demyx]] to suggest his own method, much to Xigbar's chagrin, and after [[Xaldin]] chastises him, Luxord expresses disappointment, realizing that he needs to wait for his fun to begin.

After Saïx returns from the [[Battle of the 1000 Heartless]], Luxord remarks how Sora is unable to stop the Organization's master plan, as events are already in motion. Xaldin tells Luxord that luck might not fall in his favor, and Luxord replies that the fun of gambling is in not knowing the outcome.

The Grim Reaper then knocks Sora, [[Donald Duck|Donald]], [[Goofy]], and Jack onto the ''Interceptor'', and has the cannons of the ''Black Pearl'' destroy the ship. Sora and the others survive and track down the medallions, after which they head to Port Royal and defeat the Grim Reaper, lifting the curse on Jack. Even with Luxord's experiments having failed, he manages to bring the [[heart]] that the Grim Reaper was holding to [[Kingdom Hearts]], and promptly flees.

[[File:The Gambler of Fate Luxord 01 KHII.png|thumb|left|200px|Luxord spirits away Sora's friends and challenges the Keyblade wielder to a game.]]

Following Axel's death, Luxord attends a meeting at Where Nothing Gathers to discuss the former's fate after his sacrifice. He believes that Axel came out "a winner" in betting his existence, or lack thereof, on Sora. However, Xigbar and Saïx oppose Luxord's opinion, pointing out that his words contradict the foundation of their existence as Nobodies.

Luxord appears once more in Organization XIII's fortress in The World That Never Was. When Sora, [[Kairi]], [[Riku]], Donald, and Goofy enter the area where Luxord waits, Sora walks ahead of the rest. Materializing between Sora and his friends, Luxord uses his cards to remove Sora's allies from the area, and challenges Sora to a game involving time. Luxord fights against Sora, using a variety of tricks and games of luck with his playing cards, but in the end, Sora is able to wear Luxord's time down and defeat him. As Sora readies a finishing blow, Luxord raises his cards to shield himself, but Sora slices through the cards and finishes Luxord off. His last words are "''How could you......Roxas?''" before fading out.

===''Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance''===

Luxord, wearing his [[black coat]], appears alongside his fellow members of the real Organization XIII at [[Where Nothing Gathers]]. As the heroes advance, the Organization's allotted time expires and its members, including Luxord, retreat to their rightful points in time.

{{Q|A wild card. You've earned it. Hang on to it. Could turn the tables.|Luxord}}

[[File:Strategic Moves 01 KHIIIRM.png|thumb|200px|Luxord grills Xigbar about the importance of the Black Box.]]

As Xigbar finishes observing [[Pete]] and [[Maleficent]]'s search for the [[Black Box]] in [[Olympus]], Luxord appears and presents him with a riddle in regards to the box's location. Deducing that Xigbar was the one who ordered him to search for the box, Luxord inquires on Xigbar's intentions, though Xigbar continues to feign ignorance. Unconvinced by his lies, Luxord throws a card towards Xigbar and questions him on the black box's sudden importance and his true identity, as he believes that he wishes to secure the black box in order to remove any connections to him with it. Though Xigbar gives no answer, Luxord relents, explaining he was content with being silent, before warping away.{{storylink|Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind}}

Sometime after that, Luxord arrives in [[The Caribbean]] to be briefed by [[Vexen]] on the importance of a chest located somewhere in the world. Vexen wants it for scientific research, while Luxord only goes after it to fulfill his orders to collect any black box he discovers. To that end, Luxord parleys with Jack Sparrow to offer him whatever he wishes so long as he beats him in a race to Port Royal. Sora and Jack not only win the race but also manage to destroy Luxord's fleet of Heartless and board his ship. Reveling in his victory, Jack asks Luxord to bring him the chest on the ''Flying Dutchman'', unwittingly revealing where the black box is. Luxord then casts the pirates off his vessel and goes after the ship of [[Davy Jones]].

[[File:Final Confrontations II 02 KHIII.png|thumb|left|200px|Luxord traps Mickey and challenges Sora.]]

Sora, Donald, and Goofy pursue Luxord, prompting him to summon a fleet of Heartless ships to combat them. Luxord manages to identify the ''Flying Dutchman'' when he sees Sora going into battle with it; despite Sora explaining that only [[Davy Jones]]' heart is inside the box, Luxord plans to collect it anyway to fulfill his orders. In the hope that he board the ''Flying Dutchman'' with less chaos, Luxord summons the [[Kraken]] to distract Sora and the pirates from their battle with Davy Jones. However, when Jack retrieves the chest first, Luxord tries to initiate parley but is interrupted by Jack who knocks him off the ship with his bad breath and into the whirlpool below. <!--Should there be mention that Luxord gave up pursuit of the chest after Vexen saw what was inside of it?-->

Luxord is among the members of the [[real Organization XIII]] who stand beside [[Xehanort]] as he summons a labyrinth spanning the Keyblade Graveyard. He joins Xemnas, Marluxia, and Larxene in battling [[King Mickey]] until Sora intervenes. Shortly into the battle, Xemnas empowers Luxord and departs, allowing Luxord to trap Mickey in a card. He challenges Sora to one final game: to free Mickey, the hero must find Luxord hidden among a circle of cards. Sora finds and defeats Luxord, who rewards Sora with a wild card to help turn the tables. Sora asks to play with him again when they are normal humans, to which Luxord agrees. He fades away, leaving behind another card that explodes and frees Mickey.

==Personality==

 

Luxord respects those with a talent for games; complimenting their skill regardless of who wins. Upon his second defeat, Luxord acknowledges Sora was a natural-born gambler, granting him a wild card that could "turn the tables" while accepting his offer to play cards again after Luxord is recompleted.

Like Xaldin, he speaks with a Received Pronunciation accent in the English localization.

Luxord uses his attribute, time, in unorthodox methods when compared to other Organization XIII members. He shortens the odds originally by dispatching of Sora's companions before attacking Sora himself. Luxord does not have an [[HP]] bar; during the battle, Luxord and Sora each have a "time" bar that depletes over time and when they are damaged. The first to have theirs depleted loses the battle. This means that the player must watch Sora's HP and time gauges to make sure neither is emptied. He can blast his enemies with magic presumably of his element when they are far away, but he mainly uses his cards to fight them.

In ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'', Luxord has a Limit Break called {{c|Jackpot|Limit Break}}, which causes him to summon cards that constantly change symbols. {{button|dsa}} momentarily pauses the cards to unleash an effect based on the visible symbols.

In ''Kingdom Hearts III'', while in [[The Caribbean]], Luxord proves to be a skilled captain, utilizing his ship to battle and race the {{c|Leviathan|ship}}. Luxord also displays the ability to command the [[Kraken]]. In a tag-team battle with Marluxia and Larxene backing him up, Luxord is able to teleport them away in a swarm of cards when Sora strikes; thus forcing Sora to dodge their attacks and focus on finding him first.  

===Weapon===

Luxord uses {{c|Cards|weapon}} as his weapon, His signature Card stock is called '''[[Fair Game]]'''. Luxord's Cards come in of varying sizes, some reaching likely more than ten feet in the air when stood on end. The back of each Card has five Nobody symbols on it, while the opposite side resembles a clock (referencing Luxord's element of time) that has Nobody symbols as the minute and hour hands, and the Roman numerals for 1-12 for the clock numbers (the numeral for 13 is in the center, just under the clock hands). Luxord uses these Cards the way that most members of Organization XIII use their element. He can turn himself into a giant Card and hide among similar Cards, turn his enemies into Cards, throw flurries of razor-sharp cards at an enemy, create defensive barriers, and at times by will can warp reality. The Reaction Command "[[Reaction Command#Luxord|Flip]]" causes the Cards to vanish, but some of them have a booby trap (represented by a symbol on the one side of the Card) that "Flip" triggers. He can also use them as sleight of hand cover, or to disorient his enemies.

 

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