Editing Luxord

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{{Q|Only a fool bends to the cards. We shape our course through action.|Luxord}}

'''Luxord''', the {{nihongo|''Gambler of Fate''|運命を賭す者|Unmei o Tosumono}}, is Rank X within the original [[Organization XIII]] and a member of the [[real Organization XIII]]. He possesses the power of time manipulation and uses his ability to force his opponents to play timed games, with unfortunate consequences if they cannot learn the rules and lose. He commands the [[Gambler]] [[Nobodies]].

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]].

On an unknown world, Luxord's original persona became a [[Heartless]], his strong will allowing his [[body]] to continue on as his Nobody, Luxord. He was later found by an unknown member and became the tenth member of Organization XIII.

|In the ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' novel, Luxord is shown beating [[Axel]] at a game of cards. Embarrassed, Axel challenges him for another game. At Axel's words, Luxord starts shuffling the cards, laughing, as [[Xigbar]] arrives. Luxord asks him for a game, but he refuses. The trio start to talk about [[Xemnas]] going out of the [[Castle That Never Was|castle]].

When Axel questions the latter, Xigbar replies that the world is moving, though Axel and Luxord are confused by this and Xigbar refuses to tell more, leaving them puzzled. Luxord comments about the original six members having been companions since before Organization XIII was formed and that he doesn't understand what they were planning. Axel drops the subject and the pair started to play cards again.

Luxord is present as Xemnas introduces the Organization's fourteenth member, [[Xion]]. He regularly hangs out in the [[Grey Area]], and will often team up with [[Roxas]] on missions to [[Wonderland]]. Luxord approaches all of his missions as games and tends to comment on them as such to Roxas, often leaving him puzzled with his metaphors.

 

He appears shocked when Xemnas announces at an Organization meeting the truth about Xion being a [[replica]], and remarks, "If only the whispers from the top of the ladder carried to the bottom rung," before vanishing from [[Where Nothing Gathers]]. If Roxas talks to him before leaving on his mission, he remarks that "no game is complete without pawns", seemingly resigned to his own role as a pawn in the Organization.

[[File:Parle from Organization XIII 01 KHII.png|thumb|200px|Luxord orders the destruction of the Interceptor while Sora and his friends are still aboard.]]

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.

Upon making second rounds to the worlds in search of Organization XIII's stronghold, Sora and co. join [[Jack Sparrow]] in Port Royal to find [[William Turner]], who has gone missing while investigating the theft of the cursed pirate gold by a man in a black hood. They seek out Will using the ''[[Black Pearl]]'', and find him on the ''Interceptor''. As soon as they recover Will, Luxord appears on the ''Black Pearl'' with the cursed gold beside him, and greets Jack Sparrow. He reveals that he is at Port Royal to assess the value of the cursed gold to the Organization, and summons the [[Grim Reaper]] [[Heartless]]. After the Heartless is thrown overboard, Luxord invokes the right of {{w|parley}} before Jack can get off a shot with his pistol. He agrees to hand over the chest, but takes four [[medallion]]s and gives them to his Gambler Nobodies, who vanish. This reactivates the curse on Jack, as well as placing it on the Grim Reaper.

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''===

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

==Design==

Luxord wears the usual all-black attire of Organization members, but his cloak is somewhat different than normal, sporting slightly pointed shoulders and very loose sleeves. Luxord's platinum blond hair is very short and worn in a Caesar cut, and he has blue eyes, which later turn golden as a vessel of Xehanort's heart. He is also the only member of Organization XIII to have facial hair, a goatee with the same blond color as his hair. Luxord wears five silver piercings on his ears; four {{w|helix piercing}}s in the form of two hoops on each ear and one piercing shaped like the [[Nobody]] symbol dangling from one earlobe. The latter piercing hangs from his left ear in-game and his right in some artwork, indicating that both earlobes are pierced.

{{Q|I'd rather we just skip the formalities.|Luxord to Sora before they begin to fight}}

Luxord is a man of games and luck; his challenge to Sora and Jack to find the medallions has an element of chance to it and the Heartless he summons cannot be attacked unless all the coins are in the chest, giving a side-objective to the battle. He also uses games of chance in his own battle with Sora. However, his enjoyment for games can backfire on him, both in and out of battle. His enjoyment of games is further portrayed in his additional scenes in ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'', which show him in an almost uncaring light—he seems to not be bothered as long as he can continue to gamble and see interesting things. In ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'', much of Luxord's dialogue makes references to cards, games, and luck.

Luxord is also portrayed as a master of rhetoric, with an advanced vocabulary (for example, describing the Grim Reaper Heartless as "'' a veritable maelstrom of avarice''", meaning endlessly greedy, using it to taunt his opponents). Unlike most other members of Organization XIII, who banter with Sora in some fashion before fighting, when Luxord appears to him he calmly smiles and says "'' I'd rather we just skip the formalities ''", and begins the battle right away. This somewhat contrasts his appearance in ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' and ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'', where he talks a good deal to Roxas on their missions and other members of the Organization.

 

 

 

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.  

Luxord apparently cannot seal an opponent as powerful as King Mickey into a card on his own, as it took a power boost from Xemnas to make him strong enough. Before his second demise, Luxord imbued a "wild card" with his remaining power and gifted it to Sora.

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.  

Gambler Nobodies also use Cards as their weapons and have the ability to turn an enemy into a Card after winning a "game". They also use Dice and have a similar ability to turn an enemy into a Die.

File:Fair Game KHII.png|The front and back of Luxord's Fair Game Cards.