Editing Xigbar

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|game=Kingdom Hearts II

|kana=シグバール  

|romaji=''Shigubāru''

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|title=''The Freeshooter''

|weapon=Arrowguns ''(Sharpshooter)''

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|limit=Critical Snipe

|first=''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''

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|japvoice=[[wikipedia:Hōchū Ōtsuka|Hochu Otsuka]]}}

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{{Q|Have you been a good boy? Oh, it sounds like you haven't!|Xigbar}}

[[Xigbar]], the {{nihongo|''Freeshooter''|魔弾の射手|Madan no Shashu|lit. ''Magic Bullet Shooter''}}, is the [[Nobody]] of [[Braig]] and is Rank II within [[Organization XIII]]. Xigbar utilizes spatial manipulation, and uses this to freely direct the projectiles from his weapons, twin "Arrowgun" blasters and to alter the battlefield. He commands the [[Sniper]] Nobodies.

Xigbar is the fourth-to-last Organization member to be defeated, and the second to speak to [[Sora]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'', although he does so hooded at first. In ''[[Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]'', Xigbar is featured as a playable character in [[Mission Mode]]. In an interview, Tetsuya Nomura said that "Xigbar's attacks have a high range, but he has slow reloading time."

==Journal Entries==

===''Kingdom Hearts II''===

''Organization XIII's Number II. When Sora called out to him, thinking he was Riku, Xigbar gave a curt reply.''

 

''His motives and his methods remain unclear. Surely he has a greater goal in mind, but what could it be?''

 

''Organization XIII's Number II.''

''He told Sora once that he reminded him of someone else. Puzzling words, indeed...''

''Some part of him did seem to be enjoying Sora's reaction.''

''Organization XIII's Number II. Nothing else about him has come to light.''

''He vanished, leaving Sora with naught but puzzling words. Apparently Organization members can use the darkness to come and go as they please.''

''No. II XIGBAR''

''Founding member. He keeps an ear to the ground and a finger on the trigger. Manipulates '''space'''.''

''Weapon: Arrowguns''

''No. II Weapon: Arrowguns''

''A man of many secrets, he uses banter to evade questions just as he manipulates space to elude foes. A patch covers his right eye.''

''The Organization's No. II, a master of the arrowgun and spatial manipulation. As a long-range fighter, he'll try to keep foes from closing in by warping away as he fires.''<br />

''The full salvo attack he uses in desperate situations is truly devastating.''

{{Q|Kiddo, the only thing you'll ever save me from is boredom.|Xigbar to Roxas when joining him on a mission in Halloween Town.}}

Xigbar appears for the first time chronologically in ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days''. Present when [[Xion]] joins the Organization, he is shocked when his seemingly good friend, [[Demyx]] (Although he did state that he wanted Demyx to go to Castle Oblivion in the manga), reveals the annihilations that took place at [[Castle Oblivion]]. Later joining [[Roxas]] on a recon mission to [[Agrabah]], they overhear [[Aladdin]] and [[Jasmine]] discussing the rebuilding of their city after many sandstorms strike. The Freeshooter later challenges Roxas at [[Olympus Coliseum]] when he first enters the Games, claiming to "care about his future." The fight is cut short when the [[Guard Armor]] appeared.

Xigbar later discussed the defaulting Xion with [[Xemnas]] and [[Saïx]] in Where Nothing Gathers, later challenging "Poppet" himself in [[Wonderland]]. Xigbar then sees Xion as [[Ventus]], and Xion is able to quickly strike Xigbar down with the power she was unknowingly sapping from Roxas.

===''Kingdom Hearts II''===

Not long after arriving in Hollow Bastion and reuniting with [[Aerith]], [[Leon]], and [[Yuffie]], Sora engaged a number of [[Dusk]] [[Nobody|Nobodies]] in battle around the city. After being led away from the main town, Sora, [[Goofy]], and [[Donald Duck|Donald]] heard voices mocking them, but could find no source for them. After Sora demands that they show themselves, the remaining Organization members (having lost five members due to deaths and two others due to desertion) materialize, laughing. Though they are hooded, they are recognizable as the Organization from the description given to Sora and his companions by [[Yen Sid]].

The Organization eventually departs, but Xigbar, still cloaked and hooded, stays behind to taunt Sora further, making them feel anxious about the power of the Organization. He also openly compares the similarities between a glaring look Sora gives him and one given to him by [[Ventus|another]]; Sora dismisses this as random banter meant to confuse him. Xigbar then leaves, staying out of Sora's way for a very long time.

Sora encounters Xigbar again at the gates to [[the Emperor]]'s throne room in the Land of Dragons. Having encountered another hooded man and suspected him to be his missing friend [[Riku]], Sora inquires if he is the same person. Xigbar removes his hood, revealing otherwise and remarking that he had never heard of anyone named Riku. Xigbar summons his Snipers to distract Sora while he escapes. The diversion works, although the Nobodies were defeated, and Xigbar is able to continue his mission of summoning an enormous [[Heartless]] to harvest [[Heart|hearts]] for the Organization's plans. He manages to set the [[Storm Rider]] on the city, but it is soon destroyed by Sora, [[Mulan]], Donald and Goofy.

Xigbar's final appearance in the game is in The World That Never Was inside [[Organization XIII]]'s stronghold. After Riku and [[Naminé]] helped [[Kairi]] to escape from the Organization, they head for the [[Hall of Empty Melodies]], a large, open-air room leading further up into the castle. Sora and his party arrive there, but are stopped by Saïx, who calls out swarms of [[Shadow]] and a few [[Armored Knight]] heartless to attack the intruders. [[Maleficent]] and [[Pete]] also arrive, expressing interest in taking the Organization's castle for themselves.

Eventually, Maleficent and Pete leave to formulate a plan for taking the castle, and Saïx heads up to rejoin Xemnas. Sora and Kairi remain separated as Riku and Kairi remain above Sora on a balcony, fighting off the Heartless gathered there. Many Heartless attack Sora as well, but they are all dispatched in a sudden rain of arrows from a hidden Xigbar. He walks into view, and asks if Sora has been a good boy mockingly, echoing the words from his first encounter with Sora. He states how Sora put the Organization in a "pickle", and he supposes that was the reason the Keyblade chose him. He also makes a very cryptic remark on how he wasn't "half the hero the others were". Sora simply takes it as an attempt to throw him off as Xigbar then engages Sora in battle, referring to him as "Roxas" while expressing anger at him for betraying the Organization. Ultimately, he is defeated and begins to fade into the darkness. Before he disappears, Sora asks him why he called him "Roxas", to which Xigbar merely chuckles and responds, "Wouldn't you like to know?"

''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'' contains several additional cutscenes of Organization XIII's activity. One shows a conversation at an unknown time between Xigbar and [[Zexion]], with Xigbar having recently returned from finding new members from the Organization (including [[Marluxia]], whom he mentions as a new recruit) while Zexion and [[Vexen]] were discussing Xemnas' visit to the [[Chambers of Repose and Waking|Chamber of Repose]]. Xigbar expressed his knowledge about the events of [[Keyblade]] warriors that appeared before they found [[Xehanort]]. He also talked about his eavesdropping on Xemnas during his visits to the Chamber of Repose, and how he seemed to be conversing with someone that wasn't really there.

==Appearance==

Xigbar wears the usual Organization garb of a black cloak, black boots, and black gloves, though his cloak is distinguishable by more pointed shoulders and the fact that it sags at his shoulders. The sleeves of his cloak are also somewhat closer-fitting than normal, though not as close as [[Axel|Axel´s]]. In terms of facial features, Xigbar sports gold eyes, pointed, elf-like ears, upturned eyebrows, and dark hair with several grey streaks tied into a long ponytail.  

He also has two visible injuries on his face; the first being a damaged right eye covered by an eyepatch, while the other is a large jagged scar extending from his left cheek to just under his left eye. His original self, Braig, received these injuries when he fought the Keyblade wielder [[Terra]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]''.

Xigbar has a laid-back and cocky attitude, and likes to taunt Sora to put him off-guard, though with limited success. When not on missions, he occasionally enjoys eavesdropping on his fellow Organization members. He relies heavily on instinct rather than on intelligence for both decision-making and fighting, making him adaptable and unpredictable in battle. He also has a habit of saying, "''As if''". In the English version of ''Kingdom Hearts II'', Xigbar speaks with a ''California Surfer'' accent, possibly to emphasize on his laid-back nature.  

Along with Axel, Larxene and Demyx he acts as the Organization's comic relief due to his frequent sarcasm and wise cracks. Xigbar is probably the most wise-cracking of them all as unlike Axel and Larxene who know when to be serious (Demyx having his comic relief due to his klutzy persona, along with his laziness) Xigbar never breaks character and even in his battle he still makes sarcastic comments. He also uses nicknames for the other members on occasions, calling Roxas "kiddo" or "tiger" in the Grey Area and on various missions, calling Xion "Poppet" in the Grey Area, and once calling Axel "Flamesilocks" near the end of the game, when he talks to Roxas about the outcome of the "Ven incident".

Xigbar is also shown to be very uncaring to the other members of the Organization. For example he told Roxas that it did not bother him about what had happened to the members at Castle Oblivion, and even stated that he is glad the castle is quieter. And in the Organization's final meeting Xigbar somewhat jokingly remarked, "Seems like we're getting a lot more free seats".

He is shown to be careless and lazy in his speech, stating Xion (who to him had the appearance of Ventus) always looked at him like he 'drowned his goldfish', which is impossible.

Despite his high rank, he is not given high authority like Saïx or Marluxia but instead is sent on missions and confrontations with Sora. Considering his personality, it may be simply that Xigbar prefers field work to a more administrative position. However, ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' seems to contradict this, as Xigbar attended a meeting at which the only other members attending were Xemnas and Saïx (the Organization's leader and second-in-command). Xigbar also has a tendency to spy on other members of the Organization - he spies on Xemnas going to the Chamber of Repose in ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'', and spies on Axel and Xion discussing Roxas in ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days''. Due to his high rank and spying, Xigbar knows a great deal of the Organization's secrets. If you listen carefully, he has a habit of hinting some of the Organization's secrets, but most are too vague to understand at first. Xigbar is noted by Roxas as not an easy guy to trick. He seems to be the type of guy who will find out about a secret that interests him, one way or another.

Along with the rest of the Organization he considers Roxas to be a traitor. He seems to support this view more than any other Organization member as he's the only one who states it in his battle quotes. In fact, when the battle begins he remarks, "You really shouldn't have betrayed us!" However, this could simply be in keeping with his mocking personality, as he seemed to be taunting Sora for his ignorance of Roxas.

{{Q|Clever little sneak!|Xigbar, during his battle with Sora.}}

{{main|Xigbar (Boss)}}

As the "Freeshooter", Xigbar attacks from far range using his twin Arrowguns, firing rapid barrages of lasers at Sora. He uses his control over space to its fullest, bending his attribute to teleport, warp his shots, and levitate upside down. With this ability, Xigbar does not even have to aim at Sora to hit him. Instead, he can simply fire anywhere he wishes and open spatial rifts to redirect the shots towards the Keyblade master. Nonetheless, Xigbar is shown to be an exceptional gunslinger, as seen in the cutscene before the battle against him, when he effortlessly destroys all of the Heartless surrounding Sora, Donald, and Goofy without hitting any of them even once. He appears to be very quick and hard to hit, although his skills still did not give him the ability to defeat Sora and company.

[[File:Sharpshooter.jpg|thumb|Xigbar's Sharpshooter arrowguns]]

Xigbar wields two ranged weapons called '''Arrowguns''', with this specific model called '''[[Sharpshooter]]'''. The top of each gun bears a pattern similar to the Nobody symbol. They are purplish, strangely shaped weapons that appear to be somewhat similar to crossbows. They shoot red laser arrows which bend towards a target, making them quite deadly with Xigbar's aim. Xigbar uses his Space attribute to full effect by creating wormholes to fire the shots through during battle. The blasts can be rebounded at Xigbar using the Keyblade's "Guard" ability. During Xigbar's desperation moves, they are able to fire a massive stream of powerful rounds, which glow blue rather than red, and adapt a rapid-fire ability. When held together and charged, they can fire a massive blue energy arrow that rebounds around the area, and can be angled to hit an enemy multiple times. After several attacks, they need to be reloaded.

In the Japanese version of ''Kingdom Hearts II'', the arrow guns can be combined together into a makeshift sniper rifle with deadly accuracy. In the English version, Xigbar doesn't combine the guns, but uses one gun to balance the other (though the effect is the same). The rifle sight is also different in each version. In ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'', Xigbar combines his weapons in the same manner when using his Limit Break, and is uncensored in the English version.

Sniper Nobodies also carry similar weapons; though theirs are much weaker, appear more like crossbows, and their crystal arrows hang in the air for a short time, allowing for a reaction command.

 

In ''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'', Xigbar combines his twin Arrowguns into one during his Limit Break, this kept in the English adaption as well, as it lacks the targeting graphic featured in ''Kingdom Hearts II'' and ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix''.

==Quotes==

 

*Xigbar's title in both English and Japanese is a reference to the opera ''[[wikipedia:Der Freischütz|Der Freischütz]]''. "The Freeshooter" and "''Madan no Shashu''" are the common translations of the German title into English and Japanese, respectively. A ''Freischütz'' is a marksman who obtains seven magical bullets through a deal with the devil; the first six (so-called "free bullets") completely follow the ''Freischütz''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s will, allowing him to shoot at marks that would be otherwise impossible to hit. However, the seventh bullet is controlled by the devil.

 

 

==See also==

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