Broken Pedestal: He eventually becomes one to Shulk over the course of the game.Regardless, he still doesn't think too highly of Telethia-based lifeforms either, since he helps Lorithia convert the High Entia into Telethia. However, the supplementary secret file claims that Giants were once Telethia like the High Entia, but are in no danger of reverting back to Telethia, meaning the Giants' origins aren't quite the same as other Bionis lifeforms. He shares his master's contempt for Bionis lifeforms, despite being a Giant. Although his ''reason'' for doing so was to seize unlimited power. Blood Knight: It's revealed that this is why he follows Zanza's orders.It also doubles as a sword, making it a Swiss Army Weapon.

BFG: His gun is easily longer than his arm, yet he effortlessly wields it in one hand.

Better to Die than Be Killed: After Shulk fatally wounds him with the Replica Monado, Dickson calls the fight off and sends the heroes off to face Zanza, rather than stick around and let them see him die.

His last moments suggest that, despite his claims that Shulk had always been nothing more than a tool for Zanza's revival in his eyes, he did actually come to develop some genuine affection towards him. Archnemesis Dad: To Shulk after shooting him In the Back and revealing his true motives, having been the closest thing he had to a father.Shulk sheds a tear when he realizes that the man who had been his surrogate father isn't going to walk off the wound he inflicted on him. Alas, Poor Villain: Despite him being an absolutely despicable monster after his true allegiance is revealed, his death is given this treatment in-universe.Age Without Youth: It's ambiguous, but it's quite possible that his age is frozen at the moment in time when he became Zanza's Disciple, as he's never shown in a 'younger' body.The Ageless: Hasn't aged since becoming Zanza's Disciple millennia ago.

It is later revealed that Dickson is a disciple of Zanza (Dickson of the Trinity) and only took Shulk in because Zanza was using him as a host. He claims to have found Shulk in the Valak Mountain with the Monado and his parents dead. He is a resident of Colony 9 and looks over Shulk, Reyn, and the other residents. Voiced by: Anthony May (English), Tsuyoshi Koyama (Japanese)ĭickson is a veteran of the battle of Sword Valley a year before the events of the game and a comrade of Dunban and Mumkhar.

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