Xenoblade Chronicles II: Torna — The Golden Country (Nintendo Cinematic Universe)

Xenoblade Chronicles II: Torna — The Golden Country is a Japanese anime short film.

Summary
Learn about the origins of Torna.

Plot Elements

 * Almost 500 years prior to the events of main film, the Aegis Malos has been awakened by the misanthropic Praetor Amalthus of Indol and embarked on a campaign of destruction.
 * The mercenary Lora and her trusted partner Jin are recruited by Addam Origo, fourth prince of Torna and Driver of Malos' counterpart Mythra, to battle Malos.
 * Together with Addam's young attendant Milton, the group detours to Gormott to track down Lora's mother, who has been killed in a bandit attack.
 * In Gormott, the group is joined by Emperor Hugo Ardanach of Mor Ardain and attacked by Gort, Lora's abusive stepfather who stole Jin's Core Crystal from the Tornan royal family and tried to kill her when she bonded to it 17 years prior.
 * Lora defeats Gort, who unbeknownst to her is captured by Amalthus' men. The party returns to Torna and learn that Malos is targeting the Tornan capital Auresco.
 * When they arrive in Auresco, Malos besieges the city and declares his intention to destroy the Tornan titan by overloading it with ether energy.
 * The party pursues Malos to the Titan's core and battles him, but Malos launches an attack on Auresco that kills Milton.
 * A distraught and enraged Mythra unleashes her full power to drive off Malos but loses control and accidentally kills Hugo and destroys Torna.
 * Devastated over the destruction that she caused, Mythra retreats into a split personality named Pyra.
 * Addam departs for Leftheria to seal Pyra away, while Jin takes Lora and the others to a militia camp in Spessia to meet up with Tornan survivors. In Spessia, Lora is again attacked by Gort, whom Amalthus has transformed into a monstrous Blade Eater, and is forced to kill him in self-defense. Amalthus launches a coup to take control of Indol.
 * Sometime later, after Lora has been killed in an attack on the Tornan survivors by Amalthus and Jin has consumed her heart to become a Flesh Eater, Jin burns the remnants of his old life and embarks on a quest for revenge against Amalthus.
 * Post-Credits Scene: Rex discovers the room where Pyra was sealed by Addam, leading into the events of the main film.