Tales of Symphonia/Characters

The characters from the game Tales of Symphonia.

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (JP), Scott Menville (EN, Symphonia), Brian Beacock (EN, all other appearances)


"Dwarven Vow #1: Let's all work together for a peaceful world"

A 17-year-old human who was raised by a dwarf, Lloyd leaves his home town of Iselia to follow his childhood friend Colette on her World Regeneration Travel after having been banished from the village, where he's held responsible for the attack they suffered from the Desians. At the beginning of the game, Lloyd is a typical overly idealistic Idiot Hero, but he grows upon discovering the world as it is, making his idealism into a goal to save both worlds and everyone living inside it.

Tropes associated with Lloyd: "'I'm sorry, Dad...'"
 * Accidental Pervert: Lloyd received the title "Peeping Tom" when he caught Zelos (Who ran when the girls heard noises) spying on the girls in the the hot spring scene. Evolves to a sort-of Running Gag in spin-off games: He gets pulled into these situations in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology as well as in Dawn of the New World.
 * Adorkable
 * Asleep in Class / Good Morning, Crono: Lloyd does this once, notable in that he falls asleep, standing up, while also holding a bucket full of water in each hand. He's woken up when Raine (his teacher) throws an eraser into his face.
 * Badass: Becomes one as the story progresses.
 * Book Dumb: Lloyd is not as stupid as he's generally made out to be.
 * Chaste Hero: Until the sequel.
 * Disappeared Dad: Raised by the dwarf Dirk, whom he grew to call father,.
 * The Ditz: Most of the time.
 * Genius Ditz: Is quite skilled and knowledgeable when it comes to using Dwarven technology. He can also do a surprisingly good job unlocking doors or stopping strange devices...
 * Idiot Savant: Although it's clear he isn't able to grasp other studies, he is still quite a skilled artisan, crafting jewelry and, more importantly, key crests for Exspheres, often in less than a day, sometimes against adverse situations,.
 * Does Not Like Tomatoes
 * Dual-Wielding: Done out of a belief that having two swords makes him twice as powerful as if he has one. The fact that dual-wielding is an unusual combat style is lampshaded by Kratos at one point; Lloyd's (rather poorly thought-out) response is the trope's page quote.
 * Elemental Powers: Mostly through altered artes.
 * Blow You Away: The only element he can learn naturally in the original game.
 * Playing with Fire: Retconned as his primary element in the sequel.
 * Shock and Awe
 * Expy: Somehow, Lloyd resembles Vash the Stampede in terms of character... And he wears red!
 * Hachimaki: Is that what that utterly ridiculous neck-tie-thing he's always sporting is?
 * Happily Adopted
 * Heroes Prefer Swords
 * Heroic BSOD:
 * Suffers one after.
 * He also has a brief one after discovering that.
 * Hostage for Macguffin: Lloyd, of all people, is at one point held hostage so
 * Idiot Ball: Lloyd will occasionally be handed the intelligence ball that will give him spontaneous moments of insight before he turns back into a moron again. These moments become more common later in the game, such as when, and when, shortly thereafter, remembers that Chocolat was taken to Iselia.
 * Idiot Hero: At first. This changes once Character Development settles in and he becomes more of The Messiah and a great leader instead.
 * I Gave My Word: Why he's so dead-set on going back to the Iselia ranch is, despite there being somewhat more important matters going on at the time.
 * Lightning Bruiser: Very quick and has good attack power.
 * Likes Older Women: Becomes this in Dawn of the New World, unless you pair him up with Colette. He'll still comment on the attractiveness of older women even if you do, however.
 * The Messiah
 * Nice Guy
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero
 * No Infantile Amnesia: He reveals in one skit that he remembers being held by his father and watching stars together. Since then he always made sure to count stars on the night sky. He was about 3 years old when he lost his parents.
 * Oblivious to Love: Especially where Sheena is concerned. Ultimately, subverting this trope is completely up to the player.
 * Paper Fan of Doom: Can wield twin fans as his Joke Weapon.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red to Genis, Kratos and Regal. Empathised with Kratos by obtaining (PlayStation 2 ver only) extra costumes of legendary rivals Musashi and Kojiro
 * Rogue Protagonist: One of the main plots in Dawn of the New World.
 * Scarf of Asskicking
 * Spam Attack: Lloyd has by far the most of these, though they're something of a mixed bag; spam attacks are one of the best ways to get an enemy spellcaster to "flinch" out of their incantation, but enemies that can go into Overlimit do so based on the number of hits they've taken.
 * Standing in the Hall: While not in the hall, he is shown holding buckets of water at the beginning of the game. In fact, the game starts with Lloyd getting an eraser thrown at his head because he fell asleep while doing this. Hilariously enough, he hadn't put the buckets down while he was asleep, either. They were still a good three inches off the ground while he was snoozing.
 * Sword Beam: Demon Fang, his first technique and the one he tends to use in scenes.
 * Tell Me About My Mother
 * This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself:
 * Took a Level In Badass
 * Two Belts, although it's justified in that he carries two swords.
 * The Unchosen One
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: He doesn't realize that he actually does this by
 * Two Belts, although it's justified in that he carries two swords.
 * The Unchosen One
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: He doesn't realize that he actually does this by


 * You Can't Go Home Again
 * You Killed My Mother: )

Voiced by: Nana Mizuki (JP), Heather Hogan-Watson (EN)


"Even if I lose my body, my heart will still be free"

Lloyd's childhood friend was raised with the knowledge that she was The Chosen One, and, when the time came, she'd go on "a journey to regenerate the world," where humans are often treated by cattle by the Desians, an organization comprising mostly half-elves. She's a naive, sweet, cheerful girl

She originally tries to dissuade Lloyd from following her, then. From this moment on, Colette is Lloyd's most constant support.

Tropes associated with Colette: "Lloyd - Colette, need cure for poison... Colette - I'm FINE. I'm not poisoned. Lloyd - No, I mean, ME..."
 * Action Girl: Despite getting kidnapped a couple of times, Colette fights by tripping is actually a pretty good fighter.
 * And I Must Scream:
 * Apologises a Lot: She even says she's sorry for saying she's sorry. If we're going by sheer amount, Lloyd and Regal take the cake, though Colette, unlike Lloyd and Regal, apologizes mostly when she doesn't have to (and Regal actually apologizes when he needs to).
 * Badass Adorable Damsel
 * Barrier Maiden
 * Betty
 * Break the Cutie:
 * The Chosen One: Deconstructed.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Damsel in Distress: Colette is kidnapped twice during the course of the game.
 * Played straight 24/7 in the anime, in which the other characters don't let her fight.
 * Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday: Her dangerous journey to save the world starts the day after her 16th birthday.
 * Definitely Just a Cold: For a large part of the game.
 * The Ditz: To put it simply, THIS line.

"Tenebrae: "Am I really that much of a stick in the mud?" Colette: "I honestly don't see any mud on you. But, what's wrong with mud anyway? Everyone gets a little dirty now and again." Marta: "I don't think he meant that sort of mud." Colette: "Well then, what sort of mud did he mean?" Emil: "No, listen. There was never any mud to begin with." Colette: "Oh, so it was more of a muck? Or maybe a slime?""
 * Does Not Like Bell Peppers / Stock Yuck:
 * Dojikko
 * It's called a "divine clumsiness" at one point, given that she occasionally has a tendency to trip over the exact thing the party were searching for. She even trips after she gets wings! She also has a tendency to leave Colette-shaped holes in whatever she crashes into/through.
 * "Item Thief! Ugh!" to be followed by "Yay, I got something!"
 * Dual-Wielding: Wields a pair of chakrams.
 * Effortless Amazonian Lift: Picks up Regal, of all people, and comments that he's lighter than she thought.
 * Elemental Powers:
 * An Ice Person: Through an altered arte.
 * Holy Hand Grenade: Learns "Angel" class Light spells as she unlocks seals.
 * Shock and Awe: Her Para Ball, Torrential Para Ball, and Grand Chariot are all lightning-based, making it her second most-used element.
 * Everything's Better with Spinning
 * Friend to All Living Things: especially dogs. In fact, there's a Collection Sidequest for her meeting every dog in the game.
 * Glass Cannon
 * Hair of Gold
 * Heather Hogan
 * Heroic Safe Mode: Has a minor one after she
 * The Ingenue
 * Innocently Insensitive: It's not as apparent at some examples, but there are times when she comes out with this, such as seeing the Tethe'alla bridge being covered in Exsphere and remarks that it's "kind of gross-looking".
 * It's Not You, It's My Enemies
 * Kick the Dog:
 * The Klutz: It's even one of her titles!
 * Literal-Minded: Very much so.
 * Literal-Minded: Very much so.


 * Love Freak: Especially showcased in the skit when she states that she'll have to ask an assassin trying to kill her about why she's doing it 'when they become friends'.
 * Luke, I Am Your Father
 * Magikarp Power: Starts off as a low-level Jack of All Stats, becomes very powerful once she starts gaining her Angel powers.
 * Meido: One of her alternate outfits.
 * The Messiah
 * Messianic Archetype
 * Nice Girl
 * Not So Different: From Zelos when you think about it.
 * One Note Chef: Almost every recipe, when made by her, will involve fruit in some form. This is actually lampshaded in one particular skit in Dawn of the New World.
 * Pettanko: Lampshaded; one of her titles is "Ironing Board."
 * Plucky Girl
 * The Pollyanna
 * Purity Sue: A very deliberate in-universe deconstruction. Colette is just about the sweetest and most selfless human being imaginable, not to mention she is The Messiah in every sense of the word. Unfortunately,
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Rings of Death
 * Sidetracked by the Analogy: Probably the champion within the game. Often, her confusion will promptly confuse either Lloyd (in ToS) or Emil (in DotNW) as well, who don't suffer from it quite as much in skits without her.
 * Silk Hiding Steel: A girl so sweet and eager to please, yet capable of redirecting her very specific quest into detours by making them sound like they're part of the quest. She also physically the strongest of the group.
 * Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Obviously the exact reason she adores Lloyd so much.
 * Spam Attack: Not as many as Lloyd, but still more than any other party member. In fact, the two of them have a Compound Unison Attack, Stardust Rain, which can deal in the neighborhood of sixty hits on larger enemies.
 * Stepford Smiler
 * Super Senses:
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Sheena's tomboy.
 * Victorious or Unlucky Childhood Friend: Depending on your Relationship Values, although Word of God says the former.
 * Video Game Stealing: Her "Item Thief" ability, which allows her to steal items from her enemies by falling on them!
 * Waif Fu: Manages to throw Zelos when meeting him the first time, and can pick up Regal, a tall, muscular convict, with one arm.
 * Super Strength
 * Well Done Daughter Girl: To Remiel.

Voiced by: Ai Orikasa (JP), Colleen O Shaughnessy (EN, Symphonia), Tara Sands (EN, Dawn of the New World)


Lloyd's other childhood friend, Genis is a young elven boy who was raised by his sister. . Genis is the first to break the law in order to help a human from a Desian human ranch, which resulted in Iselia being attacked and Lloyd and he being exiled as a punishment. He's extremely clever, making him often quite sarcastic and arrogant toward Lloyd, and later Zelos, but he also starts out just as idealistic as his best friend.

Tropes associated with Genis:
 * Adorably Precocious Child
 * Badass Adorable
 * Black Mage
 * Bratty Half-Pint
 * Captain Obvious: Does this a little too often, for being such an intelligent character...
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Does Not Like Carrots / Stock Yuck
 * Elemental Powers:
 * An Ice Person
 * Blow You Away
 * Dishing Out Dirt
 * Light'Em Up: Only in his Strike path, however.
 * Making a Splash
 * Playing with Fire
 * Shock and Awe
 * Fauxshadow
 * Gibberish of Love: Genis is not capable of saying a proper line to Presea.
 * Improbable Weapon User: He uses a kendama toy, a Japanese toy that resembles hammer with a ball on a string on it. He can whack people will the little ball, but he mostly uses it to focus when casting magic.
 * The Lancer
 * Little Mr. Badass
 * Little Mr. Snarker
 * Meaningful Name: In the original Japanese,Genius.
 * Not So Different:
 * Parental Abandonment
 * Shorter Means Smarter: The shortest member of the party, and roughly on par with Raine for intelligence.
 * The Smart Guy
 * Something About a Rose / Bishie Sparkle: In the 3rd OVA bonus.
 * Squishy Wizard
 * Supreme Chef / Team Chef: For the first half of the game; he later shares both titles with Regal.
 * Tara Sands: Voices him in all subsequent appearances.
 * Teen Genius: In Japan, he is even named Genius.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * You Can't Go Home Again: As his house burns, he laments that he thought Iselia was a place where he and Raine could settle down..
 * Teen Genius: In Japan, he is even named Genius.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * You Can't Go Home Again: As his house burns, he laments that he thought Iselia was a place where he and Raine could settle down..

Voiced by: Yumi Touma (JP), Kari Wahlgren (EN, Symphonia), Tara Platt (EN, all other appearances)


Genis' older sister who took care of him after. Raine is Iselia's schoolteacher, and she leaves to accompany Colette on her journey before Lloyd and Genis do. She starts off as very cynical, but over the course of the game, she trusts Lloyd more and more to achieve his idealistic world.

It's later revealed that And optional event

Tropes associated with Raine:
 * Adventurer Archaeologist: Averted; although she gets incredibly excited about ancient ruins, she usually insists on their preservation.
 * Agent Scully: A minor example, but she is very skeptical when Sheena first explains she is from Tethe'alla, even though Sheena possesses the lost summoning arts.
 * Angst Coma: In the anime. Kind of handwaved as being from illness, but the timing was very conveniently at a properly angsty moment.
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Berserk Button: People trying to do harm to ruins will regret it very soon...
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: Loves technology and ancient artifacts a little too much at times...
 * Character Filibuster:
 * Casually belittling historical events is practically begging for lecture.
 * During one scene she starts a long-winded lecture about an ancient site. After a few sentences the game lets you wander around while she continues. Her lecture doesn't stop until you stumble upon some guys trying to blow the site up, even if you reach the end of it... because Colette asks her to repeat it.
 * Combat Medic: To some extent. She's very poor in physical combat, but her Photon and Ray spells (especially Ray) have very good offensive capabilities.
 * Combat Pragmatist: Not a physical fighter, but Raine certainly has the right mindset. To increase her Relationship Values, you must make pragmatic choices, such as saying that Sheena's an enemy, or the journey of regeneration takes precedence over freeing the prisoners at the Palmacosta ranch
 * Cool Big Sis
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Detached Sleeves: In her "Maiden" outfit.
 * Elemental Powers:
 * Light'Em Up: Her three attack spells: Photon, Ray, and Holy Lance.
 * Freudian Excuse: Her fascination on old ruins and civilizations?
 * Hello, Nurse!: Less than Sheena, but Raine gets this attention at times, and had a fanclub in Iselia. Overlaps with Sexy Mentor.
 * She has a fanclub in Asgard too.
 * Lethal Chef: Because she always experiments by adding bizarre ingredients; lampshaded in-game when she earns the "Passable Chef?" title for maxing out her cooking skill. Part of her problem is that she tries to invent new ways to cook or different dishes, such as chocolate-covered lemons.
 * The Medic: Kratos, Zelos, and Regal all also have healing abilities, but Raine is The Medic of the lot. Subverts the pacifism aspect of the trope, being one of the more cold and pragmatic members of the party. Notably, the teens have to do some arm-twisting before she is willing to heal an apparent enemy.
 * Missing Mom
 * Odd Friendship: With Sheena. At first the two come off as Headbutting Heroes, but they eventually become a lot closer and supportive, such as Sheena rushing to help save Raine and Genis in Tethe'alla, and when Raine attempts to calm Sheena down in the temple of lightning.
 * Promotion to Parent
 * The Smart Girl
 * Stern Teacher: She is noted for being cool, strict, and practical, and even smacking her students around when they're being particularly stupid. Which makes it a very sweet moment when, late in the game, she admits that she's so hard on the hero in particular because she knows he's strong enough to handle it, and wants to see him grow up strong.
 * Tall, White-Haired, and Bishoujo: She's easily one of the prettiest characters in the game.
 * Team Mom: not a leader in any sense, but she's the most likely to get on people's cases for messing around too much. She and Regal are also the ones who have the private conversation about how Lloyd must succeed, even if it requires some Heroic Sacrifices along the way...
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Why Did It Have To Be Water?: She... really doesn't do very well around water. Ironically, the sequel made this her elemental affinity.
 * Team Mom: not a leader in any sense, but she's the most likely to get on people's cases for messing around too much. She and Regal are also the ones who have the private conversation about how Lloyd must succeed, even if it requires some Heroic Sacrifices along the way...
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Why Did It Have To Be Water?: She... really doesn't do very well around water. Ironically, the sequel made this her elemental affinity.

Voiced by: Fumihiko Tachiki (JP), Cam Clarke (EN)


A stoic mercenary who just happens to be passing through the vicinity to save the Chosen's life and be offered the job of protecting her during her journey. Kratos speaks little, smiles less, and gets angry once every blue moon; this, combined with his superb swordsmanship, makes him the epitome of Badass according to Genis, but a perpetual thorn in Lloyd's side, who tries his best to earn the older man's respect.

When it looks like he finally has it, of course, Kratos.

He's finally revealed to be

Tropes associated with Kratos:
 * Aloof Big Brother: Plays this role against Lloyd during the Journey of Regeneration, despite not being his brother.
 * Badass
 * Badass Arm-Fold: Does this in cutscenes quite often.
 * Badass Baritone
 * Biseinen
 * Blue Oni: To Lloyd's Red Oni.
 * Bodyguard Crush: The Tales of Fandom 2 DVD reveals that he has feelings for whom he protected before he met Lloyd.
 * Combat Medic: Serves as the healer before Raine joins your party.
 * The Comically Serious
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Deadpan Snarker: More heavy on the deadpan than the snark, but he has his moments.
 * Does Not Like Tomatoes
 * Elemental Powers:
 * Blow You Away
 * Dishing Out Dirt
 * Playing with Fire
 * Shock and Awe
 * Unused battle data suggests he would have had Making a Splash and An Ice Person as well.
 * Enigmatic Minion
 * after The Reveal.
 * The Fatalist
 * Guilt Complex:
 * Hair Color Dissonance: His hair is often brown instead of red in fanart.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Kick the Son of a Bitch: When he kills Kvar, until it's revealed that he's
 * Magic Knight: He's practically the patron saint of this character class in Radiant Mythology spin-offs.
 * Memento MacGuffin: Has a locket which contains a picture of
 * Mercy Kill
 * Narrator
 * Only in It For the Money: Appears to be traveling with the party for this reason at first.
 * Peek-a-Bangs
 * Perpetual Frowner
 * Punctuated Pounding: "Feel the pain... of those inferior beings... as you burn in Hell!"
 * The Quiet One
 * Running Gag: Kratos is often late to important events, parodied a bit in OVA's bonuses.
 * Shell Shocked Senior: Exhibits tendencies of this trope from the very beginning. As you get further out in the game, the party learns that he has a very, very long and rocky history to explain it.
 * Something About a Rose / Bishie Sparkle: In the OVA bonuses, sometimes when he appears these are in the background.
 * Stealth Mentor
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic: Becomes uncharacteristically angry upon meeting Kvar.
 * Stoic Spectacles: Unusual example in that he does not regularly wear glasses nor is there any hint of him having vision problems, but he fits this trope to a tee the few times he's shown with them.
 * This Is Sparta / Punctuated Slashing: "Feel The Pain. Of Those Inferior Beings. As You Burn In Hell!"
 * Too Many Belts: Especially in his judgment costume. So much so it became a fandom in-joke that he has a belt fetish.
 * Try Not to Die: "Don't die, Lloyd." Then, in the ending, ""
 * Weaksauce Weakness: As a gameplay mechanic, every character has an ingredient they don't like. Kratos' is tomatoes. Fanon has elevated this dislike to outright phobia.
 * Memento MacGuffin: Has a locket which contains a picture of
 * Mercy Kill
 * Narrator
 * Only in It For the Money: Appears to be traveling with the party for this reason at first.
 * Peek-a-Bangs
 * Perpetual Frowner
 * Punctuated Pounding: "Feel the pain... of those inferior beings... as you burn in Hell!"
 * The Quiet One
 * Running Gag: Kratos is often late to important events, parodied a bit in OVA's bonuses.
 * Shell Shocked Senior: Exhibits tendencies of this trope from the very beginning. As you get further out in the game, the party learns that he has a very, very long and rocky history to explain it.
 * Something About a Rose / Bishie Sparkle: In the OVA bonuses, sometimes when he appears these are in the background.
 * Stealth Mentor
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic: Becomes uncharacteristically angry upon meeting Kvar.
 * Stoic Spectacles: Unusual example in that he does not regularly wear glasses nor is there any hint of him having vision problems, but he fits this trope to a tee the few times he's shown with them.
 * This Is Sparta / Punctuated Slashing: "Feel The Pain. Of Those Inferior Beings. As You Burn In Hell!"
 * Too Many Belts: Especially in his judgment costume. So much so it became a fandom in-joke that he has a belt fetish.
 * Try Not to Die: "Don't die, Lloyd." Then, in the ending, ""
 * Weaksauce Weakness: As a gameplay mechanic, every character has an ingredient they don't like. Kratos' is tomatoes. Fanon has elevated this dislike to outright phobia.
 * Shell Shocked Senior: Exhibits tendencies of this trope from the very beginning. As you get further out in the game, the party learns that he has a very, very long and rocky history to explain it.
 * Something About a Rose / Bishie Sparkle: In the OVA bonuses, sometimes when he appears these are in the background.
 * Stealth Mentor
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic: Becomes uncharacteristically angry upon meeting Kvar.
 * Stoic Spectacles: Unusual example in that he does not regularly wear glasses nor is there any hint of him having vision problems, but he fits this trope to a tee the few times he's shown with them.
 * This Is Sparta / Punctuated Slashing: "Feel The Pain. Of Those Inferior Beings. As You Burn In Hell!"
 * Too Many Belts: Especially in his judgment costume. So much so it became a fandom in-joke that he has a belt fetish.
 * Try Not to Die: "Don't die, Lloyd." Then, in the ending, ""
 * Weaksauce Weakness: As a gameplay mechanic, every character has an ingredient they don't like. Kratos' is tomatoes. Fanon has elevated this dislike to outright phobia.

Voiced by: Akemi Okamura (JP), Jennifer Hale (EN, Symphonia), Megan Hollingshead (EN, Dawn of the New World)


Sheena starts as a sympathetic antagonist; her first attempt to kill Colette fails due to her own clumsiness, and subsequent meetings highlight her niceness and sincerity as a person. It comes as no surprise when she joins the party after discovering what's going on in Sylvarant human farms. Later, she reveals she comes from the ninja village of Mizuho, from the parallel world of Tethe'alla; in spite of her attachment to her world and her village, she consistently picks the 'right' choice over blindly following her orders, even when she knows she will be punished for it. Her powers as a Summoner are essential to the second half of the game.

She's easily one of the most idealistic characters of the game, and one of Lloyd's staunchest supporters. However, it's revealed that she has a particularly angsty backstory

She has feelings for Lloyd, but he doesn't get it. Her interactions with Zelos imply that there's also something going on between them and they've clearly known each other for quite some time, though whether they used to just be good friends when they were younger or even dated at one point is never actually stated in the game.

Tropes associated with Sheena: ""A title given by a friend during the journey. It's not a name given out of spite.""
 * Absolute Cleavage
 * Action Girl: Starts out as a Dark Action Girl, but then the party learns of her motives and she loses the "Dark" part.
 * Badass: Oh, come on. You know she's a badass.
 * Big Breasts, Big Deal: Her type of this varies, but she certainly doesn't appreciate Zelos' mentioning of them, and when Raine remarks in the hotsprings sidequest she's not as well-endowed as Sheena, she reacts with some embarrassment.
 * Big Damn Heroes: At Kvar's ranch.
 * Bokukko: In Japanese, her speech patterns are masculine. Basically, she talks like how a boy would.
 * Cannot Spit It Out:
 * Canon Shadow: Averted. Taking the Hard Path and getting Sheena early on will result in extra scenes, dialogue and more foreshadowing.
 * Capulet Counterpart: True to form, she can fall in love with Lloyd depending on the Relationship Values.
 * Cute Clumsy Girl: Not as much as Colette, though, or rather, she's not so much clumsy as it is there's a running gag of trap doors opening under her.
 * Death Dealer
 * Dual Boss: Fights alongside a guardian when you face her as a boss.
 * Elemental Powers:
 * Light'Em Up: The only one she learns naturally which isn't a summon.
 * Feminine Women Can Cook: Subverted; despite her tomboyish personality, she likes cooking, although she makes some odd (but not completely wrong) decisions, like adding pineapple to curry.
 * She's actually the third-best cook in the group (to Genis and Regal) and the best girl at it.
 * Fragile Speedster: However, she's not the fastest character in the game - that'd be Lloyd.
 * Foil: to Colette, in some ways. Both are idealistic women doing questionable things (to themselves or others) to save their world. They're both kind of clumsy. And, not coincidentally, they're the most popular love interests.
 * Giant Waist Ribbon
 * Glass Cannon
 * Happily Adopted: By the chief of Mizuho.
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Hello, Nurse!: Lampshaded mercilessly by Zelos.
 * Highly-Visible Ninja
 * Hot Amazon
 * Improbable Weapon User
 * Let's Get Dangerous: After Volt.
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Ninja
 * Parental Abandonment
 * Single Woman Seeks Good Man: The very best explanation for her attraction to Lloyd.
 * Slap Slap Kiss: with Zelos, though the kiss part is more on his part.
 * Summon Magic
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Tomboy to Colette's Girly Girl.
 * Tomboyish Ponytail: Well, a spiky bun, but still.
 * Tsundere: Towards Zelos. Lloyd gets off easier, but he has a habit of misinterpreting her advances.
 * Veronica
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: The description for Zelos' title "Idiot Chosen" says it all.

Voiced by: Masaya Onosaka (JP), Shiloh Strong (EN, Symphonia), Christopher Corey Smith (EN, Dawn of the New World)


"Whatever will be will be"

Tethe'alla's 21-year-old Chosen One, Zelos has all the appearance of Handsome Lech, and provides much of the comic relief in the second part of the game, and is generally the party's Butt Monkey. Among the aristocracy of Tethe'alla, he's extremely popular and a regular Casanova, and retains the common prejudice against Half Elves. However, he also proves his practical nature by discarding said prejudice, based upon his own experience with the party; in the moments when he is serious, he regularly shows himself to be the most cynical member of the party, and one of the most observant, especially towards Sheena, whom it's implied he may have feelings for.

Tropes associated with Zelos: "Regal: "When I was in prison, I would hear about the Chosen's debauchery. Apparently your exploits made you quite the man about town.""
 * Anti-Hero: Type IV; shifts up the scale to Type II
 * Big Brother Instinct: He truly does care for Seles, even if he tries hiding it. Just watch the skit where he thinks she's following them and he insists she go home because she could get hurt.
 * Bishonen
 * Butt Monkey
 * Calling the Old Man Out: Clearly feels that Not surprising, considering his own situation with his parents.
 * Casanova
 * Chivalrous Pervert
 * The Chosen One: Deconstructed.
 * Christopher Corey Smith: Voiced him in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World.
 * Church Militant
 * Detached Sleeves: A rare male example.
 * Elemental Powers: See Kratos' entry.
 * Somewhere during the course of the journey, however, he eventually has a, so when he finally gets to [[spoiler:betraying the group, it's actually an act to help them, rather than what it would have been if he never decided to take Lloyd's side over Mithos'. It's unknown at what specific time during the journey he made his decision to stay with Lloyd, but a good guess is
 * Foil / Shadow Archetype: To Lloyd. He's basically what would happen if Lloyd got really cynical.
 * Gay Option: or at least the closest to one.
 * The Glomp: Does this to Lloyd often.
 * Handsome Lech:
 * Have I Mentioned That I Am Heterosexual Today: The first thing he says to Lloyd and Genis when he meets them is, "I'm not interested in talking to guys". Which makes some people think that it's a case of Suspiciously Specific Denial.
 * Hidden Depths
 * I Fight for the Strongest Side: Said almost word for word
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Towards Sheena regarding her crush on Lloyd; non-romantically, towards his sister.
 * Jerkass
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Jerkass Facade
 * Lolicon: Zelos' Personal EX Skill lets him flirt with female NPCs for free items and money. This works on little girls as well. There's even a Z-skit where the rest of the party mistakes this for Zelos just really liking children. He claims to be thinking about how hot they'll be when they'll grow up, though. Doesn't really doesn't make it any better, though... then again, this is Zelos Wilder.
 * Lovable Sex Maniac: He even gets a special title for flirting with every female NPC in the game.
 * Magic Knight
 * Masaya Onosaka
 * Meaningful Name: in mythology, the individuals known as Zelos, Kratos, and Nike (the latter of whom Colette derives her name from), are siblings.
 * Memetic Sex God: A canon example, judging by all the groupies that follow him around in Meltokio. Lampshaded by Regal at one point:
 * Lolicon: Zelos' Personal EX Skill lets him flirt with female NPCs for free items and money. This works on little girls as well. There's even a Z-skit where the rest of the party mistakes this for Zelos just really liking children. He claims to be thinking about how hot they'll be when they'll grow up, though. Doesn't really doesn't make it any better, though... then again, this is Zelos Wilder.
 * Lovable Sex Maniac: He even gets a special title for flirting with every female NPC in the game.
 * Magic Knight
 * Masaya Onosaka
 * Meaningful Name: in mythology, the individuals known as Zelos, Kratos, and Nike (the latter of whom Colette derives her name from), are siblings.
 * Memetic Sex God: A canon example, judging by all the groupies that follow him around in Meltokio. Lampshaded by Regal at one point:
 * Meaningful Name: in mythology, the individuals known as Zelos, Kratos, and Nike (the latter of whom Colette derives her name from), are siblings.
 * Memetic Sex God: A canon example, judging by all the groupies that follow him around in Meltokio. Lampshaded by Regal at one point:


 * Messianic Archetype: Subverted. As the Chosen of his land, this is what he's intended to be. He... doesn't particularly follow it through, however.
 * Mr. Vice Guy
 * Multiple Endings: When people say the game has several endings, they're not referring to the ships.
 * My Friends and Zoidberg: Has this attitude towards Lloyd and Genis in the beginning. Lloyd earns his respect and grows out of it. Genis... not quite so much.
 * The Nicknamer: According to him, Genis is "Brat", Raine is "My intellectual hunny", Colette is "Little Angel Beauty", Sheena is alternately "my voluptuous hunny" or "Violent Demonic Banshee", Presea is "Rosebud," and Lloyd is "Hey You" and later "Bud."
 * Not in the Face
 * Not So Different: From Colette -
 * Obfuscating Stupidity: Zelos is highly intelligent, skilled at manipulation, . He hides all of this under a facade of being a happy-go-lucky Handsome Lech who seems to have made it his life's mission to hit on every female in existence and antagonize Sheena.
 * Paper-Thin Disguise: Apparently, just wearing a mask prevents the girls from recognizing him.
 * Parental Abandonment
 * Power of Trust: Lloyd telling Zelos he trusts him makes the difference between
 * Real Men Wear Pink
 * Sad Clown
 * Shiloh Strong: Voiced him in the first game.
 * Slap Slap Kiss: With Sheena. Although the "kiss" part is one-sided.
 * Something About a Rose: If he is in his formal wear costume there is a chance that in battle his weapon will be a bouquet of roses.
 * Stepford Smiler
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: As far as his fighting style goes, he is this to.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: Also with Sheena.
 * You Can't Fight Fate: The entire reason behind his actions is to compromise with it.

Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (JP), Tara Strong (EN, Symphonia), Janice Kawaye (EN, DotNW)


A 12-year-old Tethe'allan lumberjack, Presea seems entirely devoid of emotions when the party meets her. It's quickly discovered that her emotionlessness results from the Cruxis Crystal experiments that where conducted on her; the party makes it their goal to cure her, since anyway the process can't be much different from the one employed to cure Colette.

Once she regains her personality, she tells her story to the party:.

This revelation seals Presea's decision to keep on helping the party getting the world rid of the Desians and the Cruxis, once she accepts.

Tropes associated with Presea:
 * Action Girl
 * And I Must Scream: Borderline, since she wasn't consciously aware of everything that went on. When you finally bring her out of her zombie state she finally does... very loudly.
 * An Axe to Grind
 * Badass
 * Badass Adorable
 * Beware the Quiet Ones: When she confronts, her mood can basically be summed up as "Unstoppable Rage".
 * Cute Bruiser
 * Dead Older Sister
 * Drop the Hammer: Can wield several of them, one being the Pow Hammer DX.
 * Elemental Powers:
 * Blow You Away: Through an altered arte.
 * Dishing Out Dirt: Her natural one.
 * Shock and Awe: Through an altered arte.
 * Emotionless Girl: Which makes her entrance in the sequel even funnier.
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Glacier Waif: Has the highest Strength, Attack, and the second highest amount of hit points in the game, effectively cementing her status as the party's Mighty Glacier.
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: The tiny girl of her association with Regal.
 * Little Miss Badass
 * Mighty Glacier: Physically the strongest character in the game, but also the slowest.
 * Oblivious to Love: Poor Genis.....
 * Older Than They Look
 * This could be because she wishes to reclaim the time she lost, and strives to act her age, but she's more or less still just a little girl in... well, a little girl's body, just 16 years older than it should be.
 * Rose-Haired Girl
 * Spock Speak
 * Super Strength
 * Waif Fu
 * Waif Fu

Voiced by: Akio Ohtsuka (JP), Crispin Freeman (EN, Symphonia)


A mysterious convict who is first sent after the party but defects to join them once he catches sight of Presea, Regal is extremely discreet about his past and refuses to take off his shackles - they are the symbol of the sin he committed and which he has to atone for.

Regal is able to focus his efforts towards the fight against the Desians and the Cruxis after his centric sidequest, in which However, he retains his peculiar fighting style, refusing to kill anyone with the hands that have already done so much harm.

Tropes associated with Regal:
 * Armed Legs
 * The Atoner: Almost an Exaggerated Trope. Possibly deconstructed, in that.
 * Bare-Fisted Monk
 * Blue Oni: To Lloyd's red.
 * Big Brother Mentor: Lampshaded when Lloyd and Regal state their bond is like that of siblings, with Regal in particular having come to view Lloyd as a younger brother.
 * Chained by Fashion
 * Chef of Iron
 * Combat Medic: Is an inversion, being a primarily melee fighter with some healing capabilities.
 * The Comically Serious
 * Cooking Duel: In a side quest, to unlock a secret outfit.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Elemental Powers: All of them learned through altered artes.
 * Blow You Away
 * Playing with Fire
 * Shock and Awe
 * Extremity Extremist
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Heartbroken Badass
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: The huge guy of his association with Presea.
 * I Am Not Left-Handed
 * Kamehame Hadoken: Used only in a cutscene (rightfully so! It looks like it would be a real Game Breaker). The in-universe explanation is that he used to specialize in fighting with his hands, to the point where they grew so powerful that, once augmented with an Exsphere, he could unleash their physical hitting-things power as a beam, but after that, his Freudian Excuse happened and he vowed never to use his hands for violence again. He makes an exception for the one scene where he uses it because he's not hurting anybody, unless it turns out those jail cells were sentient. Gotta hand it to the guy, at least he keeps his word.
 * Lolicon: Got labelled as this thanks to the game not being clear on how old he and Alicia actually were when they fell in love... and the fact that certain fans like to ship with with Presea. Not helped by the fact that . One can even label Regal a Lolicon if you choose the right answer when asked about his tastes in women.
 * Zelos points this out in a OVA bonus, which earns Regal the group's disapproval until Lloyd defuses the situation. This one's Played for Laughs, however, as that very same OVA also cleared up the confusion.
 * May–December Romance: The game was very, very vague on the age difference between himself and Alicia, leading most fans to conclude this. The animated adaptation confirmed it, but to a lesser extent: Regal was nineteen and Alicia somewhere in her mid-teens. Of course, having Alicia characterized with a faux-child voice and Regal played by the deep-voiced, ultra-manly Akio Ohtsuka doesn't help things.
 * Out of Focus: Regal is the only party member (except for Zelos) the player can go the entire game without using and who has no Unison attacks until the PS2 version, makes nothing more then a few token lines after.
 * Pink Girl, Blue Boy: In regards to hair colors, with Presea.
 * Rated "M" for Manly: Lampshaded and Played for Laughs with his "Testosterone" title.
 * Real Men Wear Pink: Can tear enemies apart using nothing but his FEET and is the team's best chef. Oh, and he wears a belly shirt.
 * Supreme Chef / Team Chef: Along with Genis.
 * Team Dad: After
 * Technical Pacifist
 * Unequal Pairing:.
 * Use Your Head: In the 5th OVA bonus, Regal decides not to fight with his legs anymore, instead using his head, because he blames himself for He promptly and randomly skull bashes Zelos.
 * Willfully Weak
 * With My Hands Tied: Regal's fighting style is based around using his feet only, since  and therefore vowed never to kill with his hands again.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Shall Not Pass: Said word for word.

Noishe
A dog-like companion of Lloyd.

Tropes associated with Noishe:
 * All Animals Are Dogs: Noishe acts like a ordinary dog, but he's not. Through a number of skits and one side-quest, you find out that Noishe is actually a creature known as a Protozoan, supposedly the first creature to have been born on the planet. It evolves during the course of its own life, starting off as a single-celled organism, then a fish, then a bird, then the dog-like form, then 'another' form, then finally a human that fights evil. It is also said that Noishe himself (possibly in his previous form) accompanied Mithos and Co. on their journey 4000 years ago.
 * Expy: A monster wolf called Orion in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World greatly resembles Noishe.
 * Heroic Dog: Subverted in that he's not really a dog despite acting like one, but Noishe fit this trope when he protected Lloyd when
 * Stealth Pun: Noishe matches the physical description of a Scottish mythological Cu Sith, which is pronounced Cu Shee.
 * For those not familiar with the name, it's feline counterpart is Cait Sith, which was a puppet and party member in Final Fantasy VII.
 * What Happened to the Mouse?: Noishe is played up as a major character in the beginning, even appearing in several skits and being the one thing Lloyd has that came from this dead/estranged parents, but is dropped roughly the time that the team makes it into Tethe'alla. He still appears occasionally (in stables, when the whole team is split up). His one useful ability, using Long-Range Mode, was also overshadowed greatly by the Rheairds before the end of the first disk, though the game does actually go into a little more detail about him.

Voiced by: Hideyuki Tanaka (JP), James Arnold Taylor (EN)
Yggdrasill is the leader of Cruxis and the Desians, a self-righteous antagonist who has the world under his spell.

Tropes associated with him: ""Farewell, my shadow, you who stand at the end of the path I chose not to follow.""
 * Big Bad
 * Bishonen
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Determinator
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady: And how!
 * Evil Is Stylish: That's what he invokes to justify his shape shifting.
 * No one's quite sure why evil looks like Disco Stu with Rapunzel Hair.
 * Evil Laugh: Has a rather unnerving one when
 * Fantastic Racism
 * A God Am I: Subverted, as he has godlike power but never develops the full-on complex. In the end, he still views himself as who's just trying to make the world a better place... through some extremely questionable means.
 * Grand Theft Me:
 * Half-Human Hybrid
 * Hideyuki Tanaka:
 * Humans Are the Real Monsters: His primary belief.
 * James Arnold Taylor: His English voice actor
 * Kick the Dog: Killing
 * Knight Templar
 * Light Is Not Good: He's an angel and uses some light-based techniques like Judgment, Holy Lance and Prism Sword, but he's the main villain.
 * Love Makes You Evil:
 * Minami Takayama:
 * Not So Different: From
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Shadow Archetype: To Lloyd. He even says as much.
 * Kick the Dog: Killing
 * Knight Templar
 * Light Is Not Good: He's an angel and uses some light-based techniques like Judgment, Holy Lance and Prism Sword, but he's the main villain.
 * Love Makes You Evil:
 * Minami Takayama:
 * Not So Different: From
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Shadow Archetype: To Lloyd. He even says as much.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Shadow Archetype: To Lloyd. He even says as much.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Shadow Archetype: To Lloyd. He even says as much.


 * Shut Up, Kirk: "Do you think I'm going to beg for forgiveness? Ridiculous!"
 * Taking the Bullet:.
 * Teleport Spam
 * Utopia Justifies the Means
 * Villainous Breakdown: After . Complete with Laughing Mad.
 * Villain Decay: A deliberately invoked and justified by-product of this.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
 * Worthy Opponent: Eventually comes to regard Lloyd as one..
 * Worthy Opponent: Eventually comes to regard Lloyd as one..


 * The Five Grand Cardinals

The five leaders of the Desians.

Tropes associated with the Grand Cardinals:


 * Authority Equals Asskicking
 * Fantastic Racism: See Freudian Excuse.
 * Five-Bad Band: Including Yggdrasil among their ranks as the Big Bad leads to this set-up:
 * Big Bad: Yggdrasil
 * The Dragon: Pronyma
 * Evil Genius: Kvar
 * The Brute: Magnius
 * The Dark Chick: Forcystus
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor: Rodyle
 * Flunky Boss: Tend to have a few minions fighting alongside them, except for the first battle with Pronyma and Rodyle
 * Freudian Excuse: Half-elves are abused by humans to a horrifying degree, leading them to hate humans. Then Cruxis promotes them to positions of power over captive humans. As expected, they did not grow up to be nice and understanding about the trauma.
 * Moral Myopia: None of them express or seem to notice any Irony over their treatment of humans and how it seems similar to their own past treatment by humans.
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad

Pronyma
The leader of the Five Grand Cardinals and Yggdrassil's right hand.

Tropes associated with Pronyma:


 * Dark Action Girl
 * The Dragon: To Yggdrassil.
 * Elemental Powers: Includes Casting a Shadow, Making a Splash and An Ice Person.
 * Masasa Moyo
 * Peek-a-Bangs
 * Recurring Boss
 * The Starscream: It's implied that she was one to the previous leader.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: She's trying to protect her people from discrimination by humans.
 * You Gotta Have Turquoise Hair

Forcystus
The Grand Cardinal in charge of the Iselia Ranch

Tropes associated with Forcystus:


 * Andre Sogliuzzo
 * Arm Cannon
 * Artificial Limbs
 * Blow You Away
 * The Brute and The Dark Chick: His combat prowess is implied to be superior to that of Magnius, and not just due to Story and Gameplay Segregation. However, he's also the most noble of the Grand Cardinals (or so we're told...)
 * Complete Monster: An in-universe subversion. Lloyd and Genis regard him as such in the beginning of the game, while the morality is still fairly black and white, but they eventually come to realise that it's not so simple and Forcystus is fighting for the good of his people albeit with extremist methods.
 * Died Standing Up: Fades away while still standing.
 * Eyepatch of Power
 * He Who Fights Monsters: He put an end to a human-lead genocide against half-elves in his past. He doesn't seem to see any irony with his current situation.
 * Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: By Lloyd.
 * Informed Attribute: We learn nothing of, nor get a hint to the fact that Forcystus was a hero to half-elves everywhere until one skit shortly after he dies.
 * Killed Mid-Sentence: Not killed, just incapacitated by a  when Lloyd says he won't give up his exsphere to the Desians that killed his mother, Forcystus actually seems surprised and says "What are you talking about, your mother was killed by..." before he's cut off.
 * Knight Templar: He started out just trying to protect his fellow half-elves. Now he does so many horrible things to defend them that he could qualify for Monsterdom if he had more screen time.
 * Noble Demon: He's the only Grand Cardinal who doesn't go out of his way to provoke the village he's overlooking and honours the non-aggression treaty until he has reason to believe that Iselia has violated it. It's also discovered posthumously that he was a defender and champion of his people.
 * Too Many Belts: His undershirt is pretty much just a mass of belts (or belt-like straps, anyway).
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: He is a hero to his people and comes off as a soldier fighting a racially-motivated war.
 * Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: Praised by the Desians but reviled by the humans. Lloyd wonders whether he could have gotten along with him in a world where humans and half-elves could coexist.
 * Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: Praised by the Desians but reviled by the humans. Lloyd wonders whether he could have gotten along with him in a world where humans and half-elves could coexist.

Magnius
The leader of the Palmacosta Ranch.

Tropes associated with Magnius:

"VEEEEERRRMIIIIIIIIIN"
 * An Axe to Grind: His weapon of choice
 * Blood Knight
 * Boisterous Bruiser
 * The Brute
 * Chris Edgerly
 * Dumb Muscle
 * Fiery Redhead: Literally and figuratively.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper: See Stupid Evil below.
 * Large Ham: His voice actor was obviously having a great deal of fun, especially with the word 'vermin'.


 * Neck Lift and Neck Snap: Does this to a random human who doesn't use his title.
 * Playing with Fire
 * Shinji Kawada
 * Slouch of Villainy
 * The Starscream: He seeks to replace Pronyma as the leader of the Grand Cardinals.
 * Stupid Evil: "That's LORD Magnius, vermin!" 'nuff said. Ultimately Played for Drama, however. It's because he's so Stupid Evil that Rodyle was able to manipulate him.
 * Unwitting Pawn: To Rodyle.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: He seeks to protect his people from discrimination by humans by murderalising the crap out any of them who get in his way. Needless to say, he probably wasn't hired for his brains.

Kvar
The leader of the Asgard Ranch

Tropes associated with Kvar


 * Blonde Guys Are Evil
 * Body Horror: Not him, personally, but
 * Chris Edgerly
 * Complete Monster: Regarded as one in-universe. In a game where many antagonists get an Alas, Poor Villain moment, or at least have their motivations explained, it says a lot about Kvar that almost everyone in the game views him as an irredeemable monster.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: In fact, Kvar is so bad that even his own subordinates think he's evil. Debateable whether they actually fall under this trope, as they sound like they're bragging about having such a monster for a boss, although one quickly tells you not to let anyone know about him talking about Kvar's cruelty.
 * The Evil Genius: One of two.
 * For the Evulz & For Science!: Unlike the other Desians, Kvar doesn't seem to need much motivation to be a complete bastard.
 * Hilarious Outtakes: His voice actor somehow managed to have this little gem slipped into the game's files...
 * Mad Scientist
 * A Nazi by Any Other Name: Comes off as very similar to Josef Mengele.
 * Shock and Awe
 * Smug Snake
 * Squishy Wizard
 * The Starscream:
 * Like Magnius, he seeks to replace Pronyma as the leader of the Grand Cardinals.
 * May also be one to Yggdrasill, since he was involved with
 * You Killed My Mother: Lloyd's reaction to him.

Rodyle
The leader of the Remote Island Ranch and one of the main Desian researchers.


 * Daran Norris
 * Dishing Out Dirt
 * Dragon Rider: Not in battle, but uses one as his main mode of transportation.
 * Evil Genius
 * It's Personal: For Presea.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Mad Scientist
 * Smug Snake: Believes himself to be the cleverest of the Desian Grand Cardinals, but ends up
 * The Starscream:
 * The Starscream:

Yuan Ka-Fei
The leader of the Renegades, a group of half-elves who oppose the Desians. Both cynical and ruthless, he

Tropes associated with Yuan:


 * Above Good and Evil: Implied. He doesn't seem to have any kind of moral compass. So long as he gets what he wants, that's all that matters.
 * Anti-Hero: Type III.
 * Badass
 * Blade on a Stick: His "stick" has blades on both ends.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Chris Edgerly
 * Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Despair Event Horizon: Part of his backstory.
 * The Dragon: Botta is his.
 * Dual Boss: With Botta.
 * Figure It Out Yourself: Because he's too impatient to explain.
 * Good Is Not Nice: While his goals match those of the party, he still is a jerk to them even when he's not fighting them, and his methods are more morally ambiguous.
 * Heel Face Revolving Door
 * Jerkass / Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Flits between the two, depending on who's in the room with him.
 * : The Renegades
 * Lost Engagement Ring
 * Mr. Exposition
 * My God, What Have I Done?: After
 * Pet the Dog: A short sidequest reveals
 * Shock and Awe
 * Stoic Spectacles: In the "United World" OVA extra.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Shock and Awe
 * Stoic Spectacles: In the "United World" OVA extra.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Tabatha
A strange girl who lives with Altessa and assists him. She speaks in a robotic voice. .

Tropes associated with Tabatha:


 * Electronic Speech Impediment:
 * Emotionless Girl
 * Friend to All Living Things: And nonliving, as shown by her scene with Presea about the loneliness of exspheres.
 * Kim Mai Guest
 * Robo Speak
 * Soulless Shell
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair