Tales of Destiny/Characters

Stahn Aileron


The classic Idiot Hero. He's a country boy from the boondocks town of Linea, heading off to seek fame and adventure as a soldier of Seinegald. He stows away on a ship bound for the capital, which is promptly attacked by monsters, so he grabs the first weapon he can find... Which turns out to be a Swordian, an ancient and extremely powerful sentient sword, named Dymlos, who promptly accepts Stahn as his master. And so the Hot-Blooded hick goes on to discover a huge history of cover-ups and corruption in his quest to save the world...

In the sequel, he marries Rutee, and they have a son, Kyle.


 * Anime Hair: One of few mullets that actually looks decent.
 * Eighties Hair
 * Big Eater
 * Call to Adventure
 * Country Mouse
 * The Determinator
 * Idiot Hero
 * Hachimaki
 * Heavy Sleeper: His sister has an attack that she developed to wake Stahn up.
 * The Hero
 * Heroic BSOD: After
 * Hot-Blooded: The most Hot-Blooded hero the series has ever seen. If you have any doubts, look for a video of him using Satsugeki Bukouken.
 * Oyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeh!
 * Large Ham: Mostly in battle. Outside of it, he's more of a Keet.
 * Keet
 * Lightning Bruiser: Especially in the remake.
 * Likes Older Women: Zigzagged. It's hinted that he likes Ilene, but ends up with the younger (by a year) Rutee. The Remake omitted his date scene with the former.
 * Names to Know in Anime: Tomokazu Seki
 * Also, his English VA in Radiant Mythology, Liam O'Brien. Sadly, we didn't get to hear any hot blood from him since Stahn never really gets all excited in that game. However, it is one of the rare games where O'Brien plays a character that is neither evil or depressed.
 * Ryotaro Okiayu: Provides the voice for Dymlos.
 * Playing with Fire: Dymlos is the Swordian of Fire.
 * The Power of Friendship: He tries pulling Tea Gardener-grade Friendship Speeches on Leon. A lot. Their effectively is usually subverted....
 * Say My Name: "LEON! LEOOOOOOONNNN!!!!"
 * Screaming Warrior: He begins all his Blast Caliburs with a sky-piercing battle cry.
 * Slap Slap Kiss: His relationship with Rutee doesn't exactly get off to the greatest start.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Stahn/Stan
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist: Stahn is the Tales posterboy for this trope.

Rutee Katrea


A mouthy thief from Cresta, Rutee travels with her amnesiac partner Mary, stealing and doing odd jobs for cash. She joins Stahn (or rather, Stahn joins her) when he saves her from an old trap in a dungeon. She also has a Swordian, Atwight, that was given to her when she was very young. Later, it turns out that she only went on her thieving journey to help monetarily support the orphanage she was raised in, and keep it open. She's the team healer, but is also a good physical attacker.

Between Tales of Destiny and Tales of Destiny 2, she marries Stahn, has a son with him, and takes over running the Dunamis Orphanage.


 * Action Girl
 * An Ice Person: Atwight is the Swordian of Water, but many of her spells are Ice-based since Ice and Water are classified as the same element in the Destiny universe.
 * Broken Bird: Implied in the manga, though it's mostly covered up with her Jerkass Facade.
 * City Mouse
 * Classy Cat Burglar
 * Combat Medic
 * First Girl Wins: She and Philia both have a crush on Stahn. Stahn met Rutee before he met Philia. Stahn marries Rutee.
 * Gold Digger
 * Hollywood Atheist: In the manga adaptation. In the games, she doesn't have much of an opinion on religion.
 * Despite this, Tales of Destiny 2 implies that she at least believes in an afterlife of some kind
 * Hot Shounen Mom: In Destiny 2.
 * Jerkass Facade / Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Just Like Robin Hood: She steals so she can raise money to keep the orphanage she grew up in from being shut down.
 * The Lancer: She tends to be a more cynical and pragmatic foil to Stahn's idealism.
 * Luke, You Are My Father: Sort of.
 * Making a Splash: Atwight is the Swordian of Water.
 * The Medic
 * Names to Know in Anime: Yuka Imai. She's voiced by Michelle Ruff when she appears at Radiant Mythology.
 * The Red Mage
 * Slap Slap Kiss: Her relationship with Stahn.
 * Stripperiffic
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Between Rutee and Philia, Rutee's the tomboy.
 * Tsundere: A strong contender for Most Triumphant Example among the Tales characters. She acts like one all throughout the game, towards her son and his friend in the remake and also to Stahn.

Leon Magnus


Captain of the Seinegald Knights and the youngest master swordsman the country has ever seen, Leon was originally sent to arrest Rutee, Mary, and Stahn, and ends up accompanying (read: babysitting) them to investigate problems at Straylize Temple. He's a grouchy teen with a big attitude. In the original PSX version, he stays grouchy and hates the party. In the remake, however, he starts to loosen up, and thinks of the party as close friends (though he'd never admit to it). He also has a Swordian, Chaltier, who has been his best friend since he was little.

He makes an appearance in Tales of Destiny 2, but that's another (spoilerific) story.


 * Anti-Hero: Type IV.
 * Awesome McCoolname: "Leon Magnus" is not the name his parents gave him; it's way too badass for that. But on the other hand, his real name, Emilio Gilchrist, is very cool too.
 * Big Eater: He loves sweet stuff.
 * Bishonen: Of the old-school willowy, fair-faced teen variety.
 * The Chick: Surprisingly enough. He may be a Jerkass, but he does (indirectly) inspire Stahn to become a better swordsman, mediate arguments (in his own way) and he's also the first to bring the party back to reality whenever things are getting too idealistic or too dark for their own good. Plus, in both versions of the game, he also supports Johnny via The Power of Friendship. Not that he would ever admit it, though. Not to mention Real Men Wear Pink as well as him taking hits like a baby.
 * Another piece of proof that he's The Chick is that he uses Pow Hammer. How? This is a spell that is only used by women in the whole Tales (series).
 * Deadpan Snarker: Especially in the gag omakes.
 * Dishing Out Dirt: Chaltier is the Earth-elemental Swordian. However, Leon's personality is a far cry from the typical earth-elemental characterization.
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady: So much that NPCs mistake him for a girl.
 * Fragile Speedster / Glass Cannon: He's great at dealing damage and darting around the battlefield, but his defense is low and his HP count isn't much higher than Rutee's or Philia's.
 * Hair Flip: It's been there since the original version.
 * : In the remake.
 * Jerkass: In the original. He was completely rewritten in the remake, to make him a more sympathetic character.
 * Jerkass Woobie: Mostly in the remake.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In the remake.
 * Kuudere: He has elements of both this and Tsundere.
 * Likes Older Women: His relationship with Marian has been interpreted this way on more than one occasion.
 * Loners Are Freaks: Leon does not suffer fools gladly.
 * Memetic Sex God: Considered one in-universe so far as the Viva Tales Of! segments are concerned. Rutee considered exploiting this in a manner reminiscent of Zelos' personal EX Skill...
 * So Beautiful It's a Curse: ... He was less than thrilled at the thought, however.
 * Mr. Fanservice: He's certainly been successful in drawing in female fans...
 * Names to Know in Anime: Hikaru Midorikawa
 * Hideo Ishikawa: His Swordian Chaltier's voice actor, who is Playing Against Type here, hard (yup, that really is Itachi, folks).
 * His English voice in Radiant Mythology is Michael Lindsay (which means, Leon secretly has an Amazing Headband Of Justice.
 * Nietzsche Wannabe: In the original game, whereas the remake turns him into a Defrosting Ice Kid.
 * Oedipus Complex: His feelings for Marian, his surrogate mother figure, are often implied to run much... deeper, and
 * Overused Copycat Character: A variation. Ever since Tales of Vesperia came out, he's been used as the basis for a cameo costume four times . Granted, none of those characters were anything like him in personality, but appearance is another story. Jude for one looks exactly like him in the getup.
 * Real Men Wear Pink: No matter how you look at it, that cape is, well, pink. And that lavender shirt has pretty frilly sleeves. He may be a Bishounen, but somehow this trope still works.
 * Real Men Use Pow Hammer
 * : Again, remake only.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": "Leon" or "Lion"? Canonically, "Lion" is used in the Japanese versions, while Radiant Mythology cements the western one as "Leon".
 * Sweet Tooth: He tries for Real Men Hate Sugar, but he's not very good at concealing his love of deserts.
 * Tsundere: With Kuudere elements, also.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": "Leon" or "Lion"? Canonically, "Lion" is used in the Japanese versions, while Radiant Mythology cements the western one as "Leon".
 * Sweet Tooth: He tries for Real Men Hate Sugar, but he's not very good at concealing his love of deserts.
 * Tsundere: With Kuudere elements, also.

Philia Felice


A priestess doing research at Straylize Temple, Philia is a soft-spoken, mild-mannered Meganekko who joins the party after they rescue her. She is very faithful and loyal, and always wants to believe the best about people. Even after witnessing her superior stealing a priceless sacred artifact, she still wholeheartedly believes that he is not evil. She decides to stay with the party upon learning that he was just a pawn in a much bigger scheme, threatening the entire world... When the party finds the Swordian Clemente, it picks her as her master, and she becomes the party's spellcasting powerhouse.

She appears occasionally in Tales of Destiny 2 as her temple's high priestess and gives the party advice here and there.

"Philia: Leon Magnus, he was as cold as ice, and kept himself away from the others, but the truth is, he was kind, and had a heart that was warmer than everyone else's."
 * All Love Is Unrequited: It's heavily implied that she has a crush on Stahn, who hooks up with Rutee. It's also hinted that she had a crush on Leon,  (see Ship Tease, below).
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Certain skits in the remake depict her as more of a Mad Scientist prone to Scary Shiny Glasses moments. There's also that creepy giggle as she's concocting a Philia Bomb, and her second Blast Calibur cut-in...
 * BFS: Partial subversion. Clemente is the biggest of the Swordians, but he's completely useless as an actual sword. His best function is as a catalyst for magic. But, he's still a big effing sword.
 * Black Magician Girl: She may be a priestess, but she's no healer.
 * Bolt of Divine Retribution: Indignation of course. Especially since the sequel and remake establish that Lightning and Light are the same element in the Destiny universe. She takes this even further with her third Blast Calibur; Rebirth Crusader.
 * Bonus Boss: She appears in the cameo battle in Tales of the Abyss.
 * Hot Scientist
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: She has a crush on Stahn, but backs down and lets Rutee have him.
 * Meganekko
 * Names to Know in Anime: Kikuko Inoue
 * Nerds Are Sexy: She thinks she looks plain without her glasses.
 * Ship Tease: No, not with Stahn. With Leon, of all people. Apparently she's the only character that met up with Leon between when he left at the end of the first arc and.
 * In Destiny 2, she's the only one of the other 4 Swordian masters to mention Leon by name.


 * It should be noted that she mentions that out of all her memories of fighting alongside Stahn and co., her most painful memory is.
 * In response to this,
 * And if it wasn't enough, it's hinted that Philia can see through Judas's Paper-Thin Disguise, something even  couldn't do.
 * Shock and Awe: While Philia wields spells of a variety of elements, Clemente's actual element is Lightning.
 * Holy Hand Grenade: Tales Of Destiny 2 and later the first game's remake establish Lightning and Light as the same element.
 * The Smart Girl
 * Taken for Granite: Stahn mistakes Philia for piece of statuary the first time he sees her.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Between Rutee and Philia, Philia is the girly-girl.

Woodrow/Garr Kelvin


The prince of Phandalia, who travels around to practice his archery and become familiar with the people he will one day rule. He's often accompanied by his archery teacher's granddaughter, Chelsea, who has a crush on him. He and Chelsea help Stahn get to town after the ship he stowed away on crashes, and then joins Stahn again later when the quest for the stolen Artifact of Doom takes the group to his kingdom. He is chosen as the master of the Swordian Ignetos, and decides to help out Stahn again when the world is threatened.

Woodrow/Garr appears in Tales of Destiny 2 as the king of Phandalia and assists the party at various points.


 * The Archer
 * Blow You Away: Ignetos is the Swordian of Wind.
 * Bonus Boss: He's in the Tales of Symphonia cameo team.
 * Crutch Character: He's overleveled the first time he joins your party, and in accord with the trope he is much weaker later on. In this case it's because he doesn't gain any levels between when he leaves and joins again, and is underleveled when he rejoins.
 * D. C. Douglas: Yes, believe it or not, before Wesker, he voiced Garr in Radiant Mythology
 * Demoted to Extra: He gets considerably less spotlight than the other four Swordian masters. This spreads even to his Swordian, Igtenos, who remains deactivated for a majority of the game, and thus not having a speaking role in any of the scenes or skits until near the last stretch.
 * Dual-Wielding: An interesting variation. He wields his sword with one hand, and his bow with the other, freely switching between the two.
 * Modest Royalty
 * Names to Know in Anime: Show Hayami
 * Rightful King Returns: His story revolves around this
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: He lives among the people of Phandalia specifically so he can get to know them as people, not just as subjects.
 * Sixth Ranger
 * Warrior Prince
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * The Wise Prince

Mary Argent


An amnesiac woman traveling with Rutee. She carries around a sword that she knows is deeply connected to her past, she just can't remember how. In Phandalia, the party gets imprisoned by a man named Dahlis, who awakens Mary's memories, and she remembers that. Her weapon of choice is an axe, though in the original she could wield swords as well.


 * Action Girl: Too bad she doesn't have all that much Character Development, she's pretty badass.
 * Amnesiac Dissonance:
 * An Axe to Grind
 * The Big Girl: Type 2.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: When she's amnesiac, at least.
 * Companion Cube: Her sword isn't treated as a character (it might have been if there weren't already 6 sentient swords in the plot), but it comes close at times.
 * Dark-Skinned Redhead
 * Hot Amazon
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia
 * Memento MacGuffin: Her sword.
 * Names to Know in Anime: Yuri Amano
 * Never Gets Drunk: Zigzagged. Not long after you meet her in the remake, there's a scene where she drinks through what must be half the bar's supply and is totally good to go the day after. It's not always the case, however.
 * Quest for Identity: The reason she travels with Rutee is so she can find out who she is.
 * Trauma-Induced Amnesia

Johnny/Karyl Sheeden


A traveling bard who ran away from his wealthy family. He's lazy, and often over-the-top.


 * Big Brother Mentor: A stealthier version, especially to Leon. Also has hints of The Smart Guy, due to his political knowledge.
 * Brilliant but Lazy
 * Improbable Weapon User: He fights with lutes.
 * Instrument of Murder
 * Large Ham
 * Make Me Wanna Shout: His scream ("WHOA!!!") can materialize into object and crush his enemy.
 * Musical Assassin
 * Names to Know in Anime: Koichi Yamadera
 * Rebellious Prince: He's a son of wealthy family, but he's much more comfortable on his own as a...
 * Spoony Bard
 * Up to Eleven: Taken literally in his second Blast Caliber in the remake. How many amps just appeared from nowhere?!
 * Weaksauce Weakness: Inverted. At least in the PS 1 version, the Impulse enemies that appear later in the game are immune to most of the attacks Swordian users can use (including Stahn), but a good beating with a lute is somehow able to penetrate their armor. The Samba attack also works well against them.
 * What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: His final Blast Caliber in the remake turns the battlefield into some sort of hard-rock disco arena. Taking tips from I-No?

Chelsea Torn


A young archer, the granddaughter of the greatest archer in Phandalia, and Woodrow's number-one fangirl.


 * Action Girl
 * The Archer: Subverts the traditional personality to Hell and back.
 * Bratty Half-Pint
 * The Chick: A more traditional, albeit more manic, version.
 * Fan Girl
 * Ascended Fangirl: She eventually gets to join the party and travel with Woodrow/Garr.
 * Genki Girl
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She acts like a bit of a brat, but she's a pretty decent kid at heart.
 * Woodorou-sama~ Centred Morality
 * Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Yeah... See where we're going with this?
 * Say My Name: "Woodorou-sama!~"
 * Token Mini-Moe
 * Weaksauce Weakness: Inverted. Her arrow-based attacks can harm the Impulse enemies that appear later in the game, with said enemies being immune to most attacks of the Swordian-users.

Mighty Kongman/Bruiser Khang


The reigning champion of the Neuestadt Arena, he often acts like a jerk and a showoff. However, he's a good person deep down, and has a crush on Philia. He suffers the same fate as Leon- in the original game, he was an irritating and unsympathetic bonus character, but in the remake he was rewritten into a very entertaining (mandatory) addition to the party.


 * Ass Kicks You: Both his skill Ikasu Hip/Hip Attack and his second Blast Caliber Tres Bien Hip.
 * Bald of Awesome
 * The Big Guy
 * Catch Phrase: "ORE-SAMA WA CHANPION DA!!" ("I'M THE CHAMPION!")
 * Dogged Nice Guy: His crush on Philia. Much more evident in the remake.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Large Ham
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Names to Know in Anime: Tessho Genda
 * Weaksauce Weakness: Inverted. At least in the original PS 1 version, his 1-2 Combo (Rhomb Shoulder) attack is one of the best attacks to use against the Impulse enemies that appear later in the game, which are immune to most attacks the Swordian users have access to. (Are you beginning to see a pattern among the player characters who can't use Swordians?)

Lilith Aileron
Stahn's little sister. She isn't playable in the original game (except by hacking), and is an optional character in the remake. She's an assertive girl who will kick your ass with cooking utensils.


 * Action Girl
 * Ascended Extra: She wasn't intended to be playable in the original (though she could be hacked in), and was made playable in the remake.
 * Dummied Out: Only obtainable through a glitch in the original Japanese game and cheat codes in the U.S. release.
 * Eleventh-Hour Ranger: Can only be recruited in the arena in the remake, and even then not after a considerable amount of time has passed.
 * Hammerspace
 * Improbable Weapon User: She fights with frying pans, ladles, and giant fish pulled from Hammerspace.
 * Kamehamehadoken: THUNDER SWORD!!!!
 * Shout-Out: The way you recruit her in the remake (beating her in the Neuestadt Arena) is the same as how Kongman was recruited in the original- it's even parodied. You think you're about to fight Kongman... Until Lilith comes in and beats him up.

Hugo Gilchrist
Leon's father and the president of the Oberon Corporation.

Tropes associated with Hugo:
 * Anti-Villain:
 * Badass Beard
 * I Have Your Surrogate Mother-Maid: His method of getting Leon to obey him
 * Names to Know in Anime: Kenji Utsumi
 * I Have Your Surrogate Mother-Maid: His method of getting Leon to obey him
 * Names to Know in Anime: Kenji Utsumi
 * Names to Know in Anime: Kenji Utsumi
 * Names to Know in Anime: Kenji Utsumi

Miktran/Kronos
The leader of the Heavens/Ae'therians during the War of Heaven and Earth/Ae'ther Wars and would stop at nothing at fulfilling his goal to enslave the Earth/Er'ther Lands. He is defeated by the Swordian Masters in the past, especially by Karel Berselius.

Tropes associated with Miktran:
 * Butt Monkey: Nobody really knows what his motive is, so he's ridiculed by Kyle and co. in one of the bonus disks.
 * Evil Overlord: A very Bishounen version.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Obviously Evil

Kyle Dunamis


The son of Stahn and Rutee, who dreams of being a hero like his father. One day, he goes off on a quest with his friend Loni, that took an unexpected turn when a girl named Reala was born from a giant lens right in front of him. Since her first words were that she needed a hero, Kyle immediately volunteers, only to get shot down and arrested. After breaking out he catches up to and follows her around on a giant quest involving time travel, evil religions, and an Axe Crazy Psycho for Hire. It's going to be a long road to learning what it means to become a hero...


 * Anime Hair
 * Chewing the Scenery: See Say My Name below.
 * Gender Equals Breed: He really doesn't look much like Rutee.
 * Heavy Sleeper: Like father, like son. Kyle being woken up with a frying pan and a ladle is even in the game's anime-styled intro.
 * Hero Worshipper: He's obsessed with Stahn's "hero" status to the point where half the time people think the only words he knows are "HERO!" and "REALA!"
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Idiot Hero
 * Names to Know in Anime: Jun Fukuyama. Remember folks, this is before he exploded as Lelouch.
 * Rummage Sale Reject: Where to begin?
 * Say My Name: "REEEALLLLAAAAA!!!!"
 * Star-Crossed Lovers:
 * Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Kyle thinks that Stahn is off on a long journey.
 * Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Kyle thinks that Stahn is off on a long journey.
 * Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Kyle thinks that Stahn is off on a long journey.

Reala


The mysterious girl that appears out of the giant lens in the Laguna Ruins. She can cause miracles using the lens pendant she wears, and is known as a "Holy Woman," same as Elraine. Reala is searching for a hero and this drives the plot for much game, but eventually she decides that her hero is Kyle. It turns out that Reala is


 * Bonus Boss: Makes an appearance in Tales of Graces.
 * Cain and Abel: Her rivalry with Elraine.
 * Elemental Powers: Her magic covers the four classical elements and she can summon the appropriate elemental spirits.
 * Mysterious Waif
 * Names to Know in Anime: Ryoka Yuzuki
 * Out of Focus: The story focuses heavily on her and her relationship with Kyle.
 * Pink Means Feminine: Her pink dress and ribbons.
 * Star-Crossed Lovers:
 * Summon Magic: In her hi-ougis she summons Efreet, Undine, Gnome, and Sylph.
 * Too Good for This Sinful Earth:
 * Or hilarious.
 * Too Good for This Sinful Earth:
 * Or hilarious.

Loni Dunamis


An orphan who lives at the Dunamis Orphanage, and Kyle's best friend. He idolized Stahn and Rutee, and joined the Atamoni Group hoping that one day he could be someone the kids at the orphanage look up to. He and Kyle eventually set out together on a huge adventure to become heroes, and they get much more than they bargained for.


 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Blade on a Stick
 * Butt Monkey: Judas snarks at him, Nanaly cracks his spine, and Harold proclaimed him to be an awesome test subject.
 * Chivalrous Pervert
 * Combat Medic: He's the designated healer when Reala and Harold aren't available.
 * Dark-Skinned Blond
 * Demoted to Extra: To this date, he's the only Destiny 2 character that has yet to appear in any spinoff games barring Narikiri Dungeon 3, unless you count the throwaway reference in a skit in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, which also referenced Kyle (the "lonikyle shirt") and Judas (the "Judas mask").
 * As if to make up for this, Loni has three cameo attacks in Tales of Hearts, more than any of the others. He's also been announced for Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3.
 * Handsome Lech: He likes to think he's one, at least.
 * Hero Worshipper
 * Limit Break: Parodied with the Shintenresshuuzankousenpuumessaishinbatsukassatsugeki, a hiougi with fifteen kanji.
 * Lolicon: Thanks to time travel, it would be very awkward for him to continue his relationship with Nanaly after the end of the game because Nanaly, who was 19 years old while traveling with the party, is from 10 years into the future. Loni is 23.
 * Names to Know in Anime: Toshihiko Seki
 * No Guy Wants an Amazon: What he originally thought about Nanaly.
 * Slap Slap Kiss: With Nanaly.
 * Slap Slap Kiss: With Nanaly.

Judas


A masked swordsman with no past who broke Kyle and Loni out of jail, and then decided to join them. He's nihilistic, sarcastic, and the token serious guy of the group, which lands him with the title of "token old guy," even though he looks and sounds like a teenager. Though in spoiler tags, his identity is never meant to be a secret from the player.

"Judas/ :Instant miracles are not brought to mix with life now. Time passes... Unite here and rise to the future! Righteous Holy Sword! I cut off the past... Scatter! Majin Rengokusatsu!"
 * The Atoner
 * Badass Creed: Majin Rengokusatsu's full monologue. And it's AWESOME.
 * Badass Creed: Majin Rengokusatsu's full monologue. And it's AWESOME.

"Blood rejects blood, Heart breaks heart, Miracles aren't coming, Dreams and so forth... Therefore they don't exist there. You resist?!"
 * It also has its own subtitles, yeah the move was too awesome so they decided to give it TWO Badass Creed to match its awesomeness!


 * The second creed got subverted, because while it ends after Judas succeeds executing Majin Rengokusatsu; should he fail, it continues with "It's useless... You can't fight fate that has been decided..."
 * Big Damn Heroes: Well what else can you call a person that just save your ass from The Dragon?
 * Bishounen
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Dual-Wielding
 * Glass Cannon:
 * Mask Power: It even breaks during a successful execution of Majin Rengokusatsu, just to up the Badass factor.
 * Names to Know in Anime: Hikaru Midorikawa
 * Nietzsche Wannabe: Just look at his Badass Creed. Being awesome doesn't mean it isn't extremely grim.
 * Older and Wiser: While he has matured significantly, he still is undeniably still.
 * Paper-Thin Disguise: Justified, as none of the party members had seen  before and wouldn't have recognized him even if he wasn't wearing his mask (and they don't- when he finally does take it off, he has to introduce himself).
 * Played straight, however, with the Destiny characters who make an appearance, although it's implied that Philia might have recognized him (see Ship Tease under her entry for details.)
 * Lampshaded in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World by Presea in a skit. "The Judas Mask, it only covers a quarter of your face, and yet can completely mask your identity..."
 * Ret-Gone:
 * That Man Is Dead:.
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic: His name is Judas.  Even so, it's assigned to him in-universe by Kyle after what could only be a pause for name entry.
 * Yin-Yang Bomb: Technically forms two: in terms of his magic, he has Earth and Wind, but his primary focus is on Light and Dark.
 * Yin-Yang Bomb: Technically forms two: in terms of his magic, he has Earth and Wind, but his primary focus is on Light and Dark.

Nanaly Fletch


A hot archer from the hot continent of Calvalese, running an orphanage in Hope Town 10 years in the future. She has a lot of resentment for the Corrupt Church because they refused to help her sick little brother unless he entered a life of servitude under them in return, and decides to join Kyle's group in the hope that if Elraine is destroyed, maybe the thousands of people who blindly follow her will have a better life. Nanaly functions as the team babysitter. Oh, and you really don't want to make her mad.


 * Action Girl: You know it, bitch!
 * The Archer
 * Armor Piercing Bone Crusher: Loni is frequently the victim.
 * Berserk Button: NEVER call her a tomboy.
 * Bonus Boss: She's part of the Tales of the Abyss cameo team.
 * Breast Plate
 * Cool Big Sis
 * Dead Little Brother
 * Hot Amazon
 * Informed Ability: Supposedly, her archery skills could put 1,000 men to shame. Unfortunately, the battle system works against her, so she'll be a bench warmer more often than not.
 * However, the battle system works a little more in her favor in her cameo in Tales of the Abyss.
 * Works pretty well in Tales of VS. as well.
 * Knuckle-Cracking: She frequently cracks Loni's spine, and sometimes cracks her knuckles first.
 * Meaningful Name: Her last name is Fletch and she's an archer.
 * Names to Know in Anime: Tomoko Kawakami (RIP) and her Other Darrin, Yumi Kakazu. In Radiant Mythology, while not playable, she's voiced by Lia Sargent AKA Shion Uzuki.
 * Stripperiffic: It's a freaking Breast Plate.
 * Summon Magic: A glitch in the PlayStation 2 version allows her to summon Efreet.
 * Tsundere: She's a buff tough warrior chick who argues with Loni a lot. But deep down, she can be a softie. And then there's her Illusion World dream...

Harold Berselius


The creator of the Swordians, whom the party meets when they go several hundred years into the past. To everyone's surprise, not only is the genius scientist Harold Berselius a girl, she's also a bit crazy. She joins the party, and often threatens to use everyone else as test subjects for her experiments.


 * Black Magician Girl
 * Bolt of Divine Retribution: Divine Saber. As if the name didn't make it painfully obvious.
 * For Science!
 * Gender Blender Name: She actually picked her name on purpose, because she wanted to surprise people when they found out that the genius scientist was actually a woman.
 * Genius Ditz
 * Hot Scientist
 * Mad Scientist: Especially apparent in the Radiant Mythology crossover games. She never really bothers to explain her actions with anything more than "For Science!"! Said actions include trying to force-feed some horrible "food"-like substance that she never tested until then to the group.
 * The Medic: Has the Revitalize spell and trades the Resurrection spell for a Cure spell.
 * Names to Know in Anime: Akiko Hiramatsu
 * Pimped-Out Dress: With the purple slit skirt, black lace, blue bustier over the teal top, and cuffs of either black fur or black feathers.
 * Rage Against the Heavens: Joins the party for the sake of this. Not because she has any real complaints, but purely because she wants to match her intelligence against a goddess. All things considered, she's Not So Different from Elraine.
 * Rummage Sale Reject
 * Summon Magic: Her hi-ougis. She shares Efreet and Undine with Reala, but replaces Gnome and Sylph with Rem and Shadow.
 * Tomboyish Name
 * Yin-Yang Bomb: Along with Fire and Water, she focuses on Light and Darkness and has the ability to summon the appropriate elemental spirits.

Barbatos Goetia


One of the three Big Bads of Tales of Destiny 2 and arguably the most popular of the three, Barbatos is an Ax Crazy man who was erased from history for losing a fight with Dymlos (and many other acts of villainy). And he is BITTER about it. He partnered with Elraine because she promised to restore his place in history. He rampages around time, attacking people,, and hating gels and magic. He's easily the series' most popular villain, and has appeared as a Bonus Boss in both Tales of Vesperia and the PlayStation 2 remake of Tales of Destiny. He also gets a homage title in Tales of Hearts, which you get by completing an entire playthrough with, well, no items ever.


 * An Axe to Grind
 * Anti-Magic: He swiftly and brutally retaliates against the use of spells and items.
 * Ax Crazy: Surprisingly subverted. Despite looking like a standard Brute, Barbatos does show a surprising degree of cunning and intellect, much more so than any craziness. However, when he fights...
 * Better to Die Than Be Killed: Rather than accept that he was defeated by Kyle and his party, he throws himself into the Eye of God, claiming that he lost only to his own strength.
 * Bonus Boss: Outside of Tales of Destiny 2.
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy: When you fight him, he displays some incredible amounts of this - countering the use of spells, denying your mages, punishing you for taking actions, and whenever you use an item, he runs over to you, screams "NO. ITEMS. EVER!" and throws you into oblivion, undoing any effect the item may have had.
 * Dark-Skinned Blond
 * Dirty Coward: He betrayed Earth for the Aetherians in the past, and took a kid hostage to disarm Stahn before butchering him in the present.
 * The Dragon
 * Easy Mode Mockery: So, did you set your difficulty to 'Easiest' if you face him in Tales of Destiny remake? Congratulations. HE KILLS YOU AND YOUR PARTY IN ONE HIT.
 * Evil Laugh
 * Foe-Tossing Charge: You use your item, and he tramples through your allies, and then... NO.ITEMS.EVEEEERRRRRR!!!!!
 * Hero-Killer: He's called Killer of Heroes when he's a Bonus Boss in Tales of Vesperia
 * Kiai: BRRRRRUUUUUAAAAAAA!!!!!
 * Large Ham: Barbatos goes all the way to add a dramatic adjective in every spells he cast. "Shakunetsu no BURN STRIKE!!!", "Zetsubou no CEILING FALL!!!", etc
 * Meaningful Name: He was summoned to do Elraine's bidding, and his name references the Ars Goetia.
 * Names to Know in Anime: Norio Wakamoto
 * Scary Black Man: Considering his feats, you have every right to be scared of this guy.
 * Invoked even further in the TOD remake where he is considerably more dark-skinned than in the sequel. Depending on the Artist, perhaps?
 * This Is Sparta: NO.ITEMS.EVEEEERRRRRR!!!!!
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Even when you're a super scary villain and kinda black skinned.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Even when you're a super scary villain and kinda black skinned.

Elraine
The second Big Bad of the game. She is a holy priestess known to create various miracles and accept Lens donations, rising to prominence later after the events of Tales of Destiny. Unfortunately, she an ulterior motive: to summon Fortuna as it was ordealed by her, and eventually replace her. For that, she'll need the previous heroes to be killed off. She hired Barbatos to do the job,  but did not expect Stahn's son Kyle, and Fortuna's other creation Reala to bar her path so adamantly. She is eventually defeated.

Tropes associated with Elraine:
 * Big Bad
 * Bolt of Divine Retribution: She doesn't use Indignation. She uses Indignation Judgement.
 * Cain and Abel: with Reala.
 * Dark Action Girl
 * A God Am I:
 * Names to Know in Anime: Yoshiko Sakakibara (HAMAN-SAMA!)
 * Rapunzel Hair: Her hair is longer than her body. While Braided.
 * Villain with Good Publicity
 * Villain with Good Publicity

Fortuna
The final boss of the game. After Elraine's defeat final she appears and talks with Reala, who declares that gods like them are not needed to help humans anymore. This causes Fortuna to snap and declare that if the humans don't need her, she would eradicate them and their history and build a new world. On Fortuna's defeat, time was fixed and events of her interference (Elraine and Barbatos' appearances, ) never happened, and thus history is restored.

Tropes associated with Fortuna:
 * Bigger Bad
 * Blue and Orange Morality: Whether it was intentional, or a result of her having close to zero screen-time, we'll never know.
 * Bolt of Divine Retribution: Like Elraine she replaces the classic Indignation with Indignation Judgement.
 * Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?
 * Gods Need Prayer Badly: What she thinks.
 * Squishy Wizard: Well, kind of (she's got a lot of HP). She's the only Tales Final Boss so far to rely entirely on casting spells to damage you.
 * Woman Behind The Woman