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'''''Tales
Stahn Aileron is a typical countryside boy who dreams of one day becoming a famous hero. Eager to [[Jumped At the Call|jumpstart]] his heroic career, he stows away on the [[Global Airship|dragon-ship]] Draconis with the aim of travelling to the nation's capital and enlisting as a knight. En-route, the ship is attacked by monsters, and struggling to find a weapon to fight them off with, Stahn stumbles across an old sword in a storeroom. Suddenly the sword [[Talking Weapon|starts to talk to him]], calling itself Dymlos and claiming to be one of the ancient and powerful Swordian weapons created over a thousand years ago during a world-spanning conflict called the War Between Heaven and Earth.
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* '''Rutee Katrea''': A "Lens Hunter" (slash thief) who is [[Only in It For the Money|utterly obsessed with money]], and the earning thereof. Very much a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]. Wields the Water Swordian Atwight.
* '''Leon Magnus''': A super-serious, prodigy knight of Seinegald who [[Loners Are Freaks|would rather be alone most of the time.]] The [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] of the series. Wields the Earth Swordian Chaltier.
* '''Garr Kelvin''': A mature archer who Stahn finds [[Walking the Earth]]. He later turns out to be [[The Wise Prince]] of Heidelberg. Called Woodrow in Japan. Wields the Wind Swordian Igtenos.
* '''Philia Felice''': A timid, sheltered priestess (with a [[Beware the Nice Ones|dark streak]]) who joins the party when the Eye of Atamoni is stolen from her temple. [[Meganekko|Wears glasses]]. Wields the Lightning Swordian Clemente.
* '''Mary Argent''': Rutee's friend and partner-in-crime. She's an incredible fighter, but is suffering from [[Identity Amnesia]], with a [[Orphan's Plot Trinket|sword]] as her only link to the past.
* '''Karyl Sheeden''': A [[Spoony Bard|runaway bard]], son of a wealthy family. Known as Johnny [[Wutai|Shiden]] in Japan.
* '''Bruiser Khang''': A [[Bare-Fisted Monk|fist-fighter]] who is the much-loved champion of the Colosseum, and damn proud of it. He has a crush on Philia. Known as Mighty Kongman in Japan.
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* '''Lilith Aileron''': Stahn's little sister. She's worried about him being on a journey to save the world, so she goes to track him down and bring him kicking and screaming home. Fights with traditional cooking implements, such as a frying pan, ladle, and [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|laser beam]].
The game was released in the US in 1998, a time during the [[JRPG]] boom caused by ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' where publishers were racing to release anything that had hit points and spiky hair in it. The amount of effort placed into the localisation could be generously described as "enough". All of the skits were [[Dummied Out]] (and with it, half of the actual plot) but the Japanese voice track remained intact, meaning that characters were calling out their Japanese attack names, even for attacks whose names are localised and/or modified (with said attacks often, but not always, being [[Dub Name Change|radically different]]) in the English text. It can ruin the immersion sometimes; but also can cause a few errors with the "L" and "R" differences for attacks whose names are (mostly) the same in both languages.
The remake retouched the original storyline with several [[Retcon|Ret Cons]] (and is considered to be the current canon), and the [[Updated Rerelease]] included "Leon's Side", an [[Another Side, Another Story]] starring Leon.
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* '''Reala''': The [[Mysterious Waif]] that Kyle finds. She emerges from a giant Lens and is looking for a hero to help her. She's Kyle's love interest, the resident [[White Magician Girl]], and [[Purity Personified]].
* '''Loni Dunamis''': Kyle's "adoptive brother" who goes with him to keep his hotheaded idiocy in check. A self-proclaimed [[Chivalrous Pervert|ladies man]] who fights with a halberd.
* '''Judas''': A mysterious [[Dual-Wielding]] fencer wearing a [[Paper-Thin Disguise|bone mask]]. The "wise guy" of the team. Despite his attitude, he seems obliged to protect Kyle. {{spoiler|He turns out to be Leon Magnus, [[Back
* '''Nanaly Fletch''': A [[Hot Amazon]] with excellent archery skills. She comes from a [[Bad Future]] and joins the party when she is inadvertently sucked into a time portal with them. She runs an orphanage, and has a love-hate relationship with Loni.
* '''Harold Berselius''': The creator of the Swordians. A freaky but good hearted [[Mad Scientist]] who turns out to be female, having chosen the name "Harold" to play a childish prank on historians (who would assume she was male). A powerful spellcaster.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Rutee, Mary, Chelsea, and Lilith.
* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: Mary.
* [[Anti-Grinding]]: In the original, a popular power-leveling technique was to set all your characters to "Auto", tape the control stick down so your characters ran in circles, and let the game play itself. Try this in the remake, and Barbatos [[
* [[Awesome Yet Impractical]]: Attempting to cast any spell with the character you're currently controlling, except for fast-casting ones. Whatever character you're controlling (usually Stahn) makes a great tank for keeping enemies off of your other party members (like Rutee, who is usually the healer). The CPU-controlled party members, not so much. Any hit, no matter how small, interrupts your spellcasting. This leads most of the swordians' spellcasting ability to go to waste, especially a few of Dymlos's spells. You would deal a lot more damage with Stahn's physical special attacks while having Dymlos equipped as his swordian, than you ever would having Stahn equipped with anything else and having someone else using Dymlos to cast spells. Unless, of course, you're in an area with Fire-immune enemies....
* [[Art Evolution]]: Compare Inomata's character artwork between the original PSX game and the [[PlayStation 2]] remake. It's almost like they hired an entirely new artist. (Ten years of improvement will do that.)
* [[Badass Family]]: If Stahn, Lilith {{spoiler|and Rimul}}, {{spoiler|Rutee}}, and Kyle are any indication, the Aileron clan.
* [[Badass Normal]]: The party members who are not Swordian-users are like this. They're ''far'' from slackers. There exist videos of the non-Swordian-users ''soloing'' the final boss.
** Lilith is ''really'' good in the PSX Version if you get her into the party somehow.
* [[Big Eater]]: Stahn.
* [[Blind Without'Em]]: Philia.
* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: A remake of ''[[The Tower of Druaga]]''.
* [[Bow and Sword
* [[But Now I Must Go]]: {{spoiler|The Swordians.}}
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Kongman/Khang's "Ore-sama wa [[Gratuitous English|CHAMPION]] da!", which means "I'm the CHAMPION!".
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** [[Playing with Fire]] (Stahn/Dymlos)
** [[Making a Splash]] / [[An Ice Person]] (Rutee/Atwight)
** [[Dishing Out Dirt]] / [[Dark Is Edgy]] (Leon/Chaltier)
** [[Shock and Awe]] / [[Four-Element Ensemble]] / [[Holy Hand Grenade]] (Philia/Clemente)
** [[Blow You Away]] (Garr/Igtenos)
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* [[Green Rocks]]: Lens.
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: Stahn, and the relevant genes are passed down to Kyle.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Stahn, King of [[Tales (series)|Tales]] Hot Blood. It helps that he's voiced by Tomokazu "[[G Gundam|Domon Kasshu]]" Seki.
** '''''"SATSUGEKI BUKOKEN!! ORYARYARYARYARYARYARYARYA!!!!"'''''
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: Leon, and {{spoiler|Hugo}} in Leon's Side.)
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Stahn, Stahn, Stahn.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Johnny/Karyl uses his lute and songs, Lilith uses a frying pan that sprouts rainbows, a ladle, and a fish she pulls from [[Hammerspace]].
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Leon fits this mold, being both a wunderkind swordsman and quite insufferable.
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* [[Only in It For the Money]]: Rutee, Rutee, Rutee. {{spoiler|At first}}.
* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: Every non Swordian-user tends to be forgotten because the Swordian Masters are just too broken (especially [[Memetic Badass|Leon]]). The fact that you can use Narikiri Dolls to clone them (four-Leon party]) doesn't help.
** However; it's still notable that in the remake, the non-swordian users actually ''can'' be pretty good. Especially [[Spoony Bard|Johnny]] and Lilith.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Hugo has his moments. Early on when he has the heroes under his control (not only does he have shock <s>collars</s> tiaras on them, but he has ''legal custody'' because they've been arrested for trespassing) and forces them to search for the Eye Of Atamoni, he still agrees to Rutee's request for a monetary reward. When Leon complains that he doesn't ''need'' to do that, Hugo replies that a reward would motivate the heroes to do a better job. {{spoiler|This scene takes on a whole new meaning when you find out later that Hugo is being [[Brainwashed]] by Miktran, is desperately trying to resist said brainwashing, and recognises Rutee as the daughter he sent to safety before Miktran took control of him}}.
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Leon and...well, Leon again. He's good at that.}}
* [[Restraining Bolt]]: In the original, Stahn and company get shock <s>collars</s> tiaras placed on them by Hugo so that they'll hunt down the Eye Of Atamoni. Justified, since they've been arrested and this task is essentially their "community service".
* [[Say My Name]]:
{{quote|'''Stahn:''' ''"LEON!! LEOOOONNN!!!!"''}}
* [[Shout-Out]]: The aforementioned [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]], Atamoni, is the name of the character designer, Mutsumi Inomata, spelled backwards.
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* [[Taken for Granite]]: How you meet Philia for the first time.
* [[Talking Weapon]]: The Swordians.
* [[This Is Sparta]]: "ITEM NAZO! TSUKATTEN JA! '''NEEEEEE!!!!!!'''" ("Do not use items, ever!")
** This even goes into ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'' when he cameos in there. It's even faithfully translated to "NO. ITEMS. '''EVEEEEERRRRRRR'''" (something that an English-speaking person would shout).
* [[Tsundere]]: Rutee. And for a male example, remake!Leon.
* [[The Wise Prince]]: Woodrow/Garr.
* [[Action Girl]]: Nanaly, without a doubt.
* [[Anti-Magic]]: Barbatos is just one big Anti-Everything That Could Help You. If you cast a spell, he counters with a spell of his own (and is invincible during his casting period). If you use an item, he counters with a [[Limit Break]] that is literally called, "Never use items!".
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* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: Barbatos takes huge, Man-sized chunks out of every scene he's in.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Nanaly.
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: When you fight him, Barbatos acts this way and punishes everything you do. This even carries into the spinoff games Barbatos cameos in!
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Judas.
* [[The Dragon]]: Barbatos.
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* [[Humans Are Flawed]]: ToD2 portrays its villains as practically being just because they want to compensate for humanity's flaws, and humanity ''is'' flawed. But the game's message is that everyone has to [[Earn Your Happy Ending|earn their happy ending]] by overcoming their flaws.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Kyle is clearly his father's son.
* [[Kiai]]
{{quote|'''Barbatos:''' ''"BRRRRUUUUUAAAAA!!!!!"''}}
* [[Knuckle-Cracking]]: Nanaly likes to crack Loni's bones, and at one point cracks her knuckles before delivering the bonecrusher.
* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: The Illusion World dreams.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Harold.
* [[Marathon Boss]]: The [[Final Boss]]. Seriously, look at all the videos on [[YouTube]], they often have to be split into multiple parts.
* [[Mask Power]]: Judas.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Kyle naming the mysterious swordsman "Judas".
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* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Judas' mask: it's become a [[Running Gag]] in the [[Tales (series)]] of how poorly it functions as a means of concealing your identity. It doesn't help that Judas has an [[Hikaru Midorikawa|incredibly distinctive voice]]. (The excuse in-game is that Judas chose the mask not for its face-hiding abilities, but because it's made of dragon bone, which offers excellent physical and magical protection.)
** Though it actually does work as a disguise, due to his discretion. Everyone in-game that would recognize him is either dead or he intentionally avoids.
* [[The Power of Love]]: This is what brings {{spoiler|Reala}} [[Back
* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: Interesting example, as the religion based on the goddess in question isn't a [[Corrupt Church]]: they just have a different idea of what the goddess is supposed to be (eg: a good one).
* [[Reset Button]]: {{spoiler|The ending. Fortuna is defeated, which erases all of her influence from the timeline, including the events of the game and the existence of Reala and Elraine. The epilogue shows that despite this, the party members still grow up to be pretty much the same people they were during the game, and Reala is reborn due to [[The Power of Love]]}}.
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* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]] {{spoiler|During the epilogue, you can take a sidequest where you save Nanaly's brother from death by getting him the medicine he needs to live.}}
* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Some have theorised the appearance of characters other than Kyle and Reala in this game, but such theories have yet to be verified.
** This even seeped into the gameplay, too. Nanaly is one of the hardest hit by this trope and has only ''one'' mystic arte/Hi ougi. However; many of the most memorable ones tend to be Nanaly's, Judas's where he takes his mask off, and Loni's "Final Prayer" and the 15-kanji technique.
* [[Time Travel]]
* [[Tomboyish Name]]: Harold, again.
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