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== Heroes ==
===Asbel Lhant===
[[File:1Asbel.gif|frame]]
Voiced by: [[Takahiro Sakurai]] (JP), [[Bryce Papenbrook]] (EN), [[Kate Higgins]] (EN,child)
The hero of the story, Asbel is the eldest son of the feudal lord of the Lhant territory. Due to an incident during his childhood, he leaves his home and trains to become a knight.
His Accelerate Mode is ''Spiral Surge''
* [[Badass]]: Just watch him perform his third [[Limit Break|Mystic Arte/Blast Calibur]] and just say he isn't a [[Badass]].
** [[Badass Adorable]]: As a kid, to the point {{spoiler|he managed to beat Bryce when he tried to assasinate Richard}}.
** [[Badass Boast]]: "Submit to my will!" During Kyokkorenge.
*** No one can stand against my blade! (during one of the post-battle poses)
* [[Bishonen]]: Not as much as Richard,but it's still there.
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* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: If you need help, Asbel '''will''' help you. No questions asked, even if it means the end of the world. Everyone, even {{spoiler|Lambda}} calls him out on it. However, it is Asbel's insistence to never give up this ideal that ultimately earned him {{spoiler|Lambda's respect.}}
* [[Clueless Chick Magnet]]: Its implied via NPCs/Skits that he had been one during his time at the Knight Academy.
* {{spoiler|[[Dark and Troubled Past]]: And although it has definitely affected him, he doesn't spend much time angsting about it.}}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: He has his moments.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: {{spoiler|To Lambda}}.
* [[Determinator]]: He won't let Sophie or Richard die. Ever.
* [[Elemental Powers]]: Asbel has a ''much'' more varied elemental moveset than other ''Tales'' heroes, which incorporates water, ice, lightning, wind and fire.
* [[Expy]]: [[Hurricane Kick|Spin kick]]? [[Code Geass|Check]]. {{spoiler|[[Cain and Abel|Fighting a childhood friend that happens to be a prince]] }}? [[Code Geass|Check]]. [[Takahiro Sakurai]]? [[Code Geass|Check]].
** [[Captain Ersatz|The right portrait]]? [[Code Geass|Check]].
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* [[Failure Knight]]: {{spoiler|He saw a childhood friend die and swore to protect as many people as possible after that.}} Needless to say, it doesn't always work.
** He gets hit by this '''a lot''' in the first half of the game.
* [[Fan Nickname]]: [[Expy|Various nicknames involving the words "spin-" or "-zaku"?]] [[Code Geass|Check]].
* [[Genre Savvy]]: In a strange, meta-example. He is probably the first protagonist in JRPG ''history'' to have ever {{spoiler|''destroyed'' the [[Omnicidal Maniac]] cliche by asking the piercing question, "What would it ''accomplish''?" When Lambda has no answer beyond mere flailing about and tranquil panic, it's the sign that Asbel has already won.}}
* [[The Hero]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: As a kid. He mellowed out over time, but he still has some elements of this trope.
* {{spoiler|[[Hot Dad]]: After he adopts Sophie in the future arc}}
* [[Iaijutsu Practitioner]]
* [[Idiot Hero]]: He has his airheaded moments. This [[Victory Pose]] for example:
{{quote|
'''Asbel''': These? Um, that's a good question.
A few seconds later...
'''Asbel''': Oh yeah! I remem...
'''[[Tsundere|Cheria]]''': So slow! }}
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: His third Blast Caliber, Zankuujin Muujinshou. It has to be seen to be believed.
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: While technically speaking, Asbel equips generic "swords", his fighting style has some elements of stereotypical Japanese sword-usage.
* [[Keet]]: Had elements of this as a kid. Now, not so much.
* [[Luminescent Blush]]: Around Cheria. ''Hoo boy'', around Cheria.
** Not just around Cheria. He responds to any embarrassing situation by blushing.
* [[The Messiah]]: Finally develops into this by the end of the game.
* {{spoiler|[[Mismatched Eyes]]}}
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Although he gets better at spotting {{spoiler|Cheria's}} affections for him as time goes by.
* [[Onee-Sama]]: Has elements of Type B, making him something of a male version of the trope.
* [[Say My Name]]: '''''"RICHAAAARRRDDD!!!"''''' '''''"SOPHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEE!!!"''''' '''''"LAAAAMBDAAAAAAA!!!"'''''
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: {{spoiler|The son he has with Cheria is basically Asbel's kid self except with Cheria's hair color.}}
** {{spoiler|It's revealed it's not their son...but rather, their great-great-grandson.}}
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* [[Takahiro Sakurai]] (now also looks like [[Code Geass|a certain Imperial knight]])
* {{spoiler|[[Take a Third Option]]: How Asbel deals with Lambda without having Sophie sacrifice herself}}.
* [[Team Dad]]: Gets labeled the "Dad" of the team by Pascal. Begins to fit into the role due to character development. Also, as an adult, acts as a father figure to Sophie.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Curry.
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: What happens in the first two or three hours of the game? Asbel manages to make two new friends (Sophie and prince Richard), and saves the prince's life when Bryce comes to assassinate him, also steps in and saves his escorts' lives. What happens? {{spoiler|His dad constantly yells at him. Sophie sacrifices herself to save everyone else, and his dad blames it ''on HIM''. He doesn't get to see Richard again because of his social status (Combined with the [[Fridge Horror]] since not a few hours before this event, Richard told him his father was ''poisoned'', not ill). His little brother is sent to live with another family, and then he runs away from home finally.}}
** He gets hit with this ''again'' soon after the seven-year [[Time Skip]].
* [[The White Prince]]: His childhood could be considered {{spoiler|a [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstruction]] of this trope.}}
* [[The Wise Prince]]
===Sophie===
[[File:2Sophie.gif|frame]]
Voiced by: [[Kana Hanazawa]] (JP) and [[Cassandra Lee]] (EN)
Sophie is the main heroine. [[Identity Amnesia|Having lost her memory]], she has an innocent atmosphere about her, but is actually a quite proficient fighter. She has vowed to protect Asbel.
Her Accelerate Mode is ''EX Boost''
* [[Action Girl]]
* {{spoiler|[[Attack Animal]]: She was created to destroy Lambda.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Back
* [[Badass]]: Ah, Sophie... so badass, yet so [[Badass Adorable|adorable]]...
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]
* [[The Big Guy]]
* [[Combat Medic]]: Her healing spells are actually faster than Cheria's, although they only target one person at a time.
* [[Cute Bruiser]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dark and Troubled Past]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Little Sister]]}}: {{spoiler|It was her "death" that changed Asbel, Hubert, Cheria, and Richard's lives forever.}}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Rarely, but it shows up. Notably:
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'''Sophie:''' I've traveled back in time from next week. Please stop throwing monsters at us. }}
* [[Duel Boss]]: Optional, if you view a certain skit, between her and Asbel. She does it to {{spoiler|make sure she can fight a friend without having the urge to destroy them}}.
* [[Emotionless Girl]]
*
* [[Expy]]: With the pigtails, mysterious past, naive view of the world, flower motif, and being a [[Token
* [[Extremity Extremist]]
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: They're also [[Rapunzel Hair|extremely long]].
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* [[Identity Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|''Twice.''}}
* [[Kana Hanazawa]]
* [[Light'Em Up]]: Her attacks have a definite "light" theme.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Has the highest defense, high attack, and she's fast too!
** Kind of a justified case since {{spoiler|she's not entirely human}}.
* [[Literal
* {{spoiler|[[MacGuffin Girl]]}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]: She's named after a flower. However, she ''isn't'' an [[Innocent Flower Girl]].
* [[Mega Manning]]: An inverted example in a sense, she adapts pieces of the other party members' movesets into her own.
* [[Mysterious Waif]]
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* [[No Social Skills]]
* [[Pettanko]]: Does she even have a chest at all?
** Does ''any'' [[Token
* [[Power Gives You Wings]]: In one of her A-Artes
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Ridiculously-Human Robots]]}}
* [[Rummage Sale Reject]]: Her shoes look more like slippers you'd wear around the house than actual shoes.
* {{spoiler|[[She
** {{spoiler|Though it's revealed she kept her eternal lifespan to watch over the world by the Little Queen's request. Her appearance was actually caused by the Little Queen fusing with her.}}
* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[Street Fighter]]. Don't believe us? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCHxUggfD9E Take a look for yourself].
** As you can imagine, it didn't take the internet long to turn ''that'' into a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rITyblUAR_g meme].
** [[Tales of Eternia
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Crab omelettes.
* [[Waif Fu]]
[[File:3Hubert1.gif|frame]]
Voiced by: [[Takahiro Mizushima]] (JP) and [[Steve Staley]] (EN)
Asbel's brother. Although he is younger, he is the more quiet and responsible of the two, which he likes to point out a lot.
His Accelerate Mode is ''Arrow Squall''
* [[Always Someone Better]]: Played with. When he's first sent away to Lhant, he assumes that his parents loved Asbel more than him. {{spoiler|The truth is that Aston wanted to avoid a messy succession war between Asbel and Hubert, having once been in that situation himself}}.
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** Actually, he has more [[Shock and Awe|lightning-based]] artes than ice ones, a trait he seems to share with his brother.
* [[Badass]]: With a weapon like his it's impossible to not view him as one.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: In some of the victory poses, especially when [[Literal
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: Invoked and parodied, as he deliberately goes out of his way to invoke this, but for extremely nerdy reasons; namely replicating the superheroes he's a fan of.
* {{spoiler|[[Dark and Troubled Past]]}}
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Defrosting Ice Kid]]
* [[Disguised in Drag]]: His performance as the evil queen in the play is hilarious but convincing.
* [[Double Weapon]] and [[Guns Akimbo]]: He uses a double-bladed sword that can turn into a pair of handguns. It also [[The Archer|turns into a bow]] [[So Cool Its Awesome|and shoots energy arrows]].
* [[Duel Boss]]: Twice. The first time, it's a [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]. {{spoiler|The second time, it's implied he let Asbel win}}.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Glass Cannon]]: Has the highest attack power out of all playable characters, but his defense is rather low.
* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Hubert's second fighting style.
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: [[You Should Know This Already]], but Hubert will kick your ass in Lhant no matter what you do.
* [[Jerkass]]: Kicked Asbel's ass out of Lhant (then took it for himself), exiles him then goes to disrespect their mother.
** [[Jerk
** [[Guile Hero]]: Eventually [[Defrosting Ice Queen|turns]] as one with each moment he's in Asbel's group.
* [[Likes Older Women]]: Borderline case. There's a bit of [[Ship Tease]] between him and [[Cloudcuckoolander|Pascal]], and she's five years older than him. Amped [[Up to Eleven]] in the Future Arc.
** {{spoiler|[[All Love Is Unrequited]]: When he tries to confess his feelings, Pascal reveals that she's [[Oblivious to Love]] and he slumps off in a defeated state.}}
* [[Magic Knight]]: A strange variation of. He uses his ''guns'' to "fire" his magic at targets. Yes, it's awesome.
* [[Megane]]
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Examined in-universe. Hubert is well-known among the Strahtan people and respected by most of its military, and has [[Took a Level
* [[Money Fetish]]: He even gets several titles for it.
* [[Nerd]]: He's a fan of Efinea's equivalent of the [[Power Rangers]] and as revealed in a skit, his fighting style was inspired by a comic book he read as a child.
** [[Nerds Are Sexy]]
* [[The Red Mage]]: Gains a healing and a status-curing spell along with his offensive ones.
* [[Second Place Is for Losers]]: After he {{spoiler|is adopted by the Oswell family, he refused to accept anything but first place in everything he did, both for his new family, as well as getting back at his former parents for abandoning him.}}
* [[Sixth Ranger]]
* [[Stoic Spectacles]]
** [[Not So Stoic]]: During his Blast Calibers.
* [[Takahiro Mizushima]]
* [[The Battle Didn't Count]]: Apparently {{spoiler|he loses on purpose during his rematch with Asbel}}. [[Fridge Brilliance|That might explain why it's so much easier]].
* [[Tsundere]]
* [[Took a Level
* [[Took a Level
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Rice Omelettes.
* [[Used to Be
* [[The Unfavorite]]: He believes he is this, since {{spoiler|his parents sent him away to Strata when he was just ten.}}
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: During his reintroduction post-time skip. He wants to protect his homeland {{spoiler|and boots Asbel out of it to do just that.}}
===Cheria Barnes===
[[File:4Cheria.gif|frame]]
Voiced by: [[Shiho Kawaragi]] (JP) and [[Laura Bailey]] (EN)
The granddaughter of the butler working for the Lhant House. She has a crush on Asbel and is the party's [[White Mage|main healer]].
Her Accelerate Mode is ''Temporal Rift''
* [[Action Girl]]: She's one of the most-used characters because of her flexibility in combat. She can fight at range and in melee, she can cast offensive magic, her artes allow her a lot of manoeuvrability, and she can heal. Her Accelerate Mode is one of the best, and can be used to stop enemy Mystic Artes during Eleth Break. For [[Solo Character Run
* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: ''All'' of her Mystic Arte attacks deal Nova damage. As if she wasn't already useful enough, you ''really'' won't wanna take her out of the party for the final dungeon (of the regular story any way).
** Her ''Garden of Innocence'' Mystic Arte. It hits every enemy (the ''only'' player Mystic Arte that does so) for a sizeable amount, heals every ally at the same time, and all for the ''very'' reasonable cost of a Lv.2 Mystic Arte.
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* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]
* [[Combat Medic]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dark and Troubled Past]]}}
* [[
* [[Feminine Women Can Cook]]
* [[Flechette Storm]]: Her Lv.3 Blast Caliber, with a helping of [[Time Stands Still]].
* [[Gag Boobs]]: [[Informed Ability|Apparently]]. Put her in her bathing suit outfit, and you'll realise that she's barely bigger than [[Token
* [[Gainaxing]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYnLixrcFwE\]
* [[Girly Run]]
* [[Healing Hands]]
* [[Holy Hand Grenade]] & [[Shock and Awe]]: Her offensive spells manifest as these two elements.
* [[Ill Girl]]: Has a congenital heart disease that leaves her with a weak constitution. She gets better due to the incident that also granted her healing powers.
* [[I Will Wait for You]]: [[Deconstructed]]. Those seven years of waiting have made her bitter and resentful towards Asbel since it took him so long to return. He didn't even write to her. Say what you want about his motives, that's [[Jerkass|dickish]]. Oh, and when he ''does'' return, he [[Oblivious to Love|doesn't even notice]] that she's in love with him.
* [[Jerk
* [[Knife Nut]]: She throws knives which she pulls out of a [[Hammerspace]].
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Usually plays one in skits.
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* [[Shiho Kawaragi]]
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]
* [[Team Mom]]: Pascal even lampshades it in a scene.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Touched
** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: She only gained her healing spells after {{spoiler|Sophie placed part of herself inside Asbel, Hubert and herself. Now, what is Sophie's only kind of magic? Healing.}}
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Grilled Chicken.
* [[Tsundere]]: Type B, although she's a little heavier on the ''tsun'' than most of them during the beginning.
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: consider what she goes through in the Prologue. Her best friend, Asbel, constantly leaves her behind because she's sick. Even if he does so because he doesn't want to hurt her, she still feels left out. After finally getting to be friends with four other people, a monster attacks all five of them and Sophie sacrifices herself to save them all. She can't see Richard again because he's a prince, Hubert is sent away to live with another family, leaving her with only Asbel...who leaves her for ''seven years'' after he runs away from home. This leaves her the ''only'' member of their five-man band left home.
* {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]]}}
* [[White Magician Girl]]: A slight variation. Her [[Weapon of Choice|weapons of choice]] are knives, but her physical attacks are rather weak. She can use light-elemental magic and has plenty of area-of-effect healing spells.
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]
===Pascal===
[[File:6Pascal.gif|frame]]
Voiced by: [[Kana Ueda]] (JP) and [[Kate Higgins]] (EN)
Pascal is a [[Genius Ditz|genius researcher]] and [[Gadgeteer Genius|technician]] with [[Adult Child|quite a few screws loose]]. She is loud-mouthed, cheerful, and serves as the heart and soul of the group.
Her Accelerate Mode is ''Runic Shield''
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Adult Child]]
* [[Always Someone Better]]: She's better at technology than her sister Fourier, much to the latter's chagrin.
* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: Of the "Ambiguously Autistic" variety. She's a genius with somewhat child-like social skills, often failing to read the mood of a situation. She often becomes obsessed with things and will pursue her new obsession to the detriment of everything else. Not to mention she's just plain bad at noticing subtleties like Hubert's crush on her. {{spoiler|The latter is eventually [[Played for Laughs]] in the updated rerelease.}}
* [[Boom Stick]]: Her [[Weapon of Choice]], which also doubles as a not-so-[[Simple Staff]].
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: She uses this whenever it comes to working machines.
* [[Cat Smile]]: Is prone on doing this from time to time.
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* [[Hates Baths]]: Its not like she hates to bathe, its more that she gets so into her research that she keeps forgetting to take one.
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: She carries a big frickin' hammer around for her work with machines. On top of that, one of her weapons is called "Giant Hammer."
* [[Elemental Powers]]: Specifically she gets [[Blow You Away|wind]], [[Making a Splash|water]] and [[Playing
* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Named after Blaise Pascal
* [[Genki Girl]]
* [[Hollywood Tone Deaf]]: Oh dear God... When she sings, she's so happy that she doesn't care if her songs have no rhythm or tune.
* [[I Have No Idea What I'm Doing]]: Her method of 'fixing' Duplemar, a massive eleth crystal that essentially powers all life on the continent and could potentially explode is drilling it a bit and smacking it with a hammer.
{{quote|
* [[Kana Ueda]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Pascal is named after Blaise Pascal, a real life famous mathematician. Fitting given her smart guy status. Her sister, Fourier, is named after Joseph Fourier, another famous mathematician.
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* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: She got [[Memetic Molester|uncomfortably close]] to Sophie in her introductory cutscene.
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: She's ''totally'' oblivious to Hubert's crush on her {{spoiler|to the point that he ''flat-out tells her'' and she's still clueless.}}
* [[Older Than They Look]]: She is ''22'' years old... seriously? (This is a combination of how she acts as well as how she was designed - your guess is as good as anyone's.)
** She also acts much ''younger'' than she looks.
* [[Plot Device]]: Considering that Pascal is the only character with no connection to the Childhood prologue, her role is basically as a [[Plot Device]] to either [[Mr. Exposition|explain plot-relevant things]] or provide convenient solutions to problems. {{spoiler|Need the party to learn about ancient ruins? Pascal knows about them. Need to find a way to infiltrate a fortress? Pascal knows a path. Need to fix the Criath? Pascal can do that. Need the [[Global Airship]]? Pascal knows where to find it. And so forth}}.
* [[The Red Mage]]: A minor version, as she has a healing spell, but it also doubles as an attack spell.
* [[Robot Buddy]]: Her "Dream Fandom" spell lets her summon ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|a robotic Sophie replica titled "Mecha Sophie" that combines]] [[Macross Missile Massacre]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|with]] [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]''.
** And in ''Tales of Graces f'', her "Dream Strike" Blast Caliber summons Mecha Asbel!
* [[Say It
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]
* [[Science-Related Memetic Disorder]]
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Not that you would ever think it to look at her.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: An odd case; she can take more than a couple hits, usually having the best physical defense in the game. Likely because she has to get really close to her enemies in order to cast her spells, and plenty of her artes are ranged.
* [[Summon Magic]]: She uses [[Summon Magic]] as her [[Limit Break|Blast Calibers]] and for some of her artes.
* [[Techno Babble]]: Played with.
{{quote|
'''Asbel:''' I have no idea what you're trying to say. }}
* [[Tomboyish Name]]: You'd usually think that the name 'Pascal' is for boys.
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* [[You Didn't Ask]]: Her reasoning for {{spoiler|not telling the party that she's actually an Amarcian. Actually a bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]] since in every event where they talked about the Amarcians, she's always refering to the Ancient Amarcians, her ancestors and the ones whom the party had actually been refering to.}}
===Malik Caesars===
[[File:5Malik.gif|frame]]
Voiced by: [[Hiroki Tochi]] (JP) and [[Jamieson Price]] (EN)
Asbel's instructor from the knight's school. Asbel looks up to him as his mentor and role model. He's the second offensive mage of the group.
His Accelerate Mode is ''Harsh Lesson''
* [[Badass Back]]: A man speaks with his back after all... a back that can fire a [[Kamehame Hadoken|hugeass beam]], that is.
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* [[Blatant Lies]]: 90% of what he tells Sophie as "facts" about the world. Mainly just to see the party's reaction when she repeats said facts.
* [[Chick Magnet]]: It's a given '''even''' in-universe.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: He is 40, [[Older Than They Look|believe it or not.]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Duel Boss]]: Optional, if you view a certain skit, between him and Asbel. Malik does it to see if Asbel is truly prepared to back up his talk about "protecting everyone." And indeed, if you lose, he gives Asbel a rather harsh [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]].
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Expy]]: This troper's first reaction to seeing Malik was "Man, he looks like [[Tales of the Abyss|Van]]. It's gotta be the goatee."
** [[Shout-Out|His Accel Mode is a series of kicks that seem]] [[Street Fighter|vaguely familiar...]]
* [[Four-Star Badass]]: Well, what do you expect from a gruff old knight?
* [[Hiroki Tochi]]: His Japanese voice. And with [[Jamieson Price]] for English voice, he's got both voices of [[.hack GU|Ovan]].
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: [[Brick Joke|When Sophie called him out for his last usage of Eternal Serenade]], he's quick to retort that the one he won't use again is "Eternal Seren'''y'''ade"
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** Said beam comes out of ''[[Improbable Weapon User|his back]]''.
* [[The Lancer]]: Tends to be the experienced and pragmatic voice to Asbel's idealism.
* [[Magic Knight]]: In that he is a mage who can defend himself with weapons rather than a weapon-fighter with magic.
* [[Name's the Same]]: "I told you, I'm not [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Malik]] [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
* [[Older Than They Look]]
* [[Playing
* [[Precision-Guided Boomerang]]: He uses a [[Rule of Cool|boomerang sword]] in battle.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: Pretty much his defining character trait.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Literally.
** He has also gotten a very... [http://www.4gamer.net/games/088/G008879/20100326013/ special DLC costume.]
* [[Shipper
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: An odd case. He has high HP, but his defense is low.
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]
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* [[Troll]]: Among many things, he has a habit of telling the most blatant lies to Sophie with a straight face.
* [[Up to Eleven]]: ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ekf1qkOMU0 Shinten Rekkuu Zankou Senpuu Messai Shinbatsu Kassatsugeki!]''
** This is a double subversion. Said Mystic Arte was previously owned by [[Tales of Destiny
* {{spoiler|[[Welcome Back, Traitor]]: Although Hubert and Lambda don't forgive him quite as easily.}}
===Richard===
[[File:7Richard.gif|frame]]
Voiced by: [[Daisuke Namikawa]] (JP), [[David Vincent]] (EN), [[Wendee Lee]] (EN, child)
Richard is the Prince of Windol. He is peace-loving and gentle, though also [[Lonely Rich Kid|somewhat aloof]]. As a child, he befriends Asbel and Sophie.
His Accelerate Mode is ''Arcane Vigor''
* [[The Atoner]]: In the f scenario, Richard feels he owes a debt to the world for the {{spoiler|things he did while possessed by Lambda}}
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Just look at his hand gestures.
** Taken [[Up to Eleven]] with his ''Tales of Graces f'' costume. It could only be more fruity if it was florescent pink.
* [[Badass]]: Watch any of his anime cutscenes. The proof is in the pudding.
* {{spoiler|[[Back
* [[Berserk Button]]: {{spoiler|When someone betrays his trust. Thanks to Lambda's influence, his interpretation of a "betrayal" becomes incredibly loose}}.
* [[Blow You Away]]: Until the rerelease, which focuses him more on [[Playing
* [[Bishounen]]
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Despite being an otherwise levelheaded person, he also moonlights as the [[Paper-Thin Disguise|Masque of Barona]].
* [[Daisuke Namikawa]]
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: {{spoiler|Though it isn't particularly good either...}}
** We can now add [[Playing
* {{spoiler|[[Deal
* {{spoiler|[[Demonic Possession]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Despair Event Horizon]]}}: {{spoiler|The infamous "TOMODACHI HUARGGGGGGGG" scene, where Richard believes that he has been abandoned to die by his friends. This, coupled with Lambda's possession, completes his [[Face Heel Turn]]}}.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: {{spoiler|Lambda's influence causes him to violently lash out at everything and everyone who slights him. It gets worse when Asbel tries to bring him back to his senses, as Richard interprets that as an act of betrayal from his first true friend}}.
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: So damn much...
* [[Expy]]: [[Tales of Eternia
* [[Fragile Speedster]]
* {{spoiler|[[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: When he's ''posessed'' by Lambda.}}
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* [[Magic Knight]]
* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: One red eye, one yellow eye. {{spoiler|The red one is caused by Lambda's possession, and returns to normal after Lambda leaves his body}}.
* {{spoiler|[[More Than Mind Control]]: He calls himself Lambda's "servant" even in one scene when he's not under his control. Says it all, really.}}
* [[Nice Hat]]: During the prologue.
* [[Not So Different]]: {{spoiler|His [[Break the Cutie|similarities]] to Lambda are what eventually allows Lambda to take control of his body.}}
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* [[Royal Rapier]]: He's a prince {{spoiler|who becomes king later on after killing his uncle}} and uses rapiers in battle.
* {{spoiler|[[Sixth Ranger]]: Come ''f'', he'll become a permanent ally once Lambda is released from him.}}
* [[Shipper
* [[Something About a Rose]]: His Blast Calibers.
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]
** {{spoiler|And then there's his "Lambda Form", where he loses all his clothes, gets weird spikey wings, has black markings all over his body and has crystals inserted into different parts of his body. Hey, it's bound to be [[Fetish Fuel]] for [[Rule 34|somebody]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Lambda acts like this at first. Then [[It Got Worse]].}}
* [[Technical Pacifist]]
* [[Took a Level
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Natto, much to everyone else's dismay.
== Antagonists ==
===Lambda===
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A mysterious being whose presence influences many events in the story. {{spoiler|Lambda is an immortal [[Energy Being]] who resides within Richard for the majority of the game. As he does not have a physical body, he possesses other people and grants them access to his limitless power, effectively making them immortal. However, Lambda can also whisper into the mind of his host, sewing seeds of mistrust and eventually taking them over completely}}.
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]
* [[Hive Mind]]: {{spoiler|Can control any monster infected with Nova energy.}}
* [[Humans Are
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]
* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]
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'''Spoiler Tropes:'''
* {{spoiler|[[Berserk Button]]: When someone treats him as inhuman. This happened a ''lot'' when he was forced to take the form of a monster, which is one of the reasons why he's so screwed up now}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Despair Event Horizon]]: Apparently crossed this when Cornell died.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Energy Being]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Final Boss]]: Becomes a [[Climax Boss]] in Tales of Graces F}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: In the Lineage and Legacies plotline in Tales of Graces f.}}
* {{spoiler|1=[[Kill'Em All]] / [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: His original goal was to exact revenge on humanity; seeing them as an [[
* {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Talking the Monster
* {{spoiler|[[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: This is ''exactly'' what caused his [[Start of Darkness]]. Lambda's only wish is to be treated as a person and not just an energy source. Being forced to take the form of an [[Eldritch Abomination]] didn't help matters, and eventually Lambda decides to turn this philosophy ''back'' on the humans}}.
===Emeraude===
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Voiced by: [[Tara Platt]] (EN)
A young researcher who the party find sleeping in a pod {{spoiler|on the planet of Fodra}}. Emeraude is highly knowledgeable about Lambda, Sophie and [[Mr. Exposition|most of the backstory]].
* [[Dark Action Girl]]
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* [[Guest Star Party Member]]
* [[Human Popsicle]]
* [["It" Is Dehumanizing]]: Refers to {{spoiler|Sophie}} and other Humanoids as "It".
* [[Most Common Superpower]]
* [[Mr. Exposition|Ms Exposition]]
* [[Mysterious Waif]]
* [[The Stoic]]: Not the most emotional of party members while she travels with you.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Restoring Fodora is an admirable goal and all, but she crosses some ''serious'' moral boundaries to do it.}}
===Cedric===
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Richard's power-hungry uncle. He murders Richard's father- the king of Windol- to usurp the throne for himself, then sends his soldiers to assassinate the young prince so that he cannot inherit the throne.
* {{spoiler|[[
* [[Always Second Best]]: The reason why he murders his brother for the throne.
* [[BFS]]
* [[Cain and Abel]]
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]
* {{spoiler|[[Disc One Final Boss]]}}
* [[The Evil Prince]]
* [[Evil Uncle]]
* [[Hellish Pupils]]: Just look at the closeup after he loses!
* [[It's All About Me]]: "The throne of Windol is mine!" "The only one worthy of the throne is me!" "The kingdom is rightfully mine!" ... So, yeah.
* [[Large Ham|Moderate Ham]]: He [[Chewing the Scenery|chews the scenery]] a couple of times, but doesn't really go overboard. Shame.
* [[Make It Look Like an Accident]]: Celric's first assassination attempt involved the use of a strong poison. {{spoiler|This would have succeeded if not for Richard's [[Deal
* [[Obviously Evil]]; It really couldn't be any more obvious if he huffed kittens before fighting you.
* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: Sure, killing him was another sign {{spoiler|of Lambda taking further control}}, but there's no doubt the asshole after all he's done deserved what was coming to him.
* [[Playing
===Kurt Bessel===
A high-ranking soldier in the militaristic state of Fendel. He has a history with Malik and opposes the party during their search for Fendel's Valkines Cryas.
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* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]
== Graces ''f'' Characters ==
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A mysterious woman who appears in the "Lineage & Legacies" scenario of ''Tales of Graces f''. She has a strong connection to Sophie, as if looking like a grown-up version of her didn't give it away. {{spoiler|She is actually a manifestation of Fodra itself, born from the eleth of its core}}.
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* [[Flower Motifs]]: Becomes more obvious when she {{spoiler|transforms into the Fodra Queen}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Gaia's Vengeance]]: This trope personified}}.
* [[Humans Are
* {{spoiler|[[I Am Legion]]: Right before the Little Queens merge into the final boss}}.
* [[Kamehame Hadoken]]: She can fire beams out of her hands. In one dungeon, they even chase you through the floor!
* [[Magic Knight]]
* {{spoiler|[[Me's a
* [[Mook Chivalry]]: {{spoiler|In the battle where you fight ten Little Queens in a row, only four of them- a number equal to the number of party members you have- attack you at once}}.
* [[Mysterious Waif]]
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* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
== Supporting Characters ==
Pascal's big sister, and by far the more responsible and mature of the two. Like Pascal she is a genius technician, but her field of study also includes biology and bio-engineering.
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* [[Tsundere]]
===Poisson===
An Amarcian girl who is in training to become their next leader. She is extremely knowledgeable and dutiful, but also a stickler for the rules.
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* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]
* [[Tagalong Kid]]: She is always happy to help Pascal and Fourier that she goes everywhere she's needed.
* [[Token
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]
===Frederic Barnes===
The loyal butler to the Lhant family and grandfather to Cheria.
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** {{spoiler|Then the whole thing gets subverted. Being around high amounts of eleth apparently revives you.}}
===Kerri Lhant===
Asbel and Hubert's mother. She lives in Lhant Manor, and has a good relationship with her children.
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* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Where Hubert got his blue hair from.
===Aston Lhant===
Asbel and Hubert's father, who commanded great respect as the lord of the Lhant territory. {{spoiler|His death prompts Asbel to return home from the Knight Academy.}}
* [[Deal
* [[Irony]]: {{spoiler|He sends Hubert away to be adopted by the Oswells to avoid a dispute over the lordship of Lhant between Asbel and Hubert. Not only does Aston's death cause a dispute to happen anyway, but [[It Gets Worse|Hubert's vendetta against Aston for "abandoning him" fuels the conflict in the first place]]. Oops.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}
===Raymond Oswell===
Hubert's cousin-in-law and second-in-command of the Strahta Army stationed in Lhant. He resents the fact that Hubert- an adopted member of the family- is seemingly given preferential treatment over himself.
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: {{spoiler|Gets more heartbroken once Cheria hooks up with Asbel for good. Bailey shares the pain.}}
* {{spoiler|[[A Match Made in Stockholm]]}}: Inverted. He develops one {{spoiler|for Cheria.}}
** {{spoiler|It evolves into [[Stalker
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}
* [[Smug Snake]]: {{spoiler|He grows out of this later.}}
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* [[Those Two Guys]]: With Bailey.
===Solomus===
{{spoiler|An entity in command of the Zhonecage which is the ring surrounding Ephinea. He plans to eradicate the world due to Lambda's influence corrupting it, thinking destroying the world is a way to save it.}}
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* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
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