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== Shing Meteoryte ==

 

{{quote|''"If an adult has to hurt someone, even to save the world... I'll just be a kid!"''}}

 

A young boy who wants to either save the world, become a grown-up or help Kohak, depending on his mood. He has a very powerful sense of empathy which allows him to connect with just about anyone, both literally (via Soma Link) and metaphorically; one of his signature lines is "Your feelings are the same as mine, right?". Despite this, he does have bouts of cluelessness, like being oblivious towards Beryl's flirting.

He uses the Soma ''Asteria'', a sword and buckler combo, and his favoured element is Light. He mainly uses sword techniques, and is one of two party members to have no spells.

 

* [[Adults Are Useless]] (Or so he thinks, because 'they can't save the world because they cannot bring a smile of one girl!'. Unfortunately, [[Berserk Button|he spews it in front of Chalcedny...]])

* [[Anvilicious]]: Tends to be the one giving the rousing speeches that spell out exactly what theme the game is trying to convey at that moment. (It usually boils down to, [[The Power of Friendship|"Friendship is awesome!"]].)

* [[Butt Monkey]]

* [[Enemy Within]]: {{spoiler|Creed}}.

* [[Heroic BSOD]] (Shing didn't take it well when {{spoiler|he found out that Creed Graphite was sealed inside his body since birth and that succumbing to his desire for revenge caused Creed to materialize into the world.}})

* [[Holy Hand Grenade]] (His main element)

 

== Kohak/Amber Hearts ==

 

{{quote|''"'She' told me so..."''}}

 

A girl on the run from a mysterious and powerful sorceress. Her Spirtune- the core of her Spiria- is shattered early in the game, reducing her to an emotionless doll. The first act of the game revolves around the party's quest to restore her to normal by travelling the world and finding the missing pieces of her Spirtune. She is kind and energetic, but a little clumsy with people.

Her Soma, ''Elrond'', is composed of an anklet and a fire-spewing baton. Her element likewise is fire. She fights using martial arts, combining baton strikes with kickboxing. She also possesses several elemental and lesser healing spells.

 

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]] (You seriously do not want to piss sweet little Kohak off, or else you're going to get a lot of kicking)

* [[Cherry Blossoms]] (Her [[Limit Break]])

** She's also named after a cherry tree, the Kohakuzakura.

* [[Cooldown Hug]] (She administers this when Shing [[Heroic BSOD|loses it]])

* [[Damsel in Distress]] (Several times)

* [[Playing with Fire]]

* [[Sexy Backless Outfit]]

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]] (The official romanisation of her name is "Kohak", but that doesn't stop some people from calling her "Kohaku".)

 

== Hisui/Jadeite Hearts ==

 

{{quote|''"Yeah, I'm scared all right, but not of you. I'm scared that my sister and all these monkeys with me are gonna get hurt."''}}

 

 

He receives a double-bowgun Soma called ''Gale Arc'' from Innes. He is the primary healer of the party, combining healing techs with powerful projectile attacks.

 

* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: He refuses to believe the existence of "fairy tale creatures" like the Zerom until he Soma Links for the first time and sees them with his own eyes. He also doesn't believe that his sister has a voice in her head telling her things.

* [[Blow You Away]] (his primary element)

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] (he makes no excuses of berating everyone, especially Shing, but he also lets out some soft sides. Especially on Richea)

* [[Knight Templar Big Brother]] (he really is overprotective on Kohak, repeatedly beating Shing and on one instance threatening to kill him)

* [[Name's the Same]] (see Kohak above)

* [[Rain of Arrows]], [[The Archer]]

 

== Beryl Benito ==

 

{{quote|''"My painting isn't about "adventures" or "heroes" any more. It's about "things you can't fight". Shing, you're perfect for it!"''}}

 

A young girl whose ambition is to become the Imperial Painter. She's eighteen years old, but looks and acts a lot younger, frequently slurring long words and using her immaturity to get her own way.

Her Soma, ''Thiers'', is a giant hat and paintbrush set. She mainly casts earth and water-elemental spells, and also wields supportive magic.

 

* [[Bokukko]]

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] ("WHY IS EVERYONE ALWAYS PINNED ON KOHAK!?" She got better.)

* [[Older Than They Look]] (She's actually 18.)

* [[Pettanko]]

* [[Tsundere]]

 

== Innes Lorenz ==

 

{{quote|''"An adult is someone who does what's necessary, even if it hurts."''}}

 

 

Her Soma, ''Folseus'', is a pair of greaves and a huge axe-like blade. Her element is water, but she has few techniques that utilize it, choosing to instead specialise in techs that enhance her abilities and deliver powerful blows to the enemy.

{{spoiler|She's secretly an operative for the Macus Empire's Special Ops Soma Unit, trying to get her hands on Kohak's Spirune for the sake of her Captain, Isaac Silver, with whom she is in love}}.

 

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Boobs of Steel]]

* [[Cool Big Sis]]

 

== Kunzite ==

 

{{quote|''"Now requesting... negative. Please, I ask of you... everyone, in order to protect Master Richea, please lend me your power!"''}}

 

 

His Soma, ''Vex'', incorporates katars on his arms and extra blade arms mounted on his back. He fights similarly to Judas from ''[[Tales of Destiny|Tales of Destiny 2]]'' and Leon from ''Tales of Destiny Remake''. He also uses offensive dark and wind type magic and can cast debilitating spells.

 

* [[Become a Real Boy]] (His final reaction)

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]

* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]] (First playable one in the [[Tales (series)]]. However, he turns out to be the ''least'' human compared to the rest of mechanoids)

* [[Spock Speak]]

* [[Tin Man]] (His first reactions)

 

== Chalcedny Arcome ==

 

{{quote|''"If you would bear the weight of the world on your shoulders, I will hold you up."''}}

 

 

{{spoiler|After meeting Shing he rebels against his father, begins a [[Heel Face Turn]], and becomes [[The Rival]] and the [[Sixth Ranger]]. He gains the courage to confess his love to the Empress Paraiba Marin de Rai, becoming her Knight and giving her the confidence to take control of the two factions driving her country to civil war. At Bamal Volcano, his loyal squad [[You Shall Not Pass|goes down fighting three of Incarose's bodies at once]] to buy Chalcedny enough time to complete the Soma Evolve ritual needed to reach Gardenia. Though the ritual is a success, Chalcedny over-strains his Spiria and becomes incapacitated for the rest of the game}}.

His Soma, ''Wahrheit'', is a breastplate that produces large wings as well as a [[BFS]]. It was formerly used by Iola Hearts, the mother of Hisui and Kohak. {{spoiler|It becomes converted by the Soma Evolve ritual into the Aerial Soma Lianheit, a small plane used by Shing's party and controlled by Richea.}}

 

* [[The Ace]]

* {{spoiler|[[Global Airship]]}}

 

== The Old Party ==

 

 

 

== Richea Spodune ==

 

A mysterious girl residing within Kohak's Spiria. She matches the description of the girl in the nursery rhyme, "The Sleeping Princess of the Forest of Thorns".

 

{{spoiler|Having possessed Iola Hearts, she now possesses the body of her daughter, Kohak. When Kohak's Spirtune is shattered, her essence is shattered as well, which is why Creed's faction is determined not to let them be reunited}}.

* [[The Atoner]]

* [[Grand Theft Me]]

* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: A ''dangerous'' amount of this. {{spoiler|She admits responsibility for shattering Kohak's Spirtune to protect herself from Creed, and claims she would easily kill Kohak or anyone else if it meant foiling Creed's plans}}. Fortunately, she mellows out after a while.

* [[Mystical Waif]]

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]

 

== Creed Graphite ==

 

One of the last survivors of the Quartz race, Creed is at the centre of events in ''[[Tales of Hearts]]''. {{spoiler|Two thousand years ago, Creed created Gardenia: a device that would end the wars raging across the world by calcifying any Spiria that held a desire to fight. Unfortunately, it worked too well and calcified everyone on the planet save for his lover Flora, and her sister Richea. Flora pulled a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] and became a [[Barrier Maiden]] to stop Gardenia, but Creed, distraught by her loss, attempted to force her back out at the cost of reviving Gardenia. Richea moved to stop him, and the ensuing battle separated their minds from their bodies. Since then, Creed and Richea have battled throughout the generations by jumping from body to body}}.

 

{{spoiler|At the beginning of the game, Creed is sealed within Shing's Spiria. The seal is broken by Incarose tapping into Shing's anger, and Creed fully possesses Shing until he returns to his real body. He then attempts once more to unseal Gardenia and save Flora}}.

* [[Evil Is Not a Toy]]: {{spoiler|He attempts to use Gardenia to revive the civilisation he accidentally destroyed. The party tries to tell him that it doesn't work like that. He tries anyway. Gardenia devours Flora. Cue complete mental breakdown}}.

* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: {{spoiler|Gardenia}}.

 

== Incarose ==

 

A mysterious sorceress who is chasing after Kohak Hearts. She murders Zex Meteoryte, shatters Kohak's Spiria and does everything in her power to piss off Shing and stop the party from reuniting the Spiria pieces. {{spoiler|She is a mechanical being similar to Kunzite, and was created to serve Creed. She is classified as a "Queen-Type" mechanoid, and is an experimental model with seven bodies linked to a single Spiria}}.

 

{{spoiler|Her final body is upgraded into Incarose-ILL with the bodies of Chlorseraph & Clinoseraph, but is still defeated by the party}}.

* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]

* [[The Dragon]]: To {{spoiler|Creed}}.

 

== Chlorseraph & Clinoseraph ==

 

 

{{spoiler|They were once guardians to Flora Spodune. They are eventually defeated by the party, and their bodies are used to upgrade Incarose's last body into Incarose-ILL}}.

* [[Axe Crazy]]: Both, but Clinoseraph is this in a more quiet way.

* [[Creepy Twins]]

 

== Corundum ==

 

A [[Robot Girl]] who serves as the [[Villainous Harlequin]] of {{spoiler|Creed}}'s faction. As a Joker-Type mechanoid, she's designed more for practical use and data-gathering rather than battle. She's obsessed with gathering information, and is driven more by curiosity than anything else.

 

* [[Princess Curls]]

* [[Small Annoying Creature]]

* [[Villainous Harlequin]]