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A former Alliance Marine and adopted brother to Shirley. [[Knight Templar Big Brother|He is hell-bent on protecting her from anything and everything]]. At first he is only concerned with matters that directly affect either himself or Shirley, but slowly begins to open up as he becomes friends with the inhabitants of the ''Legacy''. He uses his fists in battle, the first [[Tales (series)]] main character to not [[Heroes Prefer Swords|use swords]], and uses some traditional [[Tales (series)]] [[The Hero|hero artes]] mixed with his own.

 

* {{spoiler|[[The Atoner]]}}

* [[Badass]]

* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: A running gag in the Character Quests features each character trying to wake him up. Will, at one point, resorts to ''kicking him in the head'' (he was asleep on the floor) and that still didn't wake him up.

* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: As noted above, the first main character to avert this in the ''[[Tales (series)]]''

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: He starts out a [[Jerkass]], but he genuinely does care about Shirley's well-being. Eventually, he loses the "Jerk" part.

* [[Mistaken for Cheating]]: Very briefly in the Character Quests, during the scene where Grune tries to wake him up, fails, and decides to take a nap in his bed instead (Senel is on the floor). Shirley is ''not pleased'' for all of half a minute until the situation clarifies itself.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]

 

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{{spoiler|She is actually a Ferines, a [[Precursor]] race of highly-advanced, water-dwelling humanoids. Not only that, she is a candidate to become the Merines, the [[The Chosen One|Chosen One]] of the Ferines race who has the ability to control the ''Legacy'' and [[Technopath|all of its Ferines-built technology at will]]. However, the true purpose of the Merines is to activate the Wings of Light, a [[Weapon of Mass Destruction|cataclysmic superweapon]] aboard the ''Legacy'' that would flood the planet and allow the Ferines to prosper once more}}.

 

* [[Apocalypse Maiden]]: {{spoiler|The Merines' actual duty is to activate the Wings of Light, a cataclysmic superweapon that will flood the planet and kill all the humans so that the Ferines can prosper again.}}

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Her reaction to Norma trying to sleep over at Senel's place is to [[Dissonant Serenity|smile sweetly]] and start charging her Eres.

* [[Honorifics]]: Once the Character Quests roll around, Shirley is the only member of the main party who still uses them. At the end of Chloe's quest, it's Chloe herself who convinces Shirley not to be so formal with everyone else (though she's still embarrassed when Shirley drops the suffixes completely). Norma has a similar scene with her near the end of Moses' quest.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Though she specializes in magic, her weapon itself is a pen.

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Shirley loves Senel, but Senel loves her older sister Stella... Shirley puts up with it for a long time because she wants Senel to be happy, but eventually [[Brainwashed and Crazy|she]] [[Yandere|loses it...]] Later in the character quests, {{spoiler|she's on the verge of stepping aside ''again''--for Chloe this time--despite being engaged to Senel. At least before she and Chloe air out their feelings and Chloe admits that she's never going to get anywhere with him and knows it.}}

* [[The Load]]: During the first act of the game, she alternates between being a [[Damsel in Distress]] and [[The Load]]. This is actually a source of angst for her. She is supposed to be the savior of her entire race, but instead she [[Damsel in Distress|is only a burden for everyone]], can't even save {{spoiler|Fenimore}}, and {{spoiler|her sister dies stopping the cannon}}, which Shirley could have prevented if she still had her powers. [[Took a Level in Badass|She gets better]] in the character quests.

* [[Yandere]]: Played with. {{spoiler|Her Merines powers are activated because of Fenimore's death, but she doesn't give in to Nerifes completely until she gets hit in the face with the degree to which Senel and Stella kept her in the dark, reminding her of how badly Senel has always rejected her.}}

* [[Younger Than They Look]]: Her in-game mugshot does ''not'' look fifteen. Her battle model, now that's a different story.

 

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The sheriff of Werites Beacon, although he would rather be a natural historian. He is very knowledgeable about the monsters inhabiting the Legacy, and has a tendency to give lectures on monsters whether people want to hear it or not. Although he is huge and wields a gigantic hammer, he is a [[Squishy Wizard|Crystal Eren]]. He has a daughter named Harriet.

 

* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]

* [[The Atoner]]

* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]

 

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A knight from Gadoria who joins the party. She came to the Legacy to find a swordsman with with a snake tattoo on his arm {{spoiler|in order to kill him to avenge the death of her parents and regain the honor of the Valens family name}}. She fights using a sword, and plays a little more like the classic [[Tales (series)]] [[The Hero|Hero]], even using many of their artes combined with some of her own.

 

* [[Action Girl]]: One of the most [[Badass]] girls in the whole ''[[Tales (series)]]''.

** It's interesting to note that she's the only female swordsman who's built like a traditional Tales hero.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: She does this to Senel. And the other characters reacts this way to ''her'' {{spoiler|stabbing Senel when he tries to stop her from taking revenge in her Character Quest.}}

 

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An eccentric archeologist/treasure hunter who came to the Legacy to find the a mythical stone called Everlight that can supposedly grant any wish. She uses [[Squishy Wizard|Crystal Eres]], and knows more than anybody else about various locations around the Legacy. She wields a [[Improbable Weapon User|straw, and attacks by blowing bubbles out of it]].

 

* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Early on, less so once Moses shows up to take the role.

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Norma happily ships Senel with both Chloe and Shirley, and [[The Matchmaker|actively gives Chloe relationship advice]].

 

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A bandit who kidnaps Shirley early in the game only to join the party later on. He has a large Galf, a wolf-like monster, named Giet that he keeps as a pet. He's very outgoing and friendly, and treats the other party members like siblings. He fights by throwing javelins at his opponents.

 

* [[Accent Adaptation]]: In Japanese, Moses speaks with a Kyuushu regional dialect. In the English localization, he was given a southern accent. [[Woolseyism|It worked.]]

* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything|The Bandits Who Don't Do Anything]]: His bandits don't really do much thieving.

* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]

 

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A reclusive information broker. He is a young ninja who lives with the Oresoren, a tribe of anthropomorphic otters. He's a snide and snarky Iron Eren who fights using knives, combined with kicks and headbutts.

 

* {{spoiler|[[Abusive Parents]]}}

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Chloe notes that Jay has trouble expressing his feelings. Additionally, even though he is told ''several'' times during his Character Quest to let the others know if something is bothering him, he keeps shrugging it off by saying "There really isn't anything", a variation of the typical [[Tales (series)]] quote of "It's nothing". Not very believable after what the gamers just saw last dungeon. He is also often seen denying his worry or positive emotions for others, most notably Moses.

** {{spoiler|This is actually a set of [[Fridge Brilliance]] - he was raised to be emotionless. While his Japanese version went for the [[Creepy Child]] route, the English version went for the "grown-up-fast" type.}}

 

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A ditzy woman with amnesia. She's a Crystal Eren who fights using [[Improbable Weapon User|urns.]] {{spoiler|She is actually a goddess who incarnated to stop Schwartz. However, the world was not old enough to support her power, so she lost her memories.}} She enjoys... pretty much everything, and is always calm and relaxed, even in the middle of a battle.

 

* [[Action Girl]]: You'd never expect it at first glance, but once she joins the party, she blissfully slaughters all in her way. She even [[Takes a Level In Badass]] toward the end of the game.

* {{spoiler|[[Amnesiac God]]}}

* [[Yin-Yang Bomb]]: Somewhat, as most of her spells are curse and sea elemental. {{spoiler|Makes sense, since she's a goddess.}}

 

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The law-enforcement duo of Werites Beacon, Curtis and Isabella call themselves the Bantam Bouncers. They almost always appear together, and do far more singing and showing off than actual fighting, even though they're actually both highly competent soldiers.

 

* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Isabella.

* [[Brick Joke]]: Early in the game, they sing twice about how fighting is not allowed in Werites Beacon. Much ''much'' later in the game...they show up and arrest someone else for attempting to arrest Chloe and Senel in Werites Beacon.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]

 

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The third prince of the Crusand Empire. He came to the Legacy seeking an ancient superweapon to use to wage war against the other nations and rule the world with an iron fist.

 

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]

* {{spoiler|[[Disc One Final Boss]]}}

* [[Power Fist]]

 

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One of Vaclav's Terrors. She specializes in fire eres.

 

* [[The Baroness]]

* [[Dark Action Girl]]

* [[Whip It Good]]

 

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One of Vaclav's Terrors. A masked swordsman. Chloe came to the Legacy to find and kill him. {{spoiler|His real name is Arnold Alcott. He is a doctor who joined Vaclav's army to use the medical knowledge from his Mengele-esque experiments to save his [[Ill Girl|sick daughter]].}}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Anti-Villain]]}}

* [[Cool Mask]]

* {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]}}

 

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One of Vaclav's Terrors. He is a [[Master of Illusion]].

 

* [[Blood Knight]]

* {{spoiler|[[Feet of Clay]]}}: {{spoiler|He's a pushover without his illusions.}}

* [[Red Baron]]: "The Phantom"

 

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A young man who kidnaps Shirley. {{spoiler|He is one of the Ferines and kidnapped Shirley to protect her from Vaclav, and so she could awaken as the Merines.}}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Blond Guys Are Evil]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Crazy Jealous Guy]]: His reason for helping Maurits commit genocide? He's jealous of Senel. [[If I Can't Have You|And he doesn't even care that Shirley will die if she causes the Cataclysm.]] }}

* {{spoiler|[[You Can Barely Stand]]}}: {{spoiler|His insistence on fighting the party despite being heavily wounded gets him killed.}}

 

The leader of the Ferines.

 

* {{spoiler|[[Blond Guys Are Evil]]. Well ''DUH'', this is a ''[[Tales (series)]]'' game, they ''love'' this trope}}.

* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: At the end of the main story mode.

* {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: He wants to revert the world to what it once was (an endless ocean) so his people can prosper, even if it means killing all the Orerienes.}}

 

A Ferines who befriends Shirley.

 

* {{spoiler|[[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]}}

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: She hates the Orerienes because she was tortured by Vaclav, though she seems to get over a lot of it after Senel and the rest of the party rescue her and help defeat Vaclav.

* [[Tsundere]]: Toward Senel and the group for a while, claiming she's only helping them for Shirley's sake while blushing and generally showing signs of liking them more than she'd like to admit.

 

Fenimore's twin sister. {{spoiler|She arrives on the Legacy after Shirley fails to avenge Fenimore by killing all of the Orerines.}}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Backup Twin]]}}

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Fenimore mentions her early in the game.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: When she meets Shirley, she demands to know why the latter seeks peace after everything the Orienes did to their people, [[Moral Myopia|ignoring of course what the Ferines did.]]

 

Shirley's older sister, and Senel's former girlfriend. Presumed dead after the attack that cost them their home, though she is eventually revealed to be alive (though comatose) on the Legacy, as one of Vaclav's captives. {{spoiler|Her consciousness is linked to the Legacy, and she rescues Senel a number of times over the game, though she endangers Shirley badly in the process. About a third of the way through the game, Stella sacrifices herself to stop the Nerifes Cannon, and dies despite Senel and Shirley's efforts to save her.}}

 

* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Not exactly how you'd think. {{spoiler|She seems overall far more concerned about the well-being of her love interest (Senel) than her sister (Shirley), and on occasion came to Senel's aid while ignoring Shirley, who was in much greater peril and had the fate of the world resting on her safety.}}

* [[Damsel in Distress]]

* {{spoiler|[[We Hardly Knew Ye]]}}

 

The incarnation of the ocean who is worshiped by the Ferines. {{spoiler|It seeks to flood the world, both to reverse the damage caused by the Orerines' terraforming and to avenge the fallen Ferines.}}

 

* [[Evil Counterpart|Angry Counterpart]]: To the {{spoiler|Nerifes of the Quiet Lands.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]: Of the main story.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Loosely, "the mind of the sea."

 

A sadistic ninja master. He comes to the Legacy in the Character Quests with an evil purpose. Solon is also {{spoiler|Jay's surrogate father and teacher.}}

 

* [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Foster Parent]]

* [[Ax Crazy]]: {{spoiler|forces Jay into working for him again by talking about loud about his fantasies of slaughter the Orisorin.}}

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Before he dies, he goes ballistic with rage at how Jay and his "family" could be strong enough to defeat him.}}

 

A mysterious woman who is related to the black mist that appears during the Character Quests. {{spoiler|She is one half the Goddess that created the world. She has decided that her creation is flawed and that the only way that people will ever be happy is if she destroys the universe and recreates it.}}

 

* {{spoiler|[[As Long as There Is Evil|As Long As There Is Despair]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]: Of the Character Quests.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Physical God]]}}