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Characters from Tales of Xillia include:

Heroes

Jude Mathis

Voiced by: Tsubasa Yonaga (JP)

"You might say I'm nosy or naive, but I just can't leave you alone."

A fifteen-year-old medical student studying in Il Fan, the capital of La Schugall. Despite his young age, Jude is level-headed, analytical and highly intelligent.

His special ability Integration Evasion allows him to Flash Step to an enemy's rear if he dodges an attack, while his Support Skill Restore picks up his Link partner when they are knocked down and restores some of their health.

Tropes exhibited by Jude include:

• Adorkable: At times.
• Awesomeness By Analysis: There's even a sound effect when he's using his hyper-awareness to figure something out.
• Badass: In the trailers, he dodges a sniper arrow with an unfazed look on his face. There's probably gonna be more where that came from.
  • Badass Normal: By the standards of the game's universe. Magic in Xillia seems to come from pacts with the spirits. Since Jude hasn't been seen using a single spirit arte, this implies that all of his abilities are the rest of training and improvisation, including his Restore ability.
  • Took a Level in Badass: During the battle with the real Maxwell.
• Elemental Powers: Like Asbel, Jude is a rarity among Tales protagonists in that he doesn't specialise in one particular element. He uses a mixture of them all.
  • Blow You Away: His primary element. Used in his Mystic Arte.
  • Casting a Shadow
  • Dishing Out Dirt
  • Light'Em Up
  • Making a Splash
  • Playing with Fire
• Combat Medic: He's a medical student. Who punches his enemies in the face...
  • Informed Attribute: ... And yet he only has two healing artes, neither of which are high-end ones like Resurrection or Revitalise.
  • Hey he is a medical student, he might not have learned any stronger heals yet.
• Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Did you just punch through the real Maxwell's barrier and knock him across the stage?
• Expy: His design is pretty much what happens when you mix Yuri, Leon, and Asbel into a pot with Senel's fighting style.
  • Which makes sense, considering those first three ranked the three most popular characters in the the Tales (series)' fifth Popularity Poll.
    • And then he went ahead and got Leon as a cameo costume.
  • Shinn Asuka.
  • Not only is his fighting style similar to Senel's, he has a similar outlook on the girls he likes. Specifically, they both put them on rather high pedestals even when it's clear that they're not as perfect as they make them out to be. In the boy's defence, however, he's fifteen and more prone to exaggeration.
• Gratuitous English: "TEACH ME BARIBOOOO!!!.
• The Hero or The Smart Guy: Depends on whether he or Milla is the main character.
• Heroic BSOD: After Milla pulls a Heroic Sacrifice, he falls into one that's so bad it takes Alvin trying to kill him (and nearly doing so to Leia) to snap him (and the mercenary) out of it.
• Hyper Awareness: He's demonstrated this from time to time.
• Idiot Hero: Subverted. He's very book smart, despite being a bit impulsive, but he's a little slow when it comes to real-world events.
• Likes Older Women: Admits so himself. Luckily for the fans who shipped him with Milla, even before the game's release.
• Name's the Same: Oh so narrowly averted. He's (hilariously) one letter away from being Judge Mathis. It's either a coincidence or a truly bizarre Shout-Out.
• Nice Guy: Very much so.
• Power Fist
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The sensitive guy to Alvin's manly man.
• Shorter Means Smarter: Anybody who's so much as contemplating studying medicine will tell you that it requires a lot of brains. Jude is a complete shrimp when compared to any of the other Tales leads, even those who are the same age as him.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: With Milla
• Smart Ball: His ability to use his knowledge can get uncanny at certain points in the story.
• Tsubasa Yonaga
  • Promoted Fanboy: He was a huge Tales fan even before getting cast.
• Vocal Evolution: When the game was first unveiled, Jude didn't sound like he was anywhere near puberty. Since then, Tsubasa Yonaga's voice seems to have changed somewhat. Just compare his line in the first trailer to his ones in the fourth, for example.
• Younger Than They Look: He's fifteen. He doesn't look it at all. On the other hand, he sounds a lot younger than he looks, and he's also shorter than some expected in comparison to his looks. He's about 5' 4", which, while not abnormal for a boy his age, is shorter than the baby-faced 15-year-old hero of Tales of Innocence, Ruca.
• Worthy Opponent: Is eventually considered one by Gaius.

Milla Maxwell

Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (JP)

"What's necessary to make a decision is not time or circumstance. It is your will."

A mysterious young woman who claims to be Maxwell, the king of the spirits. She is dedicated to her mission of protecting the world, and approaches her responsibilities with a headstrong and mature manner. She lacks first-hand knowledge of human society and is fascinated to learn about how humans live, even if she is prone to misinterpretation.

Her special ability is Magi, which allows her to instantaneously change her elemental spells into elemental combat artes. Her Support Skill Bind lets her freeze an enemy in place for her Link ally to attack.

Tropes exhibited by Milla include:

• Action Girl
• Alliterative Name
• Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence
• Artificial Life Form: She was created by the real Maxwell as a decoy and to defend Liese Maxia from Elenpois' Jin machines.
• Back from the Dead
• Badass
• Boobs of Steel: Full-Contact Magic version, yes, but she still counts.
• Brought Down to Normal: In the beginning of the game.
  • Bag of Spilling: All of her skills, including her ability to swim and even swing her sword correctly, are borrowed from the other Summon Spirits, leaving her more than a little nonplussed when she loses access to them.
    • Gameplay and Story Integration: This renders Milla briefly unable to so much as string basic combos together between her loss of the Spirits and Alvin's re-teaching her how to fight.
• Cool Sword: Case in point.
• Crutch Character: At the beginning of the game, until her Brought Down to Normal moment. Though Milla remains at Lv.1, her connection to the Greater Spirits gives her massive boosts to all of her stats and some of the most powerful attacks in the game.
• Determinator: If she has a mission, she will complete it.
• Elemental Powers
  • All Your Powers Combined: Her Mystic Arte is basically this trope taken Up to Eleven and combined with some Instant Runes and a magical variation of Macross Missile Massacre.
  • Blow You Away
  • Casting a Shadow: Her most seldom used element and, along with Light, is not used in her Mystic Arte.
  • Dishing Out Dirt
  • Light'Em Up
  • Making a Splash
  • Pure Energy: Her Mystic Arte ends with this derived from All Your Elements Combined.
  • Playing with Fire
  • Shock and Awe: By combining Fire and Wind.
• Full-Contact Magic: How her "Magi" Personal Skill works.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Dies after starting the Kresnik Spear on Jirand's ship in order to drain tha mana that was crushing everyone.
• The Hero or The Lancer: Depends on whether she or Jude is the main character.
• Hot Chick with a Sword
• Idiot Hair: Ahem, it's a Charm Point!!!
• Instant Expert: As long as she's connected to the other Greater Spirits, she can do pretty much anything they can.
  • Even after being separated from the Greater Spirits, she still has an incredibly fast learning rate. She becomes proficient in swordplay after just a few lessons from Alvin, and later reveals to Rowen that she learns all her Spirit Artes through instinct.
• Lady of War
• Magic Knight
• Miyuki Sawashiro
• More Than Mind Control: Milla honestly believes that she is the genuine Maxwell because she has been raised from birth to believe so. Perpetuating the lie is the fact that the four Greater Spirits serve only her (and are in on it, on the real Maxwell's orders) and that she was raised in a village that worshipped her as the Maxwell.
• Multicolored Hair: Fridge Brilliance. As Maxwell, it makes sense for her to represent different elements at once.
• No Social Skills: All of her knowledge of humans comes from books, and it shows. Played for Laughs, especially in most of the early skits, where she and Jude hold conversations with entirely different interpretations of what the other means.
• Panty Shot
• Pet the Dog: A heroic example. Even if Ivar does show himself out to be fairly incompetent compared to Jude, she does still show a bit of a soft spot for him, such as when she entrusts him with the Key to the Spear of Kresnik.
• Purple Eyes
• Took a Level in Badass: Takes one throughout the game as she regains the fighting abilities that she originally needed the Spirits to use.
• Star-Crossed Lovers: With Jude. In the ending she become the goddess of Liese Maxia and cannot stay with him.
• Stripperiffic: Her clothes really don't look like they should be worn on the battlefield...
  • Well, her outfit was chosen by a sixteen-year-old boy.
• Summon Magic

Alvin (Alfred Vint Svent)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (JP)

"I won't betray you anymore, I promise... If I do betray you again, then you're welcome to strike me down by your own sword. That's why, please let me come with you."

A smooth-talking mercenary who has travelled over the entire world. Though powerful and charismatic, Alvin is ridiculously untrustworthy and hides a cold and calculating personality beneath his joshing smile.

His special ability Charge allows him to combine his gun and sword, increasing the power of his artes and even changing them. His Support Skill Breaker is used to break the guard of a defending enemy.

Tropes exhibited by Alvin include:

• Anti-Hero: Mostly a Type III, but puts a foot into Type V territory once or twice when he's at his treacherous and sociopathic worst. Eventually develops into more of a traditional Type III.
• Badass: His design is awesome to begin with, but the latest story trailer confirmed it by showing him shoot an Elite Mook with a chainsaw for a hand in the face. After that, he just turns around and rejoins the fray like nothing happened.
  • Badass Coat
  • Badass Normal: For the same reasons as Jude. It is later revealed that as a citizen of Elenpios, Alvin does not have a "Gate" and cannot create mana, essentially making him unable to use Spirit Artes at all.
• Being Treacherous Sucks: It's established ridiculously early on that Alvin is not to be trusted and he soon proves to have a serious case of Chronic Backstabbing Disorder. Yet it causes him a fair deal of angst because, since he was raised as a child spy, he doesn't know any other way to live.
• Big Brother Mentor: Played with, because it's implied by the latest story trailer that he sees himself as this to Jude, but The Hero views him more as just being a bit weird. It eventually gets flipped around when you realise that Alvin is much less adjusted to reality than Jude due to his lack of being able to form real attachments.
• The Big Lancer: He's the most battle-hardened and Blood Knighty of the party and also provides a cynical, not to mention very treacherous, Foil to Jude and Milla's goodness and loyalty.
• Blood Knight: He seems to rather rather enjoy kicking Mooks about.
• Child Spy
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: This pretty much defines Alvin's character. It's so bad that at one point he has to plead with the party to let him continue travelling with them, and promises to let them kill him if he betrays them again. And he still betrays them one last time!
• Consummate Liar: At first, but it gradually deteriorates as people become wise to his tricks.
• Dating Catwoman: Somewhat, as there's a bit of Ship Tease between him and Presa.
  • He used to date her, which is why there's so much UST between them.
• Elemental Powers
  • Blow You Away
  • Casting a Shadow
  • Dishing Out Dirt
  • Light'Em Up
  • Making a Splash
  • Playing with Fire: His primary element. Used in his Mystic Arte.
  • Pure Energy
• Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
• Expy: Facially, he's basically Sousuke Aizen if he styled his hair like Zack Fair. His role, however, has more in line with that of Kratos. How appropriate, then, for one of his costumes to be just that ^{[dead link]}.
• Gangsta Style: Does he ever hold his gun upright?
• Heel Face Revolving Door: He spends a good portion of the game seemingly playing every side of the conflict, nonchalantly betraying and returning to the party so frequently that "Liar" becomes a de facto nickname for him with Elise and Jude. If there is a virtuous side to his behaviour, it's that he's usually sincere about his loyalties and why he switches sides.
  • Reliable Traitor: Despite everything, Jude trusts him because even if he doesn't agree, he understands Jude's decisions and feelings. He sticks with the party in the end though, but not before some holy shit moments.
• Hired Sword
• Japanese Pronouns: Uses the antiquated otaku for "you".
• Magnificent Bastard: An in-universe Deconstruction that shows what happens when someone who doesn't have the stomach for it tries to be one. Alvin is suave, charismatic, calculating and is out to do the best for his mother. However, as time goes on and he keeps betraying people, he continually loses their trust, earns the nickname "Liar" and eventually finds out that he's been played for a fool all along, causing the start of a Villainous Breakdown that culminates with Alvin shooting and nearly killing one of his friends. He finally realises then just how much of a douche he's been, to the point where he wants to rebuild his relationships but is worried that he's burnt his bridges.
• Meaningful Name: His Mystic Arte is one of the few in the series that relates to a character trait: "Expendable Pride".
• My God, What Have I Done?: He goes way too far in trying to snap Jude out of his slump by attacking him and eventually, accidentally, shooting Leia while she was trying to defend him.
• Name's the Same: As The Hero from Tales Of Commons, which was part of the Tales Of Mobile series. They don't seem to be connected, however.
  • What, no mention of Alvin and The Chipmunks?
• Nice Guy: His attitude is stated to be "mature and friendly".
• One Head Taller: Than all of the other party members sans Rowen.
• Necktie Of Asskicking: That is one impressive piece of neckwear.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The manly man to Jude's sensitive guy.
• Sword and Gun: His weapons of choice.
• The Tease

Leia Rolando

Voiced by: Saori Hayami (JP)

"There's nothing wrong with trying your hardest to reach something!"

A perky apprentice nurse from Jude's hometown. Leia is Jude's childhood friend and training partner. She is a massive fan of sports, although she favours effort over victory.

Her special ability is Extension, which increases the reach of her weapon if she dodges an attack. Her Support ability Item Steal gives her a chance to steal rare items from a downed enemy.

Tropes exhibited by Leia include:

• Action Girl: Sure, her weapon is a staff. But look at her in combat. She shows fighting skills on par of someone who uses rods to kick some serious asses in Tales series before.
• The Chick: With a few hints of The Big Girl due to her combat prowess.
• Combat Medic: In the same manner as Natalia and Sophie. She specializes in powerful single-target healing spells and physical combat.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Leia is a lot more emotionally-mature and stable than she lets on. She essentially acts as The Ditz as a way to play Cool Big Sis, supporting people through her sunny and optimistic disposition.
• Cute Bruiser
• The Cutie: Very much so.
• Elemental Powers:
  • Blow You Away
  • Dishing Out Dirt: Her primary element. Used in her Mystic Arte.
  • Making a Splash
  • Playing with Fire
• Expy: She so looks like Natalia. Maybe she's the real one?
• Fiery Redhead: She's got the hair, and her expression's similarly optimistic, too.
• Genki Girl: Complete with big, bright cheery expression.
  • An inter-dimensional portal possibly leading to a death match with no return to the former world? To quote Leia, with a cheery voice and smile, "I call dibs on going first!"
  • She also gets to snap the hero out of his BSOD.
• Magic Knight
• Saori Hayami
• Simple Staff
• Staff Chick: Double subverted. She uses clubs and staffs, but she seems to focus more on hitting people with them rather than healing them. Despite this, she's still the party's master of single-target healing.
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy to Elise's girly girl.
• Woman in White: Subverted. She's clad entirely in white, but her personality is the exact opposite of this trope.

Elise Lutus

"I'm going... with my friends. I don't want to be alone anymore!"

A young and timid girl who is ostracised from her village. Her only friend is Tipo, a chatty plush doll who is somehow sentient. Though Elise is incredibly shy, she is a powerful user of Spirit Artes.

Her special ability Change Tipo gives her two stances: during "Tipo ON" the power of her magical spells is increased, while during "Tipo OFF" she can use Tipo to attack in melee and defend her while casting spells. Her Support ability HP Steal drains health from enemies and grants it to both Elise and her Link partner.

Tropes exhibited by Elise include:

• Amplifier Artifact: Tipo, who is both a Booster and an early prototype of Origin technology, thus explaining how Elise is able to use powerful Spirit Artes at such a young age.
• The Chick: A more traditional version than Leia.
• The Cutie: D'aww...
  • Break the Cutie: When Tipo is reset and reveals that whenever he talks it's just Elise's innermost thoughts she does not take it well.
• Cast From HP: Storywise, as Boosters drain the life from their users.
• Chekhov's Gun: Tipo, who is an early prototype for Origin technology.
• Covert Pervert: When Tipo "hugs" Milla, he does so by vigorously motorboating her. Then you find out that Tipo's personality is composed of Elise's innermost thoughts.
• Curtains Match the Window
• Dark Is Not Evil
• Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Tipo frequently blabs some of Elise's most embarrassing secrets and opinions, much to her distress. That's because Tipo is voicing her innermost thoughts.
• Elegant Gothic Lolita
• Elemental Powers
  • Blow You Away
  • Casting a Shadow: Rather unusually for a primary healer, this is her primary element. Used in her Mystic Arte.
  • Dishing Out Dirt
• Eyes of Gold / Green Eyes: Gold in animated cutscenes and portraits, green on her character model.
• Fragile Flower
• Girly Run: Outside of battle, at least.
• Gratuitous English: Tipo. "Oh, no...!"
• Hair of Gold
• Heroic Self-Deprecation
• Large Ham: Tipo rather enjoys Chewing the Scenery... and people's faces.
• Little Miss Snarker: It's hard to see at first, but then you realise that she and Jude are the ones who refer to Alvin as "Liar"...
• Luminescent Blush
• The Medic
• No Cure For Darkness: Subverted. Despite being the resident dark mage, she is also one of the two primary healers
• Non-Human Sidekick: Tipo, the talking doll. Which she uses as a weapon.
• Not Good with People
• Plucky Girl
• The Scapegoat
• Shrinking Violet
• Simple Staff: Uses a wand in battle along with Tipo.
• Tagalong Kid: Very, very briefly.
• Token Loli
• Tomboy and Girly Girl: The girly girl to Leia's Tomboy.
• Team Pet: Tipo. It may be a doll, but it counts.
• Ugly Cute: Tipo. It's downright creepy, but cute.

Rowen J. Ilbert

A dedicated butler to the Schall noble family in La Schugall. He was once known as "Conductor Ilbert", a famous La Schugall soldier, and knows Nachtigal on a personal level.

His special ability, Spell Aftertune, allows him to control spells after they have been cast, such as increasing their power or moving the target area. His Support skill Auto Magic Guard automatically activates a shield that reduces magical damage.

Tropes exhibited by Rowen include:

• Badass Grandpa
  • Retired Badass
• Battle Butler
• Cool Old Guy
• Elemental Powers
  • An Ice Person: By combining Water and Earth. Also used in his Mystic Arte.
  • Blow You Away
  • Dishing Out Dirt
  • Light'Em Up
  • Making a Splash: His primary element. Used in his Mystic Arte.
  • Non-Elemental
  • Playing with Fire
• Gratuitous English
• Magic Knight: Although he leans more towards the magical side of things than the melee ones.
• Mugihito
• Musical Assassin: His Personal Skill accompanies his spells with music when the right command is done.
• Mysterious Middle Initial
• The Red Baron: "Conductor" Ilbert
• Royal Rapier
• Shipper on Deck: He seems interested in Jude's feelings for Milla, and even teases him about them.
• Sixth Ranger & The Smart Guy
• Squishy Wizard: The strongest caster in the game, bar none.

La Schugall

Nachtigal I. Fan

The king of La Schugall. Described as "a king who reigns like a tyrant", Nachtigal seeks to use the forbidden power of Jin and the Spear of Kresnik to conquer A Jule and the world.

Tropes exhibited by Nachtigal include:

• Authority Equals Asskicking: He was able to block Milla's sword attack with his bare hands and knocks her across the room.
• Badass
  • Badass Long Hair
• Beard of Evil
• BFG
• Big Bad
• Blonde Guys Are Evil
• Dead Little Sister: She died in a previous war between La Schugall and A Jule, and also happened to be Rowen's fiance.
• Disk One Final Boss
• Evil Old Folks: At 52, he's considerably older than most of the playable cast. And looks a lot older than several other Tales series antagonists as well, on account of not being a Really Seven Hundred Years Old Bishounen.
• Evil Overlord: Looks like one so far due to the fact that he's the king of La Schugall and is described as "a king who rules as a dictator, playing around with the lives of his citizens." Not to mention that Nachtigal is experimenting on his own people to improve the process of the Kresnik Spear sucking out the life energy of everyone around it for power.
• Gratuitous German: His name means Nightingale in German
• Hochu Otsuka
• Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
• Muscles Are Meaningful: The guy is ripped.
• Obviously Evil
• Unwitting Pawn: To Jirand.
• X Marks The Villain
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: After his defeat Jirand orders Celsius to finish the job.

Agria

A genius technician who works alongside Nachtigal in developing the Spear of Kresnik. Though a gifted user of Spirit Artes, she is vindictive, impulsive and quite crazy.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

• Axe Crazy: She's quite clearly not all there in the head.
• Cool Sword: With three blades.
• The Dark Chick: A rather good example. She's an emotional centre for the villains and the one who contrasts the most with them, as they're usually rather calm and reserved for one reason or another. She, on the other hand...
  • She's also this to Leia. Even a bit of a Foil due to the contrast. This tends to lead to the two arguing, which you can escalate to a Designated Girl Fight by playing as Leia.
• Expy: Fans have already pointed out the physical similarities between her and Emeraude...
  • Distaff Counterpart: ... Although many more seem to be noting how similar her personality is to that of Zagi. That is to say, they're both freaking nuts.
• Evil Genius: Hey, she may be Axe Crazy, but take just one look at the Spear of Kresnik.
• Flipping the Bird: Does this to Leia as she falls to her death.
  • She seems really fond of hand gestures in general. She gives people the pointer finger probably the most, or her sword if she's holding it, and she even gives the group a double thumbs down just before she walks out of a room with the rest of Fourve at one point.
• The Hyena: She laughs at just about anything. Really, she seems to laugh at things that not even other insane people would laugh at. Overlaps with Evil Laugh and Put the Laughter In Slaughter.
• Lady in Red: Her personality subverts this trope very heavily, however.
• Limp And Axe Crazy: Due to this, you may think she has a bit of a Silly Walk, or it may be just be creepy. Or both.
  • She also does this constantly. Even when she's sitting. You almost never see her standing or walking normally aside from the opening.
• Maaya Sakamoto
• The Mole: She's actually one of the Fourve.
  • Spoiler Opening: She's seen with Gaius in the opening. She's the first one shown in fact.
• Nightmare Face: So damn many in battle.
  • Or rather, all the time. If she's not cycling between a Psychotic Smirk, Slasher Smile, or Nightmare Face, one of her few other expressions is a bored look on her face while she lets her jaw hang open. Yet, it's her legitimately excited and happy face that causes the most chills. Such as when she sees Jude and Milla for the second time. Case in point. (See 00:24)
• Obviously Evil: You mean to say the insane-sounding girl with the creepy murderface is a villain? Who'dathunkit.
• Ojou: According to Rowen she's of the Travis family and her real name is Nadia. However...
  • That Man Is Dead: she claims otherwise.
  • It also seems like Serious Business, as it's about the only thing anyone ever says to Agria that causes her to stand normally, get a serious expression, and respond without laughs or insults...for about 3 seconds.
• Panty Shot: Aplenty. Her Hi-Ougi even starts with one.
• Playing with Fire
  • Flaming Sword
• Rapid-Fire Typing: She actually seemed to be typing normally when we first meet her, but when she gets mad at Jude and Milla, she does this while firing up the Spear of Kresnik.
• This Is Unforgivable!: Her reaction to Jude and Milla beating her on their first encounter.
  • She immediately tries to kill them along with herself as the quickest form of revenge.
• Sword Drag: When she pulls out her sword, she essentially just lets it hang on for the ride, so this is a natural effect of a Limp and Livid person running.
• Token Loli: She's the youngest antagonist at fifteen.
• Trash Talk: All the time.
• White-Haired Pretty Girl
• Yangire

Jiland

One of Nachtigal's underlings. Jiland is a scientist who helped him develop the Spear of Kresnik.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

• The Chessmaster: It turns out that he is from a world beyond Liese Maxia called Elenpios. As the leader of Ark Noah, an organisation of people from Elenpois who became stranded on Liese Maxia after an accident, he manipulated Nachtigal into constructing the Spear of Kresnik so that his people could break through the Shell barrier dividing the two worlds. Though he deceived the majority of Ark Noah into believing their only goal was to return home, his true objective was to allow the army of Elenpois to conquer Liese Maxia and plunder their mana supplies.
• The Dragon & The Evil Genius
  • Dragon with an Agenda
• Expository Hairstyle Change
• Evil Uncle: He's Alvin's.
• For Science!
• Moral Event Horizon: He takes a little too much joy in watching innocent people dissolve into mana during his experiments to increase the Spear of Kresnik's efficiency.
• Smug Snake: For the mastermind behind the Spear of Kresnik and Ark Noah (and thus the plot of two-thirds of the game), he comes off as more of a megalomaniacal Jerkass than anything else. He doesn't even get a Mystic Arte.
• Spell My Name with an "S": Is it "Jiland" or "Jirand"?
• Summon Magic: He's the master of Celsius, an artificial Greater Spirit created by his newly-developed "Origin" magic.
• White-Haired Pretty Boy: With red-tips. Not that "pretty boy" is a phrase you'd ever use to describe him.

A Jule

Gaius

The ruler of A Jule, known as a hero who unified the warring clans of A Jule under his command. He believes that the strong should protect the weak, and only wishes for the prosperity of his people.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

• A God Am I: An odd case, as he wants to become one because he feels that the current Maxwell has abandoned the people.
• Authority Equals Asskicking: He's not the king of A Jule for nothing.
• Badass
• Bigger Bad Duumvirate: Together with Musee.
• Blue Oni: Despite his fiery colour scheme.
• Elemental Powers:
  • Light'Em Up / Light Is Not Good: Especially given the "demon" theme his attacks seem to have.
  • Playing with Fire: His primary one and the one used in his Mystic Arte.
• Fireballs: His Mystic Arte is basically a few of these followed by a slash.
• Katanas Are Just Better
• Obviously Evil: Subverted. His outfit just screams "boss fight", but the more you learn about him the less antagonistic he seems. After all, despite being one of the Final Bosses, he was only trying to replace Maxwell so he could have the power to protect others in his stead.
• Ryotaro Okiayu
  • Funny enough, he shares many of his attacks with Dymlos, who is also voiced by Ryotaro Okiayu.
• Samurai
• Shiny Midnight Black
• The Stoic: He doesn't express his emotions well. At first...
  • Not So Stoic: ... He eventually becomes very passionate about becoming a god, despite remaining a true-Blue Oni. Also, see "What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?"
• Sword Beam: Hadoumeppuu returns!
• Team Dad: To all of A Jule.
• What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?: He seems to put a lot of energy into his Mystic Arte for a move that just involves a couple of fireballs and a slash.
  • It's not only that. On a visual level, he somehow manages to make the basic Majinken and Shunjinken attacks look epic... and that's not even getting into his Hien Shunrenzan. Basically, Gaius takes the basic Tales moveset and infuses an unnecessarily large amount of energy into it.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: He believes that the strong must protect the weak. And will do anything to adhere to that philosophy. After teaming up with Musee he starts a campaign to completely eradicate Jin from the world because it poses a threat to Liese Maxia. The problem is that Elenpois is reliant upon Jin to survive.
• Worthy Opponent: Jude's intro for the game shows them fighting on a fairly equal footing and the ending indicates his respect for the boy's abilities.

Wingull

The leader of Gaius' personal lieutenants, the "Fourve". Wingull is Gaius' right-hand man and strategical expert. He is a powerful swordsman in his own right, though in combat he switches to a violent and bloodthirsty persona.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

• Badass Long Hair: Whenever he's not fighting.
• Blood Knight: In battle
• Bishonen.
• Cast From HP: Same deal as Elise.
• Child Soldier / Teen Genius: Has been serving by Gaius' side since he was 13, according to the guide book.
• Elemental Powers:
  • Blow You Away / Shock and Awe
  • Playing with Fire
• Expy: In combat, his white hair and all-black outfit give him a passing resemblance to Kadaj. His personality is a million miles away, however.
• The Lancer / The Dragon: It depends on whether or not he's in a scrap. Outside of a fight, he seems much more like the former version of the trope.
• Lightning Bruiser: Of the "hard-hitting speedster" type.
• Hidenobu Kiuchi
• I Am Not Left-Handed / Super Mode: He has a Booster implanted in his head.
• Katanas Are Just Better
• Name's the Same: As a certain Pokémon, hilariously enough
• Organic Technology: He may be the basis for the Booster technology. (The game is a little unclear on whether Wingull is the origin of the technology or merely has a Booster implanted within his head.)
• Power Dyes Your Hair: His hair always shifts from black to white before he enters a battle, due to the use of his Booster.
• Shiny Midnight Black / White-Haired Pretty Boy
• Shout-Out: The garbled language he speaks while in combat is Melnics from Tales of Eternia.
• Undying Loyalty: To Gaius.

Presa

One of Gaius' "Fourve", Presa specialises in information gathering and intelligence. She has a love-hate relationship with Alvin, and is a powerful user of Spirit Artes and summoning magic.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

• Boobs of Steel: Inverted. She's the Squishy Wizard among the game's female villains.
• Catgirl
• The Evil Genius: Unlike the other Fourve, she's a little too devious to fill the heroic counterpart's criteria. That's not to say she's necessarily evil, though.
• Fan Service / Les Yay: Why, hello there gratuitous lesbonic groping scene!
• Making a Splash
  • Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons: Her Mystic Arte, which summons two watery ones.
• Meganekko
• Rina Satou
• Rose-Haired Girl
• Sexy Walk
• Spell Book
• The Stoic
• Stripperiffic
• The Vamp: Evokes it, visually. Seems to be more of The Evil Genius in terms of the story.
• Throw the Book At Them
• Unresolved Sexual Tension: With Alvin. They used to date.

Jiao

One of Gaius' "Fourve". Jiao is a calm and empathetic fellow whose bloodline contains the ability to control the "Gate" of monsters, essentially placing them under his command.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

• Badass Beard
  • Expy: Looks like somebody took styling tips from Guan Yu. And then doubled the beardage.
• Big Guy Fatality Syndrome / Heroic Sacrifice
• Big Fun: Something of a subversion. He's the biggest of all the A Jule characters and seemingly the least hostile. That doesn't mean he's necessarily jovial, however.
• The Big Guy / The Brute: Like Wingull, he really straddles the line between the two, just like Largo.
• Drop the Hammer
• Dishing Out Dirt
• Mighty Glacier
• One Head Taller: At least one more taller than anybody else. He positively towers over Alvin, the tallest protagonist at about six foot-ish by more than a foot and a half. Again, at least.
• Parental Substitute: To Elise.

Other Characters

Ivar

Milla's personal aide, who has served at her side since she was a baby. Ivar takes enormous pride in his role, even if his enthusiasm far outstrips his intelligence. He quickly develops a rivalry with Jude, incensed that Milla has chosen to travel with Jude over himself.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

• Ambiguously Brown
• Big Ol' Eyebrows: Inverted as his 'brows are more like tiny tufts of hair, but the "over-the-top" use of the trope is still in play.
• Bishounen
• Butt Monkey -> The Chew Toy: His suffering just gets played up, and is exaggerated, for more and more comedy value as time goes by.
• Crazy Jealous Guy
• Comedic Sociopathy / Slapstick: Whenever he appears in a scene, the odds of this happening go up. Usually to him.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Looks like an idiot, acts like a bigger idiot, sounds like an even bigger idiot... and yet he's the only story character who isn't a villain nor part of the Six Man Band who has a Mystic Arte.
  • Not to mention the fact that he climbs up a giant cannon on a moving airship in the middle of a battle with no discernible effort.
• Dishing Out Dirt: His Mystic Arte has shades of this.
• Dual-Wielding
• Easily Forgiven: He never really gets a comeuppance for firing the Spear of Kresnik. In fact, everyone just seems to forget about his role in activating it, even though it directly causes all the problems in the second half of the game.
• Expy: Of Haseo. Personality-wise he acts like Gokudera.
• Genre Blind: The kid acts like a silly Lancer character in a Shonen series; acting like a general buffoon while trying to be endearing to his allies. The poor guy just doesn't seem to "get" what the Tales series is.
• Green-Eyed Monster: Towards Jude, whom he envies for stealing Milla's attention away.
• Idiot Hero
• If I Can't Have You / Murder the Hypotenuse: Very narrowly averted. Much like Chitose, his rivalry with the new person in his master's life has shades of this but it isn't carried out. He comes damn close when he fires up the Spear of Kresnik, though.
• Kill'Em All: He very nearly accomplishes this when he feeds the party to power the Spear of Kresnik.
• The Lancer: To be fair to the kid, there is evidence to suggest that he was this to Milla before she met Jude. Afterwards, he became more like The Load.
• Large Ham
• Lawful Stupid: Mocked, as his loyalty to Milla doesn't really accomplish anything and just results in his frequent humiliation... until he snaps.
• Loony Fan: You know how you normally meet somebody who's suicidally loyal to a main character in an RPG? Ivar takes that basic idea and runs about eighty-thousand miles with it.
• Made of Iron: Well, what else do you call a guy who breaks his sword off on a rock, has the blade embed itself in his forehead and then pulls it out with minimal injury?
  • Iron Butt Monkey
• Nightmare Face: His face is positively batshit insane when he goes up against Jude out of jealousy.
• Plucky Comic Relief: Nobody takes him seriously, everything he does is accompanied by cartoonish sound effects...
  • The Scrappy: ... And eventually he becomes a minor in-universe example. Milla even Facepalms at him the splitsecond she sees him in one scene...
    • Not So Harmless: ... That is, until half a minute later when he fires-up the Spear of Kresnik. On a less-spoilery note, the kid has a Mystic Arte; something which Xillia is surprisingly stingy with.
• Red Oni: To Jude and Milla's Blue.
• Undying Loyalty: Towards Milla.
• Unwitting Pawn: He believes that he's doing the right thing by firing up the Spear of Kresnik, as he thinks it will free the spirits. Instead, it just plays right into Jiland's hands.
• White-Haired Pretty Boy: Although he... rather lacks the typical personality.

Musee

A Greater Spirit that shows up after the Spear of Kresnik is fired. Musee has a whimsical personality and quickly attaches herself to Jude. She was created by the original Maxwell to protect the Shell dividing Liese Maxia and Elenpios. She takes her job a little too seriously and would gladly do anything to ensure the Shell stays in place.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

• Bigger Bad Duumvirate: Together with Gaius.
• Establishing Character Moment: The first time she's revealed, she implodes a bunch of airships with a doomball to demonstrate her power.
• Elemental Powers:
  • Blow You Away, Dishing Out Dirt, Making a Splash & Playing with Fire: She can be summoned as an arte for a time, and her attacks count as all four elements.
  • Casting a Shadow / Gravity Master: Event Horizon, her Mystic Arte.
  • Light'Em Up
  • Gravity Sucks / Pure Energy: Her doomballs.
  • Time Master
• Evil Counterpart: To Milla.
• Gone Horribly Right: She was created to protect the Shell at all costs. When Maxwell agrees to dispel the Shell, she turns against him.
• Knight Templar: In regards to keeping the Shell up.
• Noblewoman's Laugh
  • Laughing Mad
• Our Angels Are Different: Physically resembles one. Acts a hell of a lot more like a demon.
• Pet the Dog: You can speak to an old woman who was rescued by Musee years ago on a complete whim, and who Musee continues to stay in touch with.
• Pointy Ears
• Power Floats
• Power Gives You Wings
• Rapunzel Hair
• Red Oni: Inverted in a similar manner to Gaius.
• Smug Snake: Has shades of it.
• Sphere of Destruction: Her primary method of attack.
• Undying Loyalty: To the real Maxwell. The reason she kills innocent people and causes undue carnage to protect the Shell is because she believes Maxwell approves of such actions as part of her assigned mission. She's wrong, and the slow realisation that her loyalty doesn't extend both ways causes her Villainous Breakdown, and her defection to Gaius's side.
• Villainous Breakdown: After being defeated for the first time she cries out to Maxwell, asking him to strike down the party for opposing her mission. He says and does nothing. She freaks out.

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