History Awesome / Talesofxillia

* After Milla [[GameBreakingInjury gets blown up]], she travels with Leia and Jude to find a spirit fossil to power an aspyrixis, a medical device that [[spoiler: will allow her to walk again.]] It's heavily implied that the device works by directly connecting with neurons, and it is described to be incredibly painful. So Milla, Leia, and Jude make it to the bottom of the mine and find a spirit fossil, then are immediately attacked by a giant caveworm thing. Leia and Jude are staring down defeat, when the spirit fossil falls a few feet from Milla. Milla proceeds to crawl to the spirit fossil, connect it to the aspyrixis, and while in incredible pain and running on nothing but raw adrenaline, rushes into battle with a scream to protect Leia and Jude.

* Even the opening goes out of its way to show how badass [[ActionGirl Milla]] [[TheHero Max]][[TheProtagonist well]] is: even if you choose Jude, Milla is still shown [[spoiler: making her HeroicSacrifice]]. And if you choose Milla's? Instead of seeing Jude attacking some aquatic mooks, [[spoiler: Milla is shown going toe-to-toe with THE BigBad, Gaius...and not only managing to get into a bladelock with him after he effortlessly punts Jude aside, it's implied MILLA is getting the upper hand.]] Milla, YOU are a badass.

* At Bermia Gorge (Jude's Route), the group are pinned down by snipers, and can't get a clear shot at them - so they need a distraction. While Jude draws the attention, Milla sneaks off for a surprise attack, and a sniper aims straight at him and fires... inches from his face, with no change of expression or flinching, [[NonchalantDodge Jude moves out of its way with little effort, without even taking a step]]. [[ThisCannotBe The sniper can't believe it]], but the player knows [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration how fast]] [[CounterAttack Jude can move]]. On Milla's Route, his moment is replaced by a simpler-but-stil-awesome one for Milla, easily sneaking up on the same assassin and knocking her out while she was distracted by Jude, who didn't sense her at all.
* The entirety of [[TheWarSequence the battle of Fezebel Marsh]] after [[spoiler: the death of Nachtigal]]. Storywise, it's the [[WhamEpisode climax of a major arc]] as [[spoiler:Auj Oule attacks Rashugal with a brilliant strategy by Wingul - using boosters to locally force the spirit clime into Ragnome, making the impassable marsh solid enough to march across]]. [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration Gameplay-wise]], your party [[BossRush mows down soldiers from both sides]] as you chase [[spoiler: Gilland and the Lance of Kresnik]]. And right after that, you fight two [[ClimaxBoss Climax Bosses]], one after the other ([[QuirkyMinibossSquad The Chimeriad]] and [[WellIntentionedExtremist Gaius]]). [[HolyShitQuotient It's easily the most intense sequence in the game.]]
** [[spoiler: Jiao's DyingMomentOfAwesome. He takes tons of hits from Spyrix weapons and is still standing with no trouble, says his final words to Elise, saves Gaius one last time and silently tells Gaius to leave him behind. Gaius thanks him for his faithful service and the other Chimeriad say their silent farewells and after using his Mana Lobe's full power, he wipes out the entire army of soldiers there before needing to be taken down by shots from an airship.]]
* After Milla [[spoiler: [[GameBreakingInjury gets blown up]]]], she travels with Leia and Jude to find a spirit fossil to power an aspyrixis, a medical device that [[spoiler: will allow her to walk again.]] It's heavily implied that the device works by directly connecting with neurons, and it is described to be incredibly painful. So Milla, Leia, and Jude make it to the bottom of the mine and find a spirit fossil, then are immediately attacked by a giant caveworm thing. Leia and Jude are staring down defeat, when the spirit fossil falls a few feet from Milla. Milla proceeds to crawl to the spirit fossil, connect it to the aspyrixis, and while in incredible pain and running on nothing but raw adrenaline, rushes into battle with a scream to protect Leia and Jude.

* When Jude's in his HeroicBSOD [[spoiler: after Milla dies from a HeroicSacrifice,]] Leia sticks with him the whole time caring for him and once Alvin attacks him, Leia immediately drags Jude away by the hand and ends up holding her own really well against Alvin until Jude snaps out of his HeroicBSOD and Leia is shot by Alvin.
** Jude then immediately snaps and charges at Alvin and a battle between them happens with Alvin ranting about how Jude's pissed him off from day one for being an idealist and the honors student, Jude replies with [[ShutUpHannibal "What did you want me to do?!"]] and if the player wins the fight, Jude ends up beating up Alvin and gives a speech about [[spoiler: Milla dying for them and how they need to do things without relying on Milla.]]
* The FinalBoss starts out with Jude and Milla versus [[spoiler:Gaius and Muzet]]. It's hard enough at first, but one by one, each of the other party members joins the battle ''[[DynamicEntry using their Mystic Arte]]'', and then proceeds to give the BigBad a WorldOfCardboardSpeech with dashes of ShutUpHannibal. It really lets you feel the [[TrueCompanions bond]] between the party members.
* To put it simply, ANY scene where Milla is doing something other than talking (And even then, in some scenes where she is) is pretty badass.
** Perhaps one of the greatest examples is [[spoiler: HOW Milla lost use of her legs: She ran at Nachtigal, where her leg brace blew up ''point-blank. Then, she gets up anyway''. At this point, Nachtigal himself looks FRIGHTENED by the sheer willpower this woman has, and rightfully so, as, even as it seems the second explosion really did do Milla in... '''she jumps through the and smoke and still tries again'''. And Nachtigal himself, after seeing Milla did indeed lose consciousness this time, says aloud he had not gotten injured at all - ''but it's clear that he is still very shaken up''.]]
** Another great example is when [[spoiler: Milla, having literally ''disintegrated'' into nothing, lost her memory in the Spirit World, and can barely speak outside of a few lines in battle... ''takes on and beats Muzet, who could hold her own against all five of the others''. But that's nothing compared to her next act: essentially ''willing herself back into existence, then follows it up by'' '''destroying God's barrier with one sword slash'''. That's right. No body, no physical presence, no proof she ever existed outside the spirit world and outside the memories of the people she had met...''and she COMES BACK''.]]
* Jude and the rest of the party getting back up [[spoiler: from the NoHoldsBarredBeatdown the real Maxwell is giving them, telling him to shove it. Compounded by Jude, the "Honor student", calmly standing while Maxwell bombards him with elemental BeamSpam, walks forward without stopping and then '''RUSHES''' him, throwing a well-deserved MegatonPunch at the PhysicalGod.]] Jude, you are a badass.
** And thanks to [[spoiler:Milla's interventation (see above)]], just as Jude makes contact, the barrier shatters - ''and it connects, sending [[spoiler:Maxwell]]'' '''[[BlownAcrossTheRoom flying.]]'''

* Not quite as explosive as the rest of these, but apparently Elize took down two Aquadragons. By herself. After a day of extremely intense fighting in a war and the [[spoiler: death of the man who had essentially been her father figure]]. And it still makes sense, because gameplay-wise, that's around the point where she starts unlocking absolutely ''murderous'' darkness-type spells and the ability to occasionally resurrect herself whenever she feels like it. Elize is LittleMissBadass, no question.

* At Bermia Gorge (Jude's Route), the group are pinned down by snipers, and can't get a clear shot at them - so they need a distraction. While Jude draws the attention, Milla sneaks off for a surprise attack, and a sniper aims straight at him and fires... inches from his face, with no change of expression or flinching, [[NonchalantDodge Jude moves out of it's way with little effort, without even taking a step]]. [[ThisCannotBe The sniper can't believe it]], but the player knows [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration how fast]] [[CounterAttack Jude can move]]. On Milla's Route, his moment is replaced by a simpler-but-stil-awesome one for Milla, easily sneaking up on the same assassin and knocking her out while she was distracted by Jude, who didn't sense her at all.

* At Bermia Gorge (Jude's Route), the group are pinned down by snipers, and can't get a clear shot at them - so they need a distraction. While Jude draws the attention, Milla sneaks off for a surprise attack, and a sniper aims straight at him and fires... inches from his face, with no change of expression or flinching, [[NonchalantDodge Jude moves out of it's way with little effort, without even taking a step]]. [[ThisCannotBe The sniper can't believe it]], but the player knows [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration how fast]] [[CounterAttack Jude can move]]. On Milla's Toute, his moment is replaced by a simpler-but-stil-awesome one for Milla, easily sneaking up on the same assassin and knocking her out while she was distracted by Jude, who didn't sense her at all.

* To put it simply, ANY scene where Milla is doing something other than talking (And even then, in some scenes where she is) is pretty badass. It's fitting that the Tales' series first game to have a woman as THE main character has her upstage characters like Lloyd, Yuri, and Luke.

* At Bermia Gorge, the group are pinned down by snipers, and can't get a clear shot at them - so they need a distraction. While Jude draws the attention, Milla sneaks off for a surprise attack, and a sniper aims straight at him and fires... inches from his face, with no change of expression or flinching, [[NonchalantDodge Jude moves out of it's way with little effort, without even taking a step]]. [[ThisCannotBe The sniper can't believe it]], but the player knows [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration how fast]] [[CounterAttack Jude can move]].
** Unfortunately, the above scene only occurs that way on the Jude Route. Opting for the Milla Route has the assassin shoot an arrow at the ground just in front of Jude, who is so surprised by this that he [[ThePratfall falls flat on his ass]]. On the other hand, the player sees Milla sneaking up on the assassin and easily knocking her out, with the assassin only wondering 'When did ''she'' get here?'.

* To put it simply, ANY scene where Milla is doing something other than talking (And even then, in some scenes where she is) is pretty badass. It's fitting that the Tales' series first game to have a woman as THE main character has her upstage characters like Lloyd, Yuri, and Luke.

** Unfortunately, the above scene only occurs on the Jude route. If the player picked Milla's route, Jude loses his cool when the assassin shoots an arrow just ''below'' where Jude stands and he, surprised, falls flat on his ass.

* At Bermia Gorge, the group are pinned down by snipers, and can't get a clear shot at them - so they need a distraction. While Jude draws the attention, Milla sneaks off for a surprise attack, and a sniper aims straight at him and fires... inches from his face, with no change of expression or flinching, [[NonchalantDodge Jude moves out of it's way with little effort, without even taking a step]] [[ThisCannotBe The sniper can't believe it]], but the player knows [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration how fast]] [[CounterAttack Jude can move]].

* Even the opening goes out of its way to show how badass [[ActionGirl Milla]] [[TheHero Max]][[TheProtagonist well]] is: even if you choose Jude, Milla is still shown [[spoiler: making her HeroicSacrifice]]. And if you choose Milla's? Instead of seeing Jude attacking some aquatic mooks, [[spoiler: Milla is shown going toe-to-toe with THE BigBad, Gaius...and not only managing to get into a bladelock with him after he effortlessly punts Jude aside, it's implied MILLA is getting the upper hand.]] Not bad for what many people consider TheScrappy of this game, huh? Milla, YOU are a badass.

* The war game played between Rowan and Wingul. Wingul intentionally chose the only battle Rowan 'tied' on. Rowan proceeds to win without attacking a single enemy soldier.

** And thanks to [[spoiler:Milla's interventation (see above)]], just as Jude makes contact, the barrier shatters - ''and it connects, sending [[spoiler:Maxwell]]'' '''[[BlownAcrossTheRoom flying.]]'''

** Perhaps one of the greatest examples is [[spoiler: HOW Milla lost use of her legs: She ran at Nachtigal, where her leg brace blew up ''point-blank. Then, she gets up anyway''. At this point, Nachtigal himself looks FRIGHTENED by the sheer willpower this woman has, and rightfully so, as, even as it seems the second explosion really did do Milla in... '''but she still tries again'''. And Nachtigal himself, after seeing Milla did indeed lose consciousness this time, says aloud he had not gotten injured at all - ''but it's clear that he is still very shaken up''.]]

* After Milla [[spoiler: [[GameBreakingInjury gets blown up]]]], she travels with Leia and Jude to find a spirit fossil to power an aspyrixis, a medical device that [[spoiler: will allow her to walk again.]] It's heavily implied that the device works by directly connecting with neurons, and it is described to be incredibly painful. So Milla, Leia, and Jude make it to the bottom of the mine, and find a spirit fossil. And are immediately attacked by a giant caveworm thing. Leia and Jude are staring down defeat, when the spirit fossil falls a few feet from Milla. Milla proceeds to crawl to the spirit fossil, connect it to the aspyrixis, and while in incredible pain, and running on nothing but raw adrenaline, rushes into battle with a scream to protect Leia and Jude. And then the most awesome boss battle music kicks in as you face down the endboss for part one of the game. It is amazing.

* To put it simply, ANY scene where Milla is doing something other than talking (And even then, in some scenes where she is) is pretty badass. It's fitting that the Tales' series first game to have a woman as THE main character has her upstage characters like Lloyd, Yuri, and Luke. Perhaps one of the greatest examples is [[spoiler: HOW Milla loses use of her legs. She ran at Nachtigal...and blew up. Then, she did it again. At this point, Nachtigal himself looks FRIGHTENED by the sheer willpower this woman has, and rightfully so, as, even as it seems the second explosion really DID do Milla in...she STILL tries AGAIN. And while Nachtigal himself, after seeing Milla did indeed lose consciousness this time, says he had not gotten injured at all, it's clear that he is still relatively shaken up.]] Another great example is when [[spoiler: Milla, having LITERALLY DISINTEGRATED INTO NOTHING, LOST HER MEMORY IN THE SPIRIT WORLD, AND IS SO BROKEN SHE CAN'T SPEAK OUTSIDE A FEW LINES IN BATTLE, TAKES ON AND BEATS MUZET. THE WOMAN WHO COULD HOLD HER OWN AGAINST THE ENTIRE OTHER FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PARTY. But that's nothing compared to her next act: WILLING HERSELF BACK INTO EXISTENCE AND, AS AN ENCORE, BREAKING WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED GOD'S BARRIER WITH ONE SWORD SLASH. That's right. No body, no physical presence, no proof she ever existed outside the spirit world outside the memories of the people she had met...and she COMES BACK.]]
* Jude and the rest of the party getting back up [[spoiler: from the NoHoldsBarredBeatdown the real Maxwell is giving them and telling him to shove it. Compounded by Jude, the "Honor student", calmly standing while Maxwell bombards him with elemental BeamSpam, walks forward without stopping and then '''RUSHES''' him and attempts to punch the PhysicalGod.]] Jude. You are a badass.

* To put it simply, ANY scene where Milla is doing something other than talking (And even then, in some scenes where she is) is pretty badass. It's fitting that the Tales' series first game to have a woman as THE main character has her upstage characters like Lloyd, Yuri, and Luke. Perhaps one of the greatest examples is [[spoiler: HOW Milla loses use of her legs. She ran at Nachtigal...and blew up. Then, she did it again. At this point, Nachtigal himself looks FRIGHTENED by the sheer willpower this woman has, and rightfully so, as, even as it seems the second explosion really DID do Milla in...she STILL tries AGAIN. And while Nachtigal himself, after seeing Milla did indeed lose consciousness this time, says he had not gotten injured at all, it's clear that he is still relatively shaken up.]] Another great example is when [[spoiler: Milla, having LITERALLY DISINTEGRATED INTO NOTHING, LOST HER MEMORY IN THE SPIRIT WORLD, AND IS SO BROKEN SHE CAN'T SPEAK OUTSIDE A FEW LINES IN BATTLE, TAKES ON AND BEATS MUZET. THE WOMAN WHO COULD HOLD HER OWN AGAINST THE ENTIRE OTHER FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PARTY. But that's nothing compared to her next act: WILLING HERSELF BACK INTO EXISTENCE AND, AS AN ENCORE, BREAKING WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED GOD'S BARRIER WITH ONE SWORD SLASH. That's right. No body, no physical presence, no proof she ever existed outside the spirit world outside the memories of the people she had met...and she COMES BACK.]]

* To put it simply, ANY scene where Milla is doing something other than talking (And even then, in some scenes where she is) is pretty badass. It's fitting that the Tales' series first game to have a woman as THE main character has her upstage characters like Lloyd, Yuri, and Luke. Perhaps one of the greatest examples is [[spoiler: HOW Milla loses use of her legs. She ran at Nachtigal...and blew up. Then, she did it again. At this point, Nachtigal himself looks FRIGHTENED by the sheer willpower this woman has, and rightfully so, as, even as it seems the second explosion really DID do Milla in...she STILL tries AGAIN. And while Nachtigal himself, after seeing Milla did indeed lose consciousness this time, says he had not gotten injured at all, it's clear that he is still relatively shaken up.]] Another great example is when [[spoiler: Milla, having LITERALLY DISINTEGRATED INTO NOTHING, LOST HER MEMORY IN THE SPIRIT WORLD, AND IS SO BROKEN SHE CAN'T SPEAK OUTSIDE A FEW LINES IN BATTLE, TAKES ON AND BEATS MUZET. THE WOMAN WHO COULD HOLD HER OWN AGAINST THE ENTIRE OTHER FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PARTY. But that's nothing compare to her next act: WILLING HERSELF BACK INTO EXISTENCE AND, AS AN ENCORE, BREAKING WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED GOD'S BARRIER WITH ONE SWORD SLASH. That's right. No body, no physical presence, no proof she ever existed outside the spirit world outside the memories of the people she had met...and she COMES BACK.]]

* To put it simply, ANY scene where Milla is doing something other than talking (And even then, in some scenes where she is) is pretty badass. It's fitting that the Tales' series first game to have a woman as THE main character has her upstage characters like Lloyd, Yuri, and Luke. Perhaps one of the greatest examples is [[spoiler: HOW Milla loses use of her legs. She ran at Nactigal...and blew up. Then, she did it again. At this point, Nactigal himself looks FRIGHTENED by the sheer willpower this woman has, and rightfully so, as, even as it seems the second explosion really DID do Milla in...she STILL tries AGAIN. And while Nactigal himself, after seeing Milla did indeed lose consciousness this time, says he had not gotten injured at all, it's clear that he is still relatively shaken up.]] Another great example is when [[spoiler: Milla, having LITERALLY DISINTEGRATED INTO NOTHING, LOST HER MEMORY IN THE SPIRIT WORLD, AND IS SO BROKEN SHE CAN'T SPEAK OUTSIDE A FEW LINES IN BATTLE, TAKES ON AND BEATS MUZET. THE WOMAN WHO COULD HOLD HER OWN AGAINST THE ENTIRE OTHER FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PARTY. But that's nothing compare to her next act: WILLING HERSELF BACK INTO EXISTENCE AND, AS AN ENCORE, BREAKING WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED GOD'S BARRIER WITH ONE SWORD SLASH. That's right. No body, no physical presence, no proof she ever existed outside the spirit world outside the memories of the people she had met...and she COMES BACK.]]

* To put it simply, ANY scene where Milla is doing something other than talking (And even then, in some scenes where she is) is pretty badass. It's fitting that the Tales' series first game to have a woman as THE main character has her upstage characters like Lloyd, Yuri, and Luke. Perhaps one of the greatest examples is [[spoiler: HOW Milla loses use of her legs. She ran at Nactigal...and blew up. Then, she did it again. At this point, Nactigal himself looks FRIGHTENED by the sheer willpower this woman has, and rightfully so, as, even as it seems the second explosion really DID do Milla in...she STILL tries AGAIN. And while Nactigal himself, after seeing Milla did indeed lose consciousness this time, says he had not gotten injured at all, it's clear that he is still relatively shaken up.]] Another great example is when [[spoiler: Milla, having LITERALLY DISINTEGRATED INTO NOTHING, LOST HER MEMORY IN THE SPIRIT WORLD, AND IS SO BROKEN SHE CAN'T SPEAK OUTSIDE A FEW LINES IN BATTLE, "TAKES ON AND BEATS MUZET. THE WOMAN WHO COULD HOLD HER OWN AGAINST THE ENTIRE OTHER FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PARTY." But that's nothing compare to her next act: WILLING HERSELF BACK INTO EXISTENCE AND, AS AN ENCORE, "BREAKING WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED GOD'S BARRIER WITH ONE SWORD SLASH." That's right. No body, no physical presence, no proof she ever existed outside the spirit world outside the memories of the people she had met...and she COMES BACK.]]

* The FinalBoss starts out with Jude and Milla versus [[spoiler:Gaius and Muzet]]. It's hard enough at first, but one by one, each of the other party members joins the battle ''[[DynamicEntry using their Mystic Arte]]'', and then proceeds to give the BigBad a WorldOfCardboardSpeech with dashes of ShutUpHannibal. It really lets you feel the [[TrueCompanions bond]] between the party members.

* The entirety of [[TheWarSequence the battle of Fezebel Marsh]] after [[spoiler: the death of Nachtigal]]. Storywise, it's the climax of a major arc as Auj Oule attacks Rashugal with a brilliant strategy by Wingul - using boosters to locally force the spirit clime into Ragnome, making the impassable marsh solid enough to march across, and from a gameplay perspective, having your party mow down soldiers from both sides as you chase [[spoiler: Gilland and the Lance of Kresnik]] before taking on two [[ClimaxBoss Climax Bosses]] one after the other ([[QuirkyMinibossSquad The Chimeriad]] and [[WellIntentionedExtremist Gaius]]) makes it arguably the most exhilarating sequence in the game.
* After Milla [[spoiler: gets blown up]] she travels with Leia and Jude to find a spirit fossil to power an aspyrixis, a medical device that [[spoiler: will allow her to walk again.]] It's heavily implied that the device works by directly connecting with neurons, and it is described to be incredibly painful. So Milla, Leia, and Jude make it to the bottom of the mine, and find a spirit fossil. And are immediately attacked by a giant caveworm thing. Leia and Jude are staring down defeat, when the spirit fossil falls a few feet from Milla. Milla proceeds to crawl to the spirit fossil, connect it to the aspyrixis, and while in incredible pain, and running on nothing but raw adrenaline, rushes into battle with a scream to protect Leia and Jude. And then the most awesome boss battle music kicks in as you face down the endboss for part one of the game. It is amazing.

* The entirety of [[TheWarSequence the battle of Fezebel Marsh]] after [[spoiler: the death of Nachtigal]]. Storywise, it's the climax of a major arc as Auj Oule attacks Rashugal with a brilliant strategy by Wingul - using boosters to locally force the spirit clime into Ragnome, making the impassable marsh solid enough to march across, and from a gameplay perspective, having your party mow down soldiers from both sides as you chase [[spoiler: Gilland and the Lance of Kresnik]] before taking on two [[ClimaxBoss Climax Bosses]] one after the other ([[QuirkyMinibossSquad The Chimeriad]] and [[WellIntentionedExtremist Gaius]]) makes it arguably the most exhilarating sequence in the game.