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!! '''Martel''' '''[[spoiler: Yggdrasill]]'''
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!! '''Martel''' '''[[spoiler: Yggdrasill]]'''
'''Yggdrasill'''
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* AllLovingHero: [[spoiler:No matter how she was hurt and betrayed, she never gave up her love for the world. Colette even says that it wouldn't have been odd at all for Martel to hate the world like Mithos did.]]
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:For 4,000 years, she watched helplessly from within her Cruxis Crystal as her brother turned the world into his playground.]]
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:She becomes the dominant personality in the Summon Spirit Martel.]]
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: [[spoiler:Yuan says she was the gentle girl to his brooding boy.]]
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:For 4,000 years, she watched helplessly from within her Cruxis Crystal as her brother turned the world into his playground.]]
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:She becomes the dominant personality in the Summon Spirit Martel.]]
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: [[spoiler:Yuan says she was the gentle girl to his brooding boy.]]
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* AllLovingHero: [[spoiler:No No matter how she was hurt and betrayed, she never gave up her love for the world. Colette even says that it wouldn't have been odd at all for Martel to hate the world like Mithos did.]]
did.
* AndIMustScream:[[spoiler:For For 4,000 years, she watched helplessly from within her Cruxis Crystal as her brother turned the world into his playground.]]
playground.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence:[[spoiler:She She becomes the dominant personality in the Summon Spirit Martel.]]
Martel.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl:[[spoiler:Yuan Yuan says she was the gentle girl to his brooding boy.]]
* AndIMustScream:
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence:
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl:
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* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler:To Raine. Both are half-elven healers that had to raise their younger brothers in place of their parents, but Martel maintained what Yuan describes as "relentless optimism" despite the many hardships and betrayals she experienced, before falling further and further into despair as the people closest to her lost their way after she died. This is sharply contrasted by the cynicism Raine developed as a survival mechanism against her own hardships, which gave way to growing idealism as Raine found a support system that refused to accept her race as a factor in her worth as a person.]]
* FourIsDeath: [[spoiler:She is the fourth Seraphim of Cruxis, and also dead.]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: She's a half-elf, just like her brother and fiance.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:For Yuan.]]
* MagicStaff: [[spoiler: Carried one in life.]]
* MoralityChain: [[spoiler:To Mithos. When she died, everything went to hell.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:If she had accepted Tabatha as her vessel in the first place, Mithos would never have set up the Church of Martel to selectively-breed Chosens for her... of course, Mithos doesn't listen when Martel tells him what he did was wrong when he ''does'' successfully revive her.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Oh, man is she. Her death is without a doubt the single most important event in the game's backstory.]]
* PowerGivesYouWings: [[spoiler:Like Mithos, Kratos, and Yuan, she became an angel via a Cruxis Crystal.]]
* PromotionToParent: [[spoiler:She raised Mithos in place of their parents.]]
* RemovingTheCrucialTeammate: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. [[spoiler: Martel was the WhiteMagicianGirl and TheHeart of her band of heroes, and her brother's MoralityChain. When she was murdered, her friends crossed the DespairEventHorizon and Mithos simply ''snapped'', marking their transformation from heroes to the villains that the current heroes need to stop.]]
* FourIsDeath: [[spoiler:She is the fourth Seraphim of Cruxis, and also dead.]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: She's a half-elf, just like her brother and fiance.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:For Yuan.]]
* MagicStaff: [[spoiler: Carried one in life.]]
* MoralityChain: [[spoiler:To Mithos. When she died, everything went to hell.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:If she had accepted Tabatha as her vessel in the first place, Mithos would never have set up the Church of Martel to selectively-breed Chosens for her... of course, Mithos doesn't listen when Martel tells him what he did was wrong when he ''does'' successfully revive her.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Oh, man is she. Her death is without a doubt the single most important event in the game's backstory.]]
* PowerGivesYouWings: [[spoiler:Like Mithos, Kratos, and Yuan, she became an angel via a Cruxis Crystal.]]
* PromotionToParent: [[spoiler:She raised Mithos in place of their parents.]]
* RemovingTheCrucialTeammate: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. [[spoiler: Martel was the WhiteMagicianGirl and TheHeart of her band of heroes, and her brother's MoralityChain. When she was murdered, her friends crossed the DespairEventHorizon and Mithos simply ''snapped'', marking their transformation from heroes to the villains that the current heroes need to stop.]]
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* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler:To To Raine. Both are half-elven healers that had to raise their younger brothers in place of their parents, but Martel maintained what Yuan describes as "relentless optimism" despite the many hardships and betrayals she experienced, before falling further and further into despair as the people closest to her lost their way after she died. This is sharply contrasted by the cynicism Raine developed as a survival mechanism against her own hardships, which gave way to growing idealism as Raine found a support system that refused to accept her race as a factor in her worth as a person.]]
person.
* FourIsDeath:[[spoiler:She She is the fourth Seraphim of Cruxis, and also dead.]]
dead.
* HalfHumanHybrid:[[spoiler: She's a half-elf, just like her brother and fiance.]]
fiance.
* TheLostLenore:[[spoiler:For Yuan.]]
For Yuan. He still carries their engagement ring four thousand years later.
* MagicStaff:[[spoiler: Carried one in life.]]
life.
* MoralityChain:[[spoiler:To To Mithos. When she died, everything went to hell.]]
hell.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:[[spoiler:If If she had accepted Tabatha as her vessel in the first place, Mithos would never have set up the Church of Martel to selectively-breed Chosens for her... of course, Mithos doesn't listen when Martel tells him what he did was wrong when he ''does'' successfully revive her.]]
her.
* PosthumousCharacter:[[spoiler:Oh, Oh, man is she. Her death is without a doubt the single most important event in the game's backstory.]]
backstory.
* PowerGivesYouWings:[[spoiler:Like Like Mithos, Kratos, and Yuan, she became an angel via a Cruxis Crystal.]]
Crystal.
* PromotionToParent:[[spoiler:She She raised Mithos in place of their parents.]]
parents.
* RemovingTheCrucialTeammate: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}.[[spoiler: Martel was the WhiteMagicianGirl and TheHeart of her band of heroes, and her brother's MoralityChain. When she was murdered, her friends crossed the DespairEventHorizon and Mithos simply ''snapped'', marking their transformation from heroes to the villains that the current heroes need to stop.]]
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* TheLostLenore:
* MagicStaff:
* MoralityChain:
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
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* PowerGivesYouWings:
* PromotionToParent:
* RemovingTheCrucialTeammate: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}.
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* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Gives a blistering one to Mithos when she is briefly transferred into Colette's body.]]
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* WhiteMagicianGirl: [[spoiler: She appears to have been one in life.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Gives a blistering one to Mithos when she is briefly transferred into Colette's body.]]
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* WhiteMagicianGirl:[[spoiler: She appears to have been one in life.]]
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* PetTheDog: Literally in ''Dawn of the New World'', where the player can find him petting his dog while expressing suspicion about the accusations against Lloyd.
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* SinsOfOurFathers: Seles is imprisoned in the South-East Abby because [[spoiler:her mother murdered Zelos's mother in order to make Seles the next Chosen. Seles herself is completely innocent of the whole mess.]]
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* SinsOfOurFathers: Seles is imprisoned in the South-East Abby because [[spoiler:her mother murdered Zelos's mother attempted to murder Zelos in order to make Seles the next Chosen.Chosen but ended up killing Zelos's mother instead. Seles herself is completely innocent of the whole mess.]]
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* UnevenHybrid: Seles is a Quarter-Elf; her mother was a half-elf while her and Zelos's father was a pure-blooded human. For all intents and purposes, Seles is a human that can use magic. [[spoiler:according to [[AllThereInTheManual an artbook]] that includes a human lifespan.]]
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* UnevenHybrid: Seles is a Quarter-Elf; her mother was a half-elf while her and Zelos's father was a pure-blooded human. For all intents and purposes, Seles is a human that can use magic. [[spoiler:according According to [[AllThereInTheManual an artbook]] that includes a human lifespan.]]
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The supporting cast from the game ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''.
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[[folder:Noïshe]]
!!'''Noishe'''
A dog-like companion of Lloyd.
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Tropes associated with Noishe:
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Noishe acts like a ordinary dog, but he's not. Through a number of skits and one side-quest, you find out that Noishe is actually a creature known as a Protozoan, supposedly the first creature to have been born on the planet. It evolves during the course of its own life, starting off as a single-celled organism, then a fish, then a bird, then the dog-like form, then 'another' form, then finally a human that fights evil. It is also said that Noishe himself (possibly in his previous form) accompanied Mithos and Co. on their journey 4000 years ago. Even after being told this, Lloyd insists that Noishe is just a dog.
* CowardlyLion: He runs away whenever he sees a monster. [[spoiler:However, it's implied he got this fear after protecting an infant Lloyd from Anna in her monster form.]]
* {{Expy}}: A monster wolf called Orion in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' greatly resembles Noishe.
* EvilDetectingDog: He's first to react when there is a monster nearby and he blocks Sheena from following the group into one of the Seals. Interestingly, once she joins the party he has no problems with her after that. He's comfortable with Kratos despite being a CowardlyLion. [[spoiler: Though this is probably because Kratos is his original owner.]]
* HeroicDog: Noishe protected Lloyd when [[spoiler:his mother-turned-monster attacked him]].
* InformedSpecies: He doesn't look much like a dog, despite Lloyd's insistence. It quickly becomes clear that this is an in-universe example: several [=NPCs=] express skepticism that he's really a dog, the game contains actual dogs which look like dogs, and Lloyd's logic turns out to be based solely on the fact that he howls and has a tail. [[spoiler:Towards the end of the game, an elf in Heimdall identifies him as a "protozoan" in the canine-like "arshis" stage of life.]]
-->But he has a tail, and he howls, so that means he's either a dog or a wolf, right? He doesn't seem wolfish, so I thought he was a dog...
* StealthPun: Noishe matches the physical description of a Scottish mythological Cu Sith, which is pronounced Cu Shee. For those not familiar with the name, its feline counterpart is Cait Sith, which was a puppet and party member in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Noishe is played up as a major character in the beginning, even appearing in several skits and being the one thing Lloyd has that came from his [[ParentalAbandonment dead/estranged parents]], but is dropped roughly the time that the team makes it into Tethe'alla. He still appears occasionally (in stables, when the whole team is split up). His one useful ability, using Long-Range Mode, was also overshadowed greatly by the [[GlobalAirship Rheairds]] before the end of the first disk, though the game does actually go into a little more detail about him.
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[[folder:Yuan Ka-Fai]]
!!'''Yuan Ka-Fai'''
!!! Voiced by: Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (JP), Chris Edgerly (EN), Creator/KimStrauss (EN, ''Dawn of the New World'')
The leader of the Renegades, a group of half-elves who oppose the Desians. Both cynical and ruthless.
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Tropes associated with Yuan:
* AboveGoodAndEvil: Implied. He doesn't seem to have any kind of moral compass. So long as he gets what he wants, that's all that matters.
* AdaptationExpansion: He got a much bigger role and a great deal more screen time in the OVA, to the extent that his [[spoiler:mana transfer]] - one of the things accused of being an AssPull in the original game - is here turned into an actual plan.
* AintTooProudToBeg: In an optional sidequest, the party keep running into Yuan at previous locations, before the third time he reveals he's looking for a ring. When Lloyd shows him the ring the assassin in Hima dropped, Yuan explains it was [[spoiler: Martel's engagement ring]] and literally begs for it back. Lloyd gives it to him and Yuan actually thanks him before leaving.
* AntiHero: He opposes the Desians, but his methods are so harsh that he's an antagonist for most of the game. In fact, some of his acts come close to outright villainy.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: He says he had this relationship with [[spoiler: Martel.]]
* TheChessmaster: He's been in complete control since the very beginning, effortlessly manipulating the Desians, Lloyd's group, and even the BigBad himself. Things do occasionally go awry, but he's quickly able to adjust his plans as he goes.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He is only truly loyal to himself and his cause. He will ally with Lloyd's group if he needs to, but will turn on them as soon as he sees fit. Not to mention that he's a DoubleAgent for [[spoiler: Cruxis]].
* DeadpanSnarker: He's even got Raine beaten in this department.
* DespairEventHorizon: Part of his backstory. He crossed over it when [[spoiler: his lover Martel was killed.]]
* DoubleWeapon: A double-bladed {{BFS}}. The OVA indicates that he started off with a normal sword.
* DualBoss: With Botta. You never get to fight him alone.
* FallenHero [[spoiler: He was a hero of the ancient war alongside Kratos and Mithos. Now he's a vicious AntiHero trying desperately to stop Mithos' plans.]]
* FamilyEyeResemblance: His green eyes are a trait he shared with [[spoiler: Martel.]]
* FigureItOutYourself: Because he's too impatient to explain... and because he's kind of a dick.
* GoodAllAlong: For a certain value of "[[AntiHero good]]".
* GoodIsNotNice: While his goals match those of the party, he still is a jerk to them even when he's not [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor fighting them]] and his methods are more [[WellIntentionedExtremist morally ambiguous]]. He tends to be at least more reasonable and less outright-insulting when speaking to Raine, Genis or Sheena. Lloyd and Colette...not so much.
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler: He's still not over the death of his fiancée. A good 4000 years after the fact, even.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: A strange example. He's always on the same side, it's just that he changes his degree of antagonism towards the party based on the circumstances. He's an enemy just as often as he's an ally, but he always has the same goal
* LaResistance: [[spoiler:The Renegades are an anti-Desian force.]]
%%* LostWeddingRing: He travels all over the world to find it, not knowing that Lloyd picked it up when he dropped it in Hima.
* TheMole: He works for [[spoiler:Cruxis]] while leading the Renegades behind the scenes. This is why he avoids letting [[spoiler:Kratos]] see him associating with them. He reveals himself to [[spoiler:Kratos]] right as the team is about to form a pact with the last Summon Spirit, believing it to be the end game for his plans. Unfortunately for him, [[DiscOneFinalBoss there's an entire disc left of game content]].
* MrExposition: Pretty much all of the information about the nature of the two worlds and the true identity of the Desians and Cruxis come from him. The only thing he doesn't tell you is [[spoiler: what happened during the Ancient War.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After [[spoiler:his plan to germinate the Great Seed causes the Kharlan Tree to go out of control]].
* NecessarilyEvil: [[spoiler: How he viewed killing Collette, which would stop the BigBad's plan cold. He gives up on it immediately as soon as another option presented itself...in the form of kidnapping Lloyd and using him as blackmail.]]
* OneTrueLove: Yuan was [[spoiler: engaged to Martel 4000 years ago. He's still in love with her despite all the years since her death]].
* PetTheDog: A short sidequest reveals [[spoiler:the ring you picked up in Hima is his engagement ring to Martel. You've just followed him as he looked for it all over both worlds. He's been wearing it for 4000 years, and when it turns out you have it, he's willing to swallow his pride and [[AintTooProudToBeg literally beg for its return]].]]
** After his role as [[TheStarscream is outed to Mithos]], Yuan gets up to leave despite his injuries. When Lloyd tells him he should stay and rest, Yuan says he has to go and evacuate his fellow Renegades before their base is discovered and they're all killed for following him.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld [[spoiler: He's one of the companions of the ancient hero Mithos, making him well over 4000 years old.]]
* RebelLeader: [[spoiler: The leader of the anti-Cruxis force, the Renegades.]]
* TheRival: For [[spoiler:Kratos]].
* ShockAndAwe: Lightning magic is his weapon of choice. It's his only attack in cutscenes, where it takes the form of a ball of lightning shot from his hand. The OVA gives him ''Indignation''.
* SlipknotPonytail: The OVA ''loves'' to make use of this trope. Yuan's hair comes loose from its ponytail at least twice during fights.
* StoicSpectacles: In the "United World" OVA extra.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: He wants to end the cycle Mithos created an re-unite both worlds and regrow the Kharlan Tree, but he'll go to nearly any lengths to accomplish this.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler: With Kratos and Mithos, who were his companions 4000 years ago.]]
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[[folder:Martel]]
!! '''Martel''' '''[[spoiler: Yggdrasill]]'''
!!! [[spoiler:Voiced by Misa Watanabe (JP), Kim Mai Guest (EN)]]
The Goddess worshipped by the church that bears her name. She is said to sleep at the center of the world out of grief for the sacrifice of her hero, Mithos. The Journey of Regeneration is a mission to awaken her so she will bless the world with mana once more.
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Tropes associated with Martel:
* AllLovingHero: [[spoiler:No matter how she was hurt and betrayed, she never gave up her love for the world. Colette even says that it wouldn't have been odd at all for Martel to hate the world like Mithos did.]]
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:For 4,000 years, she watched helplessly from within her Cruxis Crystal as her brother turned the world into his playground.]]
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:She becomes the dominant personality in the Summon Spirit Martel.]]
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: [[spoiler:Yuan says she was the gentle girl to his brooding boy.]]
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* CrystalDragonJesus: Serves as one for the Church of Martel. [[spoiler:This is entirely by design, as the Church is a front organization to fuel her resurrection.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Green hair to match green eyes.
* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler:To Raine. Both are half-elven healers that had to raise their younger brothers in place of their parents, but Martel maintained what Yuan describes as "relentless optimism" despite the many hardships and betrayals she experienced, before falling further and further into despair as the people closest to her lost their way after she died. This is sharply contrasted by the cynicism Raine developed as a survival mechanism against her own hardships, which gave way to growing idealism as Raine found a support system that refused to accept her race as a factor in her worth as a person.]]
* FourIsDeath: [[spoiler:She is the fourth Seraphim of Cruxis, and also dead.]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: She's a half-elf, just like her brother and fiance.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:For Yuan.]]
* MagicStaff: [[spoiler: Carried one in life.]]
* MoralityChain: [[spoiler:To Mithos. When she died, everything went to hell.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:If she had accepted Tabatha as her vessel in the first place, Mithos would never have set up the Church of Martel to selectively-breed Chosens for her... of course, Mithos doesn't listen when Martel tells him what he did was wrong when he ''does'' successfully revive her.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Oh, man is she. Her death is without a doubt the single most important event in the game's backstory.]]
* PowerGivesYouWings: [[spoiler:Like Mithos, Kratos, and Yuan, she became an angel via a Cruxis Crystal.]]
* PromotionToParent: [[spoiler:She raised Mithos in place of their parents.]]
* RemovingTheCrucialTeammate: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. [[spoiler: Martel was the WhiteMagicianGirl and TheHeart of her band of heroes, and her brother's MoralityChain. When she was murdered, her friends crossed the DespairEventHorizon and Mithos simply ''snapped'', marking their transformation from heroes to the villains that the current heroes need to stop.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: It is almost impossible to talk about her in substance without spoiling much of the second half of the game.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Gives a blistering one to Mithos when she is briefly transferred into Colette's body.]]
* WhiteMagicianGirl: [[spoiler: She appears to have been one in life.]]
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[[folder:Tabatha]]
!!'''Tabatha'''
!!! Voiced by: Miki Machi (JP), Kim Mai Guest (EN)
A strange girl who lives with Altessa and assists him. She speaks in a robotic voice.
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Tropes associated with Tabatha:
* CommonalityConnection: With Presea. [[spoiler: Since Tabatha is a doll made to be a vessel for Martel and the goal of using Presea in the Angelus Project was to turn her into an EmptyShell to make a Cruxis Crystal, this makes sense.]]
* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: [[spoiler:"MITHOS SA~~VED ME..."]]
* EmotionlessGirl [[spoiler: Only because she is a mechanical doll. Even then, she's not completely without emotion.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: And nonliving, as shown by her scene with Presea about the loneliness of Exspheres.
* HiddenDepths: She shows a lot of concern for Presea, and claims in one cutscene she can 'hear' the voices of Exspheres.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Of a sort. [[spoiler: The whole reason she exists was to be an artificial vessel for Martel.]]
* RoboSpeak: Her voice is stilted and mechanical. [[spoiler: Because she's a robot, naturally.]]
* SoullessShell: [[spoiler: She was designed to be a vessel for Martel's soul, but Martel refused the body.]]
* SupremeChef: She does the cooking for Altessa and the group needs her curry recipe to get through the Earth Temple.
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[[folder:Anna Irving]]
!!'''Anna Irving'''
Lloyd's late mother, who died many years before the beginning of ''Tales of Symphonia''. Lloyd soon learns that she was murdered by the Desians and this, along with their attack on Iselia village, inspires him to seek revenge against them. While she never appears in-game, the effect that she had on certain people resonates very strongly throughout the story.
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Tropes associated with Anna:
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Implied to have been the Gentle Girl to [[spoiler: Kratos's]] Brooding Boy.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: No one who knew her personally, even Dirk who knew her for all of a few minutes, has anything but good things to say about her. The only exception is Kvar, who insults her mercilessly to get under Lloyd's skin.
* TheGhost: It's not until the anime adaptation that we finally get to see what she looked like.
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacguffin: When Dirk found her, she lived long enough only to pass on Lloyd, Noishe, and her Exsphere. As it happens, said Exsphere was [[spoiler:actually a Cruxis Crystal; giving its user powers on the level of an angel.]]
* KilledOffForReal: Long before the story began.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: After she was turned into a monster by Kvar, she begged Kratos to kill her so that she wouldn't hurt him or their son.]]
* PluckyGirl: Implied. While we never get acquainted with her character, something about her managed to inspire the broody [[spoiler:Kratos]] to pull a temporary HeelFaceTurn and try to overturn the BigBad's plans. The fact that her limited appearances in the anime generally have her smiling optimistically seem to confirm this. A bonus chapter in the manga also confirms this, with [[spoiler: Kratos]] thinking to himself that Anna and her son are both optimistic and "can laugh or get angry at small things all the time."
* PhlebotinumRebel: Subverted. She was made the host for a special type of Exsphere. She managed to escape and lived on the run long enough to have a child but, unfortunately, she never got to actually use her Exsphere's powers before [[spoiler:she was turned into a monster]].
* PosthumousCharacter: She never physically appears in the story but she makes a surprisingly large impact on it nonetheless.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler: If she hadn't met Kratos, [[TheHero Lloyd]] wouldn't have been born and would not gain her Cruxis Crystal which ultimately leads to the end of the BigBad and his plans.]]
* TragicKeepsake: Her Exsphere, which Lloyd inherited.
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:As it happens, she was turned into a monster by Kvar and Kratos was force to kill her.]]
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[[folder:Dirk]]
!!'''Dirk'''
!!! Voiced by: Masaharu Satou (JP), Creator/KyleHebert (EN, ''Dawn of the New World'')
Lloyd's adoptive dwarven father. He is one of the few dwarves to have left the underground or and not work for Cruxis.
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Tropes associated with Dirk:
* AdaptationalBadass: Uses his hammer to smash around some Desians when Iselia is attacked in the [=OVA=] series. Becomes part of [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld the next game]] when he hammers demons attacking his house.
* AngerBornOfWorry: Hits Lloyd in the beginning of the game for going to the Iselia Human Ranch, and possibly revealing himself to the Desians. He later apologises.
* TheBlacksmith: He's the only other person aside from Altessa that can make Key Crests and such.
* GoodParents: Treats Lloyd like his own son despite the differences in race.
* SoProudOfYou: Entrusts Lloyd with the finest blade he's ever forged, the Vorpal Blade, as proof.
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[[folder:Marble]]
An old woman at the Iselia Ranch that Genis befriends and the mother to Cacao and grandmother to Chocolat.
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Tropes associated with Marble:
* BodyHorror: She's transformed into an Exbelua (the first one you see in the game, in fact) and it is a ''painful'' process.
* CoolOldLady: Why Genis presumably befriended her in the first place. She tells the boys to run when the Desians catch her "slacking off", urging them not to get caught by the Ranch.
* ChekhovsGunman: Her fate has more significance than it initially seems, both because she's Chocolat's grandmother and because [[spoiler: it's exactly the same as Lloyd's mother.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: After Lloyd and Genis defeat her, Forcystus is about to attack the boys when she throws herself on him and her body explodes. She doesn't kill him, unfortunately, but she injures him badly enough to force the Desians to retreat.
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacguffin: Genis ends up with Marble's Exsphere after she dies.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Genis and later on with Lloyd.
* LikeASonToMe: She outright admits she'd come to think of Genis as a grandson when she dies.
* MercyKill: Unfortunately, Lloyd and Genis are forced into doing this when Forcystus makes them fight her as "punishment" for going near the Ranch. [[YouKilledMyFather Chocolat does not take it well when she finds out.]]
* SacrificialLamb: She's killed off rather tragically in the beginning, both to give Lloyd and Genis something to fight for, and to illustrate what terrible people the Desians are.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: She's the reason Lloyd is caught by the Ranch, which in turn results in the Desians attacking Iselia and Lloyd and Genis being exiled. She also provides Genis his exsphere and her death is a large part of the reason Genis has a personal hatred for the Desians and later Cruxis.
* StealthPun: Her daughter Cacao and granddaughter Chocolat are both named after chocolate. Marble's name doesn't immediately seem to fit the theme, but it's referring to marble ''cake''.
* TakingYouWithMe: ''Tries'' to do this to Forcystus. She doesn't succeed in killing him, but he's injured badly enough that he's forced to withdraw.
* TraumaCongaLine: The poor woman has it rough, first she's kidnapped by Desians and taken away from her family, then whipped at the Iselia ranch [[KickTheDog for no reason]] and then transformed into an Exelua by Forcystus to battle Lloyd and Genis, the two kids she befriended.
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[[folder:The Mayor of Iselia]]
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* HateSink: While his banishment of Lloyd and Genis was arguably justified, he falls into this when the party returns to Iselia. Not only does he complain about exiles returning to the village, but he also shows disdain for the Sage siblings being half-elves, and calls Colette a failure as a Chosen. This causes the townspeople to stand up for the party members from Sylvarant.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[JerkassHasAPoint He has a point]] in banishing Lloyd and Genis for provoking Forcytus's wrath against the village, making it seem like he at least cares about the welfare of the villagers. However, after the Forcystus boss battle, he proves himself to be a hypocrite because he's not accepting of the ranch prisoners even after Lloyd frees them, implying part of his reason for the treaty is to have less mouths to feed.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In ''Dawn of the New World'', he still considers Lloyd a foolish idealist, but points out that Lloyd would never slaughter the people of Palmacosta "for the greater good" precisely because of his ideals.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Deconstructed. He's so used to the treaty with the Desians to the point where he stopped caring about the prisoners of the ranch, and has a LackOfEmpathy for them even after Lloyd defeats Forcystus and removes any need for the treaty. For all his talk of the treaty being NecessarilyEvil to protect the village, he ended up dehumanizing the villagers in the Desians' clutches.
* NoNameGiven: He's merely referred to by his title.
* NoSympathy: He doesn't care for the people who are imprisoned at the ranch. When one resident says that the people at the ranch will "rot there anyway," the Mayor callously agrees, and says that if Lloyd hadn't caused trouble there, the prisoners would have been the only ones who'd have to die.
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[[folder:Aifread]]
A famous pirate.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: He's rather harsh in condemning Colette for not sacrificing her life to merely give Sylvarant temorary prosperity, especially when he refuses to hear Lloyd's side of the story, but he's not wrong to make the point.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: How he comes off in the end. He forces the party to search for him all over Sylvarant to make a harsh but ultimately valid point about what Colette's failure to perform the journey of regeneration has cost their world, then asks the party to deliver a letter to Lyla. The party's horrified to discover that Lyla's actually a loan shark, and by delivering the letter, they agreed to pay off Aifread's debts.
* PleaseShootTheMessenger: A variant. Aifread's letter to Lyla designates the party as the ones to pay off his debt.
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[[folder:Governor-General Dorr]]
The ruler of Palmacosta, the only city that actively resists the Desians. In reality, he secretly collaborates with them in order to cure his wife.
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* BrokenPedestal: He's one of the more respected authority figures, but it turns out that he betrayed his people for his own selfish reasons.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Lloyd sympathizes with him for what happened to his wife, but says Dorr's actions put his people at risk of suffering a similar fate.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Colette suggests that Dorr can atone for his crimes and seems to get through to him, only for Kilia to stab him InTheBack, mortally wounding him. The most he can do is give the party the passcode to the Palmacosta ranch.
* InTheBack: The Desian impersonating his daughter stabs him from behind.
* ShutUpKirk: When Lloyd tries to call Dorr out on his behavior, he says, "Silence, boy! Stop acting like your justice is absolute!"
* TreacheryCoverUp: Neill asks the party to keep quiet about Dorr's behavior.
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[[folder:Kate]]
A half-elf who works (and lives) in the basement of the Imperial Research Academy in Sybak and conducted experiments on Presea.
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Tropes associated with Kate:
* BrokenBird: The poor girl has it rough, even when you do rescue her.
* DamselInDistress: The party has to save her from Meltokio's Coliseum after she's arrested.
* FantasticRacism: She's the first taster we get of the horrific treatment of half-elves in Tethe'alla - despite being [[spoiler: the Pope's daughter, and thus technically a member of the royal family]], she is forbidden from leaving the laboratory in Sybak, ever, and is sentenced to death for letting Lloyd, Zelos and the others go.
* IGaveMyWord: Though she's no doubt aware of the punishment for freeing the prisoners, she still frees Presea from her experiment.
* MoralityPet: To Zelos, who lets her stay in his mansion (in his ''bed'', no less) and acknowledges that she's a victim in the whole situation and he must use his influence as the Chosen to abolish the discriminatory laws against half-elves.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Whoever her mother was, Kate clearly took after her in the looks department.
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler: She desperately wants to be loved and acknowledged by her father, the Pope, but he's disturbed by his half-elf daughter and only talks to her when he needs something.]]
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[[folder:Seles Wilder]]
Zelos's younger half-sister, who lives in the South-East Abbey due to being ill[[spoiler: officially, anyway, the real reason is that she's under house arrest for her mother's crimes]], though she is finally able to leave after the main events of the game. In part due to a tumultuous family history, the siblings don't have a great relationship, although when it comes down to it they care deeply for each other.
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Tropes associated with Seles:
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the game, the reason Seles was [[spoiler: placed under house arrest was because her mother attempted to assassinate Zelos, only to kill ''his'' mother, and Seles was punished by proxy after her mother was also executed for the crime]]. In the OVA, it was [[spoiler: the Pope who called for the assassination, hoping to turn Zelos's death into an opportunity to prop Seles up as a puppet Chosen and take full control of the Church, but when Zelos's mother died instead, Seles was then used as a scapegoat for the crime. While in the game the Pope did, in fact, desire to use Seles for his own purposes, this was a completely separate plot point from the assassination attempt]].
* AnIcePerson: Casts mid- and high-level ice magic.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Seles is often snippy with her brother, and is reluctant to show that she cares about him. However, if you defeat her at the colosseum, she confesses that the time in her life she was happiest was when Zelos would play with her as a child.
* BigBrotherWorship: She tries to hide it, but Seles adores Zelos.
* DamselInDistress: She's briefly held hostage by Alice in the sequel, until Sheena and Colette come to the rescue. You'd think Seles should be able to fight back, considering she was a very capable {{Superboss}}, [[JustifiedTrope but she had already given back the exsphere she was using to get around her illness]].
* HeroicBastard: Seles's mother was the mistress of her and Zelos's father. She proves to be very nice once she and Zelos work out their issues with each other.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Switches between swinging a huge sword and a cute handbag.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: A gender and age inverted example. According to a skit, she once attacked Sheena because she thought the latter was seducing Zelos.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Seles is imprisoned in the South-East Abby because [[spoiler:her mother murdered Zelos's mother in order to make Seles the next Chosen. Seles herself is completely innocent of the whole mess.]]
* StarPower: She has a minor stellar theme; her handbag bears a star motif, and her Mini Meteor move explodes into stars.
* {{Superboss}}: You can encounter her one-on-one in the Meltokio Coliseum after obtaining the Derris Emblem and completing the Advanced single course twice. [[GlassCannon She has relatively low HP, but high defense and a lot of wallop]] - her Mini-Meteor attack will even smash through a guard stance.
* {{Tsundere}}: Towards her brother, Zelos, in a non-romantic way. She makes some barbed remarks when Zelos shows up to take his Cruxis Crystal from her, but after he leaves, she says, "Please take care."
* TurnsRed: As a secret boss, knocking her hat off makes her much more aggressive and unlocks her most dangerous melee techniques.
* UnevenHybrid: Seles is a Quarter-Elf; her mother was a half-elf while her and Zelos's father was a pure-blooded human. For all intents and purposes, Seles is a human that can use magic. [[spoiler:according to [[AllThereInTheManual an artbook]] that includes a human lifespan.]]
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[[folder:Orochi]]
!!'''Orochi'''
A ninja from Mizuho and Kuchinawa's brother. Orochi is Sheena's childhood friend and one of her most ardent allies and supporters. His parents were among the victims of the Volt incident, though he doesn't maintain a grudge against Sheena for it [[spoiler: unlike Kuchinawa]].
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Tropes associated with Orochi:
* AdaptedOut: He doesn't appear in the Symphonia OVA.
* NumberTwo: Eventually to Sheena. When she becomes chief of Mizuho he's basically her right-hand man.
* RedOniBlueOni: Literally wears a blue uniform, contrasting with Kuchinawa's red. Indeed, Orochi is the more levelheaded and calm of the two siblings while Kuchinawa is more intense.
* SecretKeeper: The interquel novel and a drama CD imply that Orochi is aware that Zelos has feelings for Sheena and that he secretly watches out for her, but Orochi stops short of spelling it out to her.
* SiblingYinYang: With Kuchinawa. Orochi is a kind, rational, duty bound ninja who was quick to forgive Sheena for the Volt incident even if it cost his parents lives. Kuchinawa on the other hand is more driven by emotion, secretly resented Sheena for the Volt incident [[spoiler: causing him to attempt to kill Sheena, an act of treason in Mizuho]].
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[[Characters/TalesOfSymphoniaPlayableCharacters Playable Characters]] | [[Characters/TalesOfSymphoniaAntagonists Antagonists]] | '''Supporting Cast''' | [[Characters/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld Dawn of the New World Characters]]-]]]
The supporting cast from the game ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''.
'''SPOILER ALERT''': NOT ALL SPOILERS ARE MARKED.
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[[folder:Noïshe]]
!!'''Noishe'''
A dog-like companion of Lloyd.
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Tropes associated with Noishe:
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Noishe acts like a ordinary dog, but he's not. Through a number of skits and one side-quest, you find out that Noishe is actually a creature known as a Protozoan, supposedly the first creature to have been born on the planet. It evolves during the course of its own life, starting off as a single-celled organism, then a fish, then a bird, then the dog-like form, then 'another' form, then finally a human that fights evil. It is also said that Noishe himself (possibly in his previous form) accompanied Mithos and Co. on their journey 4000 years ago. Even after being told this, Lloyd insists that Noishe is just a dog.
* CowardlyLion: He runs away whenever he sees a monster. [[spoiler:However, it's implied he got this fear after protecting an infant Lloyd from Anna in her monster form.]]
* {{Expy}}: A monster wolf called Orion in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' greatly resembles Noishe.
* EvilDetectingDog: He's first to react when there is a monster nearby and he blocks Sheena from following the group into one of the Seals. Interestingly, once she joins the party he has no problems with her after that. He's comfortable with Kratos despite being a CowardlyLion. [[spoiler: Though this is probably because Kratos is his original owner.]]
* HeroicDog: Noishe protected Lloyd when [[spoiler:his mother-turned-monster attacked him]].
* InformedSpecies: He doesn't look much like a dog, despite Lloyd's insistence. It quickly becomes clear that this is an in-universe example: several [=NPCs=] express skepticism that he's really a dog, the game contains actual dogs which look like dogs, and Lloyd's logic turns out to be based solely on the fact that he howls and has a tail. [[spoiler:Towards the end of the game, an elf in Heimdall identifies him as a "protozoan" in the canine-like "arshis" stage of life.]]
-->But he has a tail, and he howls, so that means he's either a dog or a wolf, right? He doesn't seem wolfish, so I thought he was a dog...
* StealthPun: Noishe matches the physical description of a Scottish mythological Cu Sith, which is pronounced Cu Shee. For those not familiar with the name, its feline counterpart is Cait Sith, which was a puppet and party member in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Noishe is played up as a major character in the beginning, even appearing in several skits and being the one thing Lloyd has that came from his [[ParentalAbandonment dead/estranged parents]], but is dropped roughly the time that the team makes it into Tethe'alla. He still appears occasionally (in stables, when the whole team is split up). His one useful ability, using Long-Range Mode, was also overshadowed greatly by the [[GlobalAirship Rheairds]] before the end of the first disk, though the game does actually go into a little more detail about him.
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[[folder:Yuan Ka-Fai]]
!!'''Yuan Ka-Fai'''
!!! Voiced by: Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (JP), Chris Edgerly (EN), Creator/KimStrauss (EN, ''Dawn of the New World'')
The leader of the Renegades, a group of half-elves who oppose the Desians. Both cynical and ruthless.
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Tropes associated with Yuan:
* AboveGoodAndEvil: Implied. He doesn't seem to have any kind of moral compass. So long as he gets what he wants, that's all that matters.
* AdaptationExpansion: He got a much bigger role and a great deal more screen time in the OVA, to the extent that his [[spoiler:mana transfer]] - one of the things accused of being an AssPull in the original game - is here turned into an actual plan.
* AintTooProudToBeg: In an optional sidequest, the party keep running into Yuan at previous locations, before the third time he reveals he's looking for a ring. When Lloyd shows him the ring the assassin in Hima dropped, Yuan explains it was [[spoiler: Martel's engagement ring]] and literally begs for it back. Lloyd gives it to him and Yuan actually thanks him before leaving.
* AntiHero: He opposes the Desians, but his methods are so harsh that he's an antagonist for most of the game. In fact, some of his acts come close to outright villainy.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: He says he had this relationship with [[spoiler: Martel.]]
* TheChessmaster: He's been in complete control since the very beginning, effortlessly manipulating the Desians, Lloyd's group, and even the BigBad himself. Things do occasionally go awry, but he's quickly able to adjust his plans as he goes.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He is only truly loyal to himself and his cause. He will ally with Lloyd's group if he needs to, but will turn on them as soon as he sees fit. Not to mention that he's a DoubleAgent for [[spoiler: Cruxis]].
* DeadpanSnarker: He's even got Raine beaten in this department.
* DespairEventHorizon: Part of his backstory. He crossed over it when [[spoiler: his lover Martel was killed.]]
* DoubleWeapon: A double-bladed {{BFS}}. The OVA indicates that he started off with a normal sword.
* DualBoss: With Botta. You never get to fight him alone.
* FallenHero [[spoiler: He was a hero of the ancient war alongside Kratos and Mithos. Now he's a vicious AntiHero trying desperately to stop Mithos' plans.]]
* FamilyEyeResemblance: His green eyes are a trait he shared with [[spoiler: Martel.]]
* FigureItOutYourself: Because he's too impatient to explain... and because he's kind of a dick.
* GoodAllAlong: For a certain value of "[[AntiHero good]]".
* GoodIsNotNice: While his goals match those of the party, he still is a jerk to them even when he's not [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor fighting them]] and his methods are more [[WellIntentionedExtremist morally ambiguous]]. He tends to be at least more reasonable and less outright-insulting when speaking to Raine, Genis or Sheena. Lloyd and Colette...not so much.
* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler: He's still not over the death of his fiancée. A good 4000 years after the fact, even.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: A strange example. He's always on the same side, it's just that he changes his degree of antagonism towards the party based on the circumstances. He's an enemy just as often as he's an ally, but he always has the same goal
* LaResistance: [[spoiler:The Renegades are an anti-Desian force.]]
%%* LostWeddingRing: He travels all over the world to find it, not knowing that Lloyd picked it up when he dropped it in Hima.
* TheMole: He works for [[spoiler:Cruxis]] while leading the Renegades behind the scenes. This is why he avoids letting [[spoiler:Kratos]] see him associating with them. He reveals himself to [[spoiler:Kratos]] right as the team is about to form a pact with the last Summon Spirit, believing it to be the end game for his plans. Unfortunately for him, [[DiscOneFinalBoss there's an entire disc left of game content]].
* MrExposition: Pretty much all of the information about the nature of the two worlds and the true identity of the Desians and Cruxis come from him. The only thing he doesn't tell you is [[spoiler: what happened during the Ancient War.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After [[spoiler:his plan to germinate the Great Seed causes the Kharlan Tree to go out of control]].
* NecessarilyEvil: [[spoiler: How he viewed killing Collette, which would stop the BigBad's plan cold. He gives up on it immediately as soon as another option presented itself...in the form of kidnapping Lloyd and using him as blackmail.]]
* OneTrueLove: Yuan was [[spoiler: engaged to Martel 4000 years ago. He's still in love with her despite all the years since her death]].
* PetTheDog: A short sidequest reveals [[spoiler:the ring you picked up in Hima is his engagement ring to Martel. You've just followed him as he looked for it all over both worlds. He's been wearing it for 4000 years, and when it turns out you have it, he's willing to swallow his pride and [[AintTooProudToBeg literally beg for its return]].]]
** After his role as [[TheStarscream is outed to Mithos]], Yuan gets up to leave despite his injuries. When Lloyd tells him he should stay and rest, Yuan says he has to go and evacuate his fellow Renegades before their base is discovered and they're all killed for following him.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld [[spoiler: He's one of the companions of the ancient hero Mithos, making him well over 4000 years old.]]
* RebelLeader: [[spoiler: The leader of the anti-Cruxis force, the Renegades.]]
* TheRival: For [[spoiler:Kratos]].
* ShockAndAwe: Lightning magic is his weapon of choice. It's his only attack in cutscenes, where it takes the form of a ball of lightning shot from his hand. The OVA gives him ''Indignation''.
* SlipknotPonytail: The OVA ''loves'' to make use of this trope. Yuan's hair comes loose from its ponytail at least twice during fights.
* StoicSpectacles: In the "United World" OVA extra.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: He wants to end the cycle Mithos created an re-unite both worlds and regrow the Kharlan Tree, but he'll go to nearly any lengths to accomplish this.]]
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler: With Kratos and Mithos, who were his companions 4000 years ago.]]
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[[folder:Martel]]
!! '''Martel''' '''[[spoiler: Yggdrasill]]'''
!!! [[spoiler:Voiced by Misa Watanabe (JP), Kim Mai Guest (EN)]]
The Goddess worshipped by the church that bears her name. She is said to sleep at the center of the world out of grief for the sacrifice of her hero, Mithos. The Journey of Regeneration is a mission to awaken her so she will bless the world with mana once more.
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Tropes associated with Martel:
* AllLovingHero: [[spoiler:No matter how she was hurt and betrayed, she never gave up her love for the world. Colette even says that it wouldn't have been odd at all for Martel to hate the world like Mithos did.]]
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:For 4,000 years, she watched helplessly from within her Cruxis Crystal as her brother turned the world into his playground.]]
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:She becomes the dominant personality in the Summon Spirit Martel.]]
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: [[spoiler:Yuan says she was the gentle girl to his brooding boy.]]
%%* CleavageWindow
* CrystalDragonJesus: Serves as one for the Church of Martel. [[spoiler:This is entirely by design, as the Church is a front organization to fuel her resurrection.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Green hair to match green eyes.
* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler:To Raine. Both are half-elven healers that had to raise their younger brothers in place of their parents, but Martel maintained what Yuan describes as "relentless optimism" despite the many hardships and betrayals she experienced, before falling further and further into despair as the people closest to her lost their way after she died. This is sharply contrasted by the cynicism Raine developed as a survival mechanism against her own hardships, which gave way to growing idealism as Raine found a support system that refused to accept her race as a factor in her worth as a person.]]
* FourIsDeath: [[spoiler:She is the fourth Seraphim of Cruxis, and also dead.]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: She's a half-elf, just like her brother and fiance.]]
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:For Yuan.]]
* MagicStaff: [[spoiler: Carried one in life.]]
* MoralityChain: [[spoiler:To Mithos. When she died, everything went to hell.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:If she had accepted Tabatha as her vessel in the first place, Mithos would never have set up the Church of Martel to selectively-breed Chosens for her... of course, Mithos doesn't listen when Martel tells him what he did was wrong when he ''does'' successfully revive her.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Oh, man is she. Her death is without a doubt the single most important event in the game's backstory.]]
* PowerGivesYouWings: [[spoiler:Like Mithos, Kratos, and Yuan, she became an angel via a Cruxis Crystal.]]
* PromotionToParent: [[spoiler:She raised Mithos in place of their parents.]]
* RemovingTheCrucialTeammate: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. [[spoiler: Martel was the WhiteMagicianGirl and TheHeart of her band of heroes, and her brother's MoralityChain. When she was murdered, her friends crossed the DespairEventHorizon and Mithos simply ''snapped'', marking their transformation from heroes to the villains that the current heroes need to stop.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: It is almost impossible to talk about her in substance without spoiling much of the second half of the game.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Gives a blistering one to Mithos when she is briefly transferred into Colette's body.]]
* WhiteMagicianGirl: [[spoiler: She appears to have been one in life.]]
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[[folder:Tabatha]]
!!'''Tabatha'''
!!! Voiced by: Miki Machi (JP), Kim Mai Guest (EN)
A strange girl who lives with Altessa and assists him. She speaks in a robotic voice.
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Tropes associated with Tabatha:
* CommonalityConnection: With Presea. [[spoiler: Since Tabatha is a doll made to be a vessel for Martel and the goal of using Presea in the Angelus Project was to turn her into an EmptyShell to make a Cruxis Crystal, this makes sense.]]
* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: [[spoiler:"MITHOS SA~~VED ME..."]]
* EmotionlessGirl [[spoiler: Only because she is a mechanical doll. Even then, she's not completely without emotion.]]
* FriendToAllLivingThings: And nonliving, as shown by her scene with Presea about the loneliness of Exspheres.
* HiddenDepths: She shows a lot of concern for Presea, and claims in one cutscene she can 'hear' the voices of Exspheres.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Of a sort. [[spoiler: The whole reason she exists was to be an artificial vessel for Martel.]]
* RoboSpeak: Her voice is stilted and mechanical. [[spoiler: Because she's a robot, naturally.]]
* SoullessShell: [[spoiler: She was designed to be a vessel for Martel's soul, but Martel refused the body.]]
* SupremeChef: She does the cooking for Altessa and the group needs her curry recipe to get through the Earth Temple.
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[[folder:Anna Irving]]
!!'''Anna Irving'''
Lloyd's late mother, who died many years before the beginning of ''Tales of Symphonia''. Lloyd soon learns that she was murdered by the Desians and this, along with their attack on Iselia village, inspires him to seek revenge against them. While she never appears in-game, the effect that she had on certain people resonates very strongly throughout the story.
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Tropes associated with Anna:
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Implied to have been the Gentle Girl to [[spoiler: Kratos's]] Brooding Boy.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: No one who knew her personally, even Dirk who knew her for all of a few minutes, has anything but good things to say about her. The only exception is Kvar, who insults her mercilessly to get under Lloyd's skin.
* TheGhost: It's not until the anime adaptation that we finally get to see what she looked like.
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacguffin: When Dirk found her, she lived long enough only to pass on Lloyd, Noishe, and her Exsphere. As it happens, said Exsphere was [[spoiler:actually a Cruxis Crystal; giving its user powers on the level of an angel.]]
* KilledOffForReal: Long before the story began.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: After she was turned into a monster by Kvar, she begged Kratos to kill her so that she wouldn't hurt him or their son.]]
* PluckyGirl: Implied. While we never get acquainted with her character, something about her managed to inspire the broody [[spoiler:Kratos]] to pull a temporary HeelFaceTurn and try to overturn the BigBad's plans. The fact that her limited appearances in the anime generally have her smiling optimistically seem to confirm this. A bonus chapter in the manga also confirms this, with [[spoiler: Kratos]] thinking to himself that Anna and her son are both optimistic and "can laugh or get angry at small things all the time."
* PhlebotinumRebel: Subverted. She was made the host for a special type of Exsphere. She managed to escape and lived on the run long enough to have a child but, unfortunately, she never got to actually use her Exsphere's powers before [[spoiler:she was turned into a monster]].
* PosthumousCharacter: She never physically appears in the story but she makes a surprisingly large impact on it nonetheless.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler: If she hadn't met Kratos, [[TheHero Lloyd]] wouldn't have been born and would not gain her Cruxis Crystal which ultimately leads to the end of the BigBad and his plans.]]
* TragicKeepsake: Her Exsphere, which Lloyd inherited.
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler:As it happens, she was turned into a monster by Kvar and Kratos was force to kill her.]]
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[[folder:Dirk]]
!!'''Dirk'''
!!! Voiced by: Masaharu Satou (JP), Creator/KyleHebert (EN, ''Dawn of the New World'')
Lloyd's adoptive dwarven father. He is one of the few dwarves to have left the underground or and not work for Cruxis.
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Tropes associated with Dirk:
* AdaptationalBadass: Uses his hammer to smash around some Desians when Iselia is attacked in the [=OVA=] series. Becomes part of [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld the next game]] when he hammers demons attacking his house.
* AngerBornOfWorry: Hits Lloyd in the beginning of the game for going to the Iselia Human Ranch, and possibly revealing himself to the Desians. He later apologises.
* TheBlacksmith: He's the only other person aside from Altessa that can make Key Crests and such.
* GoodParents: Treats Lloyd like his own son despite the differences in race.
* SoProudOfYou: Entrusts Lloyd with the finest blade he's ever forged, the Vorpal Blade, as proof.
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[[folder:Marble]]
An old woman at the Iselia Ranch that Genis befriends and the mother to Cacao and grandmother to Chocolat.
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Tropes associated with Marble:
* BodyHorror: She's transformed into an Exbelua (the first one you see in the game, in fact) and it is a ''painful'' process.
* CoolOldLady: Why Genis presumably befriended her in the first place. She tells the boys to run when the Desians catch her "slacking off", urging them not to get caught by the Ranch.
* ChekhovsGunman: Her fate has more significance than it initially seems, both because she's Chocolat's grandmother and because [[spoiler: it's exactly the same as Lloyd's mother.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: After Lloyd and Genis defeat her, Forcystus is about to attack the boys when she throws herself on him and her body explodes. She doesn't kill him, unfortunately, but she injures him badly enough to force the Desians to retreat.
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacguffin: Genis ends up with Marble's Exsphere after she dies.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Genis and later on with Lloyd.
* LikeASonToMe: She outright admits she'd come to think of Genis as a grandson when she dies.
* MercyKill: Unfortunately, Lloyd and Genis are forced into doing this when Forcystus makes them fight her as "punishment" for going near the Ranch. [[YouKilledMyFather Chocolat does not take it well when she finds out.]]
* SacrificialLamb: She's killed off rather tragically in the beginning, both to give Lloyd and Genis something to fight for, and to illustrate what terrible people the Desians are.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: She's the reason Lloyd is caught by the Ranch, which in turn results in the Desians attacking Iselia and Lloyd and Genis being exiled. She also provides Genis his exsphere and her death is a large part of the reason Genis has a personal hatred for the Desians and later Cruxis.
* StealthPun: Her daughter Cacao and granddaughter Chocolat are both named after chocolate. Marble's name doesn't immediately seem to fit the theme, but it's referring to marble ''cake''.
* TakingYouWithMe: ''Tries'' to do this to Forcystus. She doesn't succeed in killing him, but he's injured badly enough that he's forced to withdraw.
* TraumaCongaLine: The poor woman has it rough, first she's kidnapped by Desians and taken away from her family, then whipped at the Iselia ranch [[KickTheDog for no reason]] and then transformed into an Exelua by Forcystus to battle Lloyd and Genis, the two kids she befriended.
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[[folder:The Mayor of Iselia]]
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* HateSink: While his banishment of Lloyd and Genis was arguably justified, he falls into this when the party returns to Iselia. Not only does he complain about exiles returning to the village, but he also shows disdain for the Sage siblings being half-elves, and calls Colette a failure as a Chosen. This causes the townspeople to stand up for the party members from Sylvarant.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[JerkassHasAPoint He has a point]] in banishing Lloyd and Genis for provoking Forcytus's wrath against the village, making it seem like he at least cares about the welfare of the villagers. However, after the Forcystus boss battle, he proves himself to be a hypocrite because he's not accepting of the ranch prisoners even after Lloyd frees them, implying part of his reason for the treaty is to have less mouths to feed.
* JerkassHasAPoint: In ''Dawn of the New World'', he still considers Lloyd a foolish idealist, but points out that Lloyd would never slaughter the people of Palmacosta "for the greater good" precisely because of his ideals.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Deconstructed. He's so used to the treaty with the Desians to the point where he stopped caring about the prisoners of the ranch, and has a LackOfEmpathy for them even after Lloyd defeats Forcystus and removes any need for the treaty. For all his talk of the treaty being NecessarilyEvil to protect the village, he ended up dehumanizing the villagers in the Desians' clutches.
* NoNameGiven: He's merely referred to by his title.
* NoSympathy: He doesn't care for the people who are imprisoned at the ranch. When one resident says that the people at the ranch will "rot there anyway," the Mayor callously agrees, and says that if Lloyd hadn't caused trouble there, the prisoners would have been the only ones who'd have to die.
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[[folder:Aifread]]
A famous pirate.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: He's rather harsh in condemning Colette for not sacrificing her life to merely give Sylvarant temorary prosperity, especially when he refuses to hear Lloyd's side of the story, but he's not wrong to make the point.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: How he comes off in the end. He forces the party to search for him all over Sylvarant to make a harsh but ultimately valid point about what Colette's failure to perform the journey of regeneration has cost their world, then asks the party to deliver a letter to Lyla. The party's horrified to discover that Lyla's actually a loan shark, and by delivering the letter, they agreed to pay off Aifread's debts.
* PleaseShootTheMessenger: A variant. Aifread's letter to Lyla designates the party as the ones to pay off his debt.
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[[folder:Governor-General Dorr]]
The ruler of Palmacosta, the only city that actively resists the Desians. In reality, he secretly collaborates with them in order to cure his wife.
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* BrokenPedestal: He's one of the more respected authority figures, but it turns out that he betrayed his people for his own selfish reasons.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Lloyd sympathizes with him for what happened to his wife, but says Dorr's actions put his people at risk of suffering a similar fate.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Colette suggests that Dorr can atone for his crimes and seems to get through to him, only for Kilia to stab him InTheBack, mortally wounding him. The most he can do is give the party the passcode to the Palmacosta ranch.
* InTheBack: The Desian impersonating his daughter stabs him from behind.
* ShutUpKirk: When Lloyd tries to call Dorr out on his behavior, he says, "Silence, boy! Stop acting like your justice is absolute!"
* TreacheryCoverUp: Neill asks the party to keep quiet about Dorr's behavior.
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[[folder:Kate]]
A half-elf who works (and lives) in the basement of the Imperial Research Academy in Sybak and conducted experiments on Presea.
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Tropes associated with Kate:
* BrokenBird: The poor girl has it rough, even when you do rescue her.
* DamselInDistress: The party has to save her from Meltokio's Coliseum after she's arrested.
* FantasticRacism: She's the first taster we get of the horrific treatment of half-elves in Tethe'alla - despite being [[spoiler: the Pope's daughter, and thus technically a member of the royal family]], she is forbidden from leaving the laboratory in Sybak, ever, and is sentenced to death for letting Lloyd, Zelos and the others go.
* IGaveMyWord: Though she's no doubt aware of the punishment for freeing the prisoners, she still frees Presea from her experiment.
* MoralityPet: To Zelos, who lets her stay in his mansion (in his ''bed'', no less) and acknowledges that she's a victim in the whole situation and he must use his influence as the Chosen to abolish the discriminatory laws against half-elves.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Whoever her mother was, Kate clearly took after her in the looks department.
* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler: She desperately wants to be loved and acknowledged by her father, the Pope, but he's disturbed by his half-elf daughter and only talks to her when he needs something.]]
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[[folder:Seles Wilder]]
Zelos's younger half-sister, who lives in the South-East Abbey due to being ill[[spoiler: officially, anyway, the real reason is that she's under house arrest for her mother's crimes]], though she is finally able to leave after the main events of the game. In part due to a tumultuous family history, the siblings don't have a great relationship, although when it comes down to it they care deeply for each other.
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Tropes associated with Seles:
* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the game, the reason Seles was [[spoiler: placed under house arrest was because her mother attempted to assassinate Zelos, only to kill ''his'' mother, and Seles was punished by proxy after her mother was also executed for the crime]]. In the OVA, it was [[spoiler: the Pope who called for the assassination, hoping to turn Zelos's death into an opportunity to prop Seles up as a puppet Chosen and take full control of the Church, but when Zelos's mother died instead, Seles was then used as a scapegoat for the crime. While in the game the Pope did, in fact, desire to use Seles for his own purposes, this was a completely separate plot point from the assassination attempt]].
* AnIcePerson: Casts mid- and high-level ice magic.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Seles is often snippy with her brother, and is reluctant to show that she cares about him. However, if you defeat her at the colosseum, she confesses that the time in her life she was happiest was when Zelos would play with her as a child.
* BigBrotherWorship: She tries to hide it, but Seles adores Zelos.
* DamselInDistress: She's briefly held hostage by Alice in the sequel, until Sheena and Colette come to the rescue. You'd think Seles should be able to fight back, considering she was a very capable {{Superboss}}, [[JustifiedTrope but she had already given back the exsphere she was using to get around her illness]].
* HeroicBastard: Seles's mother was the mistress of her and Zelos's father. She proves to be very nice once she and Zelos work out their issues with each other.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Switches between swinging a huge sword and a cute handbag.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: A gender and age inverted example. According to a skit, she once attacked Sheena because she thought the latter was seducing Zelos.
* SinsOfOurFathers: Seles is imprisoned in the South-East Abby because [[spoiler:her mother murdered Zelos's mother in order to make Seles the next Chosen. Seles herself is completely innocent of the whole mess.]]
* StarPower: She has a minor stellar theme; her handbag bears a star motif, and her Mini Meteor move explodes into stars.
* {{Superboss}}: You can encounter her one-on-one in the Meltokio Coliseum after obtaining the Derris Emblem and completing the Advanced single course twice. [[GlassCannon She has relatively low HP, but high defense and a lot of wallop]] - her Mini-Meteor attack will even smash through a guard stance.
* {{Tsundere}}: Towards her brother, Zelos, in a non-romantic way. She makes some barbed remarks when Zelos shows up to take his Cruxis Crystal from her, but after he leaves, she says, "Please take care."
* TurnsRed: As a secret boss, knocking her hat off makes her much more aggressive and unlocks her most dangerous melee techniques.
* UnevenHybrid: Seles is a Quarter-Elf; her mother was a half-elf while her and Zelos's father was a pure-blooded human. For all intents and purposes, Seles is a human that can use magic. [[spoiler:according to [[AllThereInTheManual an artbook]] that includes a human lifespan.]]
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[[folder:Orochi]]
!!'''Orochi'''
A ninja from Mizuho and Kuchinawa's brother. Orochi is Sheena's childhood friend and one of her most ardent allies and supporters. His parents were among the victims of the Volt incident, though he doesn't maintain a grudge against Sheena for it [[spoiler: unlike Kuchinawa]].
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Tropes associated with Orochi:
* AdaptedOut: He doesn't appear in the Symphonia OVA.
* NumberTwo: Eventually to Sheena. When she becomes chief of Mizuho he's basically her right-hand man.
* RedOniBlueOni: Literally wears a blue uniform, contrasting with Kuchinawa's red. Indeed, Orochi is the more levelheaded and calm of the two siblings while Kuchinawa is more intense.
* SecretKeeper: The interquel novel and a drama CD imply that Orochi is aware that Zelos has feelings for Sheena and that he secretly watches out for her, but Orochi stops short of spelling it out to her.
* SiblingYinYang: With Kuchinawa. Orochi is a kind, rational, duty bound ninja who was quick to forgive Sheena for the Volt incident even if it cost his parents lives. Kuchinawa on the other hand is more driven by emotion, secretly resented Sheena for the Volt incident [[spoiler: causing him to attempt to kill Sheena, an act of treason in Mizuho]].
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