A twenty-year-old cook and Jack Of All Trades who lives in Elenpios. His bloodline allows him to shift into the parallel worlds, where he takes a monstrous form using an ability called "Corpse Shell". His special ability is Weapon Shift and allows him to freely switch between three different weapons in combat, each with their own moveset. His Support Skill, Mirroring, lets him copy the Support Skill of his Link Partner.
Eleventh Hour Superpower: Ludger unlocks Lv.4 Corpse Shell in the last battle of the Semi-Good/Good route, along with a new Mystic Arte to finish off the Final Boss with.
Kick the Dog: Ludger has several opportunities, thanks to the multiple choice system. For example, immediately dropping Milla into the summoning portal, or yelling at Nova after an inappropriately-timed complement.
Kill 'em All: If Ludger chooses to save his brother over the world, he has to go through the rest of the party to do it.
Klingon Promotion: Becomes the CEO of Clanspia Company in one of the endings.
Reincarnation: Origin and Victor confirm that humans reincarnate after passing away. Then it's hinted by Origin in the good ending, that Ludger will probably reincarnate in the main world after dying.
"My daddy told me that a true promise is made while looking someone in the eye."
An eight-year-old girl who seeks a way to "Canaan", a mythical land that grants wishes, in order to save her father. She does not participate in battle.
Heroic Sacrifice: If Ludger asks Origin to save Elle at the cost of the world, then Elle will step in and ask that the world be saved instead, even knowing that it will cause her own death.
Kid Hero: The youngest main character the series has seen yet.
MacGuffin Girl: She's the "Key of Kresnik", which means she has a direct connection to Khronos' power. As Khronos is the source of the parallel worlds and Corpse Shell, Elle has the power to traverse the alternate worlds, create her own parallel worlds (which she does when frightened), open the path to Origin, and grant Corpse Shell powers.
Orphan's Plot Trinket: The pocketwatch given to her by her father, which acts as a key to the parallel worlds. Except Elle herself is the master key, and she simply empowers the watches.
An alternate version of Milla Maxwell from a timeline where her mission was accomplished when she was only six years old. Thus, she was no longer required to have the power of the four Greater Spirits, and grew up without the responsibilities of "Maxwell". Because of her unique upbringing, this version of Milla has an obstinate and prideful personality that pushes people away, resulting in her having no real friends.
Cooking Duel: Whereas the other Character Episodes focus on serious Character Development for the existing cast, Milla's Character Episodes are about her getting jealous over Elle liking her father's soup more than Milla's, and going on a quest to create the ultimate soup.
Cloning Blues: Milla suffers from a version of this when she discovers that if someone from a parallel world (e.g. her) ever meets their "real world" self, then the copy will fade away.
Heroic Sacrifice: If you refuse to let go of her hand when she is being sucked into the summoning portal, and her Relationship Values with Ludger are high enough, then she requests for Ludger to let go so that he can be free to save Elle from Redau.
Jerkass: Without the Greater Spirits to guide her, this version of Milla simply turns out to be quite abrasive.
Magic Knight: A odd take on the class since the original Milla was one herself. This Milla combines the use of magic artes with melee to perform combos better then the original Milla did. However, she does not have the original's powerful summon attacks.
No Social Skills: Though unlike the inexperience of her original self, this Milla just has an unpleasant personality.
Sororal Abuse: Milla is incredibly submissive towards her world's Musee, who has become crazed and abusive towards her younger sister after losing her sight. In this world, both Milla and Musee were abandoned by Maxwell in Liese Maxia after Ark Noah was defeated. Just like in Tales Of Xillia, Musee's Undying Loyalty to Maxwell in the face of this betrayal drives her into insanity, only now she has Milla to take out her frustrations upon for fourteen years.
Ship Tease: Gets one with Ludger, though unlike the others its made much more obvious. It makes her Heroic Sacrifice much more sad when you think about it...
Improbable Age: Comes alongside being a Teen Genius, being only sixteen and a professional medical practitioner.
Older and Wiser: If anything, he seems to be a lot less naive than he was before.
Olympus Mons: If you complete all of the Character Episodes, then you unlock an Extra Episode where Jude manages to turn Maxwell into an Origin Spirit, gaining control over one of the three most powerful Spirits in all of creation.
A mercenary who is trying to turn legit after a lifetime of shady activity. He works as one of the founders of a small startup company in Elenpios, alongside his old ally Jurgen.
The Atoner: For being a total jackass in the first game.
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: He is trying very hard to cure himself of this. According to the preview from his Character Episode, he is not doing as well as he would like.
Kick the Dog: Given how he failed to save Presa back in Xillia 1 and an alternate him was the one that killed Presa here, it almost feels like the game is trying to make him miserable.
Easily Forgiven: Subverted. It's because forgiveness didn't come easily to him that he's spent his time since the first game trying to earn it.
GoodCostume Switch: He went from fiery reds and browns in the first game, which gave him a much more "dangerous" look, to a much calmer and reserved blue and purple color scheme in the second.
The Mourning After: His fourth Character Episode indicates that, a whole year later, he still can't forget about his feelings for Presa.
Never The Selves Shall Meet: Subverted, as he actually can meet one of his alternate selves in a Character Episode. It doesn't end well.
Redemption Earns Life: Starts to dedicate his life to something other than backstabbing people.
Retcon: That thing in the Xillia epilogue where she chooses to stop training to be a nurse and sticks with her family? Yeah, that doesn't happen anymore. Nobody's complaining, though.
Retcon: In Xillia's ending, she chooses to put Tipo away because she doesn't need him any more and can make real friends. However, at the start of Xillia 2, Tipo reawakens for an unknown reason.
A former military strategist known as the "Conductor". He now acts as the Prime Minister of Liese Maxia, working alongside Gaius to promote peace with Elenpios.
"If you continue to fight alone, the loneliness will swallow you some day."
The king of Liese Maxia. He is currently travelling around the world incognito under his birth name, "Arst Outway", seeking the opinions of the common citizen. His special ability Revenger lets him guard and counterattack with a powerful strike. His Support Skill Spread Force bolsters the attacks of his Link Partner, reducing TP consumption, adding knockback and ensuring they hit an enemy weak point.
The Atoner: He seems to be trying to make up for his past attempt to destroy Elenpios by living amongst its people.
Lightning Bruiser: Gaius is surprisingly fast and hits very hard, harder then Alvin in fact making him the groups best damage dealer. However, for Competitive Balance, his artes take a lot of TP thus making him Awesome, but Impractical. However, his support skill somewhat negates the TP cost enough to deal out good damage.
Paper-Thin Disguise: Beyond using a different name, he's really not doing much to hide the fact that he's Gaius.
Perpetual Frowner: While he does smile on rare occasions, don't expect to see it for more then a second or two.
Royals Who Actually Do Something / Rebellious King: A very weird mix of both tropes. On the one hand, it's clear that he's trying to make up for his attempt to annihilate Elenpios by trying to understand its people so that he can bring the two worlds closer together. How an entire world is going to manage without its king is somewhat addressed with all correspondence going through Rowen and his ridiculous mobile phone skills.
Take Over the World: A heroic variation. He's already the ruler of Liese Maxia. Now he's trying to understand what he should be doing now that he's achieved world domination.
A Greater Spirit who possesses the power to cut through dimensions, and also Milla Maxwell's older (non-identical twin) sister. She has travelled from the Spirit World to the Human World to search for Milla Maxwell, who has vanished from the Spirit World. Her special ability Rieve Assault lets her teleport around the battlefield if she is knocked into the air, while her Support Skill Tractor Move can be used to teleport her Link Partner out of harm's way.
Beneath the Mask: Episode 1 of her Character Quest has Ludger help the construction of a bracelet that is supposed to allow someone to "hear the voice of the Spirits". What it actually does is tune Ludger into Musee's Inner Monologue, and it turns out she has a lot of crazy bubbling under her tranquil exterior.
Blithe Spirit: Matches this in terms of her childlike and whimsical personality.
Confusion Fu/ Magic Knight: Manages to double as both tropes for fighting. She has physical and magic skills but the point of her attacks is to confuse her enemies and do some quick combos before throwing them. Interesting enough, she seems to focus on aerial skills like Milla did in the first game.
Humanoid Abomination: A more benign version. No matter how human she appears, she's still a spirit; a being of incredible power.
I Just Want to Have Friends: Her Character Episodes focus on Musee's desperate need to be accepted by the rest of the party as a friend and companion. It eventually culminates with her setting up a monster attack with the intention of "saving" the group, only for it to go horribly wrong.
"Ludger... for the sake of the world, I want you to lend me your power."
CEO of Clanspia Company, a Mega Corp that deals with everything from military weapons to household appliances. He tasks Ludger with travelling into the alternate worlds and destroying the "Time Factors" that threaten Elenpios.
The Atoner: Clanspia was responsible for the Elenpios army that attacked Liese Maxia in Tales Of Xillia. According to Bisley, he wants to make sure Clanspia makes its amends.
Defiant to the End: He more or less punches Origin's clock, choosing to commit suicide so that Ludger and Elle have a chance to save humanity.
Evil Versus Evil: A man who wants to make all the spirits into tools for humans versus a Prime Spirit trying to prove that Humans Are Bastards and make humans into "mindless mana producing objects" (basically food). Good job the party is there to Take a Third Option.
Luke, I Am Your Father: The Perfect Guide confirms that Bisley is Ludger and Julius' father, and that the Bakur are an offshoot of the Kresnik clan. Their relationship is hinted at in the game but never made explicit, and never becomes relevant either.
No Sell: Dodges and blocks all of Ludger's attacks, including a gunshot.
One-Hit Kill: His Mystic Arte. Though it doesn't have an "instant kill" effect, it does so much damage that it's practically a TKO anyway. And at one point during your fight with him, it literally knocks you out of the battle!
Well-Intentioned Extremist: He asks Ludger to destroy the parallel worlds to save his own world. Tying into the game's theme, Bisley is a character willing to sacrifice anything to save the world.
White-Haired Pretty Boy: Subverted. He's far from a bishounen and, much like Alexei, his hair colour appears to be from his age.
Would Hurt a Child: He freely manipulates and exploits Elle for her abilities as the Key of Kresnik, then tries to kill her without hesitation when it looks like she might try to help Ludger.
Ludger's older half-brother, who lives with him in the city of Trigraph and works as an agent of Clanspia Company. Like Ludger, he can use the "Corpse Shell" ability to transform into a monstrous warrior.
Go Out with a Smile: Their Mystic Artes clash at the climax of their final fight, and Julius- realising that Ludger has surpassed him and will win- accepts his defeat with a smile.
I'm Having Soul Pains: He occasionally suffers from a vague (but crippling) pain in his left arm. This is because he has a Time Factor in him that is slowly trying to consume him.
Mirror Boss: Somewhat. He fights using the same twin-blade style as Ludger (he did train him, after all) and has Corpse Shell (though he doesn't use it except in the final moments).
Ludger's childhood friend, now an accountant working for Clanspia Company. Her current job is to process the payments Ludger makes to cover his debt.
Dogged Nice Girl: To a painful extent. This is the cause of her always-on Genki Girl attitude while talking to Ludger. Unfortunately for her, she gets Locked Out of the Loop and often ends up spouting a oblivious happy-go-lucky remark at exactly the wrong time, losing her points with Ludger.
"Let us uphold the rules of the company, Mr. Ludger."
An elite medical agent of Clanspia Company who dresses in red and black. He became famous for the development of a new wonder drug, though there are rumours that he is involved in the trade of illegal medical technology, fuelled by his obsession with acquiring wealth and fame.
Unwitting Pawn: To Bisley, who uses Redau's Corpse Shell Jintech to cultivate a Soul Bridge within him, then kills him to harvest it and travel to Canaan.
A returning character from Tales Of Xillia. After losing to Jude during the events of Tales Of Xillia, Ivar wandered aimlessly around Elenpios until he was found by Bisley and offered a job as an agent for Clanspia Company.
"I will show you that there are things in this world that cannot be destroyed."
One of the three Prime Spirits, the first three Spirits to ever have existed (along with Maxwell and Origin). He is the guardian of the Land of Canaan in the Human World, and involved with both the emergence of the parallel worlds and the powers of the Kresnik bloodline.
Big Bad: Considering that he helps to set up the trial against humanity and is more than willing to tilt the scales against them, he's most definitely one of them.
Evil Versus Evil: What the conflict between him and Bisley practically comes off as.
Hopeless Boss Fight: During your first battle against him, he constantly rewinds time to heal himself. Your only solution is to keep fighting until Cutscene Power to the Max takes over.
Humans Are The Real Monsters: His main belief, which is why he helps Origin set up the trial and why he takes an antagonistic role despite the fact that he is supposed to be a neutral arbiter.
Killer Game Master: Despite the fact that he's supposed to be a neutral arbiter, Khronos really hates humanity and has no problem with stacking the deck to ensure they fail Origin's trial.
Manipulative Bastard: He's not above manipulating people to get the results he expects. In the backstory, he manipulated Maxwell and Milla Kresnik to drive a wedge between them, all for the sake of ensuring humanity's failure in the trial.
Reset Button: One of his abilities, which turns back time and heals himself. From the second battle onwards, you can interrupt this ability by activating Corpse Shell.
Time Master: Can use "Time-Elemental" magic and artes.
Elle's father, who sent her to find the Land of Canaan. He is an older version of Ludger from an alternate world, and holds the final Guidepost of Canaan within himself.
Kill 'em All: In his timeline, he killed every member of the original party (including Milla) under Bisley's orders, in order to protect Elle from him. He also claims to have killed both his father and brother to enhance his Corpse Shell power.
