History Characters / TalesOfZestiria

* {{Expy}}: A Shepherd person who goes on a journey of discovery to grant salvation to the people. The Tales version of JesusChrist, everyone.

* [[spoiler: MySecretPregnancy]]: [[spoiler: From Muse's reaction when she finds out that she was even pregnant her pregnancy with Sorey is indicated to be this. Reasons why are mentioned above in GoodBadGirl.]]

** He's also got some similarities to the various incarnations of [[VideoGame/TheLegendofZelda Link]]. He grew up as the only human in a village of spirits (Ocarina of Time), he's the successor to a line of heroes, it's been a while since the last hero showed up (Wind Waker), and he has a mystical sword with a spirit tied to it (Skyward Sword). The pattern grew even stronger from the opposite direction when Link picked up Sorey's BigSleep in Breath Of The Wild.

* PlatonicLifePartners: with Sorey, as mentioned by the two of them in a skit [[spoiler: (though the life part less so, due to Sorey's BigSleep)]]

* BadassNormal: Since she can't see Spirits at all, Alisha is the only completely normal party member in the game. Even after being able to see Spirits she can't fuse with them like Sorey or Rose, yet still holds her own in battle. [[spoiler:It's brutally {{Deconstructed}} however, once it's revealed the [[PowerAtAPrice price for Sorey making her his squire is him slowly going blind]]. As a result, she chooses to leave the party to protect Sorey.]]

* AdaptationExpansion: The anime expands on her backstory and reveals how she got involved with The Scattered Bones since her childhood.

* DemotedToExtra: Despite being the {{Deuteragonist}} in the game in the anime he is pushed to the sidelines in favor of other characters like [[SpotlightStealingSquad Alisha and Rose.]] Even Alisha's loyal knights have more screen time and a prominent role than he does in the anime. He even ends up being pushed to the side in [[spoiler: [[UpToEleven his own backstory]] where no one would know that he was originally human and Michael, the previous Shepherd and his uncle sacrificed him to curse Heldalf if they didn't play the game first.]]

* AdaptationalWimp:[[spoiler: A bit. The anime also makes her struggle more with armitization than she does in the game. She is unable to do it at first, and struggles to maintain it even when she does succeed.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: In the anime, [[spoiler:her dragon-transformed brother has hope in going back to normal in time thanks to Sorey being able to slowly purify the world from Malevolence. To add to this, he can coherently understand and talk in dragon form]].

* AdaptationalJerkass: In the anime he straight up tells Rose that her [[spoiler: second occupation as an assassin]] is wrong and that all she's done was all for nothing, where in the game he just says he doesn't like the fact that Rose kills people but never faults her for it. The anime also has Sorey treating the Seraphim more like tools than he does actual people due to [[DemotedToExtra how little he interacts with them.]]

* AdaptedOut: [[spoiler: She is never revealed to be Sorey's mother in the anime as she isn't in the anime]]

[[folder:Shepherd Michael]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatoshiHino (JP, anime), Creator/JoshGrelle (EN, Anime)

The previous Shepherd. He later settled down in Camlann with his sister in order to start a new life.

[[folder: Selene]]

A woman who lived in Camlann alongside Muse and Michael [[spoiler: and is the mother of Sorey.]]

* GoodBadGirl: [[spoiler: No one knew she was pregnant until Sorey was born prematurely, meaning she wasn't wed and yet had a lover. The manga suggests this was ''Heldalf'' and considering he wasn't popular in Camlann there's a reason why she hid the affair and pregnancy.]]
* NiceGirl: Implied to have been a kind woman [[spoiler: in the manga.]]
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler: All she did was have an affair (implied to be with Heldalf in the manga) and get pregnant early enough that when her baby was forced to be born early he had a chance to survive. Said baby is TheHero and he went on to end the Age of Chaos.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Seraph Maotelus]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' [[spoiler:Creator/AzumiAsakura (JP, anime)]]

The most powerful legendary Seraphim, who protects Glenwood. He appears to have been acquainted with Lailah, Edna and Zaveid.
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[[folder:Seraph Maotelus]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' [[spoiler:Creator/AzumiAsakura (JP, anime)]]

The most powerful legendary Seraphim, who protects Glenwood. He appears to have been acquainted with Lailah, Edna and Zaveid.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Heavily implied to have been this in his backstory; [[spoiler: though he butt heads with Shepherd Michael, he was only truly doing his job and made choices that are logical and meant for the good for his soldiers. Unfortunately...]]

* TragicKeepsake: The circlet he wears is from his mother.

* HeroicBastard: The manga heavily implies that [[spoiler:Heldalf is his father, and that Sorey is an illegitimate child.]]

* AmbiguouslyGay: His relationship with Mikleo hits a lot of the same notes as previous [[ChastityCouple chastity couples]] in the Tales series, with the Tales staff even referring to Mikleo as "his one and only". He is also canonically not attracted to any of his female comrades and is confused at the idea of finding naked women attractive. His description of Mikleo's sappearance in the novel is also downright romantic:

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* AmbiguouslyGay: His relationship with Mikleo hits a lot of the same notes as previous [[ChastityCouple chastity couples]] in the Tales series, with the Tales staff even referring to Mikleo as "his one and only". He is also canonically not attracted to any of his female comrades and is confused at the idea of finding naked women attractive. His description of Mikleo's appearance in the novel is also downright romantic:

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* AmbiguouslyGay: His relationship with Mikleo hits a lot of the same notes as previous [[ChastityCouple chastity couples]] in the Tales series, with the Tales staff even referring to Mikleo as "his one and only". He is also canonically not attracted to any of his female comrades and is confused at the idea of finding naked women attractive. His description of Mikleo's appearance sappearance in the novel is also downright romantic:

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* AmbiguouslyGay: His relationship with Mikleo hits a lot of the same notes as previous [[ChastityCouple chastity couples]] in the Tales series, with the Tales staff even referring to Mikleo as "his one and only". He is also canonically not attracted to any of his female comrades and is confused at the idea of finding naked women attractive. His description of Mikleo's appearance in the novel is also downright romantic:

* AdaptationalJerkass: In the anime [[spoiler:it is revealed that Dragons are indeed capable of turning back into seraphim, and that the only reason why no one figured out that it was possible was because no one ever tried it before. Sorey's power of purification comes from Maotelus who is the original wielder of it, which means that he has the same capabilities as Sorey if not better, but what that unfortunately means is that Maotelus never tried to save Eizen who is one of his good friends. Doubly worse since unlike the game Maotelus didn't become a hellion.]]

* HeroWithBadPublicity: Zigzagged. At the start of the story, ''very'' few people believe he's actually the Shepherd and is rather just a pretending upstart. [[spoiler:This actually brings him into conflict with the Shattered Bones for a time, as they believe he's "pretending" in order to purposefully drum up panic, since the Shepherd is said to only appear whenever a great disaster is about to happen.]]

* DemotedToExtra: Despite being the {{Deuteragonist}} in the game in the anime he is pushed to the sidelines in favor of other characters like [[SpotlightStealingSquad Alisha and Rose.]] Even Alisha's loyal knights have more screen time and a prominent role than he does in the anime.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: In most of his skits, he's shown to be an expert on animals and how to care for them. And gets distressed by them threatening them; like when Rose and Sorey want to catch and eat the glenwood rabbits they find.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: In most of his skits, he's shown to be an expert on animals and how to care for them.