ToS Story Guide v0.5

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: Why is the game called Tales of Symphonia?
A: "Tales of _____ia" is a series tradition. For those of you who don't know how to use a dictionary, a symphony is something characterized by a harmonious combination of elements (especially music, which has different parts but comes together at the end). The game's makers were making a metaphor comparing the two worlds with a symphony. Symphonia is Latin for symphony too.

Q: Who are the Four Seraphim?
A: Mithos, Kratos, Yuan, and Martel.

Q: What did Lloyd name the Tree?
A: Yggdrasill. It's supposed to be an allusion to Tales of Phantasia (same tree), but if you haven't played ToP, you can make up for it by considering it to be an allusion to Norse mythology. The full name in ToP is Sekaijuu Yggdrasill, Sekaijuu meaning "World Tree." (As Kharlan, it was Taijuu, "Giant Tree." It never gets called Sekaijuu Kharlan or Taiju Yggdrasill for some reason.)

Q: How did Lloyd get wings?
A: He had a Cruxis Crystal. If you're confused, try adding up these points up:
    *A Cruxis Crystal is just a higher evolution of an exsphere.
    *Lloyd has an exsphere.
    *That exsphere was intended to be a Cruxis Crystal.
    *Lloyd's exsphere continues to evolve throughout the game.
    *Cruxis Crystals give a person wings.

Q: How old are the characters?
A: Lloyd  : 17
   Colette: 16
   Genis  : 12
   Raine  : 23
   Kratos : 28 bodily (roughly 4028 actually)
   Sheena : 19
   Zelos  : 22
   Presea : 12 bodily (28 actually)
   Regal  : 35
   Mithos : 14 bodily (roughly 4014 actually)

Q: How do the characters use magic?
A: Lloyd, Regal, Presea, Sheena, and Colette do not actually use magic. Regal heals with ki/chi/qi. Colette uses angel skills, which are not magic either. Sheena uses summoning and something called ofuda, which is charms written on slips of paper or carved into small pieces of wood. Kratos and Zelos injested aionis to use magic, and their Cruxis Crystals allow Angel skills. Raine and Genis can use magic because they are half-elves.

Q: What does the reunited world look like?
A: This game's world maps were based on Tales of Phantasia's. See the map comparisons here: http://talesof.cyllya.com/ps-plot/main01.html

Q: What detirmines the color of exspheres and Cruxis Crystals?
A: It seems to be random.

Q: What's that evil laugh as Lloyd and Genis are leaving Martel Temple?
A: That's Raine in ruin mode.

Q: Is there be a sequel? Will there be one?
A: Tales of Phantasia (and its sequels Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon and Tales of the World: Summoner's Lineage) is set after ToS. There are also novels and audio dramas based on the game, and some of these are technically sequels. There are also other games in the series which are indirect sequels (meaning they're not plot related).

Q: Is Tales of Symphonia a prequel to Tales of Phantasia?
A: Some people try to argue this, but the creators confirmed multiple times that this is true. Unfortunately, they haven't said anything on the story points on which ToP and ToS seem to contridict each other.
   Even if you don't want to think of ToS as a prequel, you have to acknowledge that ToS was largely based on ToP, with all of ToP's world and story rules used in ToS. This means that there are a few points for which ToP is needed to clarify ToS's story.
   Basically, the main point of Tales of Symphonia's entire plot was to explain the name of the tree.

For more info about ToP's relation to ToS: http://talesof.cyllya.com/ps-plot/main01.html

ENDING DIALOGUE

Martel: I am Martel and also the incarnation of the Great Seed itself. Lloyd, your hope, as well as those of many others, ressurected me.
Lloyd: So you're Mithos's sister?
Martel: No, Mithos's sister Martel is only one of the many souls within me. I am mana and I am the Giant Tree. I am the symbol of the many lives sacrificed to the Great Seed. I am a new spirit, born to accompany the Giant Tree. And now the Seed has awakened anew, along with me.
[tree grows up]
Lloyd: This is the Giant Kharlan Tree?
Colette: It's... so beautiful! And so grand!
Martel: This is the future form of the Giant Tree, but right now, it is only a small seedling. In its current state, the Tree will whither and die.
Lloyd: Well, then how do we protect it?
Martel: You must provide the Tree with love and adoration. As long as those conditions are met, I shall always protect the seedling.
Lloyd: I promise, if the Tree ever starts to whither, I'll make sure... we won't let it die!
Martel: Then, Lloyd, on behalf of all living things, I want you to give this tree a new name as a proof of the pact.
Lloyd: What?
Martel: The Giant Kharlan Tree was planted here by the elves when they first came as a guardian to watch over and protect them. This newly reborn tree protects elves, humans, and the lives of all those who are caught in between. Therefore, this tree requires a new name.
Colette: Lloyd, pick a name for us, a name for everyone's tree.
Lloyd: So this tree is the link that connects the world.... Okay! I got it! This tree's name is...!

ABYSSION
The last surviving member of a family of demon hunters. His ancestor killed Nebilim, which cursed his family. It is somewhat open to interpretation as to whether he was In battle, Abyssion can inexplicably use magic and angel skills. Since it never explicably states that he's a human, he may be able to use magic because he's a half-elf, or it may be that Nebilim can use magic from being some demonic entity. As for the angel skills, he does have a suspicious-looking stone stuck in his chest. Alternately, both skills may come from the weapons absorbing Genis and Colette's powers while being carried around by the party, or they may come from the story writers getting lazy because it's a sidequest boss.

[SQ Abyssion]

ADAMANTITE
Scrap diamond that is transformed into a special state by strengthening its atomic structure. It's a product of magitechnology which is widely used by dwarves for sharpening tools. The Imperial Research Academy has a machine said to have been used to refine adamantite during the Ancient War. Kratos repaired the machine in order to have Amamantite to use in the creation of the Eternal Ring.

[SQ Kratos's Mission]

AEROS
A flying creature. Second evolution of a Protozoan.

[SQ Noishe]

AGE OF HALF-ELVES
More or less the same as the Age of Lifeless Beings, but it's what the Desians call it, and they seem to have a different idea of what it is. They figure Mithos will take care of them and leave everyone else to die (see note below).

(In the Japanese version, this was called Sennen Oukoku, "Millennial Reign," which is mentioned in Christianity [Revelations 20] as the era in which Jesus and his followers will rule the world in peace; Satan will be bound and all the sinners will be dumped into a lake of fire.)

AGE OF LIFELESS BEINGS
The "grand age" Mithos strives for. His plan to make everyone in the world into Lifeless Beings (i.e. angels). In his eyes, being a lifeless being negates a person's race, so the idea behind the Age of Lifeless Beings is that, if everyone in the world were the same race, there would not be discrimination. Making everyone into Lifeless Beings would require many, many exspheres, which is why the Desians operate human ranches. Desians and Cruxis both exist for this purpose.

Don't forget that the state of emotionlessness is not part of the definition of being a lifeless being. The game says absolutely nothing to suggest that Mithos intended for everyone to be like that during his grand age.

{SYN "The Sword and Angel"}

AIONIS
Supposedly a material that Mithos the Hero received from the Goddess Martel, used to make equipment for the gods. If it's ingested, it can give a human the power to use magic. A ring that would allow a human to use the Eternal Sword requires Aionis. Knowing this, Kratos spends some time questing across Tethe'alla for it, but it turns out that it can only be mined on Derris-Kharlan. He conspires with Zelos for a way to retrieve some.

[SQ Kratos's Mission]

ALICIA COMBATIR
Regal's employee and girlfriend(?), Presea's younger sister. After Presea became emotionless due to her exsphere, Alicia moved to Altamira to continue her life. Eight years ago, she was captured by Vharley used in the Angelus Project because she was biologically related to Presea, one of the only successful expiraments. She was unsuccessful and was turned into a monster. Regal was forced to kill her.

Her age is unknown, other than that she was younger than 20 when she died and would be younger than 28 if she was alive during the game.

ALTESSA
Once a member of Cruxis, he was an artisan who manufactured Cruxis Crystals and Exspheres for use as weapons. He fled and took refuge in Ozette after seeing the suffering caused by his work. However, he was found by Rodyle and was ordered to work on experiments. If he had not assisted in the experiment on Presea (by making her special Key Crest), he would have been killed. Back when he worked for Cruxis, he created Tabatha as a vessel for Martel, but she didn't work for that purpose.

He feels very guilty about hurting Presea, especially since she doesn't want to forgive him. He eventually jumps in front of her to defend her from Mithos's attack. He's badly injured for the rest of the game.

{SYN "Unforgiveable Crime", FIG 41, FIG 42}

ANCIENT WAR
The Great Kharlan War. It was a huge war between the two countries called Sylvarant and Tethe'alla. One book says it started 5000 years ago and went on for 1000 years, but that could be distortion of history (see: Mithos Yggdrasill). Either way, it ended roughly 4000 years ago, when Mithos made the rulers of the countries sign a treaty at the Holy Ground of Kharlan, and he then split the two countries into two interlocked planets using the power of the Eternal Sword. During the war, the two sides used weapons of magitechology, and all that consumption of mana caused the Giant Kharlan Tree to wither away. Martel(2) was killed trying to protect the Great Seed.

Because both worlds claim to possess the objects used during the signing of the treaty and because it seems odd that Mithos would still split the world after the war was ended, it seems quite likely that the treaty-related materials were faked by Cruxis.

The story does not state Sylvarant and Tethe'alla's reasons for fighting. A lot of people come to the conclusion that they were fighting for race-based reasons, but I don't think so, seeing as neither world seems to represent a particular race more than the other.



{SYN "The Kharlan War"}

ANGEL LANGUAGE
The foundation of the modern language. Colette, Kratos, and members of the church are fluent in it, Raine knows some, Genis wants to learn.

(What's up with this language? Did Cruxis make it up? It's not elvish, but it apparently looks similar enough to mistake it at first glance.)

ANGEL TOXICOSIS***
Raine's name for Chronic Angelus Crystallus Inofficium?
ANGELUS EXSPHERE
Lloyd's exsphere, cultivated in Anna's body as part of the Angelus Project. Kvar had intended to give this special exsphere to Yggdrasill as a gift, but when Anna escaped, she took it with her. Normally, Exspheres are supposed to stop evolving once they leave the host body, but apparently due to the years of research Kvar put into it, Lloyd's exsphere continues to evolve. By the end of the game, it has become as strong as, or stronger than, any Cruxis Crystal (and basically IS a Cruxis Crystal). This is how Lloyd was able to grow wings at the end (though Mithos's Cruxis Crystal may have helped trigger the wings).

{SYN "Feeding on Life"}

ANGELUS PROJECT***
The project for the creation of Cruxis Crystals. Making a Cruxis Crystal is the same as making an exsphere, but a Key Crest made out of a special ore which has the opposite effect of Inhibitor Ore is (sometimes?) used because it will slow down the parasitic process of the exsphere long enough for it to evolve into a Cruxis Crystal. Presea, Alicia, and Anna were all experiments in the project, though it's possible that all human ranch prisoners could be considered. Failing experiments turn into an exbelua.

{SYN "Feeding on Life"}

ANNA
Lloyd's mother. She was born in Luin, but she became an experiment of Kvar's Angelus Project. She eventually met Kratos and escaped from the Desians. (It's unclear which happened first. Like Presea, she may have been allowed to roam free most of the time.) She and Kratos were pursued by Cruxis. They traveled from place to place with Noishe, as well as with Lloyd once he was born, but Kvar finally caught them. Anna's exsphere was removed, and because she lacked a Key Crest, she turned into a monster (exbelua). Unable to control herself as a monster, Anna tried to devour Lloyd. Noishe protected Lloyd, causing both himself and Anna to be injured. Anna regained control of herself temporarily and begged Kratos to kill her. When she was about to attack Lloyd, he did as she asked.

When Kvar attacked, Lloyd, Noishe, and the Exsphere fell off the cliff, but although she wasn't mentioned as falling, Anna must have fallen too for Dirk to have found her. She was still alive and was able to explain some of what happened to Dirk. Even though she's a monster, she should still have been able to speak like Marble and Alicia.

While she was alive, Anna gave Kratos inspiration for working against Mithos.

{SYN, "The Exsphere" SYN "Feeding on Life", SYN "Night in Flanoir" Kratos version}
AQUAN
An aquatic creacture. First evolution of a Protozoan.

{SQ Noishe}

ARSHIS
A land-going creacture. Third evolution of a Protozoan. This is what Noishe is.
(A translator was having a bad day. It's supposed to be Earthis.)

{SQ Noishe}


ASKA
The Spirit of Light, along with Luna. He travels freely, unlike the other spirits, because he does not act as a Mana Link. He can be called by the music made by Linkite Nuts.

{SYN "The Shining Bird", SYN "The Linkite Flute"}

BACURA
Naploosa Bacura, made by great Proffessor Bacura. Device made of concentrated mana in a central form. Normal attacks cannot harm it. (It's a cameo from Namco's Xevius.)

BLUE CANDLE
Its blue flame can illuminate any darkness and was needed to enter the Temple of Darkness safely. It was made by the Elemental Reseach Laboratory. The half-elves who work there refuse to give it to Lloyd's group because it was their fault that Kate was arrested. (It's a cameo from Namco's Druaga series.)

BOLTZMAN
A man who created the Boltzman healing technique. He passed away before completing the education process.

BOLTZMAN TECHNIQUE
The healing technique based on the belief that people have another energy within their bodies besides mana which can be used for healing. Master Boltzman passed away before he could teach the technique to others, so scholars are still trying to fill in the blanks. The technique requires a Mana Leaf herb and/or a unicorn's horn as a catalyst.

{SKIT 334}

BOOK OF REGENERATION
The record of Spiritua's journey. It has the location of every seal and is written in Angel language. It was given to the royal family of Palmacosta. During the game, the fake Chosen group took posession of it and sold it to Koton.

{SYN "The Book"}

BREAKER
Harley's invention, intended to be used to destroy the stone dias in Asgard to protect Aisha.

BUSHBABY
That furry thing you torch in Torent Forest.

{FIG 288, Series}

CELSIUS
The spirit of Ice. Does not like Efreet because the two of them are harmful to each other.

CELSIUS'S TEAR
A famous ice flower in Flanoir which has the power to freeze anything. It's so cold that it will burn to touch it.

CHRONIC ANGELUS CRYSTALLUS INOFFICIUM

Illness that causes the body to become a cruxis crystal. Rejection to Cruxis Crystal said to occur in one of everyone million people. (Suggesting there have been at least two million angels?) Epidermal crystallization begins within a few months, and then the rest of the body will cystalize, and the subject will die. With the Boltzman technique, a mana fragment and zircon are used to create a Rune Crest. Fibres from the Mana Leaf Herb protect against the crsyallization caused by the illness. Attach the Rune Crest to Key Crest. One of Mithos's companions (Martel(2)) suffered from this desease.

{SYN "The Archives", SYN "Hero's Tracks", SYN "Ray of Hope"}

CHOSEN ONE
A member of the Mana Lineage who is assigned a Cruxis Crystal at birth and equipped with it by the Oracle if he or she will be going on the Journey of World Regeneration. The only GARUNTEED duty of a Chosen is to get married to whomever the Oracle says and give birth to the next person who will be the Chosen. A Chosen will be picked to go on the Journey of World Regeneration if his or her world has been in decline for enough time. After that, a Chosen will be taken to Welgaia to become a potential vessel for Martel. (There can be male Chosens, but he presumeably wouldn't be tried as a vessel. He may not even be used for Regeneration.)

The last Chosen who did the journey was from Tethe'alla, and this was 800 years ago. In Tethe'alla the rank of Chosen is just below that of the royal family, and members of the Mana Lineage live around the world so that they won't all die if a natural disaster strikes. Fewer details are given about the rank of Chosen in Sylvarant, but it's assumed to be mostly similar.

One fan theory (not a terribly popular one) suggests that the beginning of the mana lineages may be Mithos's offspring.

CHOSEN'S ORB
Zelos's Cruxis Crystal

CHURCH OF MARTEL
Worships the (fake) Goddess Martel.

CLAY IDOL
Gnomelette (Japanese version)

CLEO III
King of Balacruf.

COLETTE BRUNEL
The current Chosen of Sylvarant.

Character: She's very kind and selfless, occassionally silly and clumsy. She prays for the safety of Sylvarant every night, believes firmly in the Goddess(1), and has an amazing talent that allows her to trip over nothing in just the right way at just the right time to miraculously save the day during dangerous situations. She is very self-conscious and hates being different. She is quick to take responsibility and puts others above herself. She is brave and is quick to do what she believes is right, but she is not very self-confident and can be slow to decide what the right action is. Her ditziness is such that it can lower the intelligence of those around her.

Family: Her Father is Frank, and her grandmother is Phaidra, a member of the church. Her mother is never mentioned, although she was probably a member of the Mana Lineage (as opposed to Frank). It's rumored that an angel, not Frank, is really her father, but this is false.

Background Story: Because she is a Chosen, the other children of her village avoided association with her. No one would be her friend, and she was afraid to be too friendly because she knew she was going to die young. She did not consider herself a human and assumed that that was why she had to live is such isolation. When Lloyd came to the village, he became her first friend, and therefore he's very important to her. She typically trusts all decisions to him. She doesn't like others to know when she's upset, so she will pretend to be cheerful even though she rarely is.

During the game: When she she receives the Cruxis Oracle from Remiel, she sets out on her Journey of World Regeneration. She starts to believe, at least partially, that Remiel is her father like the rumors suggest. She tricks Lloyd and Genis so that they won't come along and be in danger, but they finally join up with her. At the first Seal, she gains her wings and is concerned about being weird, but Lloyd comforts her. She also stops feeling the need to eat. At the second Seal, she no longer has the ability to sleep even when tired. At the third seal, she loses her sense of touch (ability to feel pain or temperature). At the fourth seal, she loses her voice. She wants her friends to have fun on this journey, so she tries to hide these problems from them and is very upset when Lloyd finds out. Over the course of the journey, she grows closer to her friends, has fun, and starts to feel fear of death, which she never felt before because she did not have a good reason to want to be alive.

She is very empathetic, which allows her to realize that Sheena is a nice person. She fought Sheena with kindness, the best weapon against a good person doing an evil act.

Her top priority is the immediate safety of the people of Sylvarant. She originally intends to befriend Sheena, but she says that she'd be willing to fight her new friend and make Tethe'alla suffer if Sheena tried to interfere with her mission to regenerate Sylvarant.

She was originally willing to die for the purpose of reviving Sylvarant and Martel but Lloyd convinced her to find another way. However, she continues to hide her problems, including the fact that her body is crystalizind due to the Chronic Angelus Crystallus Inofficium. When they find out, she feels ashamed for being different.

When the Giant Kharlan Tree damages Sylvarant and the Tower of Salvation disappears, the people of Sylvarant consider her World Regeneration Journey a failure, and they all blame her harshly. She carries the guilt until the end of the game when the world is finally saved.

Miscellaneus Facts: She likes fruit and hates green peppers. She likes animals and is more likely to find something cute than most other people.

{SYN "To the Final Seal", SYN "The Despised" Genis version, SYN "The Despised" Raine version, SYN "Back Home", SQ Aifried, Map Skit, etc}

CRUXIS
They are believed to be the organization of heaven, but they are actually an organization made up almost entirely of half-elves who continue the World Prolongation Project and who are trying to use the Chosen as a vessel to revive Martel. Desians are a lesser organizaton within Cruxis.

They are led by the Four Seraphim (specifically Yggdrasill).

CRUXIS CRYSTAL
An evolved form of an exsphere, which allows a person to become an angel or Lifeless Being.

I would've liked more details on CCs (and a lot of other stuff in ToS), but they didn't sound that vague to me. Exspheres in general are parasitic inorganic lifeforms whose parasitic infections cause the mana in the host body to become out of control, which can cause them to mutate into monsters. It can also cause them to become emotionally subdued. Key Crests (inhibitor ore with charm carved on it in angel language) are made to control the exsphere, but other kinds of Key Crests can make the problems worse if they're delaying the parasitic process for the purpose of forcing the exsphere to evolve into a CC.

The ritual of releasing the seals is for the purpose promoting the Chosen's fusion with the Cruxis Crystal. Exspheres in general evolve in response to the host body's fear, suffering, and combat instincts but normally don't evolve if the host is protected by a proper Key Crest. The stronger (more evolved) the Exsphere/CC is, the greater effect it has on strengthing the host body. Fresh Exspheres right out of the ground aren't useful.

Cruxis Crystals make a person inorganic (angel), so they lose a lot of their normal organic functions. (Eating, drinking, digesting, sleeping, and feeling pain and temperature were the examples explicitly given.)

About one in a million people suffer from the nasty side effect called CACI (I ain't writing that whole thing out) which basically causes the entire body to turn into a giant exsphere. Yet another kind of Key Crest fixes that.

DARK CHEF
An assassin of the Dark Chef Alliance, which struggles against the Wonder Chef Clan to gain the ultimate recipe. He is the Wonder Chef's destined rival.

{SQ Chef}

DAY OF PROPHESY
Day in which the Chosen of Mana will receive an oracle from the Goddess Martel (or rather, some Cruxis flunky like Remiel).

DEMON SEED
A dormant exsphere that's placed in a host body? This term is only used once, when a Desian is talking to Dorr about Clara. It's possible they made this term up just to talk to Dorr and other people who don't understand that much about Exspheres.

DERRIS EMBLEM
The Derris Emblem trap on Derris-Kharlan is powered by Mithos's inner darkness (feelings of being cowardly, neglected, and judged).

DERRIS-KHARLAN
The original homeland of the elves, currently Cruxis's base. It is a planet (also said to be a comet) made from a giant mass of mana. Since the Kharlan War, it was suspended in the sky above the planets due to the protective barriar projected by the Tower of Salvation.

Before the Kharlan War, it used to have a 100-year orbit and once during each 100 years, bring a blessing of mana to the Sylvarant/Tethe'alla planet.

DESIANS
A subordinate organization within Cruxis, composed of half-elves who believe in Yggdrasill's plan for the Age of Half-Elves. They are led by the Five Grand Cardinals and run the human ranches.
DEVIL'S ARMS
The nine cursed weapons owned by the swordsman who slew Nebilim.

{SQ Abyssion}
DWARF
A species of people skilled as crafters. Many dwarves work for Cruxis, but those dwarves who chose not to join Cruxis lost a variaty of skills in exchange for their freedom.

{SKIT 375, etc}
DWARVEN VOWS
The rules that dwarves live by. There are over a hundred of them but only nine are given in the game.
#1: Let's all work together for a peaceful world.
#2: Never abandon someone in need.
#4: Don't depend on others. Walk on your own two legs.
#7: Goodness and love always win.
#18: It's better to be deceived than to deceive.

EC
Abriviation for Elemental Cargo

EFREET
Spirit of Fire. He resides in a ruin of a city he destroyed. He likes Celsius more than she likes him.

ELECAR
Abriviation for Elemental Cargo (Japanese version)

ELEMENTAL CARGO
Commonly called EC, it is a compact transport vehicle controlled by exspheres. Its maximum load weight is more than 1400kg. Maximum speed is more than three times an upgraded Exsphere-equipped carriage. Primarily used by shipping companies for delivery service. It absorbs mana into the atmosphere and injects it into the air, producing a counter-reaction that propels it forward. It's supposed to be a land vehicle.

ELEMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
Laboratory in Meltokio where summoning is researched. Where Corrine was born and where Sheena learned to summon.

ETERNAL RING***
The ring that allows a human to use the Eternal Sword. (Specifically, it allowed Lloyd to convert the Eternal Sword into the Flamberge and Vorpal Sword.) Making it requires Aionis, as well as Sacred Wood to melt the Aionis and Adamantite to polish it.

ETERNAL SWORD***
Magic sword created from the power of Origin, given to Mithos when he formed a pact with Origin. It's power is capable of controling time and space. Yggdrasil was able to split the world in two by using its power. Without it Yggdrasil's power would diminish, and Welgaia would surely face its doom.

EXBELUA
The people who turn into monsters due to exspheres.
(Specifically, Marble.)

EXIRE
A village floating in the skies of Tethe'alla. Mithos formed a pact with with Maxwell to keep the city floating so that it could be a haven for oppressed half-elves. The people who currently live there consider that story a legend and don't know about Maxwell. It's apparently possible for villagers to go and leave, but it's not said how. (The Rheaird images on the the entrance points suggest that was their original way in and out of the village, but whether or not they still use Rheairds is questionable.) It's where Virginia lives.

{SQ Virginia, SQ Maxwell}

EXSPHERE
A lifeless being (meaning they are alive, but not the same way people/animals are). They are originally dormant, but placing them in a host body causes it to feed off the host body's life. When the host dies, the exsphere is useable. By attaching one directly onto the skin, a person can increase his or her natural abilities. Without a Key Crest, the exsphere poisons the body, and it's possible for the mana within the body to run out of control and turn the wearer into an exbelua monster. Exspheres are also used in machines.

{Synopsis "Promised Necklance"}

FANDALIA FLOWER
A flower that grows on the Fooji Mountains. It can be used to cure Ozette Cold.

{SQ Ozette Cold}

FENRILRA
The final evolution of a protozoan. It is a humanoid who hunts evil.

{SQ Noishe}

FIVE GRAND CARDINALS
Forcystus, Kvar, Magnius, Rodyle, and Pronyma. Pronyma is the leader, and the others operate human ranches. They are the highest-ranking Desians.

FORCYSTUS
One of the Five Grand Cardinals. He is considered a hero because he once killed a group of humans who were oppressing half-elves. He is incredibly loyal to Yggdrasill but is also incredibly racist against humans.

{SYN, skit}

FOUR SEREPHIM
Mithos, Kratos, Yuan, and Martel. They are the the angels who are the highest-ranking members of Cruxis.

GAORACCHIA FOREST
Odds of surviving alone are twenty-five percent.

GENIS SAGE
Character: He is a prodigy and is incredibly intellegent for his age. He originally intended to go to the academy in Palmacosta when he was older. He makes fun of Lloyd's ditziness, but he actually respects Lloyd a lot. He is very self-conscious (ashamed?) about being a half-elf, and he and his sister both pretend to be elves. He hates both elves and humans for rejecting him, but he tries not to act hateful against them.

Family: He was raised by his sister Raine and really respects her. He does not seem to feel the same connection with their parents (Kroitz and Virginia) as she does.

Background Story: Not long after he was born, he and Raine were sent to Sylvarant via the Otherworldly Gate. After he and his sister moved to Iselia, Genis befriended Lloyd, who is the biggest reason he does not mistreat humans on principle. He and Raine still have a fear of humans, and they often went to Lloyd's house to get a clear view for studying the positions of the stars so that they'd be able to navigate by them if they were ever chased out of Iselia.

During the game: He secretly befriends an elderly human woman named Marble who is a prisoner at the Iselia Human Ranch. He is very upset when she dies and keeps her exsphere. When he and Raine are revealed to be half-elves in Sybak, he is worried their friends will abandon them and is surprised that they still care about him. He is thrilled to have another half-elf friend when he meets Mithos. He discovers Mithos and Yggdrasill are the same person when Yggdrasill saves him from Pronyma and drops Mithos's flute. He tries to convince himself it's not true and avoids telling the others. He greatly sympathizes with Mithos and repeatedly has to use his memories of Marble and Presea to remember that he believes what Mithos is doing is wrong. By the end of the game, he still has an inner hatred for humans but is on his way to overcoming it. He and Raine go on a mission to make the world more willing to accept half-elves.

Miscellaneus Facts: He's very good at cooking, but carrots are his least favorite food.

GIANT KHARLAN TREE
"Legendary" tree said to have existed in the Holy Ground of Kharlan. When the elves came to this planet, they planted this tree to watch over and protect them. It's the Tree of Life which produces great amounts of mana. The Kharlan War exhausted its mana supply and caused the tree to wilt away. All that remained was the Great Seed in the Holy Ground of Kharlan.

GNOME
Spirit of Earth. Was defeated by Mithos in one-on-one combat.

{SYN "Gnome"}

GNOMELETTE
Small obnoxious creatures that live in the Temple of Earth. (They are not Gnomes! Gnome is a spirit.)

GODDESS
  1. Martel, mistaken as a goddess.
  2. A (presumeably real) goddess whom many of the characters, noteably Colette, believe in. Colette considers her to be the equivelent of a conscience. She is possibly the source of Colette's tripping ability.
(Note that this second definition was simply "god", gender unspecified, in the Japanese version. To avoid confusion between the two, consider a. who is speaking, b. whether it's before or after the big plot twist, and c. whether Martel's name is actually used or not.)

GRAND TETHE'ALLA BRIDGE

A marvel of Tethe'allan technology, this bridge connects the Fooji continent and the Altamira continent (Sybac area). It's made with 3000 Exspheres.

GREAT KHARLAN WAR
The Ancient War.

GREAT SEED
Legend says it's the soul of Mithos the hero, but it's actually the source of all mana and the seed of the Giant Tree. If the seed germinates, the Giant Tree will be restored. If Martel is revived, the Great Seed will be absorbed into her and disappear; if the Great Seed is revived, Martel will be absorbed into it and disappear. Yggdrasill prevents her soul from disappearing by protecting the seed with the seals of the Summon Spirits.

The Great Seed is in a state of flux between the worlds, in addition to holding the worlds together with Mana Links, the Summon Spirits also stabilize the Seed. After the Mana Links were broken, the Seed lost stability and went out of control in Sylvarant.

{SYN "Unforgiveable Crime", SYN "Hour of Salvation"}

HALF-ELF
A hybrid between elf and human. The majority of both elves and humans dislike them. They are especially disliked on Tethe'alla, where they are considered savage, filthy creatures. Tethe'alla's cast system automatically places them on the lowest level, and if they are accused of a crime, they are executed without exception. Those which are very intellegent are locked in labs and forced to do research.

HALF-ELF BOMB
A nickname for Raine, because she likes to blow up Human Ranches. It's abreviated as HE Bomb.

{SKIT 034}

HI-EXSPHERE
Cruxis Crystal

{SYN "Escape"}

HOLY GROUND OF KHARLAN

The place where the Tower of Salvation lies. Supposedly where the peace treaty was signed to end the ancient war. There's a place called this on both worlds.

{SYN "Tethe'alla"}

HORACE
A student at the Imperial Research Academy, Janet's brother, and a kid Presea used to baby-sit.

{SQ Janet/Horace}

HOUSE OF SALVATION
HOUSE OF GUIDENCE
HUMAN RANCH
IGAGURI
***The chief of Mizuho Village. When Sheena failed to make a pact with Volt, Volt's attack caused Igaguri to go into a coma.

IGAGURI STYLE
***The style of ninpo that ninjas like Kuchinawa use.

IMPERIAL RESEARCH ACADEMY
The academy in Sybak. It became a royal facility two kings ago. They do a variaty of research here, including research on exspheres, but only dwarves can make Key Crests. Zelos graduated from here.

{skit, NPC Sybak,

ISELIA***
-Nonaggression treaty with Desians (don't bother human ranch, don't attack; to protect Colette)

ISELIA HUMAN RANCH
The ranch nearest to Iselia where Marble and Chocolat were both sent.
Opperated by Forcystus.

JANET
A noble girl in Meltokio who studies music, Horace's sister, and a kid Presea used to baby-sit.

{SQ Janet/Horace}

JOURNEY OF WORLD REGENERATION
The mission of the Chosen to travel across his or her world to release the seals which will cause the mana flow from the Great Seed to be reversed and sent to this world.

KATE***
A half-elf who is a researcher at the Imperial Research Academy. She was born in Ozette to the Pope and an elven woman.

KATZ
A non-human life form which exists throughout both worlds. How they have access to travel between worlds is a mystery. Noah, a man from Meltokio, once studied them in an attempt to make them into pets.

{SQ Katz}

KATZ VILLAGE
The secret village where Katz live. Known to Katz on both worlds.

{SQ Katz}

KEY CREST
KILIA
  1. Young daughter of Governor-General Dorr who was killed and replaced by a Desian.
  2. The aformentioned Desian who disguised herself as the daughter. She is a half-elf, but doesn't look like one. She is one of Pronyma's subordinates and was assigned to observe the new human cultivation technique developed by Magnius.
{SYN "Dorr, The Leader"}

KLOITZ
Raine and Genis's father. He was a human from Meltokio who was in Heimdall on a mission from the king. He fell in love with an elf named Virginia, and Raine was born. Their family was exiled from Heimdall after conflicts began, and they traveled the world to avoid the half-elf pursecution. (It's unclear when the afformentioned events take place compared to Genis's birth.) After Genis and Raine were sent to Sylvarant, Kloitz and Virginia were found by the elder of Exire, but Kloitz died of an illness shortly after being taken to Exire.

{SQ Virginia}

KRATOS AURION***
He is one of the Four Serephim who ended the Ancient War.

Character: He's strong and pragmatic and isn't very expressive about his emotions. During the game, Kratos learns (via Lloyd) not to merely rely on someone else and go along with their ideals. Prior to this, he typically went along with Mithos or sometimes Anna.

Family: Background Story: He is implied to have been a knight 4000 years ago. Mithos was his friend and apprentice. While traveling with Mithos, he met an injured protozoan, Noishe, who became his friend.

Kratos believed in Mithos for a long time because Mithos was desperate to save the world and was always full of hope no matter how much he was oppressed. In order to protect his ownership of the Eternal Sword, Mithos made Kratos into Origin's seal, apparently due to how much he trusted Kratos. However, when Kratos learned of Mithos's plan to create an Age of Lifeless Beings, he turned against him and went to Sylvarant (with Noishe). After meeting Anna, an expirament in the Angelus Project, he realized his mistake in believing that accepting Mithos's plan would be the fastest route to reunite the worlds, so he began to search for a way for a human to use the Eternal Sword.

However, he and Anna were pursued by Cruxis. They traveled from place to place, along with Lloyd after he was born. Kvar finally caught them, and Anna was turned into a monster. Noishe prevented monster Anna from harming Lloyd and allowed her to regain control of herself long enough to beg Kratos to kill her. When she was about to harm Lloyd again, Kratos killed her. During the battle, Noishe, Lloyd, and Anna fell off the cliff. After disposing of Kvar and his men, Kratos descended the cliff, but all he found were Desian corpses that were half-eaten by monsters. He assumed that Anna, Lloyd, and Noishe were dead.

Devastated by the loss of his family, Kratos returned to Cruxis, even though he was opposed to what Mithos was doing, because everything felt meaningless to him. Mithos accepted him back, and the story doesn't mention Mithos's feelings through all this. Remember that he HAD to accept Kratos back whether he wanted to or not because killing him (or neglecting him, which could allow him to be killled) would destroy Origin's seal.

During the game: Once again working for Cruxis, Kratos went to Sylvarant to pose as a mercenary in order to protect Colette, the Chosen. He began to suspect that Lloyd was his son the instant he heard Lloyd's name, but he wasn't certain until he saw Anna's gravestone at Dirk's house. While traveling on the World Regeneration Journey with Colette and her friends, he comes to respect Lloyd's ability to acknowledge his own mistakes, because that takes more courage than he or Mithos had.

He and Lloyd finally get revenge on Kvar for Anna's death. It was probably by or before this point that Kratos had finally decided to go against Cruxis again, but he had definately decided by the time Yuan tries to kill him in Hima. (A note about that: He did not see Yuan clearly enough to be certain that it was Yuan trying to kill him. Since Yuan is supposed to be an ally at this point, it's only logical for him to assume it was not Yuan.) He pretends to betray the group when they reach the Tower of Salvation, possibly not expecting Mithos to arrive then.

Afterward, Kratos continues his quest to find a way for humans to use the Eternal Sword. Tethe'alla's Imperial Research Academy had an old machine that was used to refine Adamantite during the Ancient War; Kratos fixed the machine, creating a fuss in the academy and making several students believe he's an elite of the academy. He searches for Sacred Wood in Ozette (destroyed by Mithos) but eventually gets the last of it from where Presea delivered it in Meltokio. He searches all over for Aionis, even the elven village, but it's only available on Derris-Kharlan, so he asks Zelos to help retrive it.

Knowing Colette will need a Rune Crest for her Chronic Angelus Crystallus Inofficium, he secretly helps the group by giving them hints and begging the elf elder to help them out with a mana leaf herb, as well as by "capturing" them to take them to Welgaia where he tells an angel goon to give them a Mana Fragment.

Once all the materials for the Eternal Ring are prepared, he tries to get Lloyd to kill him to release the seal over Origin. When Lloyd refuses, he tries releasing the seal himself (which would normally kill him because of the mana he loses) and is upset that Yuan saves him by giving him mana. Lloyd has to convince him not to want to die. Kratos never states while he is so detirmined to die, but theories provided by the characters are that he is tired of living or that he wants to atone for his past.

At the end of the game he chooses to go to Derris-Kharlan with the half-elves of Cruxis (i.e. any angels and possibly some left over Desians).

Miscellaneus Facts: Somehow people get it in their heads that Kratos is a half-elf, but the game never says that. On the other hand it says several times that he is a human. Some examples include: Kratos doesn't like tomatoes.

KUCHINAWA
LEGEND OF WORLD REGENERATION***
"Once upon a time, there existed a giant tree that was the source of mana. A war, however, caused this tree to whither away, and a hero's life was sacrificed in order to take its place. Grieving over the loss, the goddess disappeared unto the heavens. The goddess left the angels with this edict: 'You must wake me, for if I should sleep, the world shall be destroyed.' The angels bore the Chosen One, who headed towards the tower that reached unto the heavens. And that marked the beginning of the regeneration of the world."

LEVIN
LEZARENO COMPANY
LIFELESS BEING
This term applies to a couple of different things. A less confusing translation would be "inorganic lifeform." Anything which has a consciousness like a person (or creature) but doesn't have an organic body is a Lifeless Being.
  1. What Mithos calls angels. One is able to obtain eternal life with a Cruxis Crystal. The Cruxis Crystal makes their body inorganic.
  2. A description of Exspheres, but this term is never used to refer to Exspheres.
LINKITE NUT
Seed of a Linkite tree which makes a sound when air blows through it. The sound is beautiful, and it calls Aska.

LINKITE TREE
A tree which went extint long ago. There is one tree remaining, but even it is dead. The characters revive it by making Gnome heal the ground around it, planting an Exsphere shard near it, and having Raine heal it with the Boltzmann technique.

LINKITE OCARINA
Musical intrument which Lloyd and Presea carved from a large Linkite Nut in order to call Aska.

LLOYD IRVING
-detailed craftwork 230 Favorite - Beef Least Favorite - Tomato
LUIN
LUNA***
Although Luna serves as the mana link for the Light Seal, it's important to note that, in Tales of Phantasia, she's called the Spirit of the Moons. ToP says Luna gets her power from the moonlight and will be weakened and helpless if she does not have access to the moonlight. With the way the worlds are split in ToS, only one moon (the smaller one!) can be seen from Sylvarant, which is leaving Luna short on power. Aska seems to be suplementing her strength.

MAGIC
Supernatural power with many uses, most noteably attacking. Only elves, part-elf hybrids, and some supernatural beings like demons and such can use magic. Colette's angel skills aren't magic; they're angel skills (tenshi jutsu). Regal's healing skills aren't magic; they're chi. Raine's healing skills aren't magic; they're healing arts (chiyujutsu). Summoning (shoukan jutsu) and ofuda (fujutsu) should not be confusde with magic either. Magic is majutsu.

MAGITECHNOLOGY
MAGNIUS***
"Forsaken Chosen"
MANA
An energy within creatures and planets. It's more important for life than water. Not the name of the spirit at the end.IIRC, humans aren't personally affected by mana. They need it to live because all the stuff they eat (or is eaten by the stuff they eat) is affected by mana.

MANA CANNON
MANA CLAN
Mana Lineage. (They are the same term in the Japanese version.)

MANA FRAGMENT
It's said in the scriptures of the Church of Martel that "The colossal mana of the great motherland, Derris-Kharlan, rained down upon the earth in fragments, giving birth to all living things." The characters travel to Derris-Kharlan to get one such fragment because it's needed to heal the Chronic Angelus Crystallus Inofficium.

MANA LEAF HERB
An herb which grows in the Latheon Gorge. The elven storyteller makes it into tapestries depicting major historical events. It's needed to heal the Chronic Angelus Crystallus Inofficium.

MANA LINEAGE
The family line of the Chosen Ones. Cruxis arranges their marriages.

MANA LINKS
Links between a Summon Spirit's seal and the seal of its opposite in the other world. The links form a cage around the Great Seed.

MANA SIGNITURE
It's unclear what this is, but Mithos says that Colette's mana signiture matches Martel's almost perfectly, as if that's important for Martel to use Colette as a vessel. A person's mana signiture is most likely caused by one of the following:
a) genetics (i.e. the reason Cruxis arranges the Chosen Ones' marriages)
b) the person's Cruxis Crystal or how s/he becomes an angel

MARTEL
  1. A non-existant goddess inspired by the stories of the Ancient War, worshipped by the followers of the Church of Martel.
  2. Martel Yggdrasil. Mithos's older sister, Yuan's fianceé, one of the four people who ended the Great Kharlan War (Four Seraphim). The rituals of the Chosen were based on her life. She was afflicted with the Chronic Angelus Crystallus Inofficium (Angel Toxicosis), which means she did have a Cruxis Crystal and was an angel. She was killed by an unnamed human traitor who wanted to be in control of mana. Another account says she sacrificed herself for the Great Seed, so the human probably killed her because she was trying to protect it. Her soul is now stored in the Great Seed, and she remains alive thanks to her Cruxis Crystal.*** Mithos plans to revive her and prevents her soul from disappearing by protecting the Great Seed with the seals of the Summon Spirits. Yuan tries to let her finally die, which is what she would want. It's a bit unclear about how she died. We know that That narrows it down a lot.
  3. A spirit who guides the new Giant Tree. She consists of Tabatha's body plus the soul of Martel(2), the souls of the many Chosens who were sacrificed, and the Great Seed. (The Martel at the end is not a goddess. She is a spirit. She is no more goddess than Undine, Celsius, or Luna.) And her name isn't Mana. >_>;;;


{SYN "The Final Battle"}

MAXWELL
{SQ Maxwell}

MYLENE WILDER
Zelos's mother, killed via magic by Seles's mother, who was attempting to kill Zelos.

MITHOS THE HERO
MITHOS'S PANPIPE
Belonged to Martel(2). It's made from the nut of a Linkite tree, and it's beautiful music can summon Aska.

MITHOS YGGDRASIL
Character: *(an atheist) tired of living =SKIT 248 Family: Mithos was raised by his older sister, suggesting that Background Story: He was a swordsman (Kratos's apprentice), but by the time you see him is magic was stronger than his sword skills. There's not really anything that implies Mithos won the war just because he, personally, was particularly skilled at killing people. (Although he is personally powerful AND still is by the time you see him in the game.) On the other hand, most of his advantage seems to be his charisma and leadership skills. He makes other people do stuff for him. When he lost his followers (because they betrayed him or were killed), he lost that advantage, and it's just him versus Lloyd and Lloyd's friends. During the game: Miscellaneus Facts: Mithos looks like a kid because he got his Cruxis Crystal at that age and stop aging the same way Kratos and Yuan did. He used the Cruxis Crystal to make himself look older so that his appearence would befit the leader of Cruxis (i.e. people will have less respect for him if he looks like a kid). He didn't start using that form until after Martel died. : I never found that Mithos had a particular hatred for humans in general. He's a little uncomfortable around humans he doesn't know because he's afraid they'll try to lynch him or something. He makes a racist comment or two when he's upset about something a human did, but then so does Genis. He likes Lloyd, and any dislike he has for Kratos probably comes from what Kratos did. The Desians and a lot of Cruxis go into all that "inferior being" stuff because they personally hate humans, not because Mithos does. He wants to create the "Age of Lifeless Beings" so that everyone will be biologically identical. The reason other people think this is wrong is because it means he has to kill off half the worlds' population to get Exspheres (Cruxis Crystals?) for the other half. The people are being killed because it's necessary to make the other people Lifeless Beings, not because they're humans. No doubt he's giving half-elves priority for being in the surviving half (never mentions any half-elf as a ranch prisoner), but since half-elves take up less than half the population, he's going to be keeping a lot of humans too. I think people put too much emphesis on him just trying to resurrect Martel and not enough on the other stuff he tried to do (keep the worlds seperate to avoid magitechnology wars, make everyone physically the same). While all that stuff was still wrong, they were all done with good intentions (ignore what they say about the road to hell). And he really cared about those goals and was reasonably sane up until the point where he finally did bring Martel back. The person he cares most for telling him everything he's worked so hard for for the last four thousand years is wrong just made him snap. He's not sane after that anymore. He forgets about wanting to keep the world free of war and racism and just goes to the resurrection goal. He probably convinced himself that what Martel told him was actually Colette. But don't forget that if he hadn't split the world, mana would've died off entirely and the world would've died. He saved the world! Doesn't get enough credit for that.It's a little hard to judge Mithos since it can be hard to tell when he's serious and when he's faking. But there's one thing you can be sure reflect his true feelings: the aforementioned skit. He has absolutely no reason to lie to Noishe. Although he tells Noishe too ignore what he just said after Noishe gets upset. Why does everyone act surprised when Mithos does something specifically non-racist? Mithos isn't racist. Sure, he says something nasty and racist everytime some non-half-elf makes him get emotional or lose his temper or something, but other characters with friends of other races have done the same. He hates human society for what they do to him and he's wary of new humans he meets for fear that they'll mistreat him, but he doesn't indiscriminately hate each and every human in the world. Be more surprised about how humans were going to make up a big chunk of the Age of Lifeless or something. The game never said Mithos was the only pre-existing summoner. In fact, it specifically says he wasn't. He was just the last summoner before Sheena. (At least of the summoners who had a pact with Undine, Sylph, Efreet, Luna, Volt, Shadow, Celsius, Gnome, Origin, or Maxwell.)

MORIA
The inner area of the Toize Valley Mine.

NEBILIM
A man(?) who tried to conquer Tethe'alla. He was eventually defeated by a single swordsman, but his hatred fused itself into the swordsman's nine weapons and cursed the swordsman's decendents.

{SQ Abyssion}

NEBILIM'S KEY
A key that reacts to the Devil's Arms.

{SQ Abyssion}

NECRONOMICON
NIFLHEIM
The name of the Underworld (or one of the Underworlds?). A cursed book which tell the story of the war of the Underworld and in which evils who vied for the throne of the Underworld were sealed, was in possession of Heimdall, but it was stolen before it could be burned. The Sacred Stone, which was needed for the book to be burned, was also lost. {SQ Niflheim}
NEKONIN
Katz (Japanese version)
NOISHE
A Protozoan in Arshis form. According to what Mithos tells Lloyd and Genis, Noishe was the first creature born in the world who, guided by mana, will eventually evolve into a human(oid) to to fight evil, but he may be refering to Protozoans in general.

Character: Despite his phobia of monsters, but he's still protective of Lloyd and Kratos. He also cares about Mithos and is very sad to hear that Mithos is tired of living.

Background Story: Kratos found Noishe injured some 4000 years ago, while he was traveling with Mithos, and they have been together ever since. Noishe and Mithos are aquainted, and Noishe is upset when Mithos later says he's tired of living.

When Anna, unable to control herself as a monster, tried to devour Lloyd, Noishe protected Lloyd, causing both himself and Anna to be injured. He fell off the cliff with Anna and Lloyd and became Lloyd and Dirk's pet.

Since the incident with Anna, Noishe has had a phobia of monsters.

During the game: He was happy when Kratos began to travel with the group. He was very anxious just before that when he senses Kratos nearby but cannot reach him, and he always stands by Kratos when the group is camping. Kratos feels bad that he will eventually make Noishe lonely again by leaving.

{SYN "Night in Flanoir" Kratos version, SQ Noishe, SKIT 150, SKIT 175, SKIT 248, SKIT 302}
OROCHI
His surname is Azumi.
OLFE UPRISING
A great disaster which is considered an important event in modern Tethe'alla history. Took place 130 years ago.

{SKIT 155}

OTHERWORLDLY GATE
One of the poles that link Sylvarant and Tethe'alla together.
Raine and Genis were left at the Tethe'alla side when young. (It doesn't say exactly when but is presumed to be when Genis was a newborn.)

OZETTE COLD
PACT
POPE
A religious leader of Tethe'alla. He originally lived in Ozette, where he fell in love with an elf and fathered Kate. He despises half-elves because of how incredibly longlived they are

PRESEA COMBATIR
PROTOZOAN
Proud ancient speicies which evolves over the course of its lifetime. It's the second oldest creature next to elves and was the first creature born on this world, born when the Giant Tree was planted.

{SQ Noishe, SKIT 248, SKIT 273}

RAINE SAGE
{SKIT 175, SKIT 177,Favorite - Lemon Least Favorite - Mushroom -That Raine got an exphere from Botta's weapon They never do explain the "MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!" you hear from her early in the game. (oh, and I think those weird eyes were the light of the exsphere reflecting on her eyes) Exsphere location is unknown

RALPH
Friend of Seig.

PSQ Gaia Cleaver}

REGAL BRYANT
Favorite - Tofu Least Favorite - Beef

REMIEL
RENEGADES
-Vidarr and Botta attack Martel temple at beginning of game to kill Colette

RHEA-BIRD
Rheaird (Japanese version)

RHEAIRD
RUNE CREST
SACRED WOOD
Wood that, when burned, can even melt the legendary Aionis. Found only in the Ozette area.

{SQ Kratos's Mission, SYN "Kratos Again", SYN "Eternal Ring"}

SACRED STONE
A stone belonging to the elves which transforms the body's mana into a holy flame. That flame is needed to destroy the evil book of Niflheim. Heimdall had a sacred stone, but it and many other valuable artifacts were stolen during the chaos caused by the collapse of the Tower of Salvation.

{SQ Niflheim}

SEALS
The Seals are either ends of the places the worlds are connected. There are five seals in each world: four for the spirits forming mana links, and the Final Seal at the Tower of Salvation. (Martel Temple is also refered to as a Seal at one point. Is it an error?)

Many of the dungeons containing Seals are called temples, presumeably only because they became places of worship AFTER being made into Seals. The Seals are all rather different in nature; as Lloyd states at one point, those in Tethe'alla seem to be harder to release. They are most likely different out of coincidence caused by the fact that they were all built by different people. The Triet Ruins are are a ruined city. The Balacruf Mausoleum was built by the Balacruf Dynasty quite some time before Mithos made it a Seal. Cruxis definately built the Mana Tower and the temple for the Water Seal. The Ice and Earth Seals seem to just be natural caves. The Lightning and Darkness Temples are a little more questionable. Some players theorize that they may have been forts used during the ancient war, temples for a different purpose (might explain Abyssion wanting to go to the Temple of Darkness), or in the Temple of Lightning's case, perhaps a ruined power plant.

SEIG COMBATIR
Presea's father. Formally a papel knight, he quit to become a lumberjack because he did not believe in what the papel knights stood for. His wife died when his daughters were young. He became too sick to work when Presea was 12.

{SQ Gaia Cleaver}

SELENE
The former name of Tethe'alla(3) (the moon visible from Sylvarant). A long time after the worlds were split, people forgot that it had once been whole. Recalling the nation of Tethe'alla(2) from the stories of the Ancient War, people of Sylvarant wondered where the Tethe'allans had disappeared to and decided they had migrated to the moon. The Church of Martel accepted Tethe'alla as the new name of the moon.

{Bookshelf}

SELES WILDER
SHEENA FUJIBAYASHI
Why shouldn't they let Sheena stay in the party? Everyone, Sheena and not, wants both worlds to be safe, so they are planning to work together to find a way to do that. The idea that they'll be willing to fight to the death if there's no other option is a respectful understanding.... Colette said she'd be willing to kill Sheena, but that's not going to make Sheena want to leave them, because she has to watch them to make sure they don't just go regenerating Sylvarant with no regard for Tethe'alla while she's not around. And she can't just keep following around in the bushes either; as you'll see later, there will be situations where she actually has to be a member of their group to keep up with them. Sheena said she'd be willing to kill Colette (and company), but that's not going to make Colette (and company) want to leave her, because they want to watch her too. They'd much rather be able to turn on her right outside the door to the Final Seal than have her popping out of the bushes when they're not ready for her. So they have a variaty of reasons to stay together, and their only reason to split is simply a future possibility. If that possibility turns out to be the case, they will of course kick Sheena out of the party (and blood will fly). :3 He favorite food is rice.

SINOA LAKE
The lake on which Luin is built. {NPC Luin}
SORCERER'S RING
A ring that amplifies mana energy. Magitechonology? There are multiple Sorcerer's Rings in existance. They're used by miners to blast rock in Toize Valley Mine.

{SYN "The Temple", SYN "Inhibitor Ore"}

SPIRITUA
A noble and compassionate Chosen, Colette's ancestor, and the very first Chosen of Sylvarant. It is said that she carried out the world regeneration and evangelism of the doctrine, spreading the Church of Martel throughout Sylvarant, and gave her first sermon in Palmacosta. She wrote The Book of Regeneration based on her journey and gave it to the royal family of Palmacosta. She had Seven Disciples (aka Seven Saints), and High Priest Auguste is a decendent of one of them. In Tethe'alla, she's considered an angel of death who used the power of Martel to rip asunder those who opposed her. As an angel, she supposedly killed a king of Tethe'alla who was trying to harm Tethe'alla's Chosen, but how she got to Tethe'alla is a mystery.

{SYN "The Book", SYN "To See the Book...", SYN "The Pope's Downfall", SQ Aifread}

SUMMONING
SUMMON SPIRIT
{SQ Maxwell}
SYLPH
The summon spirit of Wind. Consists of three sisters: Sephie, the eldest, who uses a sword; Yutis, who uses a bow; and Fairess, the youngest, who uses magic and a big shield. Prior to the Ancient War, the King Creo III of the Balacruf Dynasty made a pact with them and used them to defeat a monster that was demanding sacrifices.
SYLVARANT
  1. One of the two linked worlds.
  2. One of the two countries that fought during the Great Kharlan War
  3. One of the two moons, which is larger and silver in color. Visible from Tethe'alla(1).
{Bookshelf (PS2 ver)}
TABATHA
Tabatha is an automation created by Altessa to serve as a new body for Martel(2), but she originally couldn't accept Martel's soul. She is presumeably magitechnology.

Character: Unlike what everyone expects due to her robotic voice, Tabatha does have free will and the capacity to feel and act upon emotions. She's obidient to Altessa, but she's capable of doing things without his permission and even in disobidience to his commands. She's very sympathetic to Exspheres, because she understands that they are inorganic like her and are very lonely.

Background Story: It's not stated when Tabatha was made, but since Altessa doesn't have a Cruxis Crystal and dwarves supposedly have shorter lives than elves (1000 years), she presumeably can't be more than a couple hundred years old.

During the game: When Lloyd's group first meets Tabatha and Altessa, Tabatha tries to help them with Presea despite Altessa's wishes. While they're gone, she tries to persuade Altessa to help.

Miscellaneus Facts: The her little figurine book blurb says she uses mana like food. After the Tower is destroyed, Tabatha comes up in Heimdall to say Mithos stole the Seed and took it to Derris-Kharlan. How would Tabatha know that? All anyone else knew was that the Tower was destroyed. It makes sense that she would try to go to the Seed in an attempt to do what she eventually accomplished at the end of the game. Whether Tabatha actually even got to the Seed, it at least makes sense for her to be headed in that direction. Under the Tower. I figure if Tabatha can get to Heimdall*, she could've gotten to the Seed.Altessa didn't fix Tabatha. Right after you see her fixed, they're talking about Altessa still being unable to do any work. Doesn't seem like Martel possessed her because Martel did later.... I would guess that she went to the Great Seed Chamber (in attempt to have Martel possess her), judging by how she knew that Mithos was moving the Great Seed. If she got mana from it, or maybe a few of those Chosen ghosts, before Mithos took it, that might explain the voice. Some people have theorized that this is how she was repaired, assuming it could work from a distance. Ninjas or Yuan might've fixed her, but I'd guess the ninjas don't have enough skill. *BTW, does it ever say how Tabatha got to Heimdall? Borrowed a Rheaird? Got a lift from the ninjas? Swam?
TETHE'ALLA
  1. One of the two linked worlds.
  2. One of the two countries that fought during the Great Kharlan War
  3. One of the two moons, which is smaller and gold in color. Visible from the world of Sylvarant. Takes 42 days to orbit. (See Selene)
[SYN "To the Final Seal," Book (Tower of Mana), Book (PS2 ver), SQ Candy, MISC Palmacosta Chalkboard]
THOR'S HAMMER
Another name for the Mana Cannon.
TOWER OF SALVATION
TRAUBEL STYLE
Regal's fighting style, taught to him by Levin.

[SQ Dynast, SQ Coliseum]

UNDERWORLD
Niflheim.

UNICORN
UNICORN HORN
Horn of the sacred beast. It's a very powerful catalyst for healing arts. Without the horn the unicorn dies.

VINHEIM
The castle on Derris-Kharlan. Because of how extravigant its appearence is, how much it differs from Welgaia, and the fact that the Sacred Stone is kept here, it was probably built by the elves, not by Mithos and Cruxis, but the game never mentions this, I'm just guessing.

VIRGINIA
Raine and Genis's mother. She fell in love with Kloitz, a human from Meltokio who was in Heimdall on a mission from the king. Raine was born, and they traveled the world to avoid the half-elf pursecution. After Genis and Raine were sent to Sylvarant, Kloitz and Virginia were found by the elder of Exire and Kloitz died of an illness. Virginia went insane; she believes that a doll in her possession is Raine and that Genis hasn't been born yet.

{SQ Virginia}

WELGAIA
A city on Derris-Kharlan, inhabitted by Cruxis angels. It's basically the top of the Tower of Salvation.

{SYN "Welgaia"}

WING PACK
WINGED DRAGON
A subspecies of dragon. Carnivourous. Excels in pursuit and capture of prey. Rodyle keeps them for transportation and battle.

{SYN "Sinful Chosen"}

WISH TAG
A piece of wood with a wish written on it that the people of Mizuho will offer to their god. Sheena and Lloyd helped Presea make one to pray for Colette's safety.

{SKIT 230}

WOLRD PROLONGATION PROJECT
World is split in order to keep mana depletion to a minimum and sustain both the world and the Great Seed, which seeps only small amounts of mana to one have of the world or the other. Use of Summon Spirits to guard the Mana Link and restrict the flow keeps the world from prospering. Prosperity would lead to magitechnology and war, which would deplete further mana.

{SYN "Welgaia"}

WONDER CHEF
YGGDRASILL
1: Mithos Yggdrasill
2: Implied to be the name of the Giant Tree at the end of the game.

{SYN "The Kharlan War", Series}
YMIR FRUIT
A red fruit which heals any illness and grows in the Ymir Forest.
YUAN
Before you ask, his last name and age are not given; he may not even have a last name. He's the guy who snuck into Lloyd's room at Triet, Colette's room at Palmacosta, and Kratos's room at Luin. His weapon is called a Double Saber. All the sequel-ish merchandise material is in unanimous agreement that he stayed behind on the planet to help take care of Martel and the Tree. At least one of them has him and Kratos maintaining communication via telepathy.

He was originally against Mithos and Martel's ambitions because he thought they were naive, and he joined them to prove them wrong. He eventually ended up having great respect for him.

ZELOS WILDER
There's some tension between them because Seles's mother killed Zelos's mother. I think Seles expects him to hate her for that, though he really doesn't (at least not too much).He most likely stepped aside just long enough to use some kind of technological method of communication (e.g. a telephone). Same goes for the Mount Fooji incendent. He talked to Yuan and/or Cruxis (probably both) some time before, and even if he did it right before joins you in the cathedral, he still wouldn't have a chance to meet any of them in person. If you're on one of the endings where you keep Zelos, he also sends "a message" to Orochi. Doesn't distinguish between pigeon carriar and email, but he didn't talk to him in person. He talks to Kratos with some kind of hologram thingy in a sidequest scene. He talked to Kratos in person before that. When he and Yuan conspired to drug dinner at Altessa's, they probably didn't meet in person then either, though perhaps they could have. Sedatives in the food.
ZIRCON
A precious ore, difficult to handle. It's used by Lezareno company and studied by the Imperial Research Academy. It's necessary for making a Rune Crest. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
I think Kratos was talking about all the random underlings. Some Sybak guy said he saw an angel falling when Mithos destroyed the tower. O_O There could be lots of angels who were doing something between Tethe'alla's surface and DK who are now wandering around helplessly. Plus, doesn't the tower go down as well as up? How are any angels in the lower half supposed to get back up to Derris-Kharlan without the help of the Eternal Sword? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sidequest references in source citations:

Chefs = meeting the dark chef
Kratos's Mission = Kratos collecting materials for Eternal Ring
Noishe = talking to kids in Heimdall, then Kratos in Triet.
Ozette Cold = Raine catches Ozette Cold, Genis and Mithos help
Yuan's Ring = giving Yuan's ring back to him
Gaia Cleaver = getting Gaia Cleaver
Dynast = getting Dynast
Coliseum = anything related to optional events/battles in the coliseum
Candy = Thoda Dock Receptionist, Candy, falls in love w/ Regal
Niflheim = Niflheim dungeon, events leading to it
Janet/Horace = events with Presea, Janet, and Horace