Tales Of Symphonia: Rebirth
Main characters:
Lloyd Irving (Aurion)
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 8
Class: Swordsman
Hair: Dark brown/ Short hair/ Spiked
Weapon: Two single-edged blades
Age: 18
Weight: 145 lbs.
Race: Human
Build: Average
Current Status: Residing in Iselia, preparing for a future journey
Title: Eternal Swordsman
Occupation: Student/ Hero
Lloyd is the courageous young man who is the main protagonist of this story. Found abandoned in the woods as an infant, Lloyd was raised by his dwarven stepfather, Dirk. He travels through Iselia forest every day to attend the school in Iselia Village. Though his heart is extremely large and there are few places he fears to tread, Lloyd is not academically gifted. Sometimes his lack of common sense confuses and bewilders those around him. Lloyd's fondness for his Colette drove him to accompany the Chosen on her perilous journey to regenerate Sylvarant and replenish the world with mana, the essence of life and magic. Little did Lloyd realize that that journey was deeply tied to his unknown past, and that the truth behind his birth aswell.
Sheena Fuibayashi
Gender: Female
Height: 5' 5
Class: Summoner
Hair: Black/ Long hair
Weapon: Card's infused with magical energy
Age: 20
Weight: 110 lbs
Race: Human
Build: Voluptuous
Current status: Residing in Mizuho, preparing for a future trip
Title: Ultimate Summoner
Occupation: Assassin/ Chief
Some antagonistic elements in Sylvarant opposed the Chosen's journey of regeneration. Seemingly acting on her own, Sheena attempted to stop Colette from completing her journey. However, each attempt to kill the Chosen, she displayed uncharacteristic clumsiness and failed. In spite of her "orders", Sheena was truly a kind-hearted young woman who merely wanted to save her world, an alternate planet called Tethe'alla that was somehow connected to Sylvarant. As she traveled the dying world, her feelings regarding her mission began to change, and Sheena began to search for a better way to save her world, The answer lay in her untapped summoning abilities, but because of a tragedy in her past prevented her from wanting to create pacts with the elemental spirits of the temples.
Colette Brunel
Gender: Female
Height: 5' 2
Class: Chosen
Hair: Platinum Blond/ Long hair
Weapon: Chakram
Age: 17
Weight: 102 lbs
Race: Human
Build: Slender
Current Status: Residing in Iselia
Title: Angelic Maiden
Occupation: Student/ Chosen
Born in Iselia Village holding a Cruxis Crystal in her hand, Colette was instantly recognized as the new Chosen of Mana. The purpose of the Chosen was to enter the Tower of Salvation and revitalize the supply of mana in the decaying world of Sylvarant. Descended from angels, Colette spent her childhood years preparing for the Journey of World Regeneration. She became a good friend to classmates Lloyd and Genis. Colette sometimes seems clumsy and bubbly, but in truth she is a responsible young woman who understands that the fate of the whole world lay in her hands.
Genis Sage
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 0
Class: Mage
Hair: Silver/ Medium length
Weapon: Kendama
Age: 13
Weight: 70 lbs
Race: Half-elf
Build: Slender
Current status: Residing in Iselia, preparing for the second phase of there trip
Title: Warlock
Occupation: Student
Genis lives in Iselia Village with his sister Raine. Lloyd is his best friend. Unlike Lloyd, Genis is an incredibly intelligent child prodigy. Sometimes his brains get the better of him, and he enjoys making fun of Lloyd's dimwitted remarks. However, he sectetly idolizes Lloyd, and Genis often shares his most precious secrets with his schoolmate and chum. Genis is intelligent enough to control powerful magic spells, and through this he proves time and again to be an invaluable comrade in battle.
Raine Sage
Gender: Female
Height: 5' 6
Class: Mage
Hair: Silver/ Medium lenght
Weapon: Staff
Age: 24
Weight: 110 lbs
Race: Half-Elf
Build: Average
Current status: Residing in Iselia, preparing for the second phase of there trip
Title: Wisewoman
Occupation: Teacher
Raine is Genis's sister, and the teacher of the students at Iselia village. Sylvarant is nothing like our world, and so Raine has no problem administering corporal punishment to her students. Lloyd is especially bad in class, and often suffers punishment. A dichotomy in personality, Raine handles most situations in a cool and logical manner. However, whenever she discomers ancient ruins and archaeological relics, she cannot contain her enthusiasm. Her passion for history and literature indicates that just under her exterior, Raine's personality is overflowing.
Zelos Wilder
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 10
Class: Mage/Swordsman
Hair: Red, long hair
Weapon: Double-edged sword and shield
Age: 23
Weight: 162 lbs
Race: Human
Build: Average
Current status: Residing in Meltokio
Title: Elegant Swordsman
Occupation: Chosen
The Chosen of Tethe'alla, Zelos lives a life quite unlike Colette. Descended from a long line of Chosens, Zelos is a rich playboy and flirt who enjoys the nightlife of the imperial city, Meltokio. However, his flamboyant flirtatiousness hides his true feelings regarding his role as the Chosen. Zelos was assigned by the Church of Martel to accompany Sylvarant's Chosen and keep tabs on her. But Zelos's agenda ran deeper then that.
Presea Combatir
Gender: Female
Height: 4' 8
Class: Axe woman
Hair: Pink, long hair
Weapon: Axe
Age: (Physically) 13 (Mentally) 28
Weight: 55 lbs
Race: Human
Build: Small
Current status: Residing in Ozette
Title: Deadly Flower
Occupation: Woodcutter
Though Presea appears to be a young girl, she has the combined strength of several fully-grown men. Her starry-eyed stare and blank demeanor indicates that something terrible happened to Presea in the past. Genis's instant fondness for her caused him to plead with the others to bring Presea along on their journey, so that her dilemma might be resolved. However, the pary was unwise to trust that Presea was not programmed to cause greater harm.
Regal Bryant
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 2
Class: Fighter
Hair: Blue, long hair
Weapon: Greaves
Age: 34
Weight: 140 lbs
Race: Human
Build: Large, Muscular
Current status: Residing in Altamira
Title: Perfect Battler
Occupation: Former aristocrat/ President of the Lezareno Company
A former convict who attacked the heroes in the sewers of Meltokio, regal displayed an uncharacteristic persistence by pursuing them on their journey. Regal eventually surrendered and joined the heroes on their quest, he insisted that his arms remain bound to atone for a heinous crime he committed in his past. Not a typical convict, Regal displayed a refined quality that is uncommon amongst criminals. His knowledge of Tethe'alla was surprising, and also useful to the heroes.
Kratos Aurion
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 1
Class: Mage/Swordsman
Hair: Dark Brown, short hair, slightly spiked
Weapon: Double-edged sword and shield
Age: (looks) 29 (angelic) 4029
Weight: 172 lbs
Race: Human
Current Status: Unknown
Title: War God
Occupation: Unknown
Kratos was a mysterious mercenary who traveled to the Iselia region at the time of the Chosen's Journey. After Kratos saved Colette from Desian attackers, he was hired by Colette's grandmother to protect the Chosen as she traveled to the Tower of Salvation. Kratos is a thoroughly trained and skilled swordsman. Inspite of immediate friction between himself and Lloyd, he took a keen interest in the boy's development and training. Kratos handles every situation with a somewhat cold attitude, but the logic of his actions is undeniable. Still, it was difficult for Lloyd to trust this secretive man.
This tale take's place one year after the last, in which the world was saved by a group that had banded together for survival. This group of misfits, outcast's, criminals, and half-breeds, though ragged around the edge's, bonded quickly, and became an inseparable team, who over time, through blood, sweat, and tears, saved the world from destruction. At first thing's went along alright, but over time, with the new city's, town's, village's, and people's that came about, new friction occurred. Sadly, our hero's, who had once been the sight of admiration, were now quickly becoming a sight of loathing to some people, and, like a plague, it was spreading to other's. They thought that it was there fault that the world had changed so, forgetting that if it hadn't been for them, the world wouldn't be there at all. So the group split apart, trying to keep the world they had tried to save so hard from splitting apart once again. To make matter's worse; contact between the members's was slowly spreading apart due to political issues. It seemed everybody wanted there say in the matter concerning who get's what and who doesn't. Once again, the world was about to be dragged into a war, which, if started and continued, would mean the death of the still growing Giant Kharlan Tree, and ultimately, the destruction of the world. My tale begins in the small town of Iselia, where our young hero prepares for yet another journey, not knowing the danger's he and his comrade's would soon be thrown into.
A light mist floated throughout the area, covering everything with its gentle touch. It brushed away softly the leave's of the trees and fern's, the gently caressed the earth around it. In the background, a haunting song was being sung, the voice just as hauntingly beautiful as the song itself. The song could not be heard through words, but feelings. Nothing else could be heard except for the song. Suddenly, the song changed pitch and tempo, turning into a song of death and destruction. Through the mist, a figure appeared. The mist around him was starting to turn black, and due to this, the figure was no more then a shadow, but that was enough to feel an immense, yet subtle energy emanating from its body. The figure outstretched it's hand, a burning red sword in its clawed fist, pointing it toward the east. The figure started moving out of the mist, to show-
"-yd!"
". . ."
"Lloyd!"
"Gah, im awake, im awake!"
Raine stood back to her full height, staring down at her student with a slight look of frustration on her face.
"Have you heard anything iv been teaching?"
Lloyd opened his eye's fully now, looking around his surrounding, his memory coming back to him. He was in the classroom, sitting in the back on a bench, where he had fallen asleep. From the position of the sun, it was about mid afternoon. School was almost over. But from what was happening now, he doubted he would get out like everybody else.
"Um, yah, you were talking about the. . .thing that was important to this other. . .uh. . .person, because he had to. . .uh. . .take care of another thing." He looked up at the professor with a desperate smile. She just shook her head and walked back to the front of the classroom, followed by giggles from other classmates. Colette looked at him with worry in her face, like she always had when he missed something in class, while Genis only shook his head and giggled with the rest of the class. Raine walked back to her podium, placed her book down, and looked up to the class.
"That's enough class; we still have . . . a few minutes of class left. Now, as I was saying, the reconstruction of the world requires everybody's help, from all races, or this. . ."
Lloyd didn't hear the rest of her speech, letting his mind wander as he normally did in class. The past year hadn't been too interesting. After the group split up, with Lloyd heading back to Iselia to help in the rebuild, Genis and Raine heading to Syback to get supply's to begin there own personal journey, Colette went to Meltokio to learn of proper etiquette, before heading back to Iselia, Zelos headed back to Meltokio as well, to try and straiten thing's out with the church and state, Regal headed back to his company, to help start the funding for the rebuilding of the world, Presea headed for Ozette to help with the rebuilding, while Sheena, after promising Lloyd that after she had straighten thing's up with her village, took her duty's as chief of Mizuho. Kratos of course disappeared along with Derris-Kharlan, floating in the endless void of space, or he could have been in Symphonia somewhere and nobody would know, his location was unknown. For about three or four month's, the world was ok as both country's strived to live together, but, because of the massive gap in thought patters and life style's, things started to degrade. Currently, thoughts of war were starting to arise in the higher ranked officials of the state, and eventually those thoughts would trickle down into the minds of the populace. There had been small skirmishes between town's feuding for land. They weren't major, but they were big enough to make others worry.
The planet had changed. Unlike before, where there were large oceans splitting continents apart, now there was just one massive continent, split only by rivers and lakes, mountain ranges and forests, followed by small and large inlets of water from the sea. The only real thing Lloyd knew now was the Iselia was the only village that had been able to stay out of the conflict, due to the fact that it stayed near the sea, away from other villages or cities. Also, the mayor was conducting a pact with Mizuho. In return for protection from the ninja tribe, they offered a place for there new village, which just happened to be just outside THEIR village, meaning that Iselia and Mizuho would basically become on village. Both sides, aside from a few, didn't like the compromise, but it couldn't be helped. Either Iselia raise protection from the growing feuds, or get dragged into them eventually. Mizuno had to accept due to the fact the there wasn't a safe place to hide there village. Iselia was the only really possible place to settle, being that it was so far from the warring villages.
It seemed every day a new village was popping up. Already the area between Palmacosta and the Thoda Dock already had two new towns', while the area between Luin, Asgard, Hima, and the Tower of Mana had Sybak, Meltokio, and Ozette. Most of the Triet Desert had been over run with the combination of the Ymir Forest, which housed Heimdall, and the Gaoracchia Forest. The same island that held the Katz village was now connected to the frozen island that held Flanoir, so weather was a real problem for the Katz. Lloyd knew that other villages and towns had settled else where, but he couldn't remember exactly where.
". . .you to all complete the exam I have given you all. I want you all to study it well, for a test will be given soon." The class groaned. Raines test's were grueling, almost a worst fate them death to a few of them. As they shuffled out, Raine spoke again.
"Lloyd? May I see you for a moment, please?" Lloyd took a quick glance at Colette and Genis as they passed him by. They both gave him a thumb's up, wishing him the best. He turned back to his teacher, gulped, and headed for her desk, which had recently been added to the class room, next to the podium.
"Y-yes Professor?" Raine looked up from the book she had been writing in, giving him a glance at a nearby chair. He took it.
"You do know that you wont pass this class if you don't pass the upcoming test don't you?"
Lloyd nodded.
"Good, then im going to give you extra homework so you DO pass. I don't want you failing another class."
Lloyd smirked.
"What, cant handle my charming personality?"
Raine scoffed.
"No more then I have to."
Lloyd frowned, saying something about him being a hero of the world and something else about school. Raine only shook her head.
"The real reason I called you here is that I want you to help Sheena with the move. Genis and I wont be here to help out, so it will be up to you to make sure things go smoothly."
"When will you be leaving?"
"Just as soon as the preparations are made for reconstructing the town. Then were off to Sybak to start our tour again. Hopefully we will have more successes then last time."
Lloyd gave her a worried look.
"I don't know about that Professor, now that these feud's have started, I think you should lay low for awhile, at least until things cool down abit."
Raine smiled softly.
"I appreciate your concern, but I feel that we are need out there more then ever. There are a lot of suffering people out there, and im hoping we can help out, even if it is in a small way. Don't worry about us, well be fine. Im just worried about you. I don't know how your going to do it, but I trust that you can keep thing's in one piece while im away."
Lloyd sighed. When she made up her mind, nothing would change it.
"Alright, ill do it, but don't blame me if you come back and the town's gone to hell."
Raine stood and walked to his side.
"I know it wont." With that she patted him on the head fondly, smiling a little at the look of annoyance that crossed his face, and walked out. Lloyd stood up and walked to the window. Gazing out at the scenery before him, he couldn't help but remember when the Desians had invaded. All that anguish and suffering had been because of him. Even though it was going on nearly two years since then, he still felt guilty because of it.
He shook his head, wiping the memories from his mind, and headed out. He had a lot to do to prepare for the new arrivals, as well as Sheena's presence. He would need her support for this. He wasn't very good at ordering people around, so he needed somebody to rely on. Little did he know he would be relying on her, as well as the rest of his group, more in the next couple of months then he had before.
Disclaimer: I do not own Tales of Symphonia. This tale is pure fiction. Any character's, places, or themes that seem to be about somebody is pure coincidence.
Alright, how was that? Any good? This entire story is my recreation of a sequel. Hopefully they do come out with one in the future. This was going to be called Dragon Storm, but I changed it when I noticed it had nothing to do with dragons. I hope you like the title above better. As for TOS: E.P. im keeping that on hold for now while I reconstruct the chapter im writing. I got a lot of help, but it might take me awhile to put it all together. I hope this story helps you all pass the time. This chapter was only to let you allknow what the state of the worldis in. The really story begines next chapter. Prepare yourself. As one writer once said, and I quoat, "It's going to be one hellava ride."