Welcome to Gaia! ::

-- Key --
1st Page : Introduction [You are here.]
2nd Page: Trailers
3rd Page: Characters
4th Page: Member List
5th Page: Summary of Story so Far

1. Introduction

Once upon a time, there existed a giant tree that was the source of all mana. A war, however, caused this tree to wither 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 the 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 up unto the heavens. and that marked the beginning of the regeneration of the world.

3. Characters

Regular Tales Of Symphonia Classes:
Berzerker - The Berzerker uses dual swords to attack foes. His/her attacks are not balanced and focus mainly on strength.
Red Mage - The red mage has a balance of both strength and magic, but defense can be broken easy.
Black Mage - The black mage professes in elemental attacks and it's weapons can range from staffs to their very own hands. They are strong in magic and agile, but have little fighting strength.
White Mage - The white mage is very agile and normally carries healing items and professes in healing magic. When the White Mage reaches a certain point, he or she can summon extremely strong healing spells that could determine the outcome of battles.
Chakram - Chakram users are ranged and tactical, they are neutral in strength and magic but are extremely agile.
Summoner - A Summoner can summon different monsters and maybe even entities.
Lumberjack - The Lumberjack is an axe weilder that uses strenght and agillity to defeat foes very quickly, though defense can be broken very easily.
Greaves - Greave weilders wear them on their legs to send severely damaging kicks.
Note that any other class you can think of is available for use.
(example:Secret Of Mana 2 classes)

Professions [Outside of Role Play]:
Leader - Lord Mark
Assistant Leader - `Fayte
Officials - Thanatos Aurion, [Spot Not Taken], [Spot Not Taken], [Spot Not Taken]

Professions [Inside Role Play]:

-Main Characters
-Inferior Characters
-Summon Spirits
-Blacksmith
-Fisherman
-Farmer(Crops/Livestock)
-Alchemist
-Chemist
-Miller
-Florist
-Tailor
-Banker
-Marketor
-Professor
-Student
-Caravaneer
-Sheriff
-Criminal
-Town Drunk
-Drifter

Original Characters

Heroes

"Lloyd Irving" (ロイド・アーヴィング "Roido Āvingu"): Lloyd is the seventeen-year-old hero of the game, and was found near his mother's corpse in a forest when he was still just a boy. His rescuer was called Dirk, a dwarf who soon became something of a foster father to the orphaned young man. Lloyd wields a sword in each hand and is dedicated to finding a way to save the worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla. He isn't especially knowledgeable, but he makes up for it with an enduring optimism.

"Collet Brunel" (コレット・ブルーネル "Koretto Burūneru") / "Colette Brunel": Colette is the Chosen of Regeneration for Sylvarant, and she fights with chakrams. As she releases the seals, she loses more and more of her humanity. For example, she loses the ability to sleep, eat, and speak. She is quite clumsy and may appear rather shallow, but she is aware that she is Sylvarant's only hope, even though she gets very sick from the Cruxis Crystal.

"Genius Sage" (ジーニアス・セイジ "Jīniasu Seiji") / "Genis Sage": Genis Sage, the twelve-year-old sorcerer of Iselia, is Lloyd's best friend. Genis is very intelligent, but sometimes he is a smart aleck. He and his sister pretend to be elves in order to avoid discrimination, but they are truly half-elves. Genis does not like Zelos Wilder at all. Genis excels at use of the kendama, and channels mana through it.

"Refill Sage" (リフィル・セイジ Rifiru Seiji") / "Raine Sage": Raine Sage is Genis' older sister and the Professor of Lloyd's school. Lloyd is her worst student, however, so she punishes him very frequently. She is obsessed with archaeology and ruins because of an incident in her past, and she is the most logical thinker in the party, acting at times like a foster mother. Raine also has a great fear of water, and dislikes getting in boats or crossing any large expanse of water, due to the fact that when she was a girl, she and her parents were chased out of an area (due to discrimination against their half-elven blood). The trio were forced to travel by boat, and little Raine fell out. The water was ice cold, and the girl almost drowned, the current repeatedly sucking her under.

"Kratos Aurion" (クラトス・アウリオン "Kuratosu Aurion"): Kratos may look like a twenty-eight-year-old mercenary, but in fact, he is over 4,000 years old. He journeyed with Mithos and his companions in the past, the group vowing to end the Kharlan War. 4,000 years later, Kratos met Anna. The couple had a son, Lloyd Irving, but Kvar, one of the Desian Grand Cardinals, transformed Anna into a monster and forced Kratos to kill her. Kratos is one of the Four Seraphim of Cruxis; he was sent by Mithos to make sure Colette didn't stray from her mission to regenerate the world. He is Lloyd's real father. He is also a double agent to both sides, and is the pactholder with Origin, a Summon Spirit.

"Shihna Fujibayashi" (藤林しいな "Fujibayashi Shiina") / "Sheena Fujibayashi": Sheena is a female ninja from the village of Mizuho. She has summoning abilities, but is reluctant to form a pact with the Summon Spirit of Lightning, Volt, due to a previous failure of the same nature, which led to widespread injury and devastation at Mizuho. Sheena was sent by her village to assassinate the Chosen in Sylvarant, but eventually she befriended the group and decided to help them find a way to save the two worlds. Sheena has the same family name as Suzu Fujibayashi from Tales of Phantasia. Her friend, Corrine, a manmade Summon Spirit, is her main summon.

"Zelos Wilder" (ゼロス・ワイルダー "Zerosu Wairudā"): The flirt and playboy of the group, Zelos is the Chosen of Tethe'alla. He greatly enjoys the nightlife of his home city, Meltokio, and he acts very flamboyant and carefree all the time. He flirts with nearly every girl he sees, much to Sheena's chagrin. In actuality, however, Zelos' personality is a proverbial "mask" to hide his true feelings about his role as the Chosen. Although Zelos seems without a care, and doesn't seem to take anything seriously, he indeed has a darker side. He despises his role as the Chosen, as it has brought him such hardship. His mother was forced to marry his father against her will, the latter being the Chosen during his time. Neither of Zelos's parents loved each other, and each had a separate lover outside the marriage. Because of the rocky relationship he was a product of, Zelos was never wanted or accepted by either of his parents. The boy's birth was simply necessary to create an heir in the Chosen bloodline. If you become best friends with Zelos while playing the game, talk to him at Flanoir and he will tell you his story, which reveals much about his history and personality.

"Presea Combatir" (プレセア・コンバティール "Puresea Konbatīru"): She may look like a twelve-year-old, but Presea is, in actuality, twenty-eight. She was used in a Cruxis Crystal experiment, which resulted in her being fixed in her twelve-year-old form. Presea was tricked by Rodyle, a Desian Grand Cardinal, to help capture Colette, but after Lloyd outfitted Presea with a Key Crest to suppress her Exsphere, she saw the error of her ways and decided to help the group save the two worlds. Before he fell ill, her father was a lumberjack, and Presea took up his axe to provide income. Now she uses it in combat.

"Regal Bryan" (リーガル・ブライアン "Rīgaru Buraian") / "Regal Bryant": Ex-convict and President of the Lezareno Company in Altamira, Regal used to live a happy life. This, however, was only until he was forced to kill the love of his life, Alicia Combatir (Presea's older sister). Regal willingly gave himself up and was sent to prison. The Pope promised he'd imprison the one responsible for making Alicia a monster if Regal would kill the Chosen. Regal wears handcuffs as a symbol of his crime. Consequently, he learns hwo to fight with his feet, and his weapons are greaves (essentially shinplate armor).

Villains

"Mitos" (ミトス "Mitosu") / "Mithos": Mithos is a friend of Genis's who turns out to be "Yggdrasil", the man who runs Cruxis and the Desians. Mithos, resembling a 14-year-old child, was a great swordsman who trained under the guidance of Kratos. He had strong ideals about a peaceful Aselia (the name of the united world from Tales of Phantasia), but his sister's death made him lose track of whether either the world, or his sister Martel's life, was more important to him.

"Yuan" (ユアン "Yuan") / "Yuan"" Yuan is a double agent. He is the leader of the Renegades, an organization that tries to stop Cruxis and their plans. Yuan is also one of the Four Seraphim of Cruxis. He pretends to be loyal to Mithos so he can learn Cruxis's plans and thwart them. Yuan is over 4,000 years old. He journeyed with Mithos and his companions in the past to end the Kharlan War, and was engaged to Martel before she was killed. She asked Mithos and Yuan to make the world a better place and to stop the half-elf discrimination right before she died. Mithos tried to do just that, but not in the way Martel had imagined. Yuan knew that Martel didn't intend for her wish to be fulfilled in the way Mithos attempted to do so, and so Yuan tries to stop him. Later on, he helps the Chosen's group defeat Mithos.

"Pronyma" (プロネーマ "Pronyma") / "Pronyma": Pronyma is the leader of the five Desian Grand Cardinals. She works for Yggdrasil, who is actually Mithos, and is normally always with him. She is killed by Yggdrasil after calling him Mithos, the honor of using his real name having been reserved for his former companions.

"Forcystus" (フォシテス "Forcystus") / "Forcystus": Forcystus is the first Desian Grand Cardinal that Lloyd encounters. He is in charge of the Iselia Human Ranch, and is considered a hero for the Desians.

"Magnius" (マグニス "Magnius") / "Magnius": Magnius is the Desian Grand Cardinal in charge of the Palmacosta Human Ranch. He uses General Governor Dorr to collect Gald for the Desians. He is killed by Lloyd and company after infiltrating his ranch. Both him and Kvar were being tricked by Rodyle. Magnius collected Gald and tried to assassinate the Chosen's group for Rodyle, claiming that he was deceived.

"Kvar" (クヴァル "Kvar") / "Kvar": Kvar is the Desian Grand Cardinal in charge of the Asgard Human Ranch, and also the cruelest. He is the one who killed Anna, Lloyd's mother and wife of Kratos. She was used in the Angelus Project, an attempt to create a Cruxius Crystal independently of the dwarves. The Exsphere that she was used to grow was picked up by Dirk and later used by Lloyd. Kvar and Magnius are both tricked by Rodyle. Kvar was deceiving Yggdrasil for a long time, and was killed by Lloyd and Kratos.

"Rodyle" (ロディル "Rodyle") / "Rodyle": Rodyle is the Desian Grand Cardinal in charge of the Remote Island Human Ranch. He uses Magnius and Kvar to get Gald and slaves to help him with the Mana Cannon. Rodyle does not work for Yggdrasil (since he tricked his leader) and does whatever he wants. He works with the Pope of Tethe'alla and Vharley. Rodyle was also deceiving Presea for a long time by using the Cruxis Crystal on her, and was responsible for the killing of her sister.

It all started when Sheena was looking for the Chosen to assassinate her. At this time, they were all heading to the Ossa Trail. Sheena had found out that they needed to pass through the trail, so she waited there, ready for battle. Meanwhile, Lord Mark was fighting the eight-armed undead skeleton for reasons that are undisclosed at the moment...
While he fought this demon, he got distracted by a woman at the entrance of the cave and tripped on a rock. While yelling, his sword flew out of his hand, making it nearly impossible to beat it. The woman heard the yell, but hesitated.
At that same moment, Colette had fallen on the switch that controlled the trap door Sheena stood on.
She fell into the cave while screaming, which alerted the woman at the entrance a second time. She ran inside, revealing herself a bit more to Lord Mark. She was a Black Mage, and she was zapping the demon with lightning bolts. Sheena was unconscious, but with the help of Black Mage, Lord Mark finaly defeated the demon.
Then Lord Mark healed Sheena's wounds and she awoke. The three of them talked for a bit, then Lord Mark told Black Mage to go wait outside while He spoke with Sheena about something...
He then knocked her unconscious so that she would encounter the Chosen and ran outside, not knowing that Corine had clung to his cape...
The two went off to Lord Mark's town, for he was Leader of Izoold. Corine jumped off his cape and ran back to Sheena, who had just regained consciousness. Lord Mark welcomed Black Mage into his mansion as they talked about everything.
The next day, they had begun an epic adventure to find a magical gauntlet...one that would complete Black Mage's other gauntlet. So to help with this quest, Lord Mark showed her his flying dragon, Flammie(yes, the one from SoM).
But meanwhile, Sheena had encountered the Chosen's group(you should all know about that).

The following is information you should know, if you don't already.

Backstory
Mithos Opposition

The following information is a side-story I invented and you definately should read it. I expect you to know this if you are going to be involved in the main events of mine and `Fayte's part of the story.

Flashback by: Lord Mark
I was born a little over 4000 years ago. My father, Yuan, was a half-elf. My mother, Martel, also a half-elf. Therefore, that makes me a half-elf, too. But what's different about me is that I have a rare half-elf defect. I was born with the flesh and blood of a half-elf, but my brain was more advanced than that of an elf. I guess that would make me special. That's what my mom kept telling me, anyway. I didn't know why until I escaped...but I'll get to that later...
My uncle, Mithos, was always over-protective of my mom. His best friend and my god-father, Kratos, trained him to me the best swordsman in the world, only so he could protect her.
One day, the Humans caught us and took me away to the research academy. They performed experiments on me and found that I posessed dormant psychic abillities. Ones that no other half elf- that even no elf ever had. But they could only be awakened with a special device called a 'cerebral enhancer'. The effects of the enhancer made me able to jump extremely high and run faster than anyone ever could.
When I turned 20, I had my first vision. It helped me escape from the research academy and find my mom. But I never told anyone about these powers.
Suddenly my mom grew ill, and then she died the next day. Mithos went crazy and started doing things that involved power and destruction. Mithos gave us all knew abilities that he had found almost a year after he became crazy that he named 'angelic powers'. They let us fly and never age and many more things I could not understand, nor beleive.
I was then told about Derris Kharlan, the only thing that Mithos should not have told me about. I started seeing visions about that place and I could see and hear my mother talking to me. I started thinking like my mother and told Mithos to stop what he was doing but instead, Mithos split the world in two(and all the other things you should know he did). I then had a vision of myself flying to Derris Kharlan and staying alive for thousands of years, but always getting stronger and never old nor weak.
In the next few days I started warning Mithos that if he did not stop, something terrible would happen to him and Martel would be ashamed of him, but he did not obey. Instead, he banished me from the group-me, his own nephew(but he's crazy), and he started going even more nuts with power and he created the idea for Regeneration of the world(actually revival of Martel).
I went to Derris Kharlan, and the lead elf sent me on a huge adventure (one that is similar to Secret Of mana 2). I completed the task and came back almost 100 years later. I became a Lord and was more powerful than anyone could imagine, but used it for good, of course, for I still heard my mother and that is what made me a Lord(from SoM2).
They told me that I was ready and told me to go back.
And, ironically on the exact day that I had left 100 years earlier, I flew back to earth. Which even more ironically, was the same day that Mithos had finished the plans for World Regeneration.
I knew that I had to go somewhere that Mithos would never find me, so I went to a small village called Mizuho and started a rebellion towards Mithos. I decided that I was going to be the first chosen of Regeneration because I knew that I was the only one that must stop him- for I saw all of it, up until me beginning to fight Mithos, in a vision. Which is why, I felt, I was given these powers.
When the time came to finaly confront Mithos, I failed. But I did not die. Mithos may have been crazy, but lucky for me Kratos let me live. He convinced Mithos that killing his sister's son would not only make Martel upset, but bring bad fortune and memories as well. And that could stall him from saving Martel.

I knew not why he let me live that day, nearly 3900 years ago. But I sort of trusted Kratos up until recently, where I saw in a vision: Sheena coming to stop the new Chosen and Kratos joining to protect her. It confused me, but I was told by my mother that I should, no matter the consequence, to listen to my feelings. So I thought to myself: "I shall let him do this, and I shall lead Sheena right to them."

The following is a prologue for the character Kalas. You should read this as well, though it is important only on a minor scale compared to the above.
Mission: To Save A World (or potentially destroy it) by: Thanatos Aurion

Like Sheena Fujibayashi, I too am under orders to protect Tethe'alla, only my mission is more severe than hers. I was first taken to meat a man named Varley who gave me something called an "Exsphere" which supposedly increases the wearer's combat abilities. Afterwards I was brought to a man named Rodyle, who apparently was constructing a weapon in Sylvarant called the "Mana Cannon" which has the power to destroy the Tower of Salvation. He told me about the two Towers and how the Holy Ground of Karlaan connects the two worlds. I asked if the Tower's destruction would affect Tethe'alla at all, and apparently the destruction of the tower would not pass through the Holy Ground of Karlaan, and Tethe'alla would not feel a thing. This is where I got the plan to save Tethe'alla.

I brought this information before the King and he gave me the order to travel to Sylvarant to assure the Mana Cannon's complete construction and have it fire at Sylvarant's Tower of Salvation. I made another visit to Rodyle and he said he would go along with this plan because it is in his interest that the tower be destroyed. However in order for him to fire the Cannon he would need a "Cruxis Crystal," which is a special type of exsphere. The only one I knew of was in possession of Zelos Wilder, Tethe'alla's Chosen, and taking his is not an option.

However Rodyle said that Sylvarant's Chosen of regeneration has just begun her Worlds Regeneration. This is when the plan was created. I was going to go through a Dimensional fissure at a famous ruin called the "Other Worldly Gate" which is rumoured to lead to Sylvarant, and head for the Chosen's most likely position. I will take her Cruxis Crystal by any means and bring that to Rodyle's "Island Base" so that he can fire the Mana Cannon at Sylvarant's Tower of Salvation, and save Tethe'alla for good.

There is only one problem with this plan that I cannot discuss with Rodyle. The King does not trust Rodyle and his Mana Cannon, so he gave orders for the Imperial Research Academy to make their smallest most powerful explosives, powerfull enough to destroy the Mana Cannon and Rodyle's base. They created High-Yield detonators small enough to fit in an ordinary pouch. I will have to place these bombs around the base of the Cannon as well as at key locations in Rodyle's base of operations. I will have to be discrete and possibly deactivate security systems, or take out any guards in my way. I cannot allow Rodyle to know of this part of the plan, or he will have me captured, and Tethe'alla could be in danger of attack.

I headed through the Other Worldly Gate and appeared in a strange land. There appears to be a large city near where I landed. Tonight I will camp outside the city and enter it in the mourning. "I'm coming for you, Chosen one. It's only a matter of time."

Anyone can join ToS, it is and has been open for a while. It simply needs its members, old and new.
*Commence role play now*
rofl XD

So I guess this thread's dead, huh? no one's been around the guild lately, and no one's posted. It's too bad, I was hoping to play this ToS RP.