During the journey, Lloyd kills Kvar, one of the Desian Grand Cardinals, after learning that Kvar's Angelus Project caused the death of Lloyd's mother. When Lloyd learns his mother, Anna, was killed by the Desians, he decides to join Colette's journey. Orphaned as a child, he was adopted and raised by a dwarf, Dirk. Lloyd Irving ( ロイド・アーヴィング, Roido Āvingu ?) is a strong-hearted young man who wishes for peace in the world without the sacrifice of others. It follows Emil Castagnier and Marta Lualdi as they journey to awaken the deity known as Ratatosk to solve the world's climate problem. The sequel, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World takes place two years after the reunification of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla which caused extreme climate change. The party then travel to Tethe'alla where Zelos Wilder, Presea Combatir, and Regal Bryant join them in their cause to save the two worlds. The party then discover that their religion and mana system are a facade created by an organization called Cruxis led by Mithos Yggdrasill. During their journey, they learn from Sheena Fujibayashi about the existence of a parallel world called Tethe'alla and how their quest redirects Tethe'alla's flow of mana towards Sylvarant. They are accompanied by Genis Sage and Raine Sage, half-elves from their village, and a mercenary named Kratos Aurion. Lloyd Irving accompanies his childhood friend, Colette Brunel, who is chosen by the angels to travel and unseal Sylvarant's temples to restore mana, a necessary energy to sustain life, to the world.

The story takes place in a world known as Sylvarant. The characters in both games were designed by Kōsuke Fujishima. Its sequel, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, was released on the Wii in 2008. Tales of Symphonia is a Japanese role-playing game released for the Nintendo GameCube on Augin Japan and was localized to North America in 2004. The protagonists in Tales of Symphonia and its sequel, Dawn of the New World

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