Ratatosk
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| Game | Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World |
| Japanese Name | Ratatosk (ラタトスク Ratatosuku?) |
| Hometown | Ginnungagap |
| Age | More than 10000 |
| Weight | 132 lbs / 60 kg |
| Height | 5'7" / 169 cm |
| Race | Summon Spirit |
| Weapon | One-Handed Sword |
| Japanese Voice Actor | Hiro Shimono |
| English Voice Actor | Johnny Yong Bosch |
- Ratatosk threatening Magnar
Ratatosk is the Lord of Monsters, as stated in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. He is also the Summon Spirit of the Great Kharlan Tree, which was destroyed in the previous events of Tales of Symphonia.
[edit] The Distribution of Mana
Some ten thousand years ago prior to Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, both the present worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla were still one. However, even this far back in time, mana hadn't existed--it was only after the arrival of giant meteor, Derris Kharlan, that mana had actually been born into the world.
Observing that the overwhelming energy from the ethereal comet would no doubt negatively affect the world, Ratatosk called upon the eight Centurions: Lumen, Aqua, Solum, Tonitrus, Glacies, Ignis, Ventus and Tenebrae. Along with his own power, the nine were able to evenly distribute and balance the flow of mana throughout the world. Ratatosk subsequently created monsters in order to sustain that balance, which lasted several thousand years after that. During this time, Mithos' group asked to borrow Ratatosk's power, but later betrayed him. It is from this incident that makes the Summon Spirit lose his trust of humans and half-elves.
Ratatosk was the Summon Spirit of the Giant Kharlan Tree, until it was destroyed by the Mana Cannon. After this, he moved to the Ginnungagap, the gateway between the world and Niflheim, the demonic realm.
[edit] Murder in the Ginnungagap
Sometime afterwards, Sybak researchers, Richter and Aster, had entered the Ginnungagap with the help of Centurion Aqua. It was here that the two met with Ratatosk, and tried to convince him to reform the mana of the recently unified world composed of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla. However, an argument over beliefs resulted in Ratatosk killing Aster.
[edit] Trivia
- Ratatosk's name, like many features of the Aselia timeline, comes from Norse mythology. Ratatoskr is a mythological squirrel that is residing in Yggdrasil, the tree of Midgard. His duty is to carry insulting messages between Nidhogg the dragon that lives under the tree and Veldronir the eagle who lives on top of Yggdrasil.
