Remiel
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Remiel is an antagonist in Tales of Symphonia.
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[edit] Story
Remiel first appears in the Martel Temple in Iselia after the oracle appears and Colette passes the trial of reaching the Seals safely. Upon meeting Remiel, it is immediately assumed he is Colette's "true" father, and Remiel plays along to earn the party's trust. Playing the role of guardian angel, Remiel guides Colette through her journey of World Regeneration from Seal to Seal. When Colette finally reaches the final Seal at the Tower of Salvation Remiel reveals that he was pretending to be Colette's father and that his true intentions were to turn Colette over as Martel's vessel so that he would be promoted in rank to join the Four Seraphim. Lloyd's party engages Remiel in battle in their effort to rescue Colette, and succeed in defeating him. Once defeated, Remiel is shocked at the fact that an angel has been defeated by "inferior beings." When Kratos shows up, Remiel begs him for help, but Kratos refuses his plea and instead mocks his beliefs, as well as those of Cruxis in general. Remiel subsequently dies.
[edit] Boss Battle
As an elite angel of Cruxis, Remiel is a formidable opponent. As expected of an angel, Remiel makes heavy use of warping capabilities to traverse the battlefield and uses various forms of Light-element magic. He is able to fire bolts of light via a magical bow, and makes use of the spells Ray, Holy Lance, and Photon. Remiel has a technique exclusive to him only, known as Judgment Ray. The technique has Remiel summon a field of Cruxis emblems filled with angel feathers underneath him, followed by the light of judgment raining down on that field a few times. This technique is an inferior move compared to an actual Judgment spell used by Seraphim-level angels, which serves to show Remiel's inferior rank in Cruxis' organization.
[edit] Anime
In the anime Remiel is more different than in the video game. In the anime he never claims to be Colette's true father unlike the video game. His death was also different in the anime too, in the anime when he is attacked by Lloyd he fires a pillar to be destroyed and knocks Lloyd out. After Lloyd and the others are saved by the Renegades the scene switches to the Tower of Salvation and Kratos looks at a dead Remiel covered in blood from a wound of a giant sword. Kratos looks in disgust and says Yuan, in the video game this was different since Kratos wanted Remiel to die.
[edit] Trivia
Although the summon spirit Rem does not appear in the Aselia timeline, some fans consider Remiel to be a possible reference to her. Both are considered cherubic being, although Rem would be likened more towards a goddess than an angelic figure, due to her control over the primary elements of Inferia within Tales of Eternia.
