Rodyle
Information
Game	Tales of Symphonia
Other Residences	Remote Island Human Ranch
Race	Half-elf
Occupation	Desian Grand Cardinal
Japanese Voice Actor	Takeshi Aono
English Voice Actor	Daran Norris

Iron Will Rodyle (ロディル, Rodiru) is an antagonist in Tales of Symphonia and one of the five Desian Grand Cardinals. He oversees the Remote Island Human Ranch.

History

Angelus Project

At some point several years before the story, Presea Combatir's sister Alicia Combatir left to serve the Bryant family, and her father, Sieg, became very ill and unable to continue working as a lumberjack. She had to continue working to feed her and her father, so she forged a deal with Rodyle, that she would take part in his experiments in exchange for enough power to wield her father's axe and continue working in his place. Rodyle performed these experiments without Cruxis knowing, and planned to use the power of the Angelus Project to overthrow Pronyma and became the leader of the Desian Grand Cardinals.

Rodyle worked together with Kvar on their experiments, designing both the Mana Cannon and the Angelus Project. Although it is unknown if Kvar knew the intent of Rodyle's deception, he makes no mention of him. After his death, Rodyle appears as a hologram and extracts all the information stored in the human ranch concerning the Mana Cannon and the Angelus project. Another of his deceptions involves him telling Magnius that Cruxis wanted the Chosen dead, instead of just pursuing her and making her journey more stressful. Forcystus was also given this information, since Magnius tries in his agony to talk to Forcystus to "warn him", though he is stopped by Rodyle, who sarcastically thanks him for all the money Magnius gained from Palmacosta and gave to him.

Mana Cannon and Ranch Infiltration

After learning that Rodyle is planning to use a Mana Cannon to destroy the Tower of Salvation and make himself the ruler of the two worlds, Lloyd Irving and his companions, as well as Botta and a few of the Renegades, infiltrate the Remote Human Ranch. Along the way, the party frees the prisoners that are imprisoned inside of the ranch. When Rodyle is found by the party, he traps the prisoners that they had helped to escape in a room, and starts to flow water into it, hoping to drown them. Just before he fights the party, he equips what he believes to be a Cruxis Crystal to himself, transforming his body into a monster. After he is defeated, he realizes that Pronyma, the person who gave him the "Cruxis Crystal", tricked him, and that is body is falling apart. Before dying, Rodyle activates the self-destruct sequence of the ranch and dies at the controls.

Fighting Style

As a Desian Grand Cardinal, Rodyle is a formidable opponent. Rodyle fights alone and is fought as an advanced, mutated "Exebula"-type creature rather than in his half-elf form. The mutation grants him massive offense and defense at the cost of speed and mobility. He is armed with a sickle on his massive forearm, slicing with it or simply smashing it onto the ground for heavy damage. Rodyle makes use of powerful Earth magic, casting Grave and Gravity Well effectively. Rodyle has an exclusive technique available only to him known as Insanity Force, though the move's name is very similar to Marble's Insane Cell. The move sees him harnessing white energy on his chest plate, then releasing it in a violent explosion. Any target caught in the blast is dealt massive damage and is blown away.