Spada Belforma

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Spada Belforma
Information
Game	Tales of Innocence
Japanese Name	Spada Belforma (スパーダ・ベルフォルマ, Supaada Beruforuma?)
Hometown	Regnam
Age	17
Weight	71kg / 156 lb
Height	177 cm / 5'9
Weapon	Dual Swords
Japanese Voice Actor	Yuji Ueda

Spada Belforma is a young man who originates from an aristocratic family of nobility. For unknown reasons, he cut off ties with his family and siblings and never came back to his noble home.

Contents 1 Personality 2 Fighting Style 3 History 3.1 Past Life's Dark Secrets 3.2 Leaving Home 3.3 Meeting Ruca 3.4 Holy City of Naohs 4 Relationships 4.1 Party 4.2 Family 4.3 Enemies 5 Other Appearances 5.1 Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 6 Trivia

[edit] Personality

Spada is kind and warm-hearted and believes in righteous justice, but he can be hot-blooded and perverted at times. Things get interesting as he meets Iria, whose own personality contrasts with his.

[edit] Fighting Style

Spada fights in a style almost reminiscent of traditional swordsmen such as Reid Hershel and Lloyd Irving, possesing many of the classic melee artes that have existed since the earliest games of the series, modified to provide aerial capabilities. Spada focuses on speed and combos, allowing him to keep enemies staggered for a longer period of time while he attacks, while other characters like Ruca Milda are capable of more damage per hit. He also posseses Wind-elemental magic, which encompasses a few traditionally Thunder-elemental spells into his repetoire.

Spada proves to be extremely skilled. When Ricardo Soldato attacks the party, Spada deflects his bullets and forces the mercenary out of hiding, showing he has extreme reflexes.

[edit] History

[edit] Past Life's Dark Secrets

Spada's past life is the Holy Sword Durandal, which was the sword the God, Asras, used in battle. The sword was sentient and was able to talk.

Durandal was forged as a gift to Asras, but its true purpose was for Asras' lover, Inanna to betray Asras to prevent the merging of heaven and earth, and stabbing Asras, on his death. Furious at the betrayal, Asras breaks Durandal in half, and stabs Inanna; the three die afterward, and become a statue in the Tower in the Sky.

[edit] Leaving Home

If enough skits are viewed, it is revealed he left home because his other six brothers were jealous of him being better than them. This jealousy eventually became more violent, resulting in them trying to poison him. Because of this, he left, since his parents never took care of him and always focused on his brothers.

[edit] Meeting Ruca

Spada is first seen being arrested in Ruca's hometown, though the party meets up Spada on the research lab after they are held prisoners. At first, Ruca thinks Spada is a punk and gets scared of him easily. However, Iria and Spada get along, joking about ways to tease Ruca for his timid nature.

Few minutes later, they are taken to a test ground, and are forced to fight an Inousha. After the battle, Spada uses the power of his past life Durandal to take out a Latio. after that, he joins the party, and they are sent to a battlefield to fight in the war.

[edit] Holy City of Naohs

When the party arrives in the Holy City of Naohs, the party meets Hartman, who was once a butler for the royal Belforma mamily, and it is discovered that Hartman was one of the persons that taught Spada the Knight's Code. Spada and Hartman seem to share a family bond, since he was the caretaker of Spada.

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Party

Ruca Milda - Spada and Ruca share a "brotherly" bond. Although Spada and Iria always tease him in the beginning, Spada teases him a little less often as the story progresses, and begins to start caring for him.

Iria Animi - Spada and Iria share a close bond, since they both share the same sense of justice. They often work together to tease Ruca during various skits.

[edit] Family

The relationship with Spada's family cannot have been well, as his six brothes were jealous of his skills and would try to poison him, and his parents only thinking of his brothers. It is because of this that he leaves his home. He does, however, share a family-like bond with the family's butler, Hartman.

[edit] Enemies

Hasta - It appears that Spada has a strong dislike towards Hasta, most likely because they have a past together from their past lives, both as weapons to enemies.

[edit] Other Appearances

[edit] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2

Spada appears in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 as a playable character along with fellow Tales of Innocence characters Ruca and Iria.

[edit] Trivia

• "Spada" is Italian for "sword", most likely referencing the fact that Spada was the Holy Sword Durandal in his past life. His last name also seems to be of Italian origin, with "bel" meaning "nice" and "forma" meaning "shape" or "form". This is likely refering to his noble birth and relatively quick and graceful fighting style. It is clear that Spada does unconciously carry himself in a way that reflects his heritage, as Hartman remarks that he stands in the same way his father did when he was Spada's age.