Vanguard
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Vanguard is an organization in the sequel of Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. It was originally founded to raise the Sylvarant side against the Tethe'alla side, who thought of themselves as superior due to Sylvarant's inferior technology. However, as time goes, Brute, the leader of the Vanguard, is affected by a Centurion's core, and eventually creates a new reason of fighting; he wants to revive the Sylvarant Dynasty, a dynasty that fell eight hundred years ago at the hands of Cruxis.
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[edit] Blood Purge
One day, the Church of Martel went to war with the Vanguard, and Sylvarant's city of Palmacosta was caught in the crossfire. Countless innocent lives were lost and the city was consumed in flames. This event came to be known as the "Blood Purge", and Lloyd Irving got the blame for it, for a rumor is saying that he was leading the Church of Martel against the Vanguard at that time.
[edit] Hunting the Chosens
The Vanguard is also opposing Colette Brunel and Zelos Wilder, the last Chosens of Mana. The official reasons for opposing them are because Colette is a Sylvaranti traitor for supporting Tethe’alla and Zelos is a Tethe’allan, though the real reason is soon releaved to be because they need their Cruxis Crystals.
[edit] Known members of the Vanguard
- Brute - The leader of the whole Vanguard. He began doubting the power of the Church of Martel even before the worlds were reunited, when the Giant Kharlan Tree's rampage killed his wife. When the people of Sylvarant were discriminated because of their inferior technology, Brute founded the Vanguard to raise Sylvarant into a place just like Tethe'alla.
- Marta Lualdi - Brute’s daughter, and former member of the Vanguard. She was with while they tried to help the Sylvaranti, but as she saw her father change, she became scared and ran of. Now, she is an enemy of the Vanguard, protecting Ratatosk’s core from them.
- Richter Abend - A hard red-haired man who befriends Emil and teaches him the basics of swordsmanship. He is later revealed to be a half-elf from Sybak as well as the true founder of the Vanguard after Brute is defeated by Emil and friends.
- Alice - A cute, selfish, and mean-spirited girl who is later revealed to be a half-elf from Hima. She uses machines run by Exspheres to manipulate monsters to be her slaves, though she does not care about them, nor her comrades in the Vanguard, at all.
- Decus - A supposedly good-looking man who is in love with Alice and wants to follow her to the end of the world. He himself is quite neutral about the whole situation between the whole world, but takes the Vanguard's side just to be with Alice.
- Hawk - Another member of the organization. Although he dislikes his superiors' brutality, he fears them too much to say anything.
- Magner - Another member of the organization. He is first thought to be with the Church of Martel, but is soon revealed to work with the Vanguard.
[edit] Trivia
- Every high-ranked Vanguard member has a specially designed uniform that combines white and a secondary colour (Alice's secondary coulour is pink, Decus' is navy blue, Hawk's is gray and Marta's is purple). The only exceptions seem to be Richter, Brute (Both commanders) and Magnar, who uses an armor similar to those of the Martel Knights in order to pose as part of the Church of Martel.
