Lloyd Irving

Lloyd Irving is the main protagonist from the Tales of Symphonia series.
== Charactah Account ==
Once a simple country boy, Lloyd is thrust into the outside world following a raid on his village. The Chosen of Regeneration is one of his closest friends, and after being exiled from his hometown of Iselia, Lloyd joins her on the Journey of Regeneration. Although the young warrior himself plays no part in the prophecy, he is still a strong optimist and a fair leader.
Because he lives in an area that has a peace treaty with the Desians, Lloyd never actually understands how people are suffering at the hands of the organization. This causes him to be rather naive and short-tempered. He tends to make very rash decisions, regardless of what consequences his actions may have, claiming he is doing it for Colette. However, when it all ends wrong, he realizes his mistakes and attempts to repent for them. Under the guide of Kratos, he eventually matures through the journey, having witnessed people truly suffer. When he understands that people have to be sacrificed everywhere for the sake of others, Lloyd decides to stop "clinging to the Chosen", as Kratos describes it, and fight with his own strength and new ideals. What he wants is a world without sacrifices.
Lloyd uses skill and logic to make up for what he lacks in knowledge, which is often a joke throughout the series as he fails to answer various educational questions. He is generally idealistic, and tries to do what he believes is best for the worlds of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla. As the story progresses, Kratos compares Lloyd to Mithos, saying the only difference between them is that Lloyd is capable of acknowledging his own mistakes. Another character named Tiga also compares Lloyd to Mithos by saying he is idealistic and very dearly wants to save both worlds, but Lloyd denies that he is like Mithos and claims he does not want to save the worlds through Mithos's methods, but in his own way without sacrifices and with the help of his friends.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Tales of Puppet
* Tales of Symphonia The Animation: Sylvarant Chapter
* Tales of Symphonia The Animation: Sylvarant Chapter - Professor Kratos' Private Lesson
* Tales of Symphonia The Animation: Sylvarant Chapter - The Return of Professor Kratos' Private Lesson
* Tales of Symphonia The Animation: Tethe'alla Chapter
* Tales of Symphonia The Animation: Tethe'alla Chapter Specials
* Tales of Symphonia The Animation: United World Episode
=== Light Novels ===
* Tales of Symphonia 2: Dawn of the New World - Knight of Ratatosk
* Tales of Symphonia: Eternity Time Brilliance
* Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk - Onshuu no Richter
=== Manga ===
* Tales of Symphonia
* Tales of Symphonia: Extra Load
* Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
=== Video Games ===
* Soulcalibur Legends
* Tales of Asteria
* Tales of Crestoria
* Tales of Fandom Vol.2
* Tales of Link
* Tales of Hearts
* Tales of Symphonia
* Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
* Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave
* Tales of the Rays
* Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3
* Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
* Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2
* Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3
* Tales of the World: Reve Unitia
* Tales of VS.
== Trivia ==
* Lloyd's "Technical" arte branch is the arte set he uses in all Escort Titles.
* In Tales of the Abyss, Lloyd's costume can be seen in Nam Cobanda Isle with the description "Main character costume for A Tales of Two Worlds", in reference to the two worlds of Tales of Symphonia and paralleled with the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens.
* Lloyd's outfit appears as a DLC costume for Karol in Tales of Vesperia.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Lloyd Irving at Aselia, the Tales Wiki
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