Van Grants

Van Grants, also known as Vandesdelca Musto Fende, is one of the main characters from the Tales of the Abyss series.
== Charactah Account ==
Vandesdelca Musto Fende, better known as Van Grants, is the Commandant of the Order of Lorelei - the commander of the Six God Generals. He is also Luke's sword instructor and mentor.
When Van was young, and his mother was pregnant with his sister, Tear Grants, he was forced to destroy the island of his birth, Hod, by being attached to a machine that would cause a hyperresonance. Van later found out that this was predicted in the Score, starting his hatred of it. It sparked his plans of overthrowing it. Since the creation of replicas was not predicted in the Score - and thus, they were not bound by it - his goal was to replicate the entire world and everything in it, destroying all the originals.
To do this, Van had to get into a position of power - to get followers. So he joined the Order of Lorelei - the organization that ensures that the world follows the score. He even tried to look older once he did get into a higher position so that people would be more likely to look up to him rather than be jealous of his high rank. Once there, he found others, who made up the the Six God Generals, who shared the same hatred of the Score that he had. Van originally followed the Score - even ensuring the fall of Akzeriuth, but later showed his true objectives by trying to make St. Binah fall as well.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Tales of the Abyss
=== Manga ===
* Tales of the Abyss
* Tales of the Abyss: Asch the Bloody
=== Video Games ===
* Tales of Link
* Tales of the Abyss
* Tales of the Rays
* Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3
== Trivia ==
* Van has unused cut-in artwork for Imperial Slaughter, depicted in the horizontal style commonly attributed to the protagonists' first available mystic artes.
** Van also has voice clips for a mystic arte called "Majestic Apocalypse".
* An interview in Tales of Magazine reveals that Takumi Miyajima, the scenario writer for Tales of the Abyss, originally wanted Van to be playable prior to Akzeriuth. Since she knew it wouldn't happen, she settled for including him in skits.
* During the final battle against Van, after Tear begins singing the Grand Fonic Hymn, not only does the background music change to Tear's song, but Luke and his party seem to become invincible against Van, making it impossible for the party to be killed after Tear begins singing. However, this takes place after Van's normal HP is reduced to 0 and once Tear's song ends, Luke immediately unleashes Radiant Howl to end the fight. Also, this part of the battle only takes place if Luke and Tear are fighting Van.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Van Grants at Aselia, the Tales Wiki
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