Asbel Lhant

Asbel Lhant is the main protagonist from the Tales of Graces series.
== Charactah Account ==
Asbel is the eldest son of Aston Lhant, the Lord of the Lhantterritory, located in the border zone between the countries of Windor and Fendel. From an early age, he was taught the skills necessary to inherit the title of Lord by his father and his butler, Frederic Barnes, but secretly aspires to become a knight. He one day decides to enlist in the Knight Training Academy in the capital of Windor and became devoted to his training, eventually growing into a polite and diligent young swordsman.
Asbel is a spirited young man with a very strong sense of justice, even more so for that of a knight. He fails to turn away from those in need, and once he has decided on a path it is unlikely that anyone would deter him from it. He may be seen as naive and young, as Malik often states, usually stating ideals considered impossible, such as "saving everyone". After losing someone important seven years prior to the main scenario, he becomes a lot more self-aware about his actions and takes responsibility for his own actions; but at a cost, Asbel during his time as a knight ruminates too often about the past, as well as showing initial difficulty in trying to fully accept others' assistance (an issue that Richard himself deals with and relates to) until later in the story.
As a form of comic relief, Asbel at times can be normally quite dense towards the atmosphere of others around himself while also being too serious at being unable to take jokes and certain levels of sarcasm (despite also showing a low level of tolerance for Pascal's antics). His feelings for Cheria are often glossed over by his duty to maintain the world's peace and his friendships with others, while also being blissfully unaware of both Bailey and Raymond's affections for her; once he is able to settle down, Asbel's own feelings for Cheria soon come to light in the future arc.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Tales of Puppet
* Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave Specials
=== Manga ===
* Tales of Graces Comic Anthology
* Tales of Graces f
* Tales of Graces f: Sub Travels
=== Video Games ===
* Tales of Asteria
*Tales of Crestoria
* Tales of Graces
* Tales of Graces ƒ
*Tales of Link
* Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X
* Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave
*Tales of the Rays
* Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3
* Tales of the World: Reve Unitia
== Trivia ==
* Asbel appears in a special crossover DVD with Haseo, the main character of both .hack//Roots and .hack//G.U., available if the game .hack//LINK was pre-ordered in Japan. In addition to this, Haseo can obtain Asbel's clothing as a costume within the game, and in Tales of Graces ƒ, Asbel can obtain Haseo's "Xth Form" costume as DLC. This is mostly a voice actor allusion, as Takahiro Sakurai voices both characters in Japanese.
* Asbel's clothing appears as a downloadable costume for the main character in the Namco Bandai game, Gods Eater Burst.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Asbel Lhant at Aselia, the Tales Wiki
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