Croix Bartel
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| Kanji/Kana | クロア・バーテル |
| Unaltered Name | Chroah Vatel |
| Race | Human |
| Age | 18 |
| Height | 5'6" (172cm) |
| Weight | 127 lbs. (58kg) |
| First Appearance | Melody of Metafalica |
| Hymmnos Singer | Dahna |
| Japanese Voice Actor | Kouji Yusa |
- "I joined the Grand Bell Knights because I admired the ideals of Metafalica."
- — Croix —
Croix Bartel (クロア・バーテル, Kuroa Bāteru) (known as Chroah Vatel in the Japanese version) is the main character of the game and a promising young knight who eventually finds himself involved in a battle far beyond his wildest imagination. He adopted a young girl called Cocona that was orphaned because of an IPD outbreak, and ended becoming a big brother for her. Cynthia at the Pastalia weapons shop is extremely fond of him, often giving him recipes that she says are "made with love" and embarrassing him deeply. He usually wears glasses when not fighting due to poor eyesight, but takes them off when he goes into battle, saying in one conversation with Luca that his sight is not so bad that it affects his combat skill and pointing out the risks of his glasses potentially shattering in battle. He becomes caught up in a rapidly-escalating civil war during one of his missions, soon finding himself directly protecting the Holy Maiden of Pastalia and in for an adventure that will decide the fate of the entire world.
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[edit] Croix's Story
[edit] Past
Croix was orphaned when he was only 4 years old, since her mother ended having an IPD outbreak, killing her husband and herself in the process. Because of this, his neighbor Reisha, having a similar suffering to what he had because of what happened to her daughter, Leyka, decided to adopt him.
Croix became friends with a boy called Targana, which was one of his classmates in a swordmanship class, and both were regarded as the best ones in the class, though Croix never managed to best Targana. Both had one hideout in the Dreamy Fields, in which both passed their days playing and talking. At one point, Targana revealed to Croix that he was actually Prince Targana, the grandchild of the previous Pope of Metafalss, and there, both made the promise of trying to turn Metafalss into a better place, and try to realize the dream of the green land, Metafalica.
Croix and Reisha's other daughter, Luca, ended having a brotherly relationship, which ended becoming a lover's relationship sometime after Luca began her job as a Dive Therapist. However, their time was cut short because Croix ended passing the tests to become a Grand Bell Knight, and went off to live in the city of Pastalia.
[edit] Life as a Grand Bell Knight
Croix quickly made a reputation for himself because of his skills in combat, and because of his calm and cold attitude. Apparently, he was the only knight that never required a Reyvateil partner. He was required to daily train with the other knights, and once, during a training with Captain Leglius, he received a bad blow, and Leglius gave the rest of the day off to him. During his way back home, he encounted the Maiden, Cloche Leythal Pastalia, having one of her secret escapades to the garden of the Grand Bell Palace. Cloche, seeing he was injured, sang a song to heal his wounds, and bandaged one he had on the hand with a handkerchief, asking Croix to keep it afterwards.
Aside from training, Croix also was sent in IPD containment missions, which he particularly hated, because of his past with them. Once, Cloche ordered him to finish the containment at once, and afterwards, focusing in protecting the town, given that the rampaging IPDs had caused a fire in it. Later on, during a particularly bad IPD outbreak, he found an orphaned girl, and worried about her, he asked "Are you hungry?". After this, Croix adopted the girl and began treating her as his own sister. This girl ended being Cocona.
[edit] The Rakshek Resort Incident
More coming soon...
