The eighth mothership title in Namco's [[tales of (series)|Tales Series]]. Devolped by [[Tales of Symphonia|Team Symphonia]], Tales of the Abyss follows the story of the young, secluded noble, [[Luke fon Fabre]], on a journey of political and religious intrigue that changes his attitude about himself and other people for the better. It was released in Japan on the [[Playstation 2]] on December 15, 2005, and in North America on October 10, 2006.

Recently received a straight [[Nintendo 3DS]] port in Japan on June 30, 2011, and was released for the first time in Europe on November 24, 2011. The North American version of the 3DS port was later released on [[valentine|Feburary 14]], 2012.


h4. Protagonists

* [[Luke fon Fabre]]
** [[Mieu (tales)|]]
* [[Tear Grants]]
* [[Jade Curtiss]]
* [[Guy Cecil]]
* [[Anise Tatlin]]
** [[Tokunaga (tales)|]]
* [[Ion (tales)|Fon Master Ion]]
* [[Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear]]

h4. Van and The Six God Generals

* [[Van Grants]]
* [[Asch (tales)|Asch the Bloody]]
* [[Legretta (tales)|Legretta the Quick]]
* [[Arietta (tales)|Arietta the Wild]]
* [[dist_(tales)|Dist the Reaper]]
* [[Sync (tales)|Sync the Tempest]]
* [[Largo (tales)|Largo the Black Lion]]

h4. Other
* [[Marybelle Ladan Gardios]]
* [[Peony IX]]
* [[Aslan Frings]]
* [[Jozette Cecille]]
* [[Mohs]]
* [[Oliver Tatlin]]
* [[Pamela Tatlin]]
* [[florian_(tales)|Florian]]
* [[Gelda Nebilim]]
* [[ginji_(tales)|Ginji]]
* [[noelle_(tales)|Noelle]]
* [[Sand Shaman]]

h4.External Links

* Wikipedia article: "Tales of the Abyss":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_the_Abyss 
* Pixpedia article(EN): "Tales of the Abyss":http://en.dic.pixiv.net/a/Tales+of+the+Abyss
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