Genis Sage

Genis Sage is one of the main characters from the Tales of Symphonia games and anime.

Genis is the fourteen-year-old friend of Lloyd Irving and Colette Brunel. He is the younger brother of Raine Sage, and a prodigy in academics and magic. Although at first, Genis seems somewhat off-putting and sarcastic, he can be one of the group's most mature members.

In the AWA fics, Genis is a student at the AWA Academy.

Appearance
Genis has a short stature with a spike-down, shoulder-length silver hair and has blue eyes. He wears a blue short-sleeve bolero jacket with white linings and open-slits on each side over a dark-blue long-sleeve crop top with white lines, blue shorts with white tribal marks over dark-blue knee-sleeves and white, blue & dark-blue creamed boots.

Personality
Though he is often portrayed as a coward, Genis is actually a very strong boy. When he was born, his family was being chased by the Elemental Research Laboratory in Sybak because of his sister's astonishing intelligence for such a young age. About the time he was born, Genis and Raine were abandoned at the Otherworldly Gate by their mother in a last-ditch effort to save them from half-elf persecution by transporting them to Sylvarant. The two later came to reside in the village of Iselia, passing themselves off as pure elves. As a result of the heavy persecution directed toward half-elves like himself, Genis expresses a dislike of humans later in the game. He is very intelligent like his sister Raine, but unlike her, he is a superb cook whose skills are rivaled only by those of Regal. Genis's intelligence is demonstrated more than once on the trip, from an incident on the Ossa Trail to an academic competition at the Palmacosta Academy. Since he is a half-elf, he is sensitive to the amount of mana in the air and is easily able to gauge how much of it there is.

Abilities
At the beginning of the game, Genis merely has access to the novice spell Fire Ball. As the story progresses, however, he develops and becomes a great mage. While his magical abilities are the best of all playable characters in Tales of Symphonia, he possesses no close-ranged skills other than swinging his kendama at the enemy. Genis is able to make use of nearly all the elements in the game, lacking only the ability to learn a Dark-elemental spell. His novice spells consist of the aforementioned Fire Ball, Stone Blast, Wind Blade, Aqua Edge, Lightning, and Icicle; these spells eventually pave the way for similar mid and advanced elemental spells that vary depending on his particular Technical-based or Strike-based arte progression. He is also able to learn the massively powerful Meteor Storm arte."Main Article: Genis Sage's Artes"

Trivia

 * Genis's weapon of choice is the kendama, a traditional Japanese toy.
 * Genis's strongest weapon is the "One World", obtained from the Grand Tethe'alla Bridge mini-game "Red Light, Green Light". The name of his Devil's Arm is "Disaster". The gag weapon the player can buy for him in the completely rebuilt Luin is "Phantasmagoria".
 * In Tales of Xillia, there is a book in Sharilton that explains the journey of someone named "Genises Sage", a reference to Genis.