Tear Grants

Tear Grants, birth name Mystearica Aura Fende, is the main female protagonist in Tales of the Abyss game.

She is a Seventh Fonist in the military wing of the Order of Lorelei, the religion overseeing Yulia Jue's Score. She lost both parents when she was still an infant, and has been raised as a warrior ever since. Tear is staid and reserved, giving her a cold air, but when not chastising Luke, she is polite and respectful to all, particularly to those in positions of authority. She also has a secret weak spot for cute things. A certain incident leads to her joining with Luke on his adventure.

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

Appearance
Tear is a young woman with an average height, fair skin, blue eyes and long, light-blue hair. She wears a dark gold uniform with a large collar and bears her shoulders, leaving the remainder of her arms to be cover by matching black & white gloves, an emblematic musical staff adorns her attire, trailing down the center in a straight line. Beneath her coat, she wears a maroon-colored stockings and delicate pair of white heels.

Personality
Despite a typically cold and serious demeanor, Tear has a soft spot for cute things, particularly Mieu, the bearer of the Sorcerer's Ring. She also has a fear of ghosts, which initially becomes evident when the group is making their way through the Abandoned Factory and is later hinted at again at Mt. Roneal. Tear is modest about her appearance in spite of it often being a topic of conversation, becoming embarrassed easily and scolding the other group members for such talk. She cares deeply about Luke, an affection that builds as the story progresses. The two grow to support each other despite their similar stubborn attitudes, and Tear ultimately confesses her love for Luke near the end of the story, after the battle with Van in Eldrant.

Abilities
Tear is a Seventh Fonist capable of casting unique spells known as Fonic Hymns. While Natalia's healing artes focus on single targets, Tears utilizes area-based healing artes such as Healing Circle and Revitalize. Apart from being one of the primary healers of the game, the aforementioned Fonic Hymns also grant powerful offensive spells such as Judgmentand Grand Cross. Similar to Legretta, she can also make use of Eclair de Larmes, Holy Lance, and Resurrection. While she primarily remains a long-ranged caster, she is adept to fighting up close as well.

Tear wields various staves and wands typical of the healer class, but her regular attack is unique in that her weapon fires out small orbs of fonic light a short distance, allowing her to keep enemies away. Some of her close-ranged artes consist of Nocturnal Light, Severed Fate, and Banishing Sorrow, which can be altered via FOF Changes into Inlay Nocturne, Fatal Circle, and Searing Sorrow, respectively. Tear is the only character who possesses spells that solely create FOF Circles, namely Invoke Ground, Invoke Aqua, Invoke Flame, and Invoke Gale.

Trivia

 * Tear is the first character from Tales of Abyss to be introduced in the AWA fics.


 * Her preferred ingredients when cooking  are  things like eggs and potatoes, which result in rather heavy dishes.