Hell Pyre


 * ''This article is about the melee arte that is localized as "Hell Pyre". For the archery arte with the same localized name, see Hell Pyre (archery).

Hell Pyre (紅蓮剣/犬) is a classic technique of the Tales series. This is one of the most well-recognized elemental melee artes of the series.

Arte Description and History
When Hell Pyre is executed, the character slashes upwards at the enemy while jumping high into the air, following through by tossing a flaming projectile sword or fireball down to the enemy while airborne.

In the original Tales of Destiny, this arte is obtained as a prize for passing the Namco cameo quiz given by Cless Alvein and Arche Klaine, both characters from the preceding game, Tales of Phantasia. The use of this arte will cause the Swordian Dymlos to be thrown at the enemy, and all attacks after this are considered to be unarmed until Dymlos is picked up from the ground where he was thrown. The remake versions of this game change the effect of this arte to keep Dymlos from being thrown, instead creating a massive fireball to drop onto the enemies below.

In Tales of Eternia, the arte appears when Demon Hammer is used at the precise moment that the Fireball spell is cast. The arte represents one of four combination artes that are activated through the use of a melee artes from one character and a spell from another character at the same instant, combining both into one powerful elemental artes. Because of the careful timing of the two attacks, it is fairly difficult for most players to cause these two-character combination artes to appear often, especially when a player's concentration must focus on enemy attacks while attempting to execute the artes.

In Tales of Vesperia Playstation 3 port, Flynn can turn this arte into Gou Gurenken with the skills "Hellfire" and "Crucible" equipped.

Mothership Titles
Tales of Phantasia - Cress Albane Tales of Destiny - Stahn Aileron (Throw Sword) Tales of Phantasia (PSX) + Full Voice Edition - Cress Albane Tales of Eternia - Team Skill: Reid Hershel + Keele Zeibel (Flaming Sword) Tales of Phantasia (GBA) - Cress Albane (Hell Pyre) Tales of Symphonia - Kratos Aurion, Zelos Wilder (Hell Pyre) Tales of Destiny (PS2) + Director's Cut - Stahn Aileron Tales of Vesperia - Repede (Hell Hound)

Escort Titles
Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 – Flame Swordsman costume, Berserker/Amazoness costumes Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Swordsman costume, Stahn Aileron, Kratos Aurion, Zelos Wilder Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology - Stahn Aileron, Kratos Aurion (Hell Pyre) Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Zelos Wilder (Hell Pyre) Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 - Reid Hershel, Kratos Aurion, Zelos Wilder

Fan-Translated Names
Tales of Phantasia (SFC) (DeJap Translations): Firebrand Tales of Phantasia (PSX) (Absolute Zero): Gurenken Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 (Kajitani-Eizan): ? Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 (Kajitani-Eizan): Hell Pyre

Tales of Phantasia
Japanese Description: 炎の闘気をまとった武器を投げつけて敵を燃やし尽くす技 Romanization: Honoo no youki wo matotta buki wo tougetsu kete teki wo moyashi tsukusu waza Translated Description (DeJap Translations): "Wrap your sword in flames then throw it at an enemy."

Tales of Destiny
Localized Description: "Throws the user's sword at a target."

Tales of Phantasia (GBA)
Japanese Description: 炎の闘気をまとった武器を投げつけて敵を燃やしつくす Romanization: Honoo no youki wo matotta buki wo tougetsu kete teki wo moyashi tsukusu Localized Description: "Incinerate enemy by throwing a weapon enveloped in flaming attack power."

Tales of Symphonia
Localized Description: "Lv. 2 Sp. Attack: attack with fiery battle energy."

Tales of Vesperia
Localized Description: "Arcane Arte: Throw a fireball at an enemy from mid-air."