Gnome



Gnome is one of the fiction deities that appear in some of the games in the Tales of-series, having the power of Earth. However, he is replaced in Tales of Rebirth by Randgriz, the Sacred Beast of Earth.

Tales of Phantasia
In Tales of Phantasia, Gnome stays in a cavern known as the Cavern of the Spirits. He looks similar to five rockets stuck in the ground. When he attacks, Gnome fires these rockets out of the ground directing them to land upon the party. This makes it very difficult to attack him. When summoned by the party, he does the same attack. However, these attacks do not do much damage, either. This fact, coupled with the difficulty in hitting him, can draw out the battle's length.

Tales of Destiny
Gnome makes an appearance in Tales of Destiny, as an arte and possibly more.

Tales of Eternia
Gnome appears in Tales of Eternia as well, but now called the Greater Craymel of Earth.

Tales of Destiny 2
Gnome has a really small appearance in the sequel of Tales of Destiny as a spell for Harold Berselius.

Tales of Symphonia
Unlike the other Summon Spirits, Gnome has vastly differing appearances in Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Phantasia. Symphonia's Gnome has him as a large mole-like creature, Gnome carries a shovel and has a red "ribbon" capable of rotating on his head in this game, which Colette Brunel remarks as being "cute". He attacks in a more typical Earth-element fashion, slamming the ground and casting Earth spells. Although his large size allows him to slam the party members to the ground, it also makes him a large and slow target for their attacks. Upon his defeat, Sheena will learn the arte Summon: Earth and Tethe Seal: Earth, as well as receive the ruby ring as a sign of their pact.
 * The Servant of Mother Earth

Once beaten, Gnome remarks "Geez, you guys fight dirty. I mean, what's with this four on one stuff? Mithos, well, he did it all by himself." It is likely that, after being ganged up on, he split himself into multiple creatures to even the score in the future, as Tales of Symphonia is a distant prequel to Tales of Phantasia.

Tales of Legendia
Gnome appears in Tales of Legendia as one of the Summon Spirits bequeathed onto the world at the game's end. Given his past, he is probably associated with the game's Earth element.

Tales of the Abyss
Gnome is also mentioned, but does not appear, in Tales of the Abyss. Here, he is the aggregate sentience of the Second Fonon, which is the fonon of Earth. He is best known as being believed to be the source of the miasma through a significant portion of the game, as they say the miasma is "seeping up from Gnome's domain".

Tales of Vesperia
In Tales of Vesperia, Gnome is called the spirit of earth, and is the reincarnation of the Entelexeia Gusios after he becomes an Apetheia. Rita and Estelle combine their powers, and they then manage to get him into a spirit that controls the element earth. Undine will then come forth and request them to give him a new name, as Gusios is sleeping after the battle against the party. Estelle comes up with the name Gnome. In Tales of Vesperia, he once again has a different appearance than that from the other games; in here, he resembles more of a brown furret.
 * The spreader of roots