Colette Brunel

Colette Brunel is the female lead of Tales of Symphonia, the fifth major release in the Tales series. She is the current Miko (Chosen) of Sylvarant.

This page contains Tales of Symphonia spoilers.

Character
Colette is kind and selfless, but occassionally silly and clumsy. As the Chosen of Sylvarant, she prays for the world's safety every night and has an amazing talent that allows her to trip over nothing in just the right way at just the right time to miraculously save the day during dangerous situations. She is very self-conscious and hates being different. She is quick to take responsibility and puts others above herself. She is brave and is quick to do what she believes is right, but she is not very self-confident and can be slow to decide what the right action is. Her ditziness is such that it can lower the intelligence of those around her.

Family
Her Father is Frank, and her grandmother is Phaidra, a member of the church. Her mother is never mentioned, although she was probably a member of the Mana Lineage (as opposed to Frank). It was rumored that Colette's true father was not Frank, but in fact an angel, whom Colette assumes to be Remiel. After she and her friends discover the truth about Cruxis, however, this rumor is proved false.

Background Story
Because she is a Chosen, the other children of her village avoided association with her. No one would be her friend, and she was afraid to be too friendly because she knew she was going to die young. She did not consider herself a human and assumed that that was why she had to live is such isolation. When Lloyd came to the village, he became her first friend, and therefore he's very important to her. She typically trusts all decisions to him. She doesn't like others to know when she's upset, so she will pretend to be cheerful even though she rarely is.

During the game
When she she receives the Cruxis Oracle from Remiel, she sets out on her Journey of World Regeneration. She starts to believe, at least partially, that Remiel is her father like the rumors suggest. She tricks Lloyd and Genis so that they won't come along and be in danger, but they finally join up with her. At the first Seal, she gains her wings and is concerned about being weird, but Lloyd comforts her. She also stops feeling the need to eat. At the second Seal, she no longer has the ability to sleep even when tired. At the third seal, she loses her sense of touch (ability to feel pain or temperature). At the fourth seal, she loses her voice. She wants her friends to have fun on this journey, so she tries to hide these problems from them and is very upset when Lloyd finds out. Over the course of the journey, she grows closer to her friends, has fun, and starts to feel fear of death, which she never felt before because she did not have a good reason to want to be alive.

She is very empathetic, which allows her to realize that Sheena is a nice person.

Her top priority is the immediate safety of the people of Sylvarant. She originally intends to befriend Sheena, but she says that she'd be willing to fight her new friend (thereby making Tethe'alla] suffer) if Sheena tried to interfere with her mission to regenerate Sylvarant.

She was originally willing to die for the purpose of reviving Sylvarant and Martel but Lloyd convinced her to find another way. However, she continues to hide her problems, including the fact that her body is crystalizind due to the Chronic Angelus Crystallus Inofficium. When they find out, she feels ashamed for being different.

When the Giant Kharlan Tree damages Sylvarant and the Tower of Salvation disappears, the people of Sylvarant consider her World Regeneration Journey a failure, and they all blame her harshly. She carries the guilt until the end of the game when the world is finally saved.

Miscellaneous Facts
She likes fruit and hates green peppers. She likes animals and is more likely to find something cute than most other people.