Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear

Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear (ナタリア・ルツ・キムラスカ・ランバルディア) is the princess of the kingdom of Kimlasca in Tales of the Abyss. She is engaged to Luke fon Fabre.

Personality
Although at first Natalia seems demanding and somewhat harsh, she cares deeply for her kingdom and her people, and is strongly devoted to them. Her promise with Asch to change her country so that "no one has to be poor" and that "war never happens" is just one example of her love for Kimlasca. She was sometimes among her people as well, rather than just hearing about them in her castle.

It is obvious that the people of Kimlasca love her very much in return. When Natalia and Luke are declared impostors and sentenced to death, the civilians aid their escape by standing in the way of their pursuers, putting their lives on the line. To the people of Baticul, all that mattered was that their dear princess, of royal blood or not, was safe.

Natalia is a strong leader and a passionate humanitarian. After the events of the Absorption Gate, she travels Auldrant to make sure the peace is kept between Malkuth and Kimlasca, and to help cities in need. For six months, she is hard at work trying to make Auldrant a better place.

During the party's trip to Mt. Roneal, it is shown that Natalia is rather fond of ghost stories, and was ecstatic at the chance to hear one from Jade Curtiss. Tear Grants did not share her excitement, and quickly cut Jade off.

Fighting Style
Natalia is a seventh fonist and archer who trained under the Lanvaldear school of archery, providing her with the skills to to attack targets from a safe range. As a seventh fonist, she can heal and support her allies with spells similar to the abilities of Tear Grants. Unlike Tear, Natalia focuses on single-target healing, with her spells being more potent and effective for individual allies. The only way she can provide area-based healing is through the use of the FOF Change Healing Wind, or the high-tier spell Healing Force. She is also the only character with Recover, allowing her to purge ailments without the use of an item or a FOF change. Also, unlike other spellcasters, none of her fonic artes can be used offensively to damage enemies; her spells primarily consist of support abilities that increase the statistics of her allies.

In the Beginning
Natalia is initially bossy to the entire party, even forcing Luke to let her join him on their trip to Akzeriuth by blackmailing him.

Throughout the party's time in the Abandoned Factory, she was rather haughty to the party and a constant annoyance, berating Luke on how he should not be mixing with 'commoners' and even taking over Luke's position as leader of the group. Her attitude only truly changed when Tear saved her from being flattened by a monster, and she is much nicer here on out.

Meeting Asch
Natalia is absolutely shocked to find that Asch was her true fiancé, and that the Luke she had known for the last several years is his replica. Despite Asch's claims of not being the same person he once was, Natalia says she still loves him.

At this point, Natalia becomes heavily dependent on Asch's support, causing future problems for the party later on.

As the Heir to the Throne
When the party arrives in Chesedonia in their attempt to end war between Malkuth and Kimlasca, Mohs reveals to Natalia that she is not truly of noble blood. He claims that the true princess was stillborn, and that Natalia was taken from the daughter of her wet nurse to replace the princess. Natalia is taken aback, and for a short time rather broken. Returning to Baticul to confront King Ingobert, she and Luke are declared impostors to the throne, as she is not of royal blood and Luke is a replica.

King Ingobert then sentences the two to death, intending to wage war against Malkuth once more. The two are saved by the rest of the party, and escape with the help of Asch, Pere, the White Knights, the Dark Wings, and Baticul's civilians. The civilians claim they don't care if she isn't of royal blood, and that Natalia is their princess because of the good things she has done for them. The group later returns to Baticul, and Ingobert re-accepts her as his daughter, saying that being related by years of memories is more important than being related by blood.

True Identity
It is later revealed that her real mother was a woman named Sylvia, and that her father is Badaq, also known as God-General Largo the Black Lion. The name given to Natalia by her true parents was Meryl.

Natalia goes into denial, and head off to confront Largo. He says that both his wife and daughter died years ago, meaning he no longer thinks of Natalia as his daughter.

The second time the party goes to the Absorption Gate, Largo is there waiting for them, and they battle him. Natalia delivers the finishing blow to Largo to save Luke, and Largo breathes his dying words: "Farewell, Meryl", and a shocked Natalia replies, calling him "father".

Eldrant
Asch's death prompts Natalia to stop relying solely on the strength and words of others. When Luke tells the party about Asch's death, Natalia is broken. The group is almost killed by a trap, laid by Sync, and Jade causes her to finally realize how dependent she had been on Asch, to which Natalia apologizes to the group.

Natalia overcomes her shock at Asch's death, marking the end of Natalia's over-reliance on others. She no longer sees Luke and Asch as the same person, finally understanding that they were two different people. She realizes that her promises made to Asch were no longer valid, and that it is time to let them go.

Trivia

 * Natalia shares her real name, Meryl, with Mint's mother.
 * Natalia was the only playable character from Tales of the Abyss to not be included in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2.
 * Natalia is a notoriously bad cook, which is understandable, given her position as royalty. A series of skits has her learning how to cook from the others, but they ultimately fail. The one time she does manage a good meal, she refuses to have it eaten. This is similar to Luke's cooking which, like Natalia, is rather awful, although Luke may cook slightly better than her. This is part of a running gag in the Tales series: a female party member that is incapable of handling herself in the kitchen. This tradition began with Arche Klein in Tales of Phantasia.
 * Natalia really loves ghost stories, which is a little odd considering her princess-like personality.
 * Natalia has a lot of contrasts when compared to Tear, this includes:
 * While both are seventh fonists, Natalia can heal more to a single target as well as cure status ailments, and Tear can heal a wider area, with the ability to revive allies that have been knocked out.
 * Natalia's support spells have more effect for a longer time and Tear's affects the entire team.
 * Statistically speaking, Natalia is more physical while Tear is more magical.
 * Natalia is identified with brighter colors while Tear is identified with darker colors
 * Natalia is a princess while Tear is a soldier.
 * Natalia is Kimlascan while Tear is Malkuth.
 * Natalia is emotionally fragile often needing emotional support, Tear is stronger but keeps everything to herself.
 * Natalia is sociable though slightly arrogant, Tear is very unsociable and somewhat cold.
 * Natalia is a terrible cook while Tear is a great cook.
 * Natalia loves ghost stories though Tear is afraid of ghosts.
 * Natalia is in love with Asch (the original) and Tear is in love with Luke (the replica).
 * Natalia openly admits her love for Asch though Tear is shy about her love for Luke and refuses to talk about it.
 * She along with some of the other characters make cameo appearances in the game, though hers is in Nam Combana Island where in the locker room you check one of the lockers for a letter from "Natalia to Asch".