Luke fon Fabre

Luke fon Fabre is the main protagonist in Tales of the Abyss. He is the son of Duke and Duchess fon Fabre of Baticul. At the start of the game, he is 17 years old.

Luke had undergone trauma seven years prior from a kidnapping. This incident left his with no memories from before the event. Since then he has been confined in Fabre manor in Baticul (captital) of the kingdom of Kimlasca-Lanvaldear. The only company he received was from his parents, the servants, his sword master Van, and his best friend Guy Cecil. Every now and then, Luke would get painful headaches and sometimes even hear voices. Luke's family believed them to be linked to the kidnapping.

Spirited Away
One day in the middle of their training, Tear Grants attempts to assassinate Van, Luke intervenes causing an isofon induced hyperressonance which zaps them away into the Malkuth Empire, beginning Luke´s adventure into the world he has never had knowledge about with Tear as his guide.

As he makes his way across Malkuth, Luke begins to understand the world around him more and more. After a while, Luke and Tear even get themselves tangled up with Colonel Jade Curtiss of Malkuth and Fon Master Guardian Anise Tatlin of Daath. It seems that they're escorting Fon Master Ion to Luke's home city of Baticul to persuade the king of Kimlasca not to go to war with Malkuth, all with the support of Guy as well who was sent over to find him and Kimlascan princess Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear herself.

As the game goes on, Luke sees the promise of becoming a hero as stated in Lorelei's score, only to be tricked by his very own master into destroying Akzeriuth: the Miner city and forcing it into the Qliphoth, the old world which still swarms with deadly miasma poison.

Desire to Change
After his close encounter with God-General Asch the Bloody, Luke enters in a depression shock after finding out that he is merely a replica of Asch, and that Asch is the original Luke kidnapped by Van in order to overturn Yulia´s score.

He is unable to overcome this on his own. As he saw through Asch's eyes the way that Guy still considered him a friend, and Tear's council about what exactly to do to make up for his mistake, Luke cuts his hair with Tear's knife to throw away his old self and try to change into a better person.

From this point on, Luke's resolve seems even more solid, since he now wants to save the world, even if that does not make up for his actions into Akzeriuth´s destruction.

A little later in the game, Luke finds his own way to save the world by controlling the Sephiroth Passage Rings with his hyperressonance. If done correctly, this could allow him to steadily lower the Outer Lands into the Qliphoth before they fall.

Eventually, it becomes clear that Luke's hyperressonance alone isn't enough to completely save the Outer Lands. Luckily though, he gets help from Asch and together the two of them save the world... At least for a while...

Meaning of Birth
One month after the Outer Lands were lowered, Luke has returned to his manor in the city of Baticul. This time though, he has decided to keep in contact with his friends. After a while, Luke and his friends reunite and start travelling the world once again. As they do, it becomes clear that the world wasn't fully saved by their actions. Miasma starts to pour back into the Outer Lands and replicas are wandering the streets with nowhere to go but the mysterious Tower of Rem.

Eventually, Luke discovers a way to save the world that would involve the loss of ten thousand lives and one Seventh Fonist. The replicas, willing to die if it will put and end to their pain, offer themselves up as a sacrifice... And so does Luke.

Luke believes that he has no reason to exist and thinks that by living, he is denying Asch the life he's meant to be living. His friends try and persuade him that he's wrong but Luke has made up his mind. He and the replicas travel to the top of the Tower of Rem and Luke starts to cast an amplified hyperressonance to absorb the world's miasma. During this time, Luke realizes that he doesn't want to die. His efforts to remove the miasma are not enough, and Asch is forced to step in and help again. Both him and Luke are caught up in the energy field and when it disappears, they're both still alive. Both the miasma and the replicas are gone though.

A Slow Death
Even with the miasma gone, the fate of the world still hangs in the balance. Van Grants has revived the destroyed city of Hod, now renamed Eldrant, and will use it to destroy the world and build a new age of replicas.

Luke and the others decide that they have to stop this from happening, but that they have to do it fast. The events on the Tower of Rem caused Luke's body to weaken. His Seventh Fonons are separating and at some point he will die.

A Wish to Live
As Luke makes his way to Eldrant to stop Van, he realizes that his remaining time after finally discovering the meaning of life is too short. Tear tries to persuade him that he's going to live and keep on living, even with the Seventh Fonons inside of him slowly fading away.

He eventually reaches Eldrant but finds himself falling through a trap door into a large, sealed off chamber. Asch is down there too, and he's found a way to escape. Unfortunately, it requires one person to stay behind and hold the door open using hyperressonance. Luke volunteers to stay, saying that Asch would be able to defeat Van easier, being the original. Asch can't stand Luke putting himself down though and he can't allow Luke to just decide who's stronger. He challenges his replica to fight. The winner will be declared stronger and will be allowed to go forward and defeat Van.

Luke emerges from the fight victorious and Asch hold the door open for him. Afterwards though, Asch is killed by Oracle Knight replicas. As he breathes his last breath, he gives Luke what remains of his power, allowing Luke to perform Second Order hyperressonance.

After defeating Van, Luke frees Lorelei and saves the world. But after catching Asch´s dead body, both of them are engulfed in a blinding light as Asch´s finger twitches.

Resurrection
One year later (as the game takes place over two years), Luke is presumed to be dead, either killed in the destruction of Eldrant or worn down by separating Seventh Fonons.

However, on the night of his Coming of Age Ceremony (his twentieth birthday), Luke mysteriously reappears in Tataroo Valley. But the Luke seen is slightly different than the one who defeated Van. Notable changes include longer hair, with a hair tone between Asch's dark ends and Luke's light ends, a slightly different voice from both Luke and Asch, and the Key of Lorelei positioned in the same way Luke always had his sword (it is notable that Luke was left-handed and Asch right-handed).

Many people have been confused by the ambiguous ending. There are numerous theories, some stranger than others. Notable ideas include:


 * Luke's body died following the destruction of Eldrant, but the Seventh Fonons in his body merged with the ones in Asch's, allowing the replica's mind to live on in the body of the original (normally, the original's mind would have taken over, but Asch was already dead). This theory is backed up by the fact that Luke and Asch are "perfect isofons" and that the same thing has happened to two replica cheagles that Dist was experimenting on.


 * Asch's hyperressonance inside of Luke caused his hair and body to change slightly. It also stopped the Seventh Fonons in his body from seperating.


 * Asch was the one who truly came back. This is supported by his hand twitching at the end, his cape at the end, and his promise to live.


 * He is a fusion of both Luke and Asch in body and mind.


 * It is replica Luke at the ending. Two-three years have passed (that night was Luke's coming of age ceremony which takes place at age 20) so Luke's hair has grown. This is supported by Luke's voice, the coming of age ceremony, the way he carries his sword, and his promise to Tear to come home.

SPECIAL NOTE
It is possible to be able to play as Asch in the game. to find out more, go to Asch's info.