Ludger Will Kresnik

Ludger Will Kresnik (ルドガー・ウィル・クルスニク) is the main protagonist in Tales of Xillia 2. During his first day of work, he met a mysterious girl named Elle Mel Marta in the train where he was supposed to work.

History
Ludger lives with his elder brother Julius Will Kresnik and their pet cat Lulu, in an apartment in Trigraph. In the beginning of the game, Ludger failed the exam to become an Agent in Clanspia Company, and became a chef in an executive train instead. He met Jude Mathis when he was about to go to his first day of work, who was lost on his way to the train station.

After he escorted Jude to the train, he was framed for being a molester by a mysterious girl and was caught. However, the train station was attacked by a group of terrorist, and thus giving Ludger a chance to escape into the train and left. He met the unconscious Elle in the train and was quickly attacked by one of the terrorists, who mistook him for being an Agent.

Along the way to punish the terrorists, he met with Jude again and a man named Bisley, who introduced himself as the Chief Executive of Clanspia Company. Both of them went to the train cockpit, where they saw Julius in there. Bisley came in and when Julius took his two old watches, Elle's golden watch that she got from her father started to shine, and thus activating Ludger's Corpse Shell ability, bringing him, Elle, and Jude into another space. He met Julius acting strangely in the train, and the party fought him. With his power, Ludger killed the shadow Julius and returned to the real world.

Redau helped the team and attended to their injuries, but Ludger was contracted with a debt of 20 million Gald which Julius left behind.

Appearance and Personality
Being the Tales of series's first silent protagonist, he did not have voiced dialogues. He has a protective nature towards Elle and Julius. In certain choices near the end of the game, he wanted to protect Julius by believing that there has to be another way to save Elle other than to kill him. He even hesitated when he was opted to kill his own brother.

He wears a blue dress shirt with sleeves folded and brown suspenders, yellow necktie, and black trousers. In the game, he had a blue feather decoration hanging on the back of his trousers. He had a pair of green eyes and yellow rings circling the pupil, the trait that he shared with Elle. Despite being brothers, Julius did not have the same similarities. His silver hair with black ends on the right is similar to Nova's hair, but with inverted colors and opposite direction.

He is an excellent cook and attended to all the house works as Julius went to work.

Fighting Style
Ludger has the ability to wield 3 types of weapons: dual-swords, hammers, and dual-guns. He can shift them during battles with the Weapon Shift ability. The artes will differ from each weapons. Once Bisley taught Ludger how to use the Corpse Shell ability in battles, Ludger can change into his transformation, send the enemies into another dimension, and continue the fight over there.

Trivia

 * If the players choose to play a second playthrough, players can unlock Ludger's voice in the Grade Shop.
 * Ludger's cellphone's ringtone is one of Tales of Xillia 2's battle theme.
 * According to an interview with the Tales series's producer, Hideo Baba, he claimed that Ludger and Elle's relationship are not romantic.