Mikleo

Mikleo (ミクリオ) is the deuteragonist and a Water seraph in Tales of Zestiria. Because he is a seraph, Mikleo is invisible to most humans. He is a childhood friend of Sorey and also considers him his rival. He is a calm and composed individual. Alisha Diphda is the first human outside of Sorey that Mikleo has met. His true name is Luzrov Rulay, meaning "Mikleo the Enforcer".

Appearance and Personality
Mikleo has very light blue hair, almost silver, and lavender eyes. He wears a blue shirt and cape with white and gold embellishments. Beneath his bangs, he wears a golden circlet with a green gem in the middle; this formerly belonged to his mother, Muse. His pants are white, apart from the ends, which are blue. In his future form, he has longer, curlier hair and sports a black undershirt and brown gloves, together with an altered version of his earlier clothing.

Mikleo is knowledgeable and notably calmer than Sorey, thinking more before acting. Because of this, they complement each other well. He thinks of Sorey as both his rival and his best friend, and their other companions observe that he is much more likely to get angry if Sorey is involved, with the implication that it is because he cares about him so much. However, it is worth noting that he also has a tendency to get annoyed with Edna, with whom he often trades minor insults. Mikleo shares an interest in ancient history with Sorey, and the two of them frequently engage in lengthy discussions about various ruins, much to the others' exasperation. Mikleo also states that seeing humans and seraphim coexisting is not only Sorey's dream, implying it is or later becomes his as well.

Fighting Style
Mikleo is a mid-ranged fighter who wields Water-elemental artes, as well as heals individual characters. His weapon is a long staff, which he wields like a quarterstaff rather than a typical magician's wand. A seraph from Elysia confirms that he took up the weapon in response to Sorey's larger build so he could have a longer reach, though Mikleo denies this when Dezel guesses. Edna comments that, for seraphic artes, a weapon of the seraph's subordinate element aids them. Mikleo's staff, however, is of the Earth element, which the Water element is subordinate to. Normally, this choice means that his weapon should hamper him, but Edna says that it could also be seen as training due to the increased difficulty.

His martial artes often involve lobbing blasts of water or ice at a target from a slight distance as well as spinning physical strikes with his staff, while his seraphic artes utilize water in all forms, and his healing artes specialize in high powered, single-target heals. As part of the game's pre-order bonuses, Mikleo can acquire the mystic arte, Final Player, which originates from Tales of Destiny 2 and is associated with Loni Dunamis.

Trivia

 * It is shown multiple times that Mikleo has a fear of dogs.
 * Mikleo was born human and is the nephew of the previous Shepherd, Michael, who was Muse's brother. His father is never mentioned, and his identity is unknown.