Arietta

Arietta the Wild (妖獣のアリエッタ) is an antagonist in Tales of the Abyss. She is one of the only God-Generals not known to operate under an assumed name, as well as the only one without a past she wishes to conceal.

History
Arietta is a shy, timid girl from the Isle of Feres, the sister island of Hod, who was raised by ligers after losing her parents in the great wave that emerged with the destruction of Hod. Since then, she has learned the language of the ligers and is able to communicate with the monsters that aid her in battle. Arietta was once the Fon Master Guardian to the real Ion, and despises Anise for "taking Ion away" from her, unaware that in reality, the Ion that accompanies the party is one of many replicas of the original. It is later stated by Largo that this was kept secret from her, as it was believed that if she knew of the original Ion's death, Arietta would commit suicide.

Having nowhere to go following the destruction of her home and loss of position as Fon Master Guardian, Arietta joined Van's six God-Generals, at which point Van transformed the newly-replicated Isle of Feres into Arietta's private boat, which was being used as a secret base to mass-produce enormous amounts of replicas. She proves to be of much use to Van, summoning ligers to help with their attack on Jade's vessel, the Tartarus.

From their first encounter, Arietta had wished to kill Luke and his companions for killing the Liger Queen, the first boss in the game, whom Arietta refers to as "mommy". It is also shown that her hatred of Anise, whom she is frequently called "Gloomietta", is quite severe, in that she fully blames her for her loss of the position of Fon Master Guardian. Following the replica Ion's death, Arietta blamed Anise and challenged her to a duel to the death, which she lost. Tragically, Arietta died without realizing the Ion she sought after so much was not the one she loved.



Fighting Style
Arietta fights accompanied by two monsters, a liger and hraesvelgr. However, Arietta is largely a supportive fonist, casting spells such as Barrier and Sharpness to increase the power of her monster companions. She specializes in Dark-elemental fonic artes and shares her repertoire of offensive spells with Anise herself, such as Negative Gate and Bloody Howling, in addition to their shared Light-elemental spell, Limited. She carries a doll into battle which she raises while casting spells, though it does not serve any visible purpose. Arietta can also cast fonic artes that have been altered by the effects of FOF to create spells such as Aqua Protection, Blaze Emitter, Crimson Riot, and Maelstrom.

Trivia

 * Arietta is associated with the element of Darkness and one of two God-Generals to share the element of the playable character she opposes, the other pairing being Tear Grants and Legretta the Quick.
 * Arietta is the only God-General to operate the name she was presumably given at birth, though her surname, if she has any knowledge of what it may be, is never revealed.
 * Arietta is the first of the God-Generals to die in the course of the main story, and is fought in the Cheagle Woods, the same place where the Liger Queen is fought.