Palmacosta

Palmacosta is the largest city in the world Sylvarant in Tales of Symphonia, and the only one which is openly rebelling against the Desians.
 * The Port City

Meeting Chocolat
When they get to Palmacosta, Colette crashes into some other travelers, breaking their Palma Potion. Before Lloyd and one of the guards begin fighting, one of the travelers says that if they buy them a new Palma Potion, they will forgive them. Colette agrees, taking the blame for breaking the bottle.

In order to buy a new Palma Potion, they have to go to the shop Marble’s. There, a scene will trigger. A teenager girl refuses to sell to a couple of Desians, telling them that the price they want to pay is too low. The Desians threat to hurt her, but she says that as long as Dorr is with them, they will not give in to people like them. Although one Desian is about to kill her, he is stopped by the calmer one who says that they have to get permission from “Lord Magnius” if they want to kill someone. They then leave, and almost right afterward, the girl whose name is named Chocolat bids goodbye to her mother and leaves.

When the group has bought the bottle for one thousand Gald, they give it to the travelers, who then proceed to leave, talking about giving a book to some man at Hakonesia Peak.

Imposters
When the group goes to the center of the city, they see a boy who talks to Dorr, the governor-general in Palmacosta. Apparently, the boy’s father was taken to the ranch. Dorr, together with his young daughter Kilia, assures him that he will get the father back. As the boy walks away, Dorr and Kilia go back to his office.

The party goes to the church to ask the priest if he knows anything about the next seal they must go to in their Journey of Regeneration. He says that the Governor-General has something called the Book of Regeneration, which was written by Spritua, the first Chosen in Sylvarant, when she was on her own journey. With that, they may find the locations for all the seals.

On their way out, they see Chocolat, and talk to her. She apologizes for the scene they saw, and explains that Palmacosta has a treaty with Palmacosta Human Ranch that makes them unable to kill more than one number of people. Because they have come to that specific number, they are unable to kill her. She ends the conversation with saying that the Chosen of Regeneration will save them from the Desians. She and Colette become friends, ironically not knowing that Colette is actually the Chosen One.

They go to ask the Governor-General if he has the Book of Regeneration. When they are asked why they need it, Genis says that Colette is the Chosen One. This makes Dorr and his assistant, Neil, call forth guards, accusing them for being imposters of the Chosen. However, Colette trips, revealing her pink angel wings. Discharging the guards, Dorr apologizes for his behavior and explains that a group four people came just before and asked for the Book of Regeneration, telling them that one of the females was the Chosen. They had believed them and given the book away.

With no more clues left, they leave the city and go to Hakonesia Peak in hope of meeting the imposters with the Book of Regeneration.

Invasion
When the group comes back again, however, they get to know that Magnius and his Desians have invaded the city, and the latter is unable to fight back because Dorr and his men are out practicing. When Lloyd and the others get to the center, they see that Cacao is going to be executed for Chocolat’s oppositeness against the Desians. As Magnius is entering the scene, he breaks the neck of a citizen because he did not address him as “Lord Magnius”. As he is about to execute Cacao, however, a little boy throws a rock at Magnius, making him angry and about to kills him. Lloyd uses a Demon Fang to stop the Grand Cardinal, though. Raine tries to stop him from doing any actions, but Lloyd does not stop. One of the higher-ranked Desians recognizes him as one of the wanted criminals. Magnius, seeing his chances, gets Cacao executed. However, before she dies, Colette uses her chakram and cuts the rope that is killing Cacao. As they are all distracted by the ring, Kratos runs forth and slashes Magnius, telling him to respect the wished of the Chosen One. Upon hearing that Colette is the Chosen of Regeneration, the citizens cheer. Raine understands that she will not get Lloyd and Colette to change their minds, and will fight with them. As Magnius is too hurt to do anything, he warps away, leaving some others to fight the group.

Believe in Martel
After fighting the Desians, the group is in Chocolat and Cacao’s house, where they thank them for saving cacao and explains how Chocolat’s grandmother was taken to Palmacosta Human Ranch and her father was killed for opposing the Desians. In order to help her mother to hold the shop, Chocolat work in the church, although she does not believe Martel will come and save them when she sees all the suffer people are going through. Colette, however, tells Chocolat that she believes that the Goddess sleeps inside them all, and that she just has to believe in Her. Enlightened by the girl's words, Chocolat goes back to her work at the church, saying that it is in times like these that people feel like going on a pilgrimage.

Dorr and Kilia
Later, the group have a choice to either go and confront Dorr about his betrayal or first go and defeat Magnius. Either way, they will go and confront Dorr, where they will see him talking to a Desian. As the Desian leaves, Dorr sees Lloyd and the others. When they say that they can help him with whatever he needs help form the Desians, he laughs and shows them Clara, his wife. However, Clara is not human, but a monster similar to the one Lloyd and Genis had to fight in Iselia. Dorr explains that when his father was a Governor-General, his rebellious attitude made the Desians kill him and plant a seed on Clara, making her the monster. However, Dorr and the Desians made a deal; if Dorr paid enough Gald, did not try direct attacks on them and helped them whenever they needed, they would give him a medicine that can cure Clara.

Suddenly, however, Kilia stabs Dorr from behind, and he falls. She says that there exists no such medicine. Nobody understands what is going on, but is shocked when Kilia transforms into a little monster, saying that she is the assistant of Pronyma, the leader of the Five Desian Grand Cardinals.When Dorr made the deal with the Desians, she was sent down to spy on him and make sure he kept the deal. So she killed Dorr’s daughter, the real Kilia, and took her place without Dorr ever noticing.

The group fights Kilia, but as she is dying, she opens the cage to Clara, hoping that it will fight them. As Lloyd can not bring himself to take another innocent life, Colette goes forth and tells Clara to stop. Clara listens to her and leaves.

Dorr, in his last minutes, asks if his real daughter Kilia really is dead. Lloyd, pitying the man, lies and tells him that his real daughter is apparently alive, much to Colette’s displeasure. Raine tries to heal him, but is unable to do so. Before he dies, Dorr asks Lloyd and the others to find Clara’s cure and save Chocolate.

When everything is solved with the human ranch and Dorr, Neil tells them that he will take care of the job as the new Governor-General and watch over the prisoners from the ranch while Dirk makes Key Crests to their Exspheres.

Back at Sylvarant
When the group, together with Sheena, Presea, Zelos, Regal and Mithos, manages to transport themselves back to Sylvarant, they fall close to the port city. They decide to visit Neil and see how it is going there. When they get to him, Neil informs them that there have been actions in Palmacosta Human Ranch lately, though his troops have failed to find anything. Fearing that Desians have begun operating there again, they go there to investigate, leaving Mithos to Neil.

When they get back from the Remote Island Human Ranch, Mithos apologizes to Neil from sneaking away without telling him. Neil forgives him and wishes them good luck in their Journey of Regeneration, still believing that they are trying to regenerate the world.

Rampage of the Kharlan Tree
When the Giant Kharlan Tree goes out of control after forming a pact with Luna and Aska, the Summon Spirits of Light, the tree attacks and destroys Palmacosta, killing countless of people. It is unknown whenever Neil and the other named minor characters survived.

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
Palmacosta is shown in the prologue of the sequel in fire. Apparently, a new organization known as the Vanguard is fighting against the Church of Martel there, whereas the Church is led by Lloyd Irving. While there, two adults named Lana and Reysol are running with their child, Emil, telling him to hurry before they are all killed by Lloyd. However, before Emil is able to catch up with them, they hear Lloyd behind them, and Lloyd kills the two adults for “opposing the Church of Martel and the Chosen”. Emil is not seen On another place in Palmacosta, a girl with a jewel is seen running away from Vanguard-members, but when she is trapped, she calls for Ratatosk’s help, being engulfed in a radiant light and passing out. When she wakes up with the jewel on her forehead, she sees a blond boy standing before her, asking if she is all right. He leaves s he hears a howl, and ignores the girl when she asks for his name. Back with the dying Lana and Reysol, however, the boy is seen kneeling before them. Lana, the only one of them alive, recognizes him as Emil, although she can no longer see. In her dying breath, she tells him to go to Luin, to her sister and her husband, before she dies. Emil then screams after her, before the prologue is ended.
 * A port city where many traverse. Several facilities surround the Governor-General’s office.

Troubled Hearts
When Emil, Marta and Tenebrae go to Palmacosta in order to find a boat to Iselia, they separate to search more effectively. Tenebrae goes with Emil, and they agree to meet again at the pub.

On their search, however, Emil and Tenebre meet Richter outside the church. They also see Alice, who reveals that Richter is a part of the Vanguard, shocking and hurting Emil. They then split apart, Richter managing to hinder Alice from attacking the sequel’s protagonist.

When Emil and Marta rejoin, Marta admits that she knew Richter was in the Vanguard, but did not say anything because she knows how much Emil admires him. Emil forgives Marta, and they decide to pay the Governor-General a visit in order to get a boat. Clara, the previous Governor-General’s wife from the original game, greets them and says that she forgives Marta for her father and the Vanguard’s trouble back at the Blood Purge. Marta introduces her to Emil, although Clara can not remember that Emil looked like that, even though she knew him and his parents well. And it is not just her, because there are many in the city who do not recognize him.

After they are told to look for a Thomas, who was Emil’s neighbor and may give them a boat, they are attacked by Richter. Emil protects Marta, telling Richter that he will fight him if he has to, because he made a pact with Ratatosk. Right after calling Emil a fool for making a pact with Ratatosk, he has to use his sickle to guard from a sword aiming at him. Zelos from the original game is introduced, telling Richter that his hand just slipped when he saw the man threatening a girl. Richter, recognizing Zelos as the Chosen of Tethe'alla, decides to leave after telling Emil to look out for a plotting Alice.

Marta thanks Zelos, though she does not know his name. Zelos tells her who he is before leaving to talk to Clara, and Marta is shocked to realize that he is a Chosen, just like Colette. Afterward, they go to the mountains nearby to look for Thomas.

Eternal Bond
During Emil’s last adventure through the world, he goes to Palmacosta for the character conversation with Genis. Genis says that he went to see how it was going, since he was a part of the reason the city was destroyed two years ago. He tells Emil that Colette, as the Chosen of Mana, got all the blame for it. However, she never ran away or excused herself, traits that Emil wishes he had as well. Genis includes that Colette probably managed to get through with the help of Lloyd, like everyone in the group. The little boy asks if they still can be friends when the journey is over, though Emil does not answer.

Half of the past
When the whole group is gathered, it is possible to have one f the last parts of Alice and Decus’ side-quests. There, they meet up with Alice and some of her people from the Vanguard. Alice tells them that she does not hold any grudge toward the Church of Martel, that if there is anyone to blame, it has to be her own parents for being too weak to survive the pilgrimage. When Colette tries to talk to her, Alice calls her a hypocrite, saying that everyone is hypocrites. She then leaves.