Flynn Scifo

Flynn Scifo (フレン・シーフォ) is a major character from Tales of Vesperia. He is Yuri Lowell's best friend, though they do not show it much. He is a part of the Imperial Knights and, unlike Yuri, he wishes to change the empire from the inside.

Personality
Flynn, in contrast to Yuri, is a knight who would solve the larger problem before the smaller ones. He has a similar sense of justice to Yuri, but would rather solve them through politics. His differences in ideology causes him to clash with Yuri, although the two are not really at odds with each other. This can be represented in the fact that Flynn chooses to work in the Empire, whereas Yuri chooses to work in the Guilds.

Fighting Style
Flynn uses a sword and shield in the battle. He is similar to a Magic Knight, but with more physical artes than spells. His mystic arte is Radiant Dragon Fang. Flynn only fights during one battle throughout the whole game alongside Yuri and Repede. At that point, he has a limited amount of artes at his disposal. In the PlayStation 3 version, he obtains a second mystic arte called Enha Houyokushou, as well as a dual mystic arte with Yuri, known as Bushin Soutenha.

Party
Yuri Lowell - Flynn and Yuri have known each other since they were children, and often used to spend time together. However, after leaving the Imperial Knights, Yuri began to act more apathetic towards Flynn, ignoring most of the warnings Flynn gives him despite the fact Flynn gives them out of friendship. When Yuri and Flynn were children, they would spar with swords and Flynn, according to Yuri, would always win. Despite any frustrations they have with each other, they both have similar ideals and are best friends.

Estellise Sidos Heurassein - Having met sometime in the past, Flynn wishes to protect Estelle with all his power. Although it at first resembles a princess-guard relationship, they seem to communicate more like friends, even if Flynn still refers to her as "Lady Estellise" instead of "Estelle".

Repede - Yuri and Flynn were together the owners of Repede. It is said that they were the ones who cured him for a whole night while he was wounded. Repede may be unfriendly to others, but he sees Flynn as his boss and therefore acts very nice.

PlayStation 3 Version
Flynn is playable to a much larger extent in the PlayStation 3 version. In the original, he was only playable in an ambush cutscene and even then, he was sluggish, only had about 7 artes, and no Burst Artes, Fatal Strikes, or mystic artes when playable. He now is also fully playable, joins permanently after Yuri fights him in Aurion, and present during the last battle. Flynn also gets a cameo costume of Cress Albane. If the game was also pre-ordered Flynn gets an alternate costume of Luke from Tales of the Abyss. The costume for Flynn as Luke can also be downloaded but Flynn's hair will turn red, like Luke's, while his hair color will remain the same(blonde) for the pre-ordered version of the costume.

Tales of Vesperia ~ The First Strike
Flynn is revealed to be the son of a late knight named Finath Scifo. Flynn dislikes talking about him because he believes he died leaving nothing behind. Captain Fedrok orders his squad to attack a disturbance of aer in a nearby area. Flynn is against it since he didn't repeat the same mistake his father made. During the mission, the captain dies during the mission for Yuri to tell Flynn his father died to protect the people.

Trivia

 * Flynn's design is considered to look very similar to Guy Cecil from Tales of the Abyss, with both of them having short, spiky blonde hair and blue-green eyes. This is attributed generally to the art style of Kousuke Fujishima, who is noted for sometimes recycling some of his earlier character designs from previous works for even current projects. It is, however, possible that this was intentionally done to contrast with Yuri, whose design incorporates darker colours and a more unrefined appearance.
 * In the Cooking Contest (after getting all recipes, and talking to the Wonder Chef in Dahngrest), it reveals that Flynn is a horrible cook.
 * Flynn can be considered to be a foil to Yuri. The two have almost exact opposite personalities and attributes. For example, while Yuri can be considered a delinquent, Flynn can be called an honorable man. Another is that while Yuri is a great cook, Flynn is very bad at cooking.
 * Though only appearing in one game so far, and not to the extent as the main party, Flynn is currently in 13th place in the most recent Tales popularity poll, as well as placing first with Yuri Lowell for pairs.