Cress Albane

Cless Alvein (クレス・アルベイン, Kuresu Arubein) is the main character of Tales of Phantasia, the first game in the Tales series. His seiyuu (Japanese voice actor) is Takeshi Kusao.

Cless is a seventeen year-old swordsman from the small village of Toltus. He is the son of Miguel Alvein, a famous swordsman and master of the local sword fighting school. As such, he has practiced sword fighting since he was a young child.

His name was localized as Cress in Tales of Destiny, as Cress Albain in Tales of Eternia (known as Tales of Destiny 2 in North America and Europe), and as Cress Albane in the Gameboy Advance remake of Tales of Phantasia.

Role in Tales of Phantasia
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After the destruction of his hometown (Toltus} and murder of his family, Cless sets off to find those responsible and bring them to justice. This leads him to meet Mint Adnade, and the two of them discovered that their parents took part in sealing away Dhaos, an evil warlord. Upon his confrontation with Dhaos, Trinicus D. Morrison sent him and Mint one hundred years into the past, where they hoped to find the power to defeat Dhaos in the present.

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Tales of Destiny
Cless appears in Tales of Destiny alongside Arche Klaine in the town of Armeida, where the two of them administer a quiz to the player.

Tales of Eternia
Cless appears in Tales of Eternia as one of the opponents in the coliseum battle.

Tales of the Abyss
Cless himself doesn't actually appear in the game. He's one of the costumes for Anise's doll.