Flynn Scifo

Flynn Scifo (フレン・シーフォ) is a major character in Tales of Vesperia. Somewhat of an anti-hero toward the beginning of the story, he greatly develops into one of the protagonists, frequently assisting the party in their endeavors. Flynn is Yuri Lowell's best friend, though they fail to present this fact properly. He is a part of the Imperial Knights and, unlike Yuri, wishes to change the Empire from the inside.

Appearance and 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 frequently clash with Yuri, although the two are not really at odds with each other. This is best 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 Xbox 360 version of the game, alongside Yuri and Repede. At that point, he has a limited amount of artes at his disposal. In the PlayStation 3 version of the game, he obtains a second mystic arte called Enha Houyokushou, as well as a dual mystic arte with Yuri, known as Bushin Soutenha. His artes list is also expanded to a fuller list to give him more flexibility in combat than his 360 incarnation.

Relationships
Yuri Lowell - Flynn and Yuri have known each other since they were children, and formerly spent a lot of time together. However, after leaving the Imperial Knights, Yuri began to act more apathetic toward Flynn, seeking similar ideals but from a alternate perspective. Yuri ignores most of the warnings Flynn gives him, despite the fact Flynn merely gives them out of friendship. When Yuri and Flynn were children, they would spar with swords. According to Yuri, Flynn would always win. Despite any frustrations they have with each other, they both have similar ideals and remain close friends. Flynn even reveals a rarely witnessed side of himself when he is around Yuri, dramatically contrasting his usual demeanor.

Repede - Yuri and Flynn were together the owners of Repede. It is stated that they were the ones who looked after him for a whole night while he was wounded. Repede may tend to be unfriendly toward others, but he sees Flynn as his one of his masters, and therefore acts very loyal toward him.

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 his father died leaving nothing behind. Captain Fedrock once ordered his squad to attack a disturbance of aer in a nearby area, but Flynn is against the notion because he did not want to repeat the same mistake his father made. During the mission, their captain dies and instructs Yuri to tell Flynn his father died to protect the people.

Tales of The World: Radiant Mythology 3
In Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 , Flynn is the commandant of knights in Garbanzo Kingdom and Asbel Lhant's superior. Upon hearing that Estelle, the princess, has left the kingdom with his best friend Yuri to join Ad Libitum, he sends Asbel to the guild, commanding that he should not come back without her. Later, when he learns about Estelle's refusal to return, he decides to visit Ad Libitum in person. There, he finally gives in to her insistence, settling down as a member in the guild to protect her, which is his highest priority. Later in the story, in regard to Yuri's way of accomplishing justice, Flynn suggests a duel with him to settle their problems. After the duel, he acknowledges Yuri's deeds and abandons his initial objective to persuade him into joining the knights. Flynn occasionally cooks in the guild, resulting in disastrous consequences.

Tales of The Heroes: Twin Brave
Flynn is the partner of the protagonist of a serious story, Yuri Lowell. As a knight in his country, Flynn sets out to investigate an issue involving an officer's oppression on some villagers with his best friend Yuri. They arrest the officer and free the villagers that were taken hostage, and learn that the officer has been recruiting a private corps to retrieve the Eternal Sword in some guarded ruins, attempting to gain the power to travel through time. The two decide that no ordinary person is supposed to obtain such a sword, let alone someone like him.

Later, Flynn learns that the officer who was released without charge has been assassinated by none other than Yuri. He chases after him, now a criminal at large, out of his duty as a knight, but his resolution sways when he hears Yuri's motives for committing the murder and his intention to destroy the Eternal Sword. He finally decides to help Yuri fight his way into the ruins, putting himself in conflict with some other knights. In the ruins, they defeat Elraine and destroy the Eternal Sword together. After the battle, Flynn insists that they have a fight with each other to settle the problems between them, and he wins in the end, meanwhile showing his determination to change the law for the sake of a better country to Yuri. Yuri admits his defeat and hands himself over to Flynn, ready to receive his punishment. Flynn states that though Yuri may be a criminal, he still respects him as a friend.

Flynn is also the protagonist of a comical scenario with Yuri being his partner. Feeling the necessity to correct the misbehaviors of some other Tales characters, he takes Yuri along with him while carrying out his mission in a fervent fashion. He fails, though, given the misbehaviors of Yuri's own that lose him his own credibility. Exasperated, he fights with Yuri, only to find out that his friend would never change himself for anybody else's sake. In the end, he admits that he should not have brought Yuri along in the first place.

Project X Zone
Flynn appears in the crossover RPG Project X Zone alongside Yuri and Estelle. His actual introduction stage is after Yuri and Estelle's, where he is conversing with Princess Devilotte from Cyberbots in the world of Valkyria Chronicles. Devilotte demands that Flynn protect her after he introduces himself to her as part of the Imperial Knights, and offers to make him into an "enhanced fighting monster" as thanks, much to Flynn's bewilderment. Yuri, Estelle and the rest of the X Zone team show up shortly after to help them. Flynn functions as a support unit in the game and can be called upon at any time to inflict additional damage and increase combos. While he can be appropriately paired with his fellow Vesperia allies, Flynn can be set as any pair unit's ally. With Flynn as a support unit, the current music may change to play Fury Sparks during the pair unit's active turn.

Trivia

 * Flynn's design looks 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.