Presa

Presa of the Hundred Spells (百術のプレザ), formerly known by her birth name, Jill Lewin (ジル・ルーイン), or her former alias, Mink (ミンク) is one of the major antagonists in Tales of Xillia. She serves as a spy for the Chimeriad under King Gaius. Her real name comes from Julia, the maiden of Pluie Rouge, the week in which she was born.

Childhood
Presa was born in Auj Oule. Her father was a Rashugal archeologist, and her mother was from Auj Oule. She spent her childhood moving from town to town due to her parents' line of work, and as a result did not have any friend but her books. Her life was nevertheless uneventful, until her sixteenth birthday, when her parents did not come home and instead Auj Oule soldiers came barging in her inn room, arrested her, and submitted her to harsh questioning. She learned that her father was in fact a spy, and that her mother was a traitor helping him. After a thorough interrogation the charges against her were dropped. The fact that her parents abandoned her when they were discovered caused her to resent them.

The Rats
Presa was then taken in by the Aktau tribe, and was made to work in the Rats. The Aktau tribe specializes in spy work, and the Rats are a special unit made exclusively of women, who use their charm and bodies to gather information. They are not very well regarded, even within the tribe, and are often looked down upon in contempt. Her life in the Rats is hard but she knew what she was getting into when she joined them.

Young Love
Five years before the game, she was sent to Fennmont as a spy, using the alias Mink and working as a receptionist in Talim Medical School. She met Alvin three months after her arrival and tried to get close to him to get information out of him, and they started going out. Her life with him was peaceful, far from the stress of her missions, where failure could cost her and her comrades dearly, and she fell in love with him. Around half a year later, she decided to betray the tribe and revealed her identity and that of her colleagues to him. However, he sold them to the Rashugal military, and she was caught and was tortured while all her colleagues were killed.

Hurt and angry, she managed to escape, and later made use of the connections she had made through him to return to Fennmont. She tricked countless nobles and soldiers into giving away classified information, and reported it all back to the Aktau tribe to prove her usefulness and avoid assassination.

Meeting King Gaius
It is during that time that she met Agria, who targeted one of the nobles she was with at the time. She took Agria in and they worked as a team, spying on Rashugal for Auj Oule.

Three years before the game, King Gaius came to hear about her, and decided to seek her out. She left the Rats and joined his personal guard, taking on the name Presa, the "fang" of the Chimera. By his side, Presa finally found peace and stability. She had, at last, found a place for herself, for none of the tribes would ever harm anyone who serves Gaius.

Present
Three years later, she was sent to Fennmont to assist Agria in stealing the Lance of Kresnik. The Lance's activation key was stolen by Milla Maxwell before she reached Fennmont, and she went after her to try and retrieve it.

She trapped Milla at the Kijara Seafalls and recovered the key of the Lance of Kresnik (クルスニクの槍 kurusuniku no yari?) from her but did not recognize the new shape of the key and tossed it aside. She interrogated Milla to find out what she knew about the weapon, only to be interrupted by Jude Mathis and Alvin, who saved Milla by shooting at a Greater Demon disguised as a rock, hoping it would make it mad. During the battle, she escaped to avoid the monster's wrath.

She was later seen with her fellow Chimeriad ally Jiao and two other men overlooking the village of Nia Khera discussing her failure and planning their next move.

In Kanbalar, Presa arrived to report that Rashugal troops had attacked the town of Hamil and the citizens were frozen or captured.

She attempted to stop Milla and her friends from escaping the city, During which she was joined by her superior Wingul and the two proceeded to fight them, though they lost.

The two were later accompanied by Jiao as they fought against Milla and her friends again at Fezebel. After the battle, she was spared from being killed by Alvin because Jude told him to spare her, but she tols Jude that he would regret that decision. After the demise of Jiao, Presa along with Gaius, Agria and Wingul acted as a diversion to reclaim Gaius' castle and capture one of Exodus' airships.

When Alvin briefly joined them after Milla's death, she knew that he would turn his back on her again, but she did not mind, because it would mean that he had finally realized where his place was. She did not hate him anymore, and was able to say goodbye to him with a smile, happy for him that he was not alone anymore – a feeling she had come to know and love when she found her place within the Chimeriad. She fell to her death along with Agria when an earthquake caused the ledge they were standing on to collapse, shortly after being defeated by the party.

Appearance and Personality
Presa has long light blond hair and pink eyes, wears a revealing blue ninja outfit and wears glasses. The tail is part of her costume but spirit artes enable her to move it freely. Her outfit helps her with her arte casting by having her skin be in contact with the humidity in the air. The kneecaps and armpads she has are designed like fox heads.

She has an alluring personality and mocks her enemies in and out of battle. When Alvin is involved she tends to lose her cool because she remembers how he sold her and her comrades out, but stays focused on the task at hand. She speaks with a seductive and soft voice.

Fighting Style
Presa has the ability to channel spirits and uses a book and her 'tail' as weapons. She provides support as a healer and uses offensive magic. She uses Water-elemental spells like Splash and Diffusional Drive and has link artes with Wingul and Agria. She can also use the arte Guardian Field to heal herself and any ally of hers within range while dealing damage to her enemies. Other artes include Foxtail Allure to confuse her enemies and Queen's Torment to stomp her foes. Another arte, Dragonmare Claw, utilizes her spellbook to summon a dragon's claw from within the pages. Her arcane arte is Dragonmare Head which summons the head of a dragon spirit to breathe water and when in Over Limit, activates her Mystic Arte Dragonmare Brood which summons two dragon spirits to encircle and damage the enemy.