Maotelus

Maotelus is a character in Tales of Zestiria and Tales of Berseria. He is known as the Dragon of Light, the leader of the Five Lords and the protector of mankind.

Tales of Berseria
Maotelus is the true name of Laphicet, a young malak who was born in the Opening in the first seen Scarlet Night in Tales of Berseria. Maotelus is a part of Innominat, the nameless empyrean and wielder of the Silver Flame that is able to purify daemons. Maotelus is the part of Innominat that is capable of wielding the Silver Flame.

When Innominat became sealed away by Velvet Crowe, Laphicet decides to take his place so he can avert great catastrophies that would happen because the powers of the four elemental empyreans would clash. When he makes the oath to become an empyrean, Laphicet gets his form as the Dragon of Light and claims the land itself as well as the Earthpulse for himself so he can spread his blessing all over the world. As an empyrean, he does not want to be called by the name Velvet gave him, but instead he wants mankind to know him by the name Eleanor Hume gave him as his vessel: Maotelus.

Tales of Zestiria
Maotelus changed his location from the Empyrean's Throne to the Pendrago Shrinechurch where he gathered numerous shepherds und gave them the Silver Flame so they are able to defeat and purify daemons, now called hellions. But several decades before Tales of Zestiria took place, the lone shepherd Michael brought Maotelus back to the Empyrean's Throne that is now called Artorius' Throne. Camlann, the village near Artorius' Throne, was full of humans with high resonance so everybody could see Maotelus and would worship him.

As soldiers from the army of Rolance occupied Camlann, they fled as the army of Hyland attacked the people. Instead of fighting for the people of Camlann like promised, the general Georg Heldalf left the village and as such, he enraged Michael who founded the village and trusted him. Michael searched for his sister Muse who lost her son Mikleo in the flames that destroyed Artorius' Throne. Michael managed to find Mikleo, but he realised that not only his nephew but also Maotelus himself already became hellions because of the massive malevolence in Camlann. As a result, Michael offered his nephew as a sacrifice to Maotelus to curse Heldalf to live an endless life of solitude, causing Heldalf to become the Lord of Calamity.

Maotelus himself was sealed away in Camlann with the help of Muse who made an oath. Since Maotelus is connected to the earthpulse and as such to the complete continent of Glenwood, Muse's oath was nothing but a small move to get more time in hope that one day a new shepherd would purify Maotelus.

Maotelus does not appear until the final battle of Tales of Zestiria, but he is mentioned by Zaveid who senses Maotelus' domain when fighting against Heldalf in Aifread's Hunting Grounds. After that, Zaveid is sure of the fact that Maotelus and Heldalf are connected. In the second phase of the final battle at Artorius' Throne, Heldalf armatizes with Maotelus. Sorey manages to cut the bondings of Maotelus and Heldalf with the help of Siegfried and the four seraphim and end the Armatus. After that, he can kill Heldalf and is protected by the four seraphim when Heldalf's malevolence tries to approach him. Sorey is left behind Artorius' Throne and become the vessel of Maotelus, so he can connect himself with the continent of Glenwood and increase the resonance of the people by sealing his own senses away. As such, he wishes to create more squires who can act as shepherds and purify the land itself to help purifying Maotelus.

Trivia

 * In the bad ending that is achieved by defeating Heldalf before gathering all four spiritual powers, it is hinted that Maotelus escapes Camlann.

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