Repede

Repede (ラピード) is Yuri Lowell's dog and loyal sidekick. Repede fights with daggers and is constantly carrying a pipe in his mouth, which is a memento of his previous owner, Niren Fedrock, who was killed during the events of the movie, Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike. Also in the movie, it is revealed that Repede is the son of Lambert, who Yuri was forced to kill after he got possessed by a monster. As a puppy, Repede already had developed a habit of carrying objects in his mouth, such as bones or sticks. He is friendly around those he trusts and children who like dogs, but dislikes it when approached by people he does not know. It is an ongoing event in which the heroine Estelle wants to pet Repede, but is rejected by him. Repede also carries a chain from his previous owner and uses his previous owner's Bodhi Blastia for combat. He is the second non-humanoid playable character after Eugene Gallardo from Tales of Rebirth, but the first to walk on four feet. Repede can understand the human's language, and Yuri's ability to understand Repede is debated throughout the game.

In Battle
Repede is one of the faster, more mobile characters in battle with natural high agility and skills like Dash, which further increase his running speed, as well as skills that heal HP and TP whilst running, prevent staggering whilst running. He is the only character to be able to steal items from opponents with the arte Thievery. He is also an item expert, increasing the effects of items with his passive skills to up to double their effectiveness, and without having to wait to use more, and occasionally without using the item up. His unusually adept ability to use weapons meant for human use is both admired and sometimes made fun of by Yuri and his other companions. The interesting thing about Repede in battle is the fact that he is a dog. Since Repede is very short, several attacks will go over his hitbox completely to negate much of the damage that a character would normally receive.

Relationships
Yuri Lowell - Yuri is his master, his best friend. He is very loyal to him.

Rita Mordio - Rita is one of the very few people Repede has taken an interest in and in the first half she calls him the dog, pooch, or spot. In a skit she get jealous when it seems Yuri can understand him. In the later parts of the game, she calls him by his name and compliments him.

Flynn Scifo - Yuri and Flynn both took care of Repede while he was still a pup, and thus, is very friendly towards Flynn and is also loyal to him.

Estelle - She wants Repede to like her but he does not. That is shown throughout the whole game.

Patty - Patty and Repede develop a great friendship with each other, and it's shown throughout the game that Repede cares deeply for Patty, who he is always seen playing with. When Patty recovered part of her memories, she isolated herself from the other for a while, but Repede was always following her, worried and trying to cheer her up.Sometimes, Patty calls Repede her "special friend", and when the party met Patty for the first time, she and Repede already got along well with each other, making Estelle jealous.

Trivia

 * Repede is the only main character in Tales of Vesperia that cannot be used outside of battle. In the PlayStation 3 port, however, this feature was enabled.
 * In recent polls, Repede was voted number 1 in Top Tales Mascots.