Bisley Karcsi Bakur

Bisley Karcsi Bakur
Information
Appearance	Tales of Xillia 2
Age	43
Height	6'4" / 192 cm
Weight	101 kg
Race	Human
Occupation	CEO and President of the Spirius Corporation
Weapon	Fists
Japanese Voice Actor	Tsutomu Isobe
English Voice Actor	Mike McFarland
Character Designer	Daigo Okumura

Bisley Karcsi Bakur (ビズリー・カルシ・バクー, Bizurii Karushi Bakuu^?) is the CEO and President of the Spirius Corporation, as well as the father of Ludger Kresnik and Julius Kresnik in Tales of Xillia 2. He is one of the main antagonists of the game and acts as the final boss. He is the current bearer of the ultimate chromatus in the prime dimension.

History

Past

Bisley is born in Primia 4262, 43 years before the events of Tales of Xillia 2. In Primia 4275, 30 years before the game's events, Cornelia Wi Kresnik (20 years old at the time) and her sister Claudia Il Kresnik (16 years old at the time) start working for the Bakur family, as a tutor for Bisley (13 years old at the time) and as a maid respectively. This is because their father, Marvin Orta Kresnik, is also the head butler. A year after, Cornelia is discovered to be the Key of Kresnik, and two years later, Julius Will Kresnik is born. In Primia 4282, 23 years before the events of Tales of Xillia 2, Bisley's father dies. Bisley, who is twenty at the time, succeeds him as the Bakur's family head and Spirius CEO. He recognizes Julius as his son and marries Cornelia within the same year.

In Primia 4283, 22 years before the game's events, the Primordial Spirit Chronos makes Cornelia his target due to her status as the Key of Kresnik, because that allowed humanity the chance to retrieve the waymarkers from fractured dimensions and therefore pass the Trial. Bisley uses Cornelia's power as the Key in the battle against Chronos, which ultimately costs her her life, leaving behind a six years old Julius. By then Bisley was already known as "Victor", the rank given to the strongest Agent, according to a Spirius employee in the game. After Cornelia's death, Bisley seals his power to avoid degenerating into a divergence catalyst. Likewise, if he were killed for the sake of obtaining the waymarker, he wouldn't be able to get to Canaan himself. Julius casts aside the Bakur surname and runs away from home when he learns that Bisley caused Cornelia's death, coupled with other secrets pertaining the clan and the Trial, in Primia 4290. He was 13 at the time. Bisley didn't care what Julius did so long as he did not neglect his duties as a Spirius Agent.

After Cornelia's death, Claudia and Bisley grow close, and Claudia falls pregnant a year later. Julius believes that the reason behind Claudia's pregnancy was because of his own limited chromatus ability, and that Bisley wanted to have another, more talented, son. Claudia keeps the pregnancy hidden from the Bakur family, and when an ultrasound reveals that her child would be born with the chromatus watch, runs away in fear that Bisley will want to use said child, giving birth in secret with the help of her father in Primia 4285 to Ludger Will Kresnik. It's unclear why Bisley did not make a conscious effort to track down Claudia's whereabouts after she vanished. Bisley also didn't know that Claudia had died until the game's events.

Tales of Xillia 2

Bisley is first seen onboard a train, where he encounters Ludger, and upon seeing his fighting stance and technique, he quickly realizes that Ludger is Julius's younger brother and also realizes that he's his son when his assistant Vera states that they do not share a mother. When Ludger and Jude Mathis go to stop the train, Bisley and Vera remain behind with Elle before she realizes that her pocket watch is missing, and upon hearing Elle mention that she cannot reach the Land of Canaan without it, Bisley quickly makes his way to the front car, where he finds Julius slaughtering Exodus members. After a brief exchange of words, Julius tries to attack him but is interrupted by an Exodus member. Ludger then has the option to protect Bisley or Elle, although, regardless of decision, Ludger enters his chromatus form for the first time and kills the Exodus agent. Then, along with Jude and Elle, he enters a fractured dimension.

Later, Bisley learns that Ludger successfully managed to destroy the dimension, and he orders Rideaux Zek Rugievit to heal him, Jude, and Elle, knowing well that he would ask for payment for his services as a means to test Ludger's character and resolve. At Ludger's apartment, Bisley tells him that he is now a suspect in the case for Julius's arrest, and that the best way to clear his name would be to find Julius. However, after the police gain a warrant for Ludger's arrest, he tells Ludger that he wants to make him a member of Spirius and gives him two leads in Helioborg and Marksburg. When Ludger comes back with an apprehended Julius, Bisley makes Ludger a full agent for the Department of Dimensional Affairs and teaches him how to wield his chromatus. He then tasks him with retrieving the five lost Waymarkers, artifacts necessary to enter Canaan in order to complete Origin's Trial.

Once the five Waymarkers are gathered and the Land of Canaan is revealed, Bisley appears from the group and defends them against Chronos. He then reveals that he knows how to reach Canaan: through a soul bridge formed from the life of a chromatus wielder. Elle, upon hearing this, makes a deal with Bisley to take him to Canaan so that Ludger's life would not be used. Bisley accepts this offer knowing that Elle is the Key of Kresnik who wields Origin's void powers and the counter to Chronos. Before leaving, Bisley makes Ludger his Vice President, puts a stop to Ludger's forced loan payments, and leaves a video of his intentions as well as the truth of Origin's Trial: that should no one reach Origin before the millionth divergence catalyst is created, Origin will leave humanity to its destruction. Bisley intends to use his wish upon completing Origin's Trial to make his world of spirit subjugation come true and tasks Spirius with stopping Ludger from following.

Bisley then uses Rideaux's life as his soul bridge into Canaan, and uses Elle to traverse the traps that Chronos left behind. He makes it to the Gate of Judgment just as the 999,999th catalyst is created, and is confronted by Chronos. Bisley attacks Chronos only to be captured alongside Elle, necessitating Ludger's group to weaken the Great Spirit. While Chronos is wounded, Bisley breaks from his cage using Elle's Key of Kresnik powers combined with his chromatus transformation, which takes Chronos out of the fight. Ludger's group then faces him in order to prevent him from obtaining his wish. The powers of a full chromatus user are too much, and Bisley breaks Ludger's pocket watch. This action allows Elle's fractured version of the pocket watch to re-enter the prime dimension, with which Ludger forms a true pact to achieve full chromatus and defeats Bisley. Now surpassed by Ludger, Bisley is on the verge of becoming a divergence catalyst. Rather than letting his life play into Origin's Trial, Bisley commits suicide before he can turn into the millionth divergence catalyst and render the Trial as a failure. With the last of his strenght, Bisley walks up to the Gate of Judgment and lays bare the resentment that he held from his wife's death and the countless lives lost of the Kresnik clan. Punching the gate and cursing all spirits, whom he held responsible, Bisley passes away.

Appearance and Personality

Bisley is a giant of a man wearing a long red coat and a black professional suit underneath, with buttons and tiepins that have motifs of swords and spears. He bears a white goatee and hair that is neatly swept back. The concept under Bisley's design is that of a fist stained with blood.

Having been born within the Bakur family, the founding family of Spirius, Bisley was surrounded by immense wealth and power since his very birth, and was allowed any luxury or indulgence that he desired, the only cost being that he had to bear the fate of the world. He's also quite talented: the agent system of Spirius, the DODA, and the Kudlak, are all Bisley's inventions. Bisley's figure is a powerful one and, as the president of Spirius, he casts a heavy shadow over the world of Elympion politics: if he wanted to, he could topple the government or single-handedly start his own war. He was also behind the support of the Otherworld Reactor Plan and, later, behind the election of Marcia as chancellor once said plan was no longer needed with the dispel of the schism.

So long as it makes him complete Origin's Trial, the most desired goal of the Kresnik clan, and his wish of putting all spirits at the service of humanity comes true, Bisley is ruthless and has no limits. Long before he tested Ludger and devised a plan to blackmail him into working for him as a DODA agent, Bisley used his wife's Key power against Chronos, which ultimately caused her death. He also used his other son, Julius, for his chromatus abilities, with Julius eventually degenerating into a divergence catalyst, and would not have hesitated to use his life to create the soul bridge if the need arose much like he had no qualms with using Rideaux's. Bisley also uses a fractured version of his granddaughter against Chronos for her powers as the Key, fully aware that pushing her too far will get her killed. Having long casted away any sympathy and love for his own kin, Bisley argues to Ludger that Elle is a necessary sacrifice and that he can always have the prime version of his daughter someday, before he admits to have crawled over a mountain of corpses to get as far as he has.

Fighting Style

Cut-in image for Absolute Fist in Tales of Xillia 2.

Similar to Jude, Bisley fights in close-quarters combat and uses hand-to-hand techniques in a boxing-like style; however, what makes him dangerous is that, unlike Victor, who enters his chromatus at different points in the battle, Bisley is in his chromatus form throughout the entire battle. Though a majority of his artes are melee-orientated, he does have one that allows him to send his spear flying upward and make bullets rain down upon the target, similar to Ludger and Alvin's Squall Shot arte. Prior fighting the party, he was able to keep up with Chronos without using the chromatus by flying and moving at insane speeds, possibly foreshadowing the threat he imposes.

Tales of the Rays features a playable Bisley without being in chromatus form. He uses new artes that are named after boxing terms instead of artes that appeared in his original appearance.

Other Appearances

Tales of the Rays: Last Cradle

In Tales of the Rays, Bisley is exoflected into Tir Na Nog. After the fall of the Asgard Empire, Bisley plans to use their technology to dominate the spirits once again. After Victor uses Zero Divide to destroy a mechanical weapon while sneaking into an enemy base, Bisley appears before Victor. To the latter's shock and horror, Bisley knows not only how Victor is the fractured counterpart of Ludger, but that his daughter, Elle, is the Key of Kresnik. Despite Victor's best attempts to stop him, Bisley ends up subduing Victor.

After word gets out of Victor's recent capture, Ludger, Elle, Julius, Milla Maxwell and her fractured counterpart, Gaius, Muzet and Ivar raid Bisley's base of operations to free Victor. As they make their escape, Bisley appears in their path, and reveals his plan. Despite everyone's best efforts, Bisley proves to be too much, but in the heat of the moment, Ludger activates full chromatus, and uses it to defeat Bisley. Having succeeded, Ludger tells Bisley that he does not agree with Bisley's ideas, saying that humans and spirits should walk together.