Caius Qualls

Caius Qualls
Human Artwork Leymon Artwork
Information
Appearance	Tales of the Tempest
Hometown	Feln
Age	15
Height	5'5" / 165 cm
Weight	123 lbs / 56kg
Race	Half-Leymon
Weapon	Sword
Japanese Voice Actor	Motoki Takagi
Character Designer	Mutsumi Inomata

Caius Qualls (カイウス・クオールズ, Kaiusu Kuooruzu^?) is one of the protagonists in Tales of the Tempest.

History

As a boy, Caius lived with his foster father, Ramrus Qualls, in the small village of Feln, situated in a remote area of Areulla. Everything was peaceful until one day when a creature known as a Spot attacked, looking for Caius's crystal that had once belonged to a Black Knight. Hoping to protect the village, the young man attempts to fight off the Spots, but the monsters overpower him, eventually forcing Ramrus to change into a beast and protect his son. It is at this point that his foster father's identity as a Leymon is revealed to the villagers, who quickly called for Lukius Bridges and Rommy to take him away. Mourning over what he has lost, Caius vows revenge upon the Church and sets out to save Ramrus along with his childhood friend Rubia Natwick.

Caius has mixed blood, with his mother being the late Melissa Bridges of the Leymon race, and his father being the human Pope of the Church, Vincent Bridges. Because of this, his friends and even his foster father are unsure as to whether he will ever be able to transform into a beast. Forest Ledoyen especially seems to think it is impossible since he lacks the "Zanktu", a traditional mark of the Leymon that indicates their ability to transform into their beast forms.

During the story, after the protagonists jump into the river around the capital Janna to escape the Black Knights, Caius, Arria Ekberg, and Ramrus become separated from the others and end up on an unknown shore. There they encounter Rommy, who uses her magic to forcefully transform Ramrus into his Leymon form and make him attack Caius and Arria. Caius is then forced to battle his own father. After Caius defeats Ramrus, Rommy turns Ramrus into stone, thus ending his life. Caius, fueled by rage and the desire for revenge, transforms into his Leymon form. With very little control over it, he goes berserk and quickly defeats Rommy in a battle. Rommy, realizing that Caius is too powerful, retreats.

Appearance and Personality

Status image in Tales of VS.

Caius has rock-colored eyes and copper-colored unruly hair, with a single lock colored white. In later artwork, his human form is shown to have four fangs, reflecting the wolf appearance in his Leymon form.

Caius primarily wears a red tank top, rock blue pants, a blue belt, black gloves, and red shoes resembling wolf's paws. He also wears a white scarf around his neck, a glass band on each bicep, a silver brace his right wrist, and a silver backhand gauntlet over his left hand.

As a boy his age, Caius has a bright and active personality and is a sensible person, but he also has a childish side, such as getting flustered from being teased by Rubia. He is also rather easy to spook, especially about ghosts, and really doesn't like being treated like a child.

In his Leymon form, Cauis's face is morphs into that of a wolf. The pigment of Caius's scleras turn yellow as his ireses turn red. The hairs on his skin rapidly grow to the point of covering his flesh as his limbs grow twice their original size.

Fighting Style

Cut-in image for Tales of the Rays.

Caius fights using a sword, a trend followed by most main protagonists. Due to his youth, his normal attacks consist of overarching swings only. Being half-Leymon, Caius possesses the ability to transform, converting his style into that of rapid swings in the form of Beast Blow.

In later installments, his transformation and Beast Blow would become his mystic arte.

Other Appearances

Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2

Cut-in image for Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2.

Caius appears alongside Rubia as playable characters in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2. They are two of the first nine party members the player can select from. Caius and Rubia are part of Chat's guild on the Van Eltia. They have no purpose in the story except in the beginning when they introduce themselves, but after that, they hardly do anything to progress the story. The player has the option of going on a hunting quest with the two most of the time. After Goede is finally defeated, he and Rubia are back on the Van Eltia observing the mana spreading across the world.

Tales of VS.

Cut-in image for Tales of VS.

Caius appears as the sole representative of Tales of the Tempest and is one of two characters, the other being Richter Abend, in the main game whose origin is from an Escort Title. During the game, he ventures with Mao from Tales of Rebirth. During one part of the story, Barbatos Goetia from Tales of Destiny 2 influences Caius's Leymon blood to go out of control, and he attacks Mao.

Tales of Crestoria

In Tales of Crestoria, Caius is looking for Rubia Natwick. He is joined by Norma Beatty, who is looking for treasure.

Side Story: Velvet

The two reach the caved-in Pasedy Mine, where they meet Velvet Crowe and Laphicet, who are looking for another way in. They help the two find another entrance to the cave, where Velvet senses the presence of an incarnation.

Trivia

Cut-in image for Tales of the World: Reve Unitia.

• Caius's outfit appears as a legacy costume for Repede in PlayStation 3 and Definite Edition releases of Tales of Vesperia and Kor Meteor in Tales of Hearts R.
• Caius appears as a support arte in Tales of Hearts, performing Beast Blow when summoned.
• In Tales of Xillia 2, Caius is mentioned in the job, "I Need a Salmon", where he rewards the player with the "Sealed Tempest" weapon in exchange for five "Salmon".
• In Tales of Crestoria, Cauis's nickname from Norma Beatty is "Cai-Cai" (カウくん^?).