Key of Kresnik (クルスニクの鍵 Kurusuniku no Kagi?) is a term from Tales of Xillia 2. It is one of the powers bestowed upon the Kresnik family in Tales of Xillia 2, the other being the one shown by Chromatus users.
Description[]
The power of Key of Kresnik was granted to the family by the primordial Great Spirit Origin when they forged the pact known as Origin's Trial. The person born with this special power has the capability to channel the Great Spirit Origin's power over void. Knowing that it was likely that the Great Spirit Chronos would try to sabotage the Trial due to his hatred toward humanity, Origin specifically granted the Kresnik clan the Key of Kresnik as a means to help them keep Chronos in check[1][2]. Overusing the power of the Key will turn the user into a divergence catalyst, the cores of the fractured dimensions, just like it happens to Chromatus users that overexert theirs.
The Key can cross fractured dimensions freely. Unlike Chromatus users, the Key does not need to destroy a dimension to leave. This is seen at the start of the game, when Elle Mel Marta leaves her home dimension, F41DB, to enter the prime dimension. Typically, when a fractured dimension is destroyed, everything inside that was originally from said world is usually destroyed too[3]. However, a Key of Kresnik can freely transfer both living beings and objects between dimensions in a way that Chromatus users cannot. This is seen with the collection of all the Waymarkers upon destroying their respective catalyst and dimension, as well as when Elle brings Milla during Chapter 7, and later a fractured Rollo during Chapter 10, into the prime dimension. The Key is also able to overpower Chronos's powers over time, as seen during Chapter 13, when Elle inhibits one of Chronos' artes, or in Chapter 16, after she reveals to Bisley Karcsi Bakur that she's the Key instead of Ludger Will Kresnik, scared that Bisley will use Ludger's life to create a soul bridge. During Chapter 16, Bisley uses Elle's power to pass through Chronos' traps in the Land of Canaan, and later to neutralize him with a manifested spear. This puts a stop to the Great Spirit's rapid recovery that he achieves through his dominion over time.
History[]
When Cornelia Wi Kresnik was twenty-one, it was revealed that she was born with the powers of the Key of Kresnik. Six years later she became the target of Chronos, who intended to kill her so humanity would not pass the Trial[4]. Bisley used her powers while defending her, but Cornelia ultimately died[5][6].
In the fractured dimension F41DB, Elle Mel Marta was born with the powers of Key of Kresnik. The Key of Kresnik is a rare individual, often the center of heated feuds between members of the Kresnik clan[1]. Her case was no different, eventually ending with her father, Victor, killing all of those who wanted to use her or supported such a choice[7][8].
When Spirius agents attack Victor after being led to believe that he is the Key, Victor sends his daughter Elle Mel Marta on a boat and asks her to board a ten o'clock train and seek the Land of Canaan. Victor activated Elle's Key power by letting himself get shot, knowing that the shock would activate her power, transporting her to the prime dimension without her being aware of it[9].
Users[]
The Key of Kresnik is a person that's born once every few generations, and they are rarer than Chromatus bearers[3]. There are only two confirmed characters that have the power of the Key:
- The prime version of Cornelia Wi Kresnik. She died 22 years before the main events of Tales of Xillia 2.
- Two fractured versions of Elle Mel Marta. One is from an unknown fractured dimension, and she died ten years before the main events of Tales of Xillia 2. The other one is from F41DB, and it is also the one present through the main events of Tales of Xillia 2.
Trivia[]
- Though Tales of Xillia 2 depicts only men as Chromatus users, and only women as Key of Kresnik, any gender can have any of these powers[10].
- A Key of Kresnik, much like a Chromatus user, is born with a watch, thus able to activate the chromatus[2].
- Because of the legend says that Milla Kresnik used a lance, the Key's power usually takes in that shape as a projection by the user's unconscious[3]. This is the case for Bisley using Elle's powers as the Key during Chapter 16.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 [JP] Tales of Xillia 2 Perfect Guide, p. 725. Enterbrain. ISBN 978-4-04-728746-4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 [JP] Tales of Xillia 2 Perfect Guide, p. 731. Enterbrain. ISBN 9784047287464.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 [JP] Tales of Xillia 2 Official World Guidance, p. 054. Yamashita Books. ISBN 9784902372465.
- ↑ [JP] Tales of Xillia 2 Perfect Guide, p. 738. Enterbrain. ISBN 978-4-04-728746-4.
- ↑ Tales of Xillia 2, Chapter 14.
- ↑ [JP] Tales of Xillia 2 Perfect Guide, p. 727. Enterbrain. ISBN 978-4-04-728746-4.
- ↑ Tales of Xillia 2, Chapter 12.
- ↑ [JP] Tales of Xillia 2 Official World Guidance, Victor's short story. Yamashita Books. ISBN 978-4-90-237246-5.
- ↑ [JP] Tales of Xillia 2 Perfect Guide, p. 737. Enterbrain. ISBN 978-4-04-728746-4.
- ↑ [JP] Tales of Xillia 2 Official World Guidance, p. 063. Yamashita Books. ISBN 9784902372465.