The Lord of Calamity (災禍の顕主 Saika no Kenshu?, "Lord of Destruction") are beings that appear in Tales of Zestiria and Tales of Berseria.
Description[]
A Lord of Calamity acquires their power due to a curse of immortality and misfortune, which causes them to accumulate far more grief, despair, and negative emotions than most humans are capable of in their lifetimes; however, it is known that there were other Lords of Calamity in the distant past, and so other means to achieve the power may exist. It is implied that a powerful enough Shepherd can take the Lord of Calamity's place, and being able to form a contract with a hellion, daemon, dragon, in the same way the Shepherd forms contract with the seraph or malak Prime Lords and Sub Lords, may be a requirement.
List of Lords of Calamity[]
There are two named Lords of Calamity.
- Velvet Crowe - Known to be one of the first Lord of Calamity to exist is protagonist of the distant prequel Tales of Berseria who was turned into a vengeful therion by Artorius, when he sacrificed her younger brother, Laphicet.
- Georg Heldalf - The Lord of Calamity before the Age of Chaos who was cursed by the previous Shepherd, Michael, who sacrificed a baby, Mikleo, on an altar to the dragon seraph Maotelus. The curse also brought death to all those close to Heldalf, including his newborn son, who was seemingly transforming into a hellion before being put down by Heldalf. Heldalf only realized his true form as the Lord of Calamity when he attempted to commit suicide by throwing himself onto an active battlefield. Unable to be struck down, the surplus of negativity on the battlefield empowered him into his current, lion-like form.
An unnamed Lord of Calamity was active two hundred years prior to the events of Tales of Zestiria but was devoured by Eizen, saving the world at the cost of the malak turning into a dragon.
Trivia[]
- During the early stages of Velvet's rampage, she was simply called the "Calamity" (災禍 Saika?).
- Velvet took the original title "Lord of Calamity," from a tale of the embodiment of sin told by Medissa. However, unlike Heldalf, who wanted to change the world into a world without pain by destroying it, Velvet actually helped save the world by killing Artorius Collbrande and sealing away Innominat who were planning to rob people of their emotions as well as individuality and remove the people who would not accept this.
- A man in Merchio claims to have heard a rumor that the Lord of Calamity has the head of a wolf. In Tales of Zestiria the X, an ancient book depicts Velvet having a wolf's head.
- Velvet took the original title "Lord of Calamity," from a tale of the embodiment of sin told by Medissa. However, unlike Heldalf, who wanted to change the world into a world without pain by destroying it, Velvet actually helped save the world by killing Artorius Collbrande and sealing away Innominat who were planning to rob people of their emotions as well as individuality and remove the people who would not accept this.