Artorius Collbrande

"Birds must fly, because they possess strong wings. Mankind must be suppressed, because it possesses great sin."

- Artorius Collbrande

Artorius Collbrande is the head exorcist of the Abbey and the main antagonist in Tales of Berseria. Ten years before the story began, Artorius stumbled upon the village of Aball, alone and depressed. There, he met Celica Crowe, with whom he fell in love. He took the name Arthur, and settled down with his wife and her younger siblings. He would later lose Celica and their unborn child during a Daemon attack, the two becoming the malakhim later known as Seras and Phi.

As losing your wife and unborn child is wont to do, this puts Artorius into a genocidal depression, focused on preventing all of humanity from experiencing any emotions at all. To this end, he sacrifices the entire village of Aball, killing his brother-in-law, Laphicet, to turn him into a vessel for Innominat, a previously unknown god. He also turns all the villagers into daemons, and his sister-in-law, Velvet Crowe, into a Therion, a special type of daemon that feeds on despair. Velvet is then thrown into a maximum-security prison.

While she struggles to survive, Artorius uses Innominat's power to expand the ranks of the Exorcists, rapidly becoming a hero to the people by driving back the Demons. He eventually takes full political power, usurping the throne as the world's new battle-pope. While he is successfully able to enact his plans, he is prevented from expanding Magic Communism outside of his capital due to Velvet's interference.

He then separates Innominat from the planet, creating a massive fortress in space to set the final showdown with Velvet. He loses, and dies lamenting he couldn't save everyone.

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