Luke fon Fabre

Makoto Yoshizumi, the producer of Tales of the Abyss explained that studio staff made the protagonist, Luke, unlikable by being "selfish" and "annoying" at the outset of the game.[1] These negative personality traits were designed to cause gamers to dislike him but over the course of the game, he would mature into someone so likable that the other main characters would comment, "Huh, Luke's not that bad".After being kidnapped at age ten, Luke lost all of his childhood memories, and after being returned home was confined to the safety of the fon Fabre manor.[13] On his way back, Luke meets Colonel Jade Curtiss from the Malkuth forces who requests his help to stop an impending war using his status as a noble.Based on his first impression of the game, Jeff Haynes from IGN called Luke a "spoiled and sheltered child" and noted how he was the opposite of Tear."Anyone who has ever briefly nurtured homicidal thoughts when confronted by yet another cute anime creature will rejoice at his comedic whack-a-mole treatment and die laughing at his instantaneous hatred of its high-pitched squeal".[37] Christian Nutt of GamesRadar noted that Luke will probably annoy most players saying "though any guy who's made it through his teens will wince... this stuff cuts close to the bone."[38] Alex Fuller of RPGamer commented that: "The exceedingly good handling of character development is easily Abyss' biggest storytelling strength.[50][51][52] Universidade Federal de Algoas said that Luke starts as a petty character due to his poor personality and selfish attitude despite being from high class.Similar to the tagline of the video game Tales of the Abyss, Luke's quest leads him not only being a better person but instead find a meaning to life despite his nature and the sacrifices he has to makes in order to redeem himself.[53] In The Role-Playing Society: Essays on the Cultural Influence of RPGs, Luke is referenced as having one of the most influential character developments in gaming history due to finding a balance in his noble quest when deciding to become a better person, acknowledging his flaws.When Luke decides to redeem himself, he asks Tear to look over his spiritual mission which results into a strong romantic relationship related with catastrophe.By the game's ending, Luke has to fulfill his role in protecting the world at the cost of his life which makes Tear beg him to promise to him to survive and return to her.He commented that while "Luke starts the series as one of the most unlikable protagonists in all anime", it "becomes less and less prominent over the first eight episodes of the series—as he develops a hero complex of sorts which drives him into the jaws of disaster.