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In addition, the time period you picked is a bit odd. We can't accept a canon point that isn't represented somewhere in canon. Is there some sort of supplemental material that indicates what happens in those two weeks? Otherwise, you'll have to pick a different canon point.
Sorry for the wait, hope this is better!
Physical: Zelos is a magic swordsman. He has healing spells along with others. He mostly uses close range attacks but he knows long range attacks and spells. Zelos reveals that he was given elven blood when he was an infant, giving him the ability to use certain magic.
His weapon of choice is a dagger or a smaller blade. His fighting style is quick and almost looks like he's dancing. If one chooses to fight him, they may feel a little annoyed while doing so because Zelos is rather quick. Yes, he is annoying and he knows it so he's gonna use that to kick your ass. I think a great example of his fighting style is this this video.
Zelos is an exsphere user like the others from Tales of Symphonia. This power enhancer gives him abilities a normal human wouldn’t have. He can jump higher, move faster, an increase in strength and defense, and it's a lot easier to be healed. All exspheres give their users different abilities depending on their specialty. Zelos, however, has no specialty. His Ex skills are more generic than the other members. Zelos and Kratos are both magic swordsman so they're able to use magic, fight with a weapon, and shield themselves with a shield as well.
Because Zelos is an angel, it is likely that his sight and hearing has increased due to the first step of angel transformation. It is never stated as to how far he actually goes through with it but he does have wings and that is the first step of the transformation, therefor, his sight and hearing enhanced as well. He's never had any lack of sleep, hunger, or touch like Colette has so he probably just never finished the transformation. He does have Angel artes like she does, only he only has two while she can have up to six.
Mental: This guy has learned, through a very tough life, to not give a shit. Zelos has gone through hell and back, seeing things that no person should ever see. To seeing his mother being murdered right in front of his eyes all the way into wanting to kill himself at the very end.
In contrast to how he appears, Zelos is actually a very intelligent person. His incredible, almost strange, math skills not only got him to be the highest of his class, but earn him to be Lloyd and Genis’ tutor toward the end of the series. Zelos attended the Imperial Research Academy in Tethe’alla, the flourishing out of the two worlds. Once the party went back to Sylvarant, they’re able to take the Palmacosta test in which Zelos gets a 300, having the 4th highest score overall. In addition, Zelos states that he hasn’t studied since he graduated, which is assumed approximately four years ago. This would mean that Zelos knows more than math, but definitely not by much. He’s smarter than he thinks he is.
With all of that said, Zelos knows how to hide what’s bothering him pretty easily. He’s done it since he was very little so it’s turned into quite a habit. How does he do this, you say? By being a complete asshole/jerk, that’s how. Zelos grew up to be who he is by hiding everything he could and move on like nothing happened. It’s hard but it‘s what works for him. Because of Lloyd, he’s grown to be a little more flexible with himself but even so, sometimes things never change.
Zelos is a great actor and he certainly knows how to put on one strong of a pokerface. He knows how to play along to get what he wants as well as manipulating others into believing what he says. Zelos knows how to put quite a show if he has an interior motive. His main goal was to have Yggdrassil take his title of Chosen off of him and bestow it on his younger sister Seles, who would have been a great Chosen. However, due to Zelos’ change of character, he changes his mind and helps the party. So, all in all, he lies to his friends, tells them the truth about him, lies to them again when he changes his mind, and lies to Yggdrassil when he decides to side with Lloyd. That takes one heck of an act, but with that smiling face who could resist?
Emotional: As stated earlier, Zelos hides his emotions pretty well if something’s bothering him but he counteracts that by doing something stupid or obnoxious. This is pretty much his normal face most of the time. He’s a loudmouth so it wouldn’t be rare for all of Luceti to hear Zelos mope and complain, or even when he’s in a good mood. That’s just how Zelos is. If he’s not in the mood, he shows the exact opposite.
Zelos is very good at reading people. He knows when to play his cards at certain times and when not to. For example, Zelos teases Sheena a lot and she’s not afraid to give him a piece of her mind, whether it be verbal or physical. He knows when to tease her and when to back off and leave her alone. He even tries to cheer her up after Corrine died but was only scolded for acting like an idiot at a serious time like that. When Lloyd would go over his head a lot, Zelos would be able to calm him down and snap him out of it.
Although Zelos isn't up for any kind of close relationship with anybody, he would make sure that trust never gets broken if he were to establish a bond. Zelos lived a hard life and, in his eyes, ruined others at the cost of his existence. If he could go back and change things, he would. But he can't. However, since Zelos is post game, he will try to do everything he can to make things better. The trust Lloyd puts in Zelos saved him for ending his own life so he will make sure that this bond will stay strong. He'll do anything in his path for Lloyd, as well as any other who can break those tough layers and get to Zelos' softer side.
Weaknesses:
Physical: As stated earlier, Zelos can be an annoying opponent so it wouldn’t be hard for the other fighter to be really irritated and act in rage at him. He moves rather swiftly so he’s hard to catch, like that fly that’s just too fast. However, you end up catching it, don’t you? He’s not invincible, he’s just annoying.
Going back to that exsphere bit, it's very dangerous to have one without a keycrest, which is basically a mound that separates the user FROM the exsphere. If anything were to happen to the keycrest, whether it be damaging it or even removing it completely, Zelos will turn into a monster and eventually die. The keycrest is extremely important to all exsphere users.
"Not the face!"
Zelos is all about the looks and show. He loves his beautiful face a little too much for any person. He tries to block any blows aiming at his face and even says it in battle. Because of that, it's a big signal that says 'HIT MY FACE' so of course, people are gonna aim for it because it's a big weakness for him. He takes a few blows from Sheena a lot due to his unwanted moves on her.
"This takes concentration, you know."
Another weakness for Zelos during battle is his spell casting time. There are some people, like elves, who can cast a lot faster especially when equipped with an exsphere. Zelos, unfortunately, can't do that so his casting time tends to last a lot longer than any elf. This means he's an open target if he were to ever cast during any fight.
Mental: For someone who has a lot of issues, he’s easily annoyed with a lot of things so it doesn’t take a lot for him to be irritated with something. He’s a bit of a whiner, you see. He’s also a sucker for anyone to say they trust him or they want to get close with him for whatever reason. If he sees that they’re a good person, he’ll hesitate on getting to know them because he wouldn’t want to taint they’re good side with someone like him. Although, he’s learned quite a few lessons from his timeline point, all wounds haven’t been healed just yet.
The one thing Zelos has, and always will have trouble with, is trust. Zelos doesn’t give his trust to anybody. In fact, he would rather not have anything to do with it. From growing up in Meltokio, where every person is as shallow as a puddle on a rainy day, Zelos learned that any kind of trust between people is never good. He’s seen people at their ugliest state of character and hates every aspect of it. Not one person offered him kindness or even a helping hand after witnessing his mother’s bloody death at ten years old. Because of that, Zelos will always have an extremely hard time trusting people. Lloyd is the only person he ever put his trust into but they’ve come from a pretty long way.
Zelos is a very, very selfish person. He will not act on anything unless he gets something out of it. His attitude and common demeanor around people is the reason why he’s not the most likeable guy around the park, that’s exactly what he wants. If people don’t like him, they won’t care about him and they won’t get too close to him. Zelos doesn’t believe he is worth any kind of trust, no matter who’s giving it to him. He has to isolate himself in order to not get close with anyone. If someone tries to break through, he’ll back away. Unfortunately, he knows how much of a shitty person he is but he can’t get over that.
Emotional: Zelos will always hate winter. The slightest bit of snow will have him remember things he really won’t want to. White will turn to red in his eyes and will be instantly reminded of his mother and Seles. He sometimes hears her last words in his ears every once in awhile.
Zelos is a coward. He’s afraid of people trusting him that he’ll break their trust and ruin everything. Zelos never really made anyone’s life better by being in it. His mother told him that he shouldn’t have been born, ruined his sister’s life because she was put under house arrest right after her mother was execute for the murder of Zelos’ mother, and held all that guilt in for the rest of his life. The last thing he wants to do is to wreck someone else’s life for being the scum that he is.
Even though Zelos was able to establish a good, loyal friendship with Lloyd, doesn't mean it'll be easy for the next person. Those barriers that Zelos created have been there for quite awhile so it'll be pretty tough to break them down if someone would want to get close to him. It's quite a challenge. He'll try to push them away as much as he can. Zelos is more open and optimistic about the thought of trust but it still terrifies him and old habits die hard. It's like adopting a pet that's been abused it's whole life. You can give them all the love and attention they never had but the scars and memories will always be there.
And about the time period, I'll just take him post game. Sorry about that!
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