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Incarose reveals she is after the — the core of human emotion — and can control people’s hearts. She turns the villagers hostile. Kor uses the Xenoblade to defend himself, and a strange, beautiful woman named Lithia appears from within the blade. She explains she is a Spirian , a being from the Spirius world — the dimension of hearts.

In the final battle, Kor and his friends defeat Creed. However, Creed refuses to change his mind. As the Orb shatters, Creed’s body dissolves into the Spirius, finally finding peace and reuniting with his wife’s spirit. With Creed gone, the Spirius stabilizes. Kohaku fully recovers, and Lithia’s spirit is finally freed, passing on peacefully. The Crystal Council disbands, and Incarose, Gall, and the remaining lieutenants vanish or are redeemed.

However, the Xenoblade is hidden deep within the , a sacred cave. Kor sneaks in to retrieve it, but upon touching the Xenoblade, a mysterious voice speaks to him. He takes it back to Kohaku, but before Zex can use it, a mysterious woman named Incarose and her accomplice, Gall (disguised as Zex’s friend), attack the village. TALES OF HEARTS R -PCSE00429- -NTSC-

During the chaos, Kohaku tries to protect Kor but is struck by Incarose’s attack. Her Soma shatters, and she falls into a deep coma. Hisui blames Kor for what happened.

To activate the Orb of Oblivion, Creed needs Kohaku’s heart. He nearly succeeds, but Kor, using the power of his Soma and his bond with his friends, performs a — a complete synchronization of hearts — to resist Creed’s control. Incarose reveals she is after the — the

Kor refuses to let anyone sacrifice Kohaku. He continues fighting the Crystal Council, even as Creed’s lieutenants — (a calculating tactician) and Labrador (a brute warrior) — try to stop them. Part 3: The Price of Emotion The party finally reaches the core of the Spirius and confronts Creed. He reveals his tragic backstory: long ago, he was a kind man who lost his beloved wife and child due to human hatred and jealousy. Their deaths, caused by others’ unrestrained emotions, drove him mad. He now believes erasing all emotion is the only way to end suffering.

Lithia, who was once Creed’s lover in the Spirius, sacrifices herself to weaken Creed’s hold on the Orb. She reveals she was sealed into the Xenoblade long ago by Creed himself, unable to stop him. Her final act gives Kor the opening he needs. She explains she is a Spirian , a

One day, Kohaku falls gravely ill from a mysterious sickness called — a condition that causes a person’s heart to decay and their Soma to shatter, often leading to death. Zex tells Kor that the only way to cure Despir is with an artifact known as the “Xenoblade” (not to be confused with the Xenoblade Chronicles series; in this context, it’s a legendary Soma-curing blade).

Kor is a kind but naive young man, and he shares a close bond with his childhood friend, , and her older brother, Kohaku Hearts .

Creed’s goal is to eliminate all (emotions) from the universe, believing emotions cause only pain and conflict. He plans to use a terrifying weapon called the Orb of Oblivion to wipe out all Spiria, turning every living being into an emotionless shell. Part 2: The Twins’ Secret A major twist reveals that Hisui and Kohaku are not ordinary humans. They are actually Spirians — but unlike Lithia, they were born in the human world. Their mother was a Spirian, and their father a human. Because of this, they have a unique connection to the Spirius.