Cardes (character)

Cardes the Malevolent is a Non-Player Character (NPC) in the game. He is one of the Four Fallen Gods who rules over the Palmyna Archipelago and is one of the main antagonists in the Grand Gaia storyline arc. He is also serve as the major antagonist of the Four Heroes of Palmyna Grand Quest.

In the storyline
In the Four Heroes of Palmyna Grand Quest, he resides in the ruins of Palmyna in where the Four Heroes, led by Princess Edea, Professor Lorand, the archer Loch and the vulgar priest Dean stormed inside in order to put an end to the Fallen God. He was able to fend off the heroes with his powerful attacks, until Loch's powerful arrow attack accidentally opened the Spirit World, sucking them all in. Ultimately Edea decided to seal Cardes away with the power of Lafdranya, which also costs the princess to be put in a deep slumber in the process and Loch, Dean and Lorand was teleported away.

After Loch regrouped, they decided to storm in the Spirit World once again in order to free Edea who is actually still alive. Cardes was promptly defeat, however after rescuing Edea, a new battle begins. With the newly awakened Edea, the Four Heroes landed a powerful attack to Cardes. Seemingly weakened, Edea tries to charge Lafdranya to finally destroy him for good. However, Zebra came out of the shadows and heavily damages Edea. Cardes was able to regenerate and staged an even more powerful attack to the Four Heroes. Ultimately, the Four Heroes decided to sacrifice their lives in order to conjure an even more powerful seal to the Fallen God, ejecting Zebra out of the Spirit World and permanently seals Cardes in the Spirit World, as Cardes curses the humans and their future before being sealed away for good. This such an act also costs the Four Heroes lives as well.

His body was slowly deteriorates until a certain Summoner from Elgaia has finally destroyed him along with the other Fallen Gods.

In the non-canonical ending of the Grand Quest, with the proper requirements and Zebra being defeated before the final confrontation, the Four Heroes ultimately unleashed their most powerful attacks to fully destroy Cardes for good.

Abilities
Cardes' abilities are powered through a Mock Unit modeled after him. His version of Endless is of a Defensive nature as it can boost the party's defenses.

For more information of the list of Cardes' skills, click here.