"Silver" redirects here. This article is about the character from Tales of Hearts. For the character from Tales of Berseria who shares the name "Silver" in Japanese, see Silva.

Azide Silver (アイザック・シルバ, Aizakku Shiruba^?, "Isaac Silver") is a minor antagonist in Tales of Hearts.

History

In his youth, Silver went to the same school as Ines Lorenzen, as her senior. Eventually, he became a colonel in the Maximus Empire. Three years prior to the events of the game, his wife Perl (パール, Paaru^?) died in a weapons test, while his daughter, Lapis (ラピス, Rapisu^?), was rendered comatose. Silver knew that the weapon was flawed, but the upper brass did not listen to him. He later sides with Incarose, desiring Mineran technology to revive his daughter while also seeking revenge against the Empire.

For much of his role in the story, Silver interacts with the party under the guise of Garnet (ガネット, Ganetto^?), by helping them escape Straga when needed and hiding from the knights there. Still under this guise, he eventually has Ines lead Kohaku Hearts right into his trap, and he reveals his true identity. They then depart for Lignatore Garrison, where he holds her captive and has Geocron Striegov torture her to spill the secrets of her Spiria.

The party eventually catches up to him, and he merges with a xerom before fighting the party. After being defeated, his body begins to calcify due to the strain, but with self-reflection and his bond with Ines, he is able the recover, the first known case of calcification being reversed. Unfortunately, he is in turn stabbed by Incarose in revenge and dies with Ines at his side. Silver's death angers Kor Meteor to the point of releasing the seal on Creed Graphite in his Spiria.

Appearance and Personality

Azide is a gruff looking man, complete with silver hair, an eyepatch, and a beard. He generally dons his military armor; a grey outfit with black and red highlights. As a boss, he becomes slightly grotesque. His skin becomes the same shade as his armor, and vines grow over his right shoulder, with a xerom-esque feel to it.

Fighting Style

Azide is primarily a melee fighter, and attacks by striking with his dual-sided spear. He possesses an assortment of artes that have a dark aura to them, making him Dark-elemental. When xeromized, he also gains a tentacle that extends and retracts in his left hand, which he can use like a whip.

In the original Tales of Hearts, his attacks include a straight thrust from his spear, an upward strike with the back end of the spear, an upper claw swipe with his left hand, plunging his tentacle into the ground to attack a target from below, swinging the tentacle over his head, downward then upward, swinging the tentacle downwards while midair, and a combo attacks where he swings his tentacle downward, strikes upward with the back end of the spear, swings with the front end, then swings his tentacle upward. He only has one strike arte named, Final Prayer.

In Tales of Hearts R, his moveset is reworked. His attacks now include twirling his spear above his head as he jumps, an overhead downward strike with his spear, a downward claw swipe that can inflict Paralysis, a combo attack where he strikes upward with the back end of the spear, steps forward for a downward strike, steps forward for a straight thrust, and a second combo attack where he swings his spear rightward, steps forward for a downward claw swipe, steps forward for a straight thrust from his spear, steps back before pulling the spear rightward, then swings the whole spear upward. The underground tentacle attack returns as his strike arte Tentacle Bump, and he has a new strike arte Chaos Charge.

Trivia

• Not the mineral-name motif, silver is instead a chemical element.
  • However, his alias, "Garnet" is based on the mineral of the same name.
• Azide is the first person to ever have the calcification process reversed.