Elements

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The Elements are a group of four highly specialized and powerful Ether users. During the time of Xenogears, the four Elements are Dominia Yizkor, Seraphita, Tolone, and Kelvena, and are under the command of Kahran Ramsus.

History

The first Elements.

In 9986, Kahran Ramsus and Jesiah Blanche founded the first iteration of the Elements. Intended as a reflection of the best of the best in Jugend Military Academy, they were an elite group that worked towards Ramsus' ideal of a person's value not being due to their class, but by their ability. Sigurd Harcourt and Hyuga Ricdeau later joined, bring the group total to four. With each member coming from different tiers of Solaris society, Ramsus's high ideals gained the admiration of his fellow colleagues, who looked to him as a possible source for change in Solaris's class system.

The first blow to this group came soon after they formed in 9987. A month after Minister Shakhan carried a coup d'etat in Aveh, Sigurd deserted Solaris and went to the surface, intent on rescuing his half-brother, Bart. The second blow came a few years later in 9990, when Jesiah fled with his family. After this, the original goals of the Elements established by Ramsus were lost, and the Elements became a training ground for those of the highest talent.

Myyah was temporarily given a position as one of the Elements, before Ramsus gave her a position as a Guardian Angel, as well his personal supporting officer.

Seraphita, Tolone, Kelvena, Dominia (from left to right)

At an unknown date, Ramsus saved a demi-human named Seraphita from being processed at a Soylent facility. Then, in 9993, Ramsus found an orphan in the ruins of Elru, Dominia Yizkor, and became her sponsor when they returned to Solaris, where she enrolled at Jugend.

With Seraphita serving in a leadership role due to being quickly accepted, she, Dominia, Tolone, and Kelvena, who would serve in an advisory role, would become the current team of Elements.

Elehayym Van Houten was a candidate for Element status, due to knowing Kelvena and Dominia, but was ultimately rejected after the Drive incident.

Gameplay

The Elements are encountered as bosses in Xenogears multiple times, generally in pairs. Tolone and Seraphita tend to operate together, while Dominia and Kelvena form the second pair, and this holds true for both in-person encounters and Gear encounters.

Their Gears can combine into a single, powerful Gear capable of fighting multiple Omnigears at once, called G-Elements. Judging by their in-battle conversations, they take turns piloting this Gear, or at least, take turns changing who has control of the main weapons.

The Elements are so attuned to their choice of Ether that unlike every other human boss in the game, they have elemental weaknesses. Seraphita is weak to water, Tolone to earth, Dominia to wind and Kelvena to fire. Despite being a former Element himself, Kahran Ramsus does not retain an elemental weakness to his opposite (earth). It is unknown if this is just a gameplay abstraction or if their opposite elements really damage them more physically.

Trivia

• While Perfect Works notes each current Element uses a specific element (ie, earth, wind, fire, water), it is unknown if it was the same case for its original members.