Berseria and Zestiria Connections
While replaying Berseria and Zestiria, I really enjoyed seeing all the connections and references the two worlds share, despite being set 1,000 years apart. There’s lot of references to places, characters, and events and it’s fun to see how to all connects, but when I googled the games to see if I had missed any references, I didn’t find any very cohesive lists, so I thought I’d make one. Keep in mind not all of these are “confirmed” as in said word-for-word, a lot of this stuff is inferred from conversations, locations, and context.
BEWARE: SPOILERS FOR BOTH GAMES
At the end of Berseria, Laphicet becomes the new 5th Empyrean, Maotelus, using the name Eleanor gave him. Maotelus’ fate is an important plot point in Zestiria.
Edna, a main character in Zestiria, and Eizen, a main character in Berseria, are brother and sister. Their relationship is a focal point for both of their characters arcs.
Eizen becomes a dragon and optional boss by the time of Zestiria. This is heavily foreshadowed (and eventually just talked about in-game) in Berseria.
In NPC dialogue on Terror Island (Normin Island) in Berseria, a Normin states that Zaveid gave his jacket to a small child who needed it and continued on topless. Apparently, even a 1,000 years later, in Zestiria, he still felt no need for a shirt or new jacket!
In Artorius’ Throne in Zestiria, there’s an optional skit where Sorey and Mikleo find the symbol of Innominat and briefly mention how he was an Empyrean predating Maotelus, though little information about him has survived 1,000 years later
Magilou Mayvin is implied to be the ancestor to the Mayvin clan, who are the Storytellers of Time, both in the Zestiria the X anime and in game. Mayvin is a pivotal character in Zestiria. You can also find a Mayvin tomb in Trizolde cave, where a Seraph tells you about the Poetess Mayvin. I feel it’s implying this is Magilou’s grave but there is some argument over this among fans
The Pirate Aifread, a reoccurring character in the Tales of games, is a character is Berseria, as well as having a region named after him in Zestiria, Aifread’s Hunting Ground
The gun Siegfried, found by the pirate Aifread in Berseria, is an important to the plot and final boss battle in Zestiria
In Berseria, Zaveid helps a wyvern escape during the showdown with Melchior in Lothringen. In Zestiria, it’s an optional sidequest to defeat the wyvern in the Plitzerback Wetland and Zaveid refers to the wyvern as a past mistake
Shigure Rangetsu’s malak, Morgrim the cat, is later the Lord of the Land in Pendrago during Zestiria
In Hexen Isle, where you battle Malak Number One/Silva in Berseria, you can battle the dragon’s skeletal remains in Zestiria
The Normin Phoenix is a optional boss battle in both Berseria and Zestiria, and both times are centered around his involvement with Edna and Eizen
Oscar Dragonia’s family is the same one that founds Pendrago in Zestiria
Armitization is being created and refined in Berseria, but is a major battle mechanic in Zestiria. After the malakhim recover their free will in Berseria, you can speak to two malakhim near the Empyrean’s Throne who talk about refining Armitzation further so that humans and malakhim can use it for a better world in the future.
The production/sale of Nectar/Elixir by the Church is a plot aspect in both Berseria and Zestiria
The Earthen Historia and the Earthpulse are referenced in both games. In Berseria, the Earthpulse is a sort of dungeon/area you visit several times, while it’s never seen/entered in Zestiria. The Earthen Historia are like jewels that you collect that hold crucial story-related memories in Zestiria, but in Berseria, the group only witnesses memories while wandering in the Earthpulse itself.
In the final dungeon of Berseria, the Heavenly Steppes, you meet a malak named Zui Fuu who speaks more about the coexistence of humans and malakhim/seraphim. She mentions a malak who desires to live peacefully with the humans, Zenrus. Zenrus is the seraph that raised Mikleo and Sorey in Zestiria.
Stonebury, in Berseria, has NPC dialogue in which a architect wants to build a beautiful bell tower that will “soothe the souls of all who hear it”. There’s also a character in Stonebury that wishes to run for mayor and name the square of the town after him. The NPC’s name is Laston, and Lastonbell becomes the name of a town in Zestiria. Further cementing the connection is the “radishbells” which are a special vegetable being grown in Stonebury, that’s a staple vegetable in Lastonbell
Ladylake is most likely the region between Taliesen and Aball in Berseria. In a tavern in Taliesen, an NPC talks about his and his friends wishing to settle a new town near a huge lake. The men also talk about wishing they had girlfriends like “the lady of the lake from the fairy tales” (you can see this lake as you pass through the Perniya Cliffside Path)
The Empyrean’s Throne from Berseria is the final dungeon in Zestiria as well, although in Zestiria it’s known as “Artorius’ Throne”
In the Aldina Plains, up on a mountain, where you fight Theodora/Shenlong, you can see what appears to be the Rayfalke Spiritcrest in the distance, the Spiritcrest is where Edna is first encountered in Zestiria
Loegres is implied to be Pendrago due to the very similar map layouts as well as the Shrine church in Loegres has an identical layout and NPC dialogue talks about “expanding and building onto the Shrine church” as well as the NPCs wondering what the Shrine church will look like years from now
Lothringen, an area in Berseria where exorcists train, is Lohgrin in Zestiria. You can tell from the identical tower, although the top half has collapsed by the time of Zestiria
Brigid Ravine from Berseria has the same layout as Westernbolt Gorge in Zestiria, but with slight alterations
The Fens of Nog has a similar layout as Plitzerback Wetlands in Zestiria, also with slight alterations.
After the awakening of the four Empyreans in Berseria, the planet is changed radically, causing much shifting and changing of landscape and climate. You can see from the Berseria map (which was made up of many small continents such as Midgand, Northgand, Westgand, Eastgand, Islegand, etc) that East-, West- and Midgand came together to form the larger continent of Glenwood in Zestiria.
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