Regret (리그릿) is one of the main characters of the Zenonia series. He has appeared in almost every single game. The blonde haired hero who resembles Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy series. He's the main protagonist of Zenonia 1 and 4, and a minor character of Zenonia 2 and 3.
Physical Appearance and Clothing[]
Regret is a blonde haired guy with dark-red eyes and always bares his midriff. He always wears blue trousers in every game he’s in.
In the first game, he has fur trimmed shoulder pads on both his shoulders. His belt shows a lock hole.
In the second game, he is cladded in black garments. His sprite shows blonde hair while cladded in black and hooded. His game sprite was used in the third game. In his artwork for the third game, which is used in his dialogue, he has no hood and wears a necklace.
In the fourth game, his official character design borrows the same idea from Zenionia 1. He has a red scarf that replaced his cloak. His yellow belt is now colored in red with a skull buckle. His plate shoes are now fully plated up to his legs.
In Zenonia S, Regret looks a lot muscular. Most of his character design from Zenonia 1 & 4 are combine the red scarf, skull belt buckle, fur-trimmed shoulder guards, metal arm guards extending from his shoulders to his hands.
Zenonia[]
Plot[]
Regret is the game's main protagonist, a 17-year-old boy who was raised by Commander Dupre under the alias Pardon. He was discovered on the battlefield of the Battle of TriPalo by Dupre who promptly retired from the Holy Knights to raise the boy. He is also the older adoptive brother of Sun, because Dupre is biologically her father. He is the Seed of Chaos, something he seems to have instinctively known for his entire life; however, he wasn't willing to accept the fact until the Ghost of Ladon tells him.
Before Dupre was killed by Osiris, he and Dupre, who changed his name to Pardon, lived in the village of Ayles. Although he was treated kindly by the townsfolk, they truly hated him, and it wasn't until when Dupre was killed that they showed their true colors to him. Little did he know that Billy, the husband of the chief, Tender, was a member of the Dragon Clan was searching for him.
After Dupre was killed, Regret was told to do some chores around Ayles. After delivering a stone chair to Mr. Brown, Regret was informed that the Holy Knights were looking for him. Since there was no evidence that a Demon appeared, the Holy Knights left. Afterwards, Regret was tricked into cutting down a tree that the Chief, Tender, and her husband, Billy, held a marriage proposal. When Tender found out, she scolded Regret for cutting down the tree, and that none of this would happen if he and Dupre never came to this town.
Regret in the first game[]
Heartbroken and sad, Regret stands in front of his father's grave and wonders who killed him. Billy shows up and tells Regret that he should move to Adonis, a city nearby, and deliver a letter to Rokane, the man in charge of the Guild of Night. Regret accepts the request and leaves Adonis.
When Regret looks for the Guild of Night, he asks a girl named Sun to help him find it. After delivering the letter, Regret notices that one of the Holy Knights that visited Ayles, Vague, and a woman named Vicious, were fighting in the woods. When Vicious gets hurt, Regret can either choose to protect her or not. If he chooses to help her, he'll jump in and shield her. If not, Vicious will dodge Vague's attack and knock the knight out. Regret will then carry the unconscious Vague back to the Guild of Light. The choice Regret makes will decide on what path he will take. If he protects Vicious, he will take on the path of evil and work for the Guild of Night, but if he saves Vague, he will work for the Guild of Light.
Either way, Regret is told to find Roland, a man that stole a scroll of a dungeon and retrieve it. Before leaving, Regret bumps into Sun, who is then knocked out for a while. When she wakes up, she thanks him and asks Regret if he knows Dupre, her father (ironically, Dupre is father to both Regret and Sun). Although he doesn't know him since Dupre's name changed, he said that he'll keep an eye out for him. In the outskirts of Adonis, Regret finds Roland, and chases after him, though in the end, Roland escapes. Although he failed to retrieve the stolen scroll, Regret was forgiven. He is then told about the legend of Ladon, and that the seals were built to prevent him from his awakening by King Argos, who sacrificed himself to the gods to seal Ladon away. Afterwards, Regret is told to go to the Cave of Deceit and investigate whether the seals still exist or not.
Before leaving, he bumps into Sun again. Sun finds out that Regret's father (Dupre) was killed by a demon, and that if he needs help, let her know. While on his way to the cave, Regret notices two fairies/nymphs, Langue and Parole, are fighting with each other. No matter how he decides to act, the fairies will notice he can see them and they will be shocked. Regret learns that only people who are special can see fairies and that fairies don't age or die. The two lead him to the Cave of Deceit and venture beyond.
When they enter a room, the trio find Pale, a reaper monster that can summon the undead, and attacks with a scythe. Frightened, Parole and Langue leave the room and shut the door, trapping Regret in the process. To defeat Pale, Regret must turn on the switches, which will expose it to the light, making it vulnerable to attack. After slaying Pale, Regret, Langue and Parole noticed a statue in the middle of the battlefield. When the two fairies tried to read the writings on the statue, they fell into a trance. Regret must decide to either destroy the statue or call the two fairies' names. If he does destroy the statue, Regret's good gauge increases, but if he just yells the two fairies' names, his evil gauge increases (surprise!). Either way, Langue and Parole will return back to normal. The two began to answer questions to Regret about the Seed of Chaos or Wheel of Destiny, which resulted in him answering no.
Just then, the cave began to collapse! Luckily, one of the fairies carried him out. If Regret's gauge is mostly good, Langue will save him. If his gauge is mostly evil, then Parole will save him. Either way, Regret will wake up in a few minutes, fully healed with no trace of injury. He realizes that his grandfather, Bear, found and took care of him. He is then visited by Sun, who tells him to be careful. Before leaving, Regret informs Bear about Dupre's death. Saddened, Bear remembers the orb Dupre received from him but gave it back. He then passes it onto Regret.
When Regret returns to the Guild, he turns in his report and goes along with Vague/Vicious to either Leo if good, or the Dragon Clan's lair, where he will join either of the armies, but also learns that his father's real name is Dupre. Although he doesn't know whether or not to tell Sun, his fairy companion (either which who accompanying him) insists. Regret is then told to go to the town of Hades. He is then ordered to stop a Holy Knight/ Dragon Pawn from delivering a letter to the moving army. Before leaving, he finds Sun being attacked by monsters. Regret jumps in but is instantly knocked out. Afterwards, he wakes up under his fairy and Sun's care. He then tells Sun about the truth of Dupre. With disbelief, Sun runs off.
Regret in the first game
Regret then finds the messenger, defeats him, and finds out that something is happening east of Hades Snowfields at a Golden Statue of an angel. There' he finds Vague/Vicious plotting to protect the seal or destroy it. Regret must then travel to the Valley of Despise, and defeat Vague/Vicious. In the end, both will die no matter what side you're on. Afterwards, he travels to Chronos and learns that there are traps planted around the Seal. He travels to Chronos, and deactivates the traps, and protects it or destroys it depending on what side he's on. Afterwards, he travels to Libra and must find the Guild captain in the Shrine of Betrayal. He finds him and learns that the rumors were true. He travels to the top and finds Roland. He learns that Roland is trying to revive Ladon, to exact revenge for his wife to the whole Zenonia. Once revived, Ladon kills Roland, and battles Regret.
After fighting Ladon, he flees to somewhere to recover and grow powerful. Regret is then told head to Leo, and the protect/destroy the Valley of Shame. If good, he'll find Vague injured, and that he promised Dupre to protect Regret if he were to die. If evil, he'll find Vicious injured and is told to destroy the seal then she dies afterwards. Once he arrives, he fights Virulent if good; or Lady Charity if evil. Afterwards, Regret learns from Lady Charity that an evil item known as the Seed of Chaos was planted in his heart and that all this time he was a demon, and was responsible for his father's death. Extremely depressed, he unknowingly unleashed his demonic powers that killed Virulent, but Charity withstood it.
A few days later, Regret decides to join the Holy Knights, and became commander, replacing Vague. He later meets up with Sun, who shows him Dupre's diary. Before he left, Dupre stated that he found Regret on the Battlefield of Tripalo, and promised to raise the boy, and prevent Osiris, the seed of chaos from taking over him. Although Regret was devastated, Sun was enraged by the fact that he killed their father, and left, saying her goodbyes to Regret. A few days later, an earthquake occurs at Leo, causing Regret to faint from unknown injuries. After a few days, Regret remembers Ladon, and decides to face him, this time in the flesh, and tells his fairy to stay behind instead of coming.
After many obstacles, Regret finally fights Ladon. After defeating him and sealing him, he meets Osiris, the seed of chaos planted in him. To prevent any more damage, Regret battles Osiris internally. After successfully slaying Osiris, Regret dies and since Osiris is part of his soul. If Osiris ceases to exist, so will Regret.
However, Regret survives due to the efforts of Lady Charity, who sacrificed herself and offered her life force to save him. Sun explained everything to him. This climax will also determine Sun's fate and the dialogue. If evil, Regret will "kill" Sun due to rage, but if good, Regret will just look at Charity with grief. Afterwards, Regret thanks his father for everything, and a flashback of him and Dupre in the forests between Ayles and Adonis show the two fighting monsters.
Regret's full body appearance in the first Zenonia
Regret in the intro
When starting his journey, Regret can choose from the three different melee classes. Paladin - a knight wielding a one-handed sword and uses Holy magic to boost and heal him. Warrior - a swordsman that uses a two-handed greatsword and earth magic to deliver crushing blows. And an Assassin- a fast and quick fighter using dual blades, along with the elements of darkness & wind to deliver quick deathblows while hidden.
Zenonia 2: The Lost Memories[]
Regret appears as the "Riddle Man" nearly at the end of the game, dressed in a black dress & robe, and is apparently a powerful Warrior. He helps the main characters in their quest in activating the gates to the heavens. This would also imply, along with the title screen of the first game that Regret is canonically a Warrior, rather than being a Paladin or an Assassin.
Zenonia 3: The Midgard Story[]
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Regret in Zenonia 3
Regret makes his appearance in Zenonia 3: The Midgard Story, as Chael's father. He begins to train Chael and is often seen in Chael's flashbacks giving him advice. After both of them fall down to the Crevice of Dimension, where the one of the Devil Kings named Antione resides, takes over Regret's body to manifest. This forces Chael to kill his own father, as its only choice to defeat the demon king. After the battle, Chael is severely hurt and upset that his father will not be back at home with open arms to see that his son has returned. In Hard Mode just before Chael fights Antione, Regret then explains that the only thing to kill Antione was to sacrifice himself. With a final good-bye, Antione takes over Regret's body. Luxferre as revealed to be Chael's biological brother alongside Pontifex Temir being their father, comes out to assist but was the first to be bested by Antione. Chael then prepares to fight and the battle begins.
It was believed that Regret is the Last flesh of Ladon, making him the only son of Ladon and an unknown human mother. It is unknown of how he found out about his true origins. Though instinctively, he knows something about him is dangerous.
Zenonia 4: Return Of The Legend[]
Regret makes a return as the protagonist in Zenonia 4: Return of the Legend. When starting a new game, there are 4 classes available to choose from: Blader - an assassin-like/duelist dual blade user. Slayer - a powerful warrior that uses a giant sword to crush enemies with powerful blows. Druid - a shaman that summons and uses the power of beasts & nature to support him in combat. And the Ranger - a gunner who fights using a futuristic gun, turrets, and satellite attacks to obliterate enemies from safe distances while evading enemy attacks
Regret finds himself as a boy in a small town, living and training with his father Dupre. Upon going on a small chore for Ms. Tender, Regret returns to see his father about to be killed by a mysterious man. Dupre retires himself from the fight then Dupre suddenly vanishes and Regret is approached by the mysterious man.
The man, heavily wounded, refers to himself as being Regret from the future, who upon having lost a battle with evil Shaturu, jumped back in time with the help of his fairy Anya (who has the power to manipulate time) to change his destiny. Regret from the future reveals to the younger Regret that he is actually trapped in the Fallen Realm, being held captive by servants of Shaturu in a dream-like world, in which Dupre and his neighbors are actually monsters meant to keep him caged. The future Regret dies, after giving his power to the young Regret. This revelation shows that in Zenonia 3, Regret does not die but in fact gets trapped in the Fallen Realm.
Regret angry >:(
After breaking free from the dream world, Regret and Anya are in the Fallen Realm. In order to escape, they navigate a puzzle and present Fairy Dust (?) on an altar, which summons the phantoms of Dupre and the townspeople. They turn into monsters (demons?) that Regret defeats. Regret and Anya warp out of the Fallen Realm.
They land in a forest and Anya has lost her memories again, leading Regret to the nearby town in search of an Elementalist who can help her. After a series of quests for the townsfolk, a woman runs crying up to Regret. Her baby has been stolen and her husband (who can't fight) has gone after the monsters. Regret and Anya enter further into the forest and find the husband, who tells them the baby has been taken somewhere to the west with his dying breath. Regret and Anya reach a clearing, where they fight with the monsters for the baby. They return the baby to the woman and tell her about her husband's death. While talking, a thief (a kid) steals Regret's wallet. Regret runs off and finds the child, who stole the money because he wanted to buy Adas shoes. He's the only kid in town who doesn't own a pair. In return for Regret giving him a pair of Adas shoes (he returns the wallet), he gives a seemingly blank scroll to him. It reveals text that explains what happens in the future if the course of history isn't altered.
To prevent the rise of Ladon, Regret and Anya go further into the forest and defeat the boss monster Frodo, preventing him from utilizing the Mark of Ladon. The scroll changes and shows that Frodo fails, but says that some greater evil than even the Mark is used and envelopes the world in darkness. Regret tells Anya to use her powers so they can travel to a time to prevent that from happening, and they warp again.
They land in the forest just outside Deva Castle. Anya is knocked out again from the stress of using her powers, and Regret seeks an Elementalist again. After rejoining Anya later, they run into a gang attempting to bully a young woman (Elisa). Regret steps in, beating them up, but the leader calls reinforcements. Elisa calls her own reinforcements to suppress his, and the man apologizes and leaves. Elisa is one of the Commanders of the Royal Guard.
Elisa attempts to recruit Regret, who agrees. In the command room, one of the commanders is Chael (Regret's adopted son). He's grown into a young man, and he doesn't recognize the younger Regret. For admission into their ranks, he sends Regret to look into the enemy outposts - a dangerous task for even experienced recruits, because he feels suspicious about him. After Regret makes his report, Chael has no choice but to accept him into their fighting force. Regret is now frequently referred to as 'Sir Adas.' ('Adas' is the false name Regret is using, which turns into something of a joke later because it's also the name of the famous shoe brand and everyone picks up on it).
Soon after, Regret is told to collect flowers to welcome General Lu's Squad who has just returned from the battle field.
Lu heads to the command post where everyone except Commander Morpice is present. Lu has a little talk then schedules a meeting for that evening.
Regret heads to the Command post where only General Lu and Command Chael are present. Chael complains how nobody had arrived and tells General Lu that he will go out and look for the members. As Chael is heading out Lu stops him and telling him that he wants to talk to him about something and he asks Regret to go and look for the members. Lu tells Regret to ask Ecne (Lu's squad member) about where Morpice is and go ask Morpice to attend the meeting.
Regret finds Ence in the town and asks if him about Morpice but Ruira, Haz and Elisa come rushing to Ence. Ruira tells Ence that she has a bad feeling something happened to her dad and saying she is going to look for him. Haz, Elisa and Regret go with her.
When they arrive they see that Morpice has been corrupted by dark magic and he no longer is himself.
Regret is able to knock Morpice into sense but Morpice is too weak and is going to die. Morpice tells them that he encountered and hood entity (Shaturu) and how he was looking for the Holy gem. Morpice tried to seal him using magic but was unable to. Morpice tells him the location of the stone thinking he could return to the post tell everyone what happened and protect the stone. But Morpice is taken over by dark magic and is unable to do anything. Morpice soon after dies.
All four of them report what happened and they were given a week break by General Lu as they would have been very tried after all that.
After a week another meeting is held and in between the meeting a soldier comes and informs that the dark forces had become very powerful and Aria castle was in great danger. Regret thinks to himself that Shaturu must have consumed the Holy gem and had become very powerful. Lu takes half of the forces of deva castle and asks Chael and Regret to come along. Regret had a different plan in mind and declines to come along. Chael calls him a scared loser and heads to Aria castle.
With the help of Anya, Regret travels back in time to get the Holy gem. Regret is able to find the holy gem and brings in to the present time. After returning from the past Regret heads to the command room where Elisa and Frey (Lu's squad member) are wait there. Regret asks them about how things are going in the Aria castle battlefield and Frey replies that the monsters have weaken and that the squad that went to Aria castle will return victorious. Frey asks Regret and Elisa to head to the battlefield as thier assistance would be of great help. Right after Frey says this the Holy gem which was inside Regret's bag sparkles and both Elisa and Frey question Regret on what that was. Regret hesitates but as Frey and Elisa insist Regret tells them what happened in the past.
Right after Regret tells them what happened the King arrives and asks for the Holy gem to be handed to him. Regret hesitates but Elisa tells him to hand it over to him as it would be a dumb idea to bring the Holy gem with him to the battlefield and that the King has the most skilled warriors to guard the stone.
After Regret heads out of the command room, Anya calls him a doofus and asks him what will he now do if Shaturu gets his hands in the holy gem. Regret replies by saying that it was a smarter idea to hand the stone over as they were heading to the Aria castle Battlefield where they may encounter Shaturu. Should Shaturu defeats him during the war, the stone will be in his evil hands again and all will be for nothing.
Missing Chunk Arc[]
Anya goes back to the past where the first scene is played out again with you as the future Regret dying instead of the one regaining the memories. Then the game starts over in Hard Mode (the first playthrough is the future Regret's memories). Regret saves Chael this time and reveals to him that he is his father. Chael at first cannot believe this but comes to accept it. Regret then faces the dark lord Shaturu and successfully defeats him. In fear of having new Dark Lords come after the dark powers of Ladon that sleep within him, Regret decides to leave for someplace far away so people won't get caught in the crossfire (such as Chael). But just as he's about to warp away with Anya, some townspeople rush up to him and start talking about a monster attack. With Anya's persuasion, his resolve changes: before he leaves, he will kill the monsters terrorizing the people in the land, while avoiding Chael.
In another cutscene, Chael shows up with Frey and talk with a guardsman. He talks about a blond-haired warrior with killer techniques who got rid of the monsters ahead of them. He hands a letter over to Chael, saying he was told by the warrior to give it to the first blond man who will ask about him. Chael opens the letter and discovers that 'Adas' really was his father, who had to shoulder the burdens of the world alone again and couldn't meet Chael again.
In the cutscenes showing the future Regret, he wears the garb of the Blader class. This contributes to the uncertainty and debate regarding Regret's true class, leaving most fans and players alike to conclude.
Zenonia 5: Wheel of Destiny[]
Regret is only mentioned in the prologue about defeating Shataru, but is never seen in game. It is implied that he went back into the past with Anya, as seen by the 4th game's (true) ending, and is never seen or mentioned again.
Zenonia S: Online (Defunct)[]
Regret returns as one of the main heroes who have lost their memories and continue seeking for the Osiris Shards in order to regain his memory. He is now the Slasher class who fights using Strength and a Longsword.
Zenonia Chronobreak[]
Regret appears as an NPC taking the same role to his Zenonia 3 Counterpart as an adult. There are costume sets for the player based on his outfit.
Avatar Costume Set[]
Trivia[]
- Regret's name means a feeling of sadness, repentance, or disappointment over something that has happened or been done.
- Some fans even noted that Regret looks like Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII. Both characters carry two-handed greatswords while sporting blonde hair, medium armor and clothing.
- Zenonia 1 mostly revolves around Regret's identity crisis about him being a human-demon hybrid, upon discovering it.