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The Renegades is a fictional organization from the role playing game, Tales of Symphonia, by Namco.

The Renegades are an organization created to oppose Cruxis and the Desians. They are led by Yuan, one of Mithos' companions from the Great Kharlan War, and also one of the Four Seraphim of Cruxis. After hearing his older sister Martel's last words - that she wanted a world without discrimination - Mithos decided that the only way to fulfil her wish was to make everyone the same by turning them into lifeless beings. The hero transformed his friends, Kratos Aurion and Yuan, into angel-like entities along with himself. He then formed Cruxis and the Desians. Yuan secretly set up the Renegades to thwart Mithos's plans while Kratos openly rebelled. Eventually, Kratos was caught and forced to rejoin Cruxis but Yuan managed to keep his true identity unknown for over 4,000 years. The Renegades are very similar in appearance to Desians, and are mistaken for the latter several times in the game.

The Renegades have two bases of operation, one in the Triet Desert in Sylvarant and another in the arctic north-east region of Tethe'alla. Both facilities use electrical power in order to power up their machinery.

In-game Appearances

On the Day of Prophecy, when the Chosen is to receive an oracle from heaven, the Martel Temple near the village of Iselia is attacked. Lloyd, Colette and Genis arrive to find Botta, Yuan's right-hand man, waiting to kill the Chosen. At once, they are mistaken for Desians and are accused of breaking Iselia's non-aggression treaty with the local Human Ranch. The Renegade troops attack the three and almost succeed in killing them until Kratos appears and drives them off.

The second time the party meets with the Renegades is when Lloyd is captured and taken to their base in the desert. He escapes, but is seen by some guards and runs into a nearby room to avoid them. Here, he meets Yuan, who attempts to strike him before realising who he is. The following conversation (or rather, exchange of insults) between the two is cut short when Botta rushes in, saying that the Chosen's group had broken into the base. Yuan remarks that their plans would be ruined if he was seen and escapes. Just as Botta is about to finish Lloyd, his friends find him. The Renegades attack the group but again are defeated.

Botta retreats and the party is reunited. The Renegades don't reappear in person for a while. However, once the group have infiltrated the Asgard Desian Human Ranch, they meet up with the Renegades again. This time though, Botta speaks to Kratos as if they knew each other and agrees that it would be in both their interests not to fight at the moment. Puzzled, the rest of the group's suspicions are cut short when the Desian Grand Cardinal, Kvar, enters the room and attacks. Lloyd's party escapes, as do the Renegades. After this scene, Kvar orders his soldiers to continue searching for "the renegade, Botta". This is one of the first clues that the so-called Desians may not be all they seem.

At the end of the Chosen's world regeneration journey, the group are staying at an inn in Hima. Early in the morning, Kratos sneaks outside to speak to Lloyd's dog-like pet, Noishe. Lloyd follows him and shouts out as a cloaked figure appears and attacks Kratos. Fortunately, Kratos manages to wound the man, but doesn't see his face. Once everyone else is awake, the party sets off for what they believe to be their final destination: the Tower of Salvation.

Inside the tower, Cruxis's plans are revealed and Kratos betrays the group, revealing himself to be a Cruxis Seraphim. As Yggdrasill is ready to deliver the final blow, Botta and his men save the group and carry them off to safety.

Back at the Triet base, once Lloyd and the others wake up, Yuan and Botta explain who they are and the truth about Cruxis. After this, they attempt to capture Lloyd again but fail. The group escapes from the base by stealing some Rheairds, small jetbike-like aircraft.

In Tethe'alla, when the party travels to the Fooji Mountains to retrieve the Rheairds (which had previously crashed there a short while before), they are caught in a trap laid by Yuan. The Renegade leader himself appears and orders his men to take the vehicles back. But before he can make a move for Lloyd, the Desian Grand Cardinal, Pronyma, arrives to kidnap the Chosen. Oddly, she addresses Yuan as "Lord", despite the fact that they are meant to be enemies. The two strike a deal with each other; Yuan would get Lloyd and Pronyma would have Colette. However, Colette's Key Crest is activated in the process and she trips onto the mechanism controlling the trap, breaking it. The group fight off Pronyma and Lloyd charges at Yuan. His swords are then deflected by Kratos, who has come to tell Yuan that Yggdrasill has called for him. The Renegade then reveals his wings, showing that he is an angel, and flies away. This is yet more evidence contradicting the Renegades' anti-Cruxis stance.

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