Alexei Dinoia is the secondary antagonist of Tales of Vesperia.
He was voiced by Jurota Kosagi in the original Japanese version, D.C. Douglas in the English dubbed version of the game, and Jason Douglas in the English dubbed version of the film.
Biography[]
In the story, Alexei once won a tournament during the previous Emperor's reign and became an Imperial Knight as a reward. While rising in ranks, he grew to be accepted by many knights (including Schwann Oltorain; once born as Damuron Atomais), and the townspeople of Zaphias. Overtime, he discovered the true natures of Blastia and the Imperial family and used the information to help with his dream.
However, he became obsessed with changing the world after witnessing several injustices. To purge the world of its "scum", he sought to unleash a calamity into the world. During the Great War, Alexei gave fallen soldiers blastia that would replace their hearts; such as Yeager and Schawnn (who later called himself "Raven") in order for them to do his bidding.
Alexei often tried to gather apatheia, seize control of the stolen Dein Nomos, and even tried to lure Duke Pantarei inside Baction, the Forgotten Shrine. Prior to this, he reveals to Yuri Lowell and his companions in Yormgen that he was the mastermind behind the heinous actions of Ragou and Alexander von Cumore. He successfully used Raven to kidnap Estelliese so he would control her power as the Child of the Full Moon.
Before leaving the shrine, he used Estelle to kill Astal for his apatheia. He then pinned Raven against Yuri group for a battle to the death. He also intended for everyone to be buried alive, not caring that Raven would've been left behind.
Alexei deployed a massive battleship called the 'Heracles' as a diversion for him to operate on top of the capital's castle. The power caused an Aer sickness that grew unusual plants and made monsters more hostile. He even forced Estelle and Yuri to fight each other before and after Zaude emerged from the depths of the ocean.
Atop Zaude, he was confronted while trying to figure out the formula to make the Enduring Shrine work. This caused the ancient catastrophe known as the "Adephagos" to accidentally get unleashed. While he seemed to regret it at first, he laughed about how he caused the end of the world to happen.
Alexei was nearly killed by Yuri and he, with a tear flowing out of his left eye, called himself "the greatest fool of all". He was then crushed to death by the giant blastia that was once powered by the lives of the Children of the Full Moon to keep the catastrophe at bay.
Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike[]
In the anime film that serves as a prequel to the story, Alexei appeared as a minor character.
During a time when aer went out of control and causing unrest from hostile monsters, Flynn Scifo visited him in the castle of Zaphias in place of his squad captain to request reinforcements. However, Alexei refused to comply. They both took their leave afterwards.