Heldalf is the main villain of Tales of Zestiria and the final boss you'll face. He wasn't always a monster—he started out as a human named Georg Heldalf before transforming into the Lord of Calamity, basically the most powerful hellion around. His whole goal is pretty straightforward if you think about it from a villain's perspective: he wants to spread malevolence and create more hellions by triggering a war between the kingdoms of Hyland and Rolance. It's the kind of plan that requires chaos on a massive scale, which is exactly what he's after.
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