The original Fon Master Ion is a character who appears in the Ion Gaiden issue of the Tales of the Abyss manga, and is mentioned within the actual game to be the actual human from which the replicas Ion, Sync, and Florian were cloned. Although he also appears in the Tales of the Abyss anime during a flashback, his personality is shown to be very similar to the replica Ion who later took on his position. The manga paints a different picture of the original Ion.