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Walkthrough

4a. Introduction

The Walkthrough is intended mainly to get you through the story with

some

helpful suggestions thrown in. If you want to deviate from it to levelup,

walk around and talk to the townspeople, watch some plays, and so

on, by all

means, do so. I have clearly noted what will make the story advance

so if you

don't want to proceed at that time to do something else, go for it. If

you've

got a radio, CD, or MP3 player handy, it makes getting through some

of the

leveling up/lottery sequences much easier. This is especially true if

you're

going for the Chris Level 99 trick.

In terms of skill selection, I have a tendency to go for physical skillsthen

healing magic. I am severely biased against Fire and Earth Magic-the

first one

because it generally will hit your own group and the second because

it's only

useful in a fight at the very end. I go for physical skills first because

your

characters will either be too low of a level to effectively use most

offensive

magic or you won't get better magic users until later in the game. The

skills

system is meant so you can customize your characters the way you

see fit so the

ultimate decisions are up to you. When I mention what skills to boost,they

are also just meant as recommendations.

I have denoted when you recruit and how many stars with brackets [ ]

at the end

of each chapter so as to avoid spoilers before they happen. If a

character is

marked with an asterisk (*) it means they are one of the NON-

automatic stars.

In terms of when you should save, I will mention it at key times but

other

times I leave it up to your common sense. It goes without saying but

it's the

angriest player who beats the Super-Mega Boss From Hell then theconsole resets

and 40 hours of game play time are lost forever.

It is always a good idea to fight all the possible treasure bosses in a

chapter

at least once. To make them re-spawn after 30-45 minutes, loot the

entire

chest. The only time you don't want them to do that is if you really

don't

want to fight them again-leaving some items in the chest will make

the bosses

re-spawn at a much slower rate (usually a few hours). Fighting

treasure boss

monsters is a great way to make a lot of money not to mention getting

a nice

stash of skill points. In my walkthrough I generally suggest fighting

these

bosses at least more than once per chapter.

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4b. Hugo Chapter 1

Pick Hugo's story from the Trinity Site. After the cutscene, pick his

story

again to start playing. When the conversation's done between Hugo,

Lulu, and

Sgt. Joe, I suggest you put and keep your team in this formation:

Hugo

Fubar

-----

-----

Lulu

Sgt. Joe

(No Support)

Walk to the right of the screen to talk to the man with his arms folded

outside

of the hut. This is the bujutsu teacher. Talk to him and select Notes to

get

a quick primer on how skills work. Select lesson next and raise these

skillsfor your characters:

Hugo-Swing up to a D, Accuracy up to a C

Fubar-Accuracy up to a C

Lulu-Repel up to a C

Sgt. Joe-Accuracy up to a C

Hugo's Repel skill (which you'd have to add for him) can naturally go

up to an

S but I don't give him this skill until chapter 3 at the earliest. He is at

his best when paired with Fubar. Lulu is similar to Hugo in that his

best

asset is his speed. Sgt. Joe is a serviceable healer and his melee

attacks dogood damage but his speed, like all duck characters, is below average.

You can walk around and talk to all the villagers if you like. Talk to

the

little girl running around up the main street outside to get an

Antitoxin. You

can also talk to a duck clan member inside the inn to get a Medicine D.

Go to

the item hut and buy another Medicine D and also an Antitoxin. To

make the

story progress, go to the front of the village and talk to the man

shining some

armor outside his hut. This is Jimba and he will (not) tell you the

storyabout the armor.

Luce and Lucia come out at this time to tell Hugo to deliver a message.

Cycle

through the dialogue options from top to bottom to get filled in on the

mission. When you're given the choice of whether or not to accept

Lucia's

request, you can pick the top choice if you're confident ("I'm up to it")

or

the second choice ("Um...") if you want some encouragement. When

Lulu says he

wants to go, too, you can say that you'll look out for him or that

everyone

will be fine together. After everyone's done talking, you'll receive the

!Letter to Zexen. You can wander around the village some more if you

like but

you can't exit. When you're ready to make the story progress, enter

the top

hut on your mini-map and choose "I suppose so."


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The next morning everyone will gather to give your group a proper

send off.

When Lucia gives Hugo a hug, you can pick the first choice ("Well

then, I'm

off") to properly say goodbye or pick the second choice ("I'll be fine!")

to

act snippy with Lucia. When you exit the village, you'll run into Jimba,who

will ask you to do a favor for him. Hugo will accept and you'll receive

the

item !Pentacle. After you leave the village the world map will open

up. Go

back to Karaya and save at the inn or at Lucia's house. Exit Karaya

again.

Here's the first lull in the game when I recommend taking some time

to get some

money. As I said before, the first chapters for each character except

Chris

will be similar to this. It really pays off to take the time to do this now

rather than later but again it's up to you. Head to Plain of Amur-North. If

you run into some spiders and get poisoned, wait until after the battle

to

heal. Access Sgt. Joe's Water Rune by going into the Rune options and

heal

with the Kindness Drops. If you run out of that spell then use the

Antitoxin.

Cross the plains to get to Duck Village.

Time to play the lottery! You have an option here. I like to go to the

Rune

Shop and remove the Sword of Cyclone Rune from Lulu and sell it at

the item

shop. All the Magic Sword runes have 2 spells-the first level one addselemental damage to your attacks and the other reduces elemental

damage. You

can tell what element each Magic Sword rune corresponds to by its

name. The

Magic Sword runes aren't that great until later in the game when your

characters can deal more damage so I feel it's pretty worthless early.

If you

_really_ want to hang on to it, then you can go back out to the Plains

and

fight until you get 1,000 potch.

Either way, when you get the money, go to the lottery board and hit X.

A duck

in a boat will come up. Buy 5 Sequential tickets and 5 Random tickets.From

here on, when I say buy tickets for the lottery, this is what I mean.

You can

go around the village talking to the ducks if you want but I suggest

you don't

pick up anything they offer you. This is because Hugo has limited

inventory

space compared to the other main characters and he'll need it later

on. If you

need to rest up to replenish spells, go to the inn and rest/save.

You need to kill about 20-30 minutes for the lottery to turn over. I

spend

this time going out and fighting random battles to get experience and

skill

points. I recommend you do so because they'll come in handy. If you

don't

care to do that, send Hugo out to Plain Amur North and let the console

sit

while you talk on the phone or watch TV. Your best bets for exp/skill

points

is fighting the yellow spiders at Plain Amur North and the Purple

Creepers at

just Plain Amur. The Blade Bunnies drop Gale Runes, which boosts

the SPD stat

of the wearer by 50%, but this is a very rare event. The Purple

Creepers will

sometimes drop an item called a !Screw. If you get one of these, hangon to

it-you'll need it to recruit a character later. You only need one !Screw

so if

you get more just toss the extras.

The rare encounter for the Plains is the Wild Boar. If you run into

him, I

recommend that you be at least level 14 with all your characters. Just

defend

with Lulu and Sgt. Joe and attack with Hugo/Fubar. When anyone

gets hurt

pretty bad, use Sgt. Joe's water rune to cast Kindness Drops. Use your

healing

items once that spell runs out. You can get up to level 15 by justfighting

the yellow spiders for a while.

After 20 minutes is up, go back to Duck Village and save at the Inn.

Check the

lottery board. If the results aren't in yet, go back out and check back

in

after every 5 minutes or so. When the results are up, check through

your

tickets. If you didn't get at least 2nd prize (100,000 potch) soft reset

by

holding down the shoulder buttons plus Start and Select. You should

then load

your most recent game which is the one at the inn. Check the boardagain and

keep soft resetting until you get at least 2nd prize. It usually takes me

on

average 5-10 minutes to get the 2nd prize but it may take you longer

some

times. I've won the 1st prize (500,000 potch) a few times but it'll

probably

take you considerably longer before hitting it. There's no reason to

keep

losing lottery tickets so just discard those.

The complimentary lottery prize for Duck Village is Recipe #3. After

you get

that, the complimentary prize will always be a Fish Badge, which youcan buy at

item stores later on and isn't that great. If you were lucky (or patient)

enough to get the 500,000 potch prize, congrats-you won't have to

worry about

money for Hugo again until his chapter 3! The 100,000 potch prize

will do you

just fine for now, though.

After you get the money, save your game. Go to the item shop and buy

Sgt. Joe

a Silver Beak. Buy a couple of Escape Scrolls as well. Escape Scrolls

are

very handy items. Any time you're in a dungeon area, you can use an

Escape

Scroll to immediately go back to the exit regardless of where you are.

Very

nice for leaving quickly after beating a tough boss all the way at the

end of a

dungeon. Try to always have one or two of these in your party

inventory for

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Head out of Duck Village and go to Brass Castle. At the first screen of

Brass

Castle, there will be a man with a black turban standing around by the

easternmost bench. Talk to him and buy any Ancient Texts and Salt

he has. The

Ancient Texts are a rare item so he usually won't have it. Keep goingwest

another screen and you'll come to an area with a Blacksmith, an

Armor Shop, and

an Item Store. Go to the Blacksmith and sharpen Sgt. Joe, Lulu, and

Hugo's

weapons up to level 7. Go to the Armor Shop and check their Rarity

section.

If they have Byakko Chainmail, get it for Sgt. Joe. Buy Boots for Hugo

and

Lulu each (replace their sandals). Go to the Item Store and buy a Belt

of

Strength for Hugo and Lulu each.

You can talk to all the people if you like. Most of them don't sayanything

interesting but some of it is kind of funny. Head west one more

screen and

you'll trigger a cutscene. When Hugo's given the option to respond,

pick the

first choice ("And who might YOU be?"). After everyone's done

talking head

east to go back inside the castle. In case you're wondering, there's

nothing

you can do with the hungry knight outside the dining hall who likes

Super

Pickles. Just trust me on that and don't go out of your way to get

Super

Pickles. Head to the bottom of the screen and go into the last room onthe

right. Walk up to the man behind the desk-this is the bujutsu teacher.

These

are the skills I suggest you get:

Sgt. Joe-Accuracy and Damage up to C, Accuracy to a B after that

Lulu-Swing and Repel up to C, if possible get Repel up to B after that

Hugo-Accuracy up to a B, focus on Swing after that

Fubar-Accuracy up to a B, Damage up to a B, focus on Accuracy after

that

There's a reason why I choose to focus on Accuracy and you'll find out

why in

chapter 2. Whatever you do, I highly recommend that you don't trainup any

skill magic-related. This includes Sgt. Joe's Water ability and Hugo's

Wind

ability. If you took time out to level up a lot in the Plains area you may

have more skill points left over even after getting the above. Spend it

on

whatever else you want except magic and don't bother to add new

skills.

Head back out west and you'll be in the western courtyard. In this

area is a

Rune Shop and a Tutor, but there's nothing to do at either place so

keep

heading west until you get to the blue save point. Save then exit west

to get

back to the world map.

Head to the Zexen Forest and you'll trigger another cutscene. You'll

notice

herbs growing in certain areas of the forest. I never bother to pick

them. In

the Zexen Forest, these herbs include Medicine and AsianHerbs.

Depending on

how far along they are, you can get these items at A, B, C, and D level.

You

can sell the AsianHerbs to the Trader at Brass Castle and later on at

another

location in chapter 2. The rare encounter for Zexen Forest is theFather

Holly, who is super dangerous. If you run into him go for Escape

ASAP. He can

wipe out your characters at this point in a hurry.

At the first fork, take the bottom path. The top path leads to the same

spot

but I usually take the other out of habit. Keep heading west another

couple of

screens until you get to an area where there's three paths on your

mini-map.

You will see a small sliver of yellow on the center bottom of the mini-

map,

indicating a small pathway. Head towards it and you'll trigger acutscene

where you meet Fred and Rico. When he asks if you know anything

about evil

brewing, pick either choice, it doesn't really matter. After that

encounter,

head to the small pathway where you'll find your first corpse. You

can loot it

to get Recipe #2. Head back and take the bottom exit this time.

Continue on

the path and you'll be back on the World Map.

Head to Vinay del Zexay (VdZ) to trigger yet another cutscene. Head

into town

and you'll trigger still another cutscene. After this, you can walkaround to

talk to the townspeople. Again, if anyone offers you something, I

recommend

you not take it yet. From the entrance where you came in, go to the

lower

left exit on the mini-map. On this next screen, head to the small gate

to the

left and hit X to enter. This is Chris Lightfellow's house. You will

trigger

a cutscene where Hugo delivers Jimba's pentacle to Chris' butler.

When the

butler asks if you want anything, you can pick money and he'll give

you potch.

Pick food and you'll get some food items. I always refuse both sincethe

Karayans are an honorable people -_^ Plus, you don't need either

reward.

After you're done with that, exit and head to the large red building in

the

center of the mini-map (it's the building with steps leading up to it

and the

big fountain outside). This is the Guild Hall where you need to go to

deliver

Lucia's letter. Walk up to it to trigger a cutscene with the guard. After

everyone's done talking, head to the middle bottom exit on the mini-

map. This

next screen is the area with all of the city's shops, including a

Blacksmith,

an Item Shop, a Trade Shop, an Appraiser, an Armor Shop, a Rune

Shop, and a

Lottery Stand.

If you didn't get the 500,000 potch prize in Duck Village, buy 10 more

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tickets here. Head to the Trade Shop. Go up to the counter and hit X

to call

the Trader. Sell any Ancient Text and Salt you bought before. Buy any

Deer

Antler and Crystal Balls they may have. Head to the Armor Shop and

check their

Rarity Section. If they have Turtle Tunics or New Leather/Chainmailbuy those

for Lulu and Hugo. Exit this screen to the bottom right.

The next screen you see should have a red building in the lower right

corner on

your mini-map. This is the inn but you don't want to go there yet.

Head to

the middle area in the center of all the stands to see a cutscene

between

Melville and Guillaume. After this, exit the screen to the lower left on

the

mini-map to get back to the area with all the shops. Keep heading left

and

you'll see a little girl in a red outfit outside the Rune Shop. Get close toher and you'll trigger a cutscene. The little girl is Alanis and she

meets

with her friend Elliot.

After they're done talking, follow them into the alley on the top right

before

the exit at the very top on the mini-map. Head into the alley until you

come

to a dead end. Walk up to the ladder at the center top of the screen

and hit

X then up for Hugo to climb. Climb up another ladder and make your

way to the

window. Hit X and choose "The Three Knights of Zexen". After

Melville showsup and everything gets straightened out, just pick all three dialogue

options

one at a time from top to bottom.

Exit the Saint Loa Knights' hideaway. If you need to replenish your

spells or

HP, go to the inn and rest. Make your way back to the city entrance.

You'll

see the 3 kids standing next to the guard. Walk up and talk to them.

After

the talking is over, set up your formation like this:

Hugo

LuluSgt. Joe

-----

Melville

Alanis

Elliot (Support-this is automatic)

Leave the city and save at the blue crystal before going to the World

Map.

When you get out to the World Map, a new area has opened up-The

North Cavern.

Go there and you'll see some more conversation with your group.

After that's

over, head inside. The Cavern is completely straightforward with no

path

branches so just keep heading straight through. During random

battles, always

use Melville and Alanis' Child Combo attack. Not only is it hilarious,

but

it's quite useful once they get up some levels. They'll have a hard time

surviving some of the early battles, but once they level up they'll be

fine.

There are no rare encounters in the North Cavern.

Once you reach a clearing, your group will decide to make camp.

Head up the

very long circular pathway. Go through the next tunnel. At the screen

after

you'll see some more dialogue. When you're given the choice pick thetop one

("We better go in, too"). Now head down this equally long circular

pathway.

At the bottom you'll fight a battle with some of the bandits. If you're

at

level 18 or so you shouldn't have any problems. Head into the tunnel.

Midway

through here you'll see a blue crystal save point. Save your game then

keep

going forward.

You'll see another cutscene where you find out the truth about

Guillaume. After

that, Hugo, Lulu, and Sgt. Joe will fight 4 bandits. You shouldn't havemuch

problems with them-concentrate on taking them down one at a time.

Once that

battle is over, Melville will duel Guillaume. There's no way to win this

duel

so pick whatever choices you like and it will end shortly. After it's

over,

you'll see another series of dialogue between your characters.

Once that's through, you'll be outside the North Cavern. If you didn't

level

up to at least 20 with Lulu, Sgt. Joe, and Hugo, go back inside and do it

now.

It shouldn't take too long with the Banshee and Dark Wings. Don'tbother to

get Melville and Alanis up to that level, though. Just keep heading as

far as

you want inside the Cavern. Once you're done leveling up, use one of

your

Escape Scrolls to get back to the exit. In case you're wondering,

there's

usually a treasure boss at the very end of the Cavern (where you

confronted

Guillaume) but there isn't one in this chapter.

After you're done leveling up, check your skill points for Hugo, Lulu,

and Sgt.

Joe by going to the status menu option. You should have enoughpoints to

boost some of their physical skills. If so, go back to VdZ first and save

at

the blue crystal outside of the city. Head to the Zexen Forest and go

back to

Brass Castle to get to the bujutsu teacher. These were the skills I had

at

this point after visiting the teacher:

Hugo: Sgt. Joe: Lulu:

Heavy Damage-D Damage-C Continual Attack-E

Counter Attack-D Accuracy-B Swing-B

Continual Attack-E Water Magic-C Repel-B

Swing-B

Accuracy-B

Wind Magic-E

If you want, you can continue fighting some more to level Sgt. Joe's

Damage to

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level up anything for Alanis or Melville since they'll be leaving your

party

shortly. Leave Brass Castle and enter Zexen Forest.

Go through it again to get to VdZ. Enter the city and you'll see some

dialogue

with the kids. After that's over, you'll be outside the inn. Go inside,talk

to the man behind the counter and select Stay. Head back outside and

you'll

get more dialogue with your party. Instead of going to the Guild Hall,

go back

to the inn and just Save, don't pick Stay again. Head to the lottery

board and

keep soft resetting again until you get the 100,000 prize or better

again. The

complimentary prize for the VdZ lottery is one of the Old Books. After

you win

that, it's a regular Knight Statue. After getting the potch, check the

Armor

Shop again to see what Rarity items they may have. If you can buybetter armor

for your party, go ahead and do it. Go back to the Trade Shop and buy

any Deer

Antler or Crystal Balls they may have again. Once you're done go back

to the

Guild Hall.

Once inside, you'll see a conversation between a Zexen messenger and

your

party. When you get a dialogue option, just pick "Here it is". If you

keep

insisting on meeting with the Council in person, you'll just get more

ticked

off and they're not worth the trouble. Once you get control of Hugo,head to

the inn and you'll get another cutscene.

Head west to exit the screen. Keep going straight and you'll run into a

group

of 3 Zexen regulars. The soldiers in orange will take damage for the

armored

knight so take them out first. After the battle, heal with Medicine if

you

need to and head for the northwest exit on your mini-map. Continue

up the ramp

and you'll get into a fight with 4 Zexen regulars. Use the same

strategy as

before and you won't have a problem. If you have a problem winningthese

fights, you can cast Hugo's Wind of Sleep spell from his Wind Rune to

soften

them up but you probably won't need to do that. Continue toward the

city gate

and you'll be confronted by Percival and Leo. They'll fill you in on

some

interesting developments and why they came to arrest you.

When you're given the dialogue option, I highly advise you to pick the

bottom

choice ("There's no reason to believe you!"). After that, set up your

original

formation:

Hugo

Fubar

-----

-----

Lulu

Sgt. Joe

(No support)

Go through Zexen Forest and back to Brass Castle. Keep going east

and your

party will stop to talk. When they're done, keep heading east until

you get to

the screen where the Super Pickles knight is standing. Make a left andyou'll

see a set of stairs. To the left of that screen is the entrance to the inn.

Go there and save your game. Afterward, go back out to the main hall

and go

south on the screen toward the checkpoint, triggering another

cutscene. When

you can move Hugo again, just head north down the hallway until you

get to the

end. The rare encounter for this hallway is the Devil Eye with a

couple of

Mega Watts. They're not too tough. When you get to the door, you'll

get some

more talk from your party and you'll exit.

Talk to the Trader again and buy any Ancient Text he may have, don't

bother

with the Salt this time. If you picked any AsianHerbs in Zexen Forest,

you can

sell them to him now. Exit the screen to the east to get back to the

World

Map. Go to Plain Amur. The enemies have changed to include Wolves,

Dark

Bunnies, and Wild Boars. None of them should give your party much

of a hassle.

I believe the rare encounter for this area now is the Troll Dragon but

I'm not

sure. You can deal with him without too much fuss. I know the Dark

Bunniesgive you a lot of experience but don't spend time leveling up here-

there's

really no point.

When you reach the second screen of Plain Amur, you'll see a quick

conversation

with your party. Save at the blue crystal. Unequip all of Lulu's

equipment.

Exit the screen north to get to the World Map. You'll automatically go

to

Karaya Village. After everyone's done talking, head into the village.

After

another brief talk with Sgt. Joe, proceed into the village.

After Lulu's confrontation with Chris, you will have two options with

Hugo.

Picking "Why?!" will result in an angry conversation with Chris.

Choosing the

other option pits Hugo in a duel with her. You can choose whatever

option you

feel like. If you choose to duel, you'll get 3 rounds to do so. Whether

you

win, lose, or draw, the scene that follows is always the same. After the

Zexen group leaves, you will immediately go to another cutscene and

Hugo's

chapter 1 will come to an end and you'll be back at the Trinity Site.

Save

your game then pick Chris' chapter 1.

Hugo [1/108]

Sgt. Joe [2/108]

Fubar [3/108]

Jimba [4/108]

Lucia [5/108]

Luce [6/108]


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Anne [7/108]

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4c. Chris Chapter 1

After the opening cutscene, pick Chris' story again to start playing.

You'llsee another extended cutscene with Louis and Chris meeting the

Zexen Council.

When you are given the dialogue option, picking the first choice,

"Certainly"

and Chris will agree without question. Picking the second choice,

"Certainly,

but..." will have Chris question the Council's decision. I go for the

second

choice but it really doesn't change anything. After this meeting, Borus

and

Salome will drop you off back at your house. Go ahead and enter the

gate.

Pick "I need some rest..." to make the story progress. Save if you want

butit's not necessary. You can't play the lottery with Chris until her

Chapter 3

but you really don't need to until then (if at all) anyway. Chris also

won't

loot corpses until Chapter 3.

You will then see a scene where the Six Mighty Knights of Zexen are at

the

front gate. When you're given the dialogue option, pick the second

choice, "I

don't mind..." to put Percival in his place. Pick the first choice if you'd

rather demure. After that scene, you will head out the front gate.

Instead

of going out, go back into the city.

If you talk to the townspeople, their reaction to you is quite different

than

when you played as Hugo, huh? From the screen with the city gate,

head to the

southwest exit on your mini-map. Along the way you will see a tubby

Zexen man

in a dark green outfit. Talk to him to get Recipe #12. Exit down the

ramp to

the southwest. Enter the Guild Hall. Inbetween the two stairways are

three

doors. Take the one on the left and talk to the bujutsu teacher (he's

the one

in armor). Raise whatever skills you like. I tend to raise each skill sothe

grades are equal for Chris' group (i.e. raise all skills to a D, then a C,

etc.). I go for Accuracy and Damage first for the most part. After

you're

done there, take the far right door and you'll enter the shops area.

Here is a Rune Shop, an Armor Shop, and an Item Shop. Go to the

Armor Shop and

replace their Boots with Winged Boots. Buy Power Gloves for Chris,

Roland, and

Salome. Buy a Fine Casque for Salome. Buy Fine Helms for Chris,

Roland, and

Borus. If you want, you can remove Borus' Sword of Rage rune and

sell it. Buy

a Sacrificial Jizo at the Item Shop but don't equip it on anyone yet.

Exit the Guild Hall and go to the screen with the inn. Go to where the

musicians are performing. You should see an old tubby lady with a

cane

standing with two kids. Talk to her to get Herb Seeds. Enter the inn.

You

should see a little girl going up and down the stairs. Talk to her and

you'll

get Script #2. Exit the inn and go to the screen with all the shops.

Visit

the Blacksmith and sharpen everyone's weapon to level 7. Go to the

Item Shop

and buy a couple of Medicine D and Antitoxin. Go to the Trade Shopand buy a

GrapeC. They almost always have it, but if they don't just check back

in a

later chapter. Once you're done, head for the city gate and exit VdZ.

Save at

the blue crystal then go on to the World Map. Head to Zexen Forest.

I recommend you set up your formation like this:

Chris

-----

-----

Roland

BorusSalome

Louis (Support)

The Father Holly is the rare encounter again. You have a decent shot

to take

him down but I wouldn't go out of my way to try and run into him.

Just head

east through Zexen Forest to get to Brass Castle. When you arrive,

keep going

east until you reach the inside of the castle. You will see the same

scene

in Hugo's chapter 1 but from Chris' perspective this time. After that

scene

and when you're done talking to Louis, exit and head to the eastcourtyard.

You will see a cutscene with Chris and Dupa, a member of the Lizard

Clan. When

you're given a dialogue option, you can pick the first choice ("What is

he

saying?") and Salome will explain it to you. Pick the second choice

and Chris

will agree; Salome will then explain to Borus what Dupa meant. Head

back

inside and up the stairs to the hallway where Chris' room was.

Instead of

going in there, go into the room with the double doors-this is the

Knights'Parlor/Tea Room. Talk to Salome and put Borus and Roland in your

party.

Head downstairs back out to the east courtyard. Go to the Blacksmith

there and

sharpen their weapons to level 8. This should pretty much be it for

your

spending-you'll want to keep your money around 50,000 potch or

more for

something in Chris' chapter 2. If you have enough skill points to

upgrade your

skills, go ahead and do so with the bujutsu teacher.

In the same room as that teacher is a warehouse keeper-he's hard to

see but

he's to the far right of where the bujutsu teacher is sitting. You can

store

up to 24 items in this mini-warehouse. Later on when you have

access to Lake

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That is, any item you put in one area will be available in the other,

although

the maximum capacity will stay at 24 until ch. 4.

When you're done walking around Brass Castle, save at the inn. To

make the

story progress, go back to Chris' room and talk to Louis. Pick the firstoption ("I think I will rest"). An extended cutscene follows. When

Chris

mentions the Zexen Rune, this is a mistranslation according to Blue

Moon at

suikosource.com. It's actually supposed to say Zexen Crest.

After everyone's done talking, you'll be thrown into your first strategy

battle. During the first turn, move Roland and the other Zexen unit

into the

same circle as Chris. End your turn. During the Grasslanders' turn,

Lucia

and Beecham will show up with some Karaya Units. Salome will then

suggest you

break through. Use Roland's unit to attack the Karayan Unit (Unit#12) that's

blocking your exit. If you didn't win, or somehow lost, send the

mounted Zexen

unit (Unit #4) after them. This should take out the Karayan Unit.

Send Chris

into the now empty circle that the Karayans were occupying. Defend

with the

remaining Zexen units. The Grasslanders will no doubt attack you in

the next

turn. Just pick the retreat option. You'll get attacked most of the time

but

should make it into Chris' circle without much problems. When your

turn comes

up again, move any of the Zexen units into the exit circle (it doesn'thave to

be Chris' unit). This will conclude the strategy battle.

You will then see a brief cutscene at Plain Amur. You can spend some

time out

here to level up if you like but it's not necessary (unless you're going

for

the Chris level 99 trick). Put the Sacrificial Jizo you bought earlier on

Salome to replace his Medicine A. Save at the blue crystal and

continue to

head north. When you get to the World Map, head to Karaya Village.

After everyone leaves, head into the village. There will be a cutscene

and youwill see the confrontation in Hugo's chapter 1 from Chris' perspective.

When

that's over, just keep the computer's default formation. Head to the

back of

the village. You'll have to fight 2 groups of Karayan fighters but they

aren't

much trouble. When you reach the back of the village there will be

another

short cutscene and Chris will order the Zexens to pull out. Another

series of

cutscenes detailing the aftermath follows.

When you get control of Chris, head to the Knights' Parlor. View the

scene

there then head downstairs toward the west courtyard. You'll run

into Leo and

Percival and have a brief chat. Go out to the west courtyard and meet

up with

Borus. Pick the second choice if you want the story to progress. If

you want

to do other things, pick the first choice instead.

Exit Brass Castle to the west and go through Zexen Forest. You'll run

into

Fred and Rico again (the face Louis makes when he thinks of what

Borus was like

as a kid is priceless). Continue to VdZ. You'll see a brief conversation

between Chris and Borus outside the city. Enter the city and head tothe

Guild Hall. You'll get more storyline here and another meeting with

the Zexen

Council. You probably now have to resist a conditioned response to

hurl

something at your TV whenever someone from the Council opens

their mouth. When

the meeting's over, you'll talk to Borus and Louis. To make the story

move on,

simply go to Chris' house. You will see a cutscene where her butler

delivers

Jimba's pentacle to Chris. Chris' chapter 1 will then end you'll be back

at

the Trinity Site. Pick Geddoe's chapter 1 next.

Chris [8/108]

Borus [9/108]

Percival [10/108]

Salome [11/108]

Leo [12/108]

Roland [13/108]

Louis [14/108]

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4d. Geddoe Chapter 1

After the cutscene, pick Geddoe's chapter 1 again to start playing.

When youget the dialogue option for Geddoe, pick the first choice ("It's

necessary,

right?"). Walk downstairs and your group will decide to head to the

Lizard

Clan. Once you leave the inn, set up your formation like this:

Queen

Geddoe

-----

Jacques

Ace

Joker

(No Support)

Unless you _really_ want to use Fire Magic, I suggest you go to the

Rune Shop

and remove the Fire rune from Joker. Buy a Water Rune and affix it to

him.

Go to the lottery stand and buy 10 tickets. Go to the item shop and

buy a

Belt of Strength for Geddoe and Jacques. Use what money you have

left over to

buy an Antitoxin and Medicine. Don't worry if you spend all your

cash. Exit

VdZ and save outside the city. Go to the World Map and cross Zexen

Forest.

When you encounter a clump of weak enemies like Holly Boys or

Vermitors, use

Ace and Joker's Mercenary A combo-it will take them out or put them

close to

death. The rare encounter is the Father Holly again and he can wipe

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Go to Yaza Plains to fight random battles to kill time so the lottery will

turn

over. The VdZ lottery can really be annoying because it seems to take

longer

to roll over during Geddoe's story. I've had to wait 45-50 minutes

some times

but I suggest you check in after 25 minutes or so. Your best bets forskill

and experience points are the Wild Boars and Arachnivores.

The rare encounter for Yaza Plains is a gray boar called Peckles, along

with 3

Blade Bunnies. He's pretty tough but beatable. Use the Mercenary A

combo

to take out the Bunnies. Have Geddoe cast Soaring Bolt and have

Jacques

attack. The Peckles will usually charge Jacques since he's in the

middle.

At the start of your turn, take note of who the Peckles is facing-this is

the

person he will attack when it's his turn. If he's facing Jacques, havehim

defend. When Ace can act again, use his Double Tusk Rune. Heal

when you need

to with your food items or Joker's Kindness Drops if you took my

advice to get

the Water Rune. In the next rounds, use Geddoe's Berserk Blow.

Geddoe's

spells at this point will take 2 rounds to complete so just continue

casting

them until he gets them off. After about 5-6 turns, you'll kill him. The

nice

thing about the Peckles is he'll bump you up a few levels every time

you kill

him until about level 28. When Queen has 235 Skill points, head toBrass

Castle to boost your skills.

Go to the Tutor in the west courtyard first. If you put the Water Rune

on

Joker, choose to Forget Fire Magic and Learn Water Magic to add it.

After

visiting the Tutor and bujutsu teacher, this is what my skills looked

like:

Queen Geddoe Jacques Ace Joker

Swing-D Parry-C Sharpshoot-C Accuracy-C Accuracy-E

Accuracy-C Damage-D Accuracy-C Repel-C Repel-DRepel-B Accuracy-E Damage-C Water-B

Lightning-B Repel-E

After enough time has passed, head back to VdZ to check the lottery.

Once you

get the 100,000 potch prize, go to the Blacksmith and upgrade

everyone's

weapon to level 7. Go to the Trade Shop and buy a Deer Antler if they

have it.

You can buy another 10 lottery tickets if you like but it's not essential.

Exit VdZ, go through Zexen Forest, past Yaza Plain to get to the Great

Hollow.

When you arrive, you'll be greeted by Shiba and some Lizard fighters.

After

entering, just follow Shiba around until you get to the room of the

Chief,

Zepon.

After some cutscenes/dialogue, you're given freedom to roam the

Great Hollow.

The second floor has a Trade Shop (where you can sell any

AsianHerbs you

picked in Zexen Forest), a bujutsu teacher, and the Chief's room which

is

always guarded by two lizard fighters. On the first floor is an Inn, an

Item

Shop, an Armor Shop, and a Blacksmith.

Talk to the lizard fighter on the right guarding the Chief's room to get

a

Sunbeam Rune. Talk to the lizard outside the bujutsu teacher room to

get Old

Book Vol. 3. Talk to the lizard inside the Armor Shop/Blacksmith to

get Grape

Seeds. You can talk to the human inside the Trade Shop to get the

Iron Hammer

but don't do this yet. Visit the Blacksmith to sharpen everyone's

weapon to

level 8. At the Armor Shop, buy Geddoe Byakko Chainmail if they

have it in the

Rarity Section. Buy a Gauntlet for Queen to replace her Gloves. BuyNew

Leather for Joker.

To make the story advance, head to the southeast corner of the first

floor on

your mini-map. You'll overhear some lizard fighters talking. Follow

them

into the tunnel. When you get midway through, you'll get into a fight

with 3

lizards. Just use your melee attacks and you should be fine.

Afterward, Shiba

will fill you in on what's happening. I recommend setting up your

formation

like this:

Jacques

Joker

Queen

Geddoe

Ace

Shiba

(No Support)

Head north on the mini-map and you'll exit the tunnel. Head to the

northwest

exit on your mini-map. It will trigger a cutscene with another lizard

fighter.

Here's a decision option for you. The next fight you get into is

probably the

hardest in the game because it's all a matter of luck whether you win

or not.

If you're one of those players that likes to be able to win every battle, I

suggest you go back to the inn now and save. Keep in mind that it

doesn't

matter if you win or lose this next fight. If it's not a big deal, proceed

to the northwest exit on the mini-map. Either way, once you go

through this

exit you'll end up in another tunnel. This tunnel has random

encounters that

give very nice boosts to your experience and skills. You can run

around a

little to level up if you like. Follow this tunnel to its exit and you'll get

the fight I mentioned before.

After Chris and Shiba discuss their differences, you'll get into a battle

with

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because it all depends on whether or not Chris casts the Breath of Ice

spell.

If she does, your party is dead meat-it will knock out most of your

party

outright and only Shiba and Geddoe will probably still be alive. Not

only does

this spell do tons of damage, Chris can get it off before anyone in yourparty

can act. In order to win this battle, you just have to hope she attacks

with

her sword or casts a healing spell first. If so, you can use the following

strategy:

Have Geddoe cast Soaring Bolt. Have Ace do his Double Tusk attack

on Chris.

Have Jacques attack Chris as well. After that, concentrate your attacks

on

Chris-she can cast Kindness Rain which heals all of her troops. Use

only

Items and Joker's Kindness Drops spell to heal. If you kept Joker's

Fire Rune,you can try to get off some spells but keep in mind that most of those

spells

will hit your own troops. It usually takes about 3-5 turns before you

win.

The loot you get is a few thousand potch and a nice bit of skill points.

All

my guys were at level 24 when I won and I didn't get enough

experience points

to go up any levels. The best items I ever got were some Damaged

Helms, New

Chainmail, and Mega Medicine D, so nothing all that great.

If you won the battle, Chris tells Geddoe he's tough and wants to know

hisname. If you lost, Chris simply sheathes her sword and says this was

enough.

Either way, she and the Zexen Knights then walk away without

further incident.

You're probably confused at this point about what's going on. Don't

worry,

everything will get explained in due time. Make note of Jacques'

comment about

how the Knights' tracks were too light. After Geddoe and his group

talk it

over, head back up to Zepon's room. Your group will then decide to

head to

Karaya Village.

Leave the Great Hollow and go to Plain Amur. I recommend taking

the time to

fight random battles to get up to level 26. It shouldn't take long with

the

Dark Bunnies in this area. When you reach that point, head back to

Brass

Castle to visit the Tutor and bujutsu teacher. Here's how my skills

looked

after this visit:

Queen Geddoe Jacques Ace Joker

Swing-C Parry-C Sharpshoot-B Accuracy-B Counter-E

Accuracy-B Damage-D Accuracy-B Repel-C Accuracy-C

Repel-B Accuracy-D Damage-C Repel-C

Lightning-B+ Repel-E Water-B

If you bought 10 more lottery tickets earlier at VdZ, go back there to

check

the results now. While you're there, if you didn't get a Deer Antler

from the

Trade Shop before, try to buy one while you're there. After you're

done with

this, head back to Plain Amur and save at the blue crystal right before

you get

to the World Map. If you haven't already, put your team back in the

original

formation I suggested:

Queen

Geddoe

-----

Jacques

Ace

Joker

(No Support)

Make sure all your guys are healed up. Head to Karaya Village. As you

enter,

you'll be greeted by Aila and 4 Karaya Fighters. This battle is pretty

straightforward-use the Mercenary A combo, have Jacques attack Aila,

and haveGeddoe use Soaring Bolt. In the 2nd round, heal Queen and finish off

Aila.

Once things get squared away, you'll have control of Geddoe again.

Avoid the

back of the village for right now-going back there will make the story

advance. Go to the inn and Stay/Save. Visit the Item Shop/Armor

Shop hut.

Buy a Sacrificial Jizo for Queen and replace her Gauntlet with it. Buy

another one for Geddoe and replace his Belt of Strength with it. The

Armor

Shop some times has Winged Boots in their Rarity section. You can

buy some of

those for your guys if you like. Visit the bujutsu teacher (the guy withhis

arms folded standing outside) if you want to level up some skills.

When you're

ready to advance the story, head to the back of the village. Enter the

hut to

the far northwest on your mini-map.

Your group will have a talk then you'll get control of Ace. Head to the

front

of the village to make the story progress. You'll see Aila confronting a

visitor at the gate. Run after her and head to Plain Amur. When you

can move

Ace again, go to the right where two stone pillars are leaning against

eachother (you should see Aila next to them crouched on the ground).

You'll then see a bunch of cutscenes in a row. When you get control of

Ace,

head toward Karaya Village and save at the blue crystal. Go to Karaya

Village.

You will then pick a formation for Queen and Geddoe. I suggest this

one:

Queen

Geddoe

-----

-----

-----

-----

(No Support)

You'll see a scene in the village then be given two choices. Picking the

first

option ("I have an inkling...") will put you in a fight against Borus and

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Zexen Knights. Picking the second choice avoids this fight altogether.

I

suggest you go ahead and fight-the experience and skill points are

quite good.

If you fight, I used the following strategy. In the first round, cast

SoaringBolt with Geddoe. Thereafter, heal with Queen's Medicine items

(Geddoe will

attack automatically). If Borus misses or doesn't do too much

damage, use

Geddoe to cast Berserk Blow during the next turn. It usually takes me

5-6

turns to take him out. At level 26, I go up to level 28-29 and get about

100

skill points.

After your confrontation with Borus, you'll see an extended cutscene

with

Geddoe and his group. When you're given the dialogue choice, pick

the firstoption ("Let's head back to Caleria"). Here's the formation I used:

Queen

Geddoe

Jacques

Aila

Ace

Joker

(No Support)

When the World Map opens again, four new places have opened: Mt.

Hei-Tou, Lake

Castle, Mt. Path, and Caleria. To make the story advance, you would

go toCaleria. There's a lot of other stuff I highly recommend you do before

this. First, stop at Plain Amur and take the time to level up Aila so

she's

close in level to the rest of your team. Fighting the Dark Bunnies will

make

this a fairly quick task.

Next, head to Mt. Hei-Tou. Because of what happened with Borus at

Karaya

Village, you cannot visit the middle of Brass Castle (the area with the

bujutsu

teacher) for a while. It doesn't matter if you chose to fight Borus or

not.

You can still visit the eastern and western portions of the castle,though. If

you didn't have to use the Sacrificial Jizos during the fight with Borus,

replace them in Geddoe and Queen's inventories with the Belt of

Strength and

Gauntlet. Before going to Mt. Hei-Tou, make sure you rest at the inn at

Great

Hollow to replenish Geddoe's spells and to sharpen Aila's weapon up

to level 8.

Sell off any non-special loot (like armor and whatnot) you got from

your random

battles that you're not using.

At Mt. Hei-Tou, keep heading right until you reach a blue save crystal.

Take

the path up on this screen. Follow the path up and you'll come to a

corpse.

Loot it to get the Yellow Kennel. Go back and save at the blue crystal.

Go

left one screen then head up. At the fork, go left to find another

corpse with

Recipe #14. Go back and take the right path this time. At the next

screen,

head right (both paths go the same place). Head up a little on this

screen

to see yet another corpse. Loot it to get Recipe #5. Head to the exit

path at

the top of the screen. At the end of this path is your first treasureboss, a

giant blue crab called the Blue Mantrix. Here's my strategy:

The Blue Mantrix has a couple of attacks of note. The first is a beam

attack

that hits a single person. He usually goes for Aila or Jacques with this

in

this battle. The other is an attack where these multi-colored bubbles

come out

from him and hits any one within hand-to-hand attack range. It

doesn't do much

damage but there's a slight chance it will paralyze your guys. In the

first

round, cast Soaring Bolt with Geddoe. Have Aila cast Battle Oath fromher

Shield Rune. Send Ace and Joker in for a regular melee attack. Heal

when

necessary with items or Joker's Kindness Drops (which also heals

Paralysis).

After the first round, use Geddoe's Berserk Blow spell and have

everyone else

attack normally. If it goes like it usually does for me, you'll take him

out

in about 3-4 rounds and he'll usually target Aila with the beam attack.

The noteworthy loot I got from the chest was:

Melon SeedsOld Book Vol. 12

Wall Rune

Blinking Rune

Plus a bunch of other regular armor like Chainmail, Tulip Hat, etc. The

loot

in these chests generally vary so if what you got is different, don't

worry

about it. The major items all eventually show up during one of the

treasure

boss encounters. I suggest you loot the entire chest, which likely

means you

will have to drop some items from your inventory. Unless you've

been hoardingeverything from random battles, you should only have to discard

medicine and

antitoxin that you haven't used.

As a general rule, sell any of the excess armor and equipment you get

from the

treasure bosses that your group can't wear. I will note the exceptions

as they

come up but in the first chapters you won't be able to get any of the

really

great gear yet. Any time you come back to Mt. Hei-Tou, there's a rare

chance

that the loot on the corpse closest to the Blue Mantrix will be a Fury

Rune.

Credit suikosource.com for that info. You can exit Mt. Hei-Tou with an

Escape

Scroll just like any other dungeon.

If you come across a Statue with the letter "S" following it (and you

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eventually if you use Geddoe to fight all the possible treasure

monsters) hold

on to it. When you get the chance, place it in the Statue Room at Lake

Castle.

You can get to this room by going to the main house and taking the

stairs up to

the second floor. Make a left and it's the door in the corner. TheStatue "S"

you usually get is a Hex Doll S. Place it on the middle pedestal. Leave

the

room AND DON'T GO BACK TO THAT ROOM. You'll want to wait until

Hugo's chapter

3 to do that so he can recruit someone.

Any antiques you get as Hugo, Geddoe, and Chris, especially the pricey

stuff

like Sunset Paintings and Plant Vases, you'll want to display at Lake

Castle.

This isn't for decorative purposes but will give Thomas a financial

advantage

if you elect to play through his chapters.

You're done with Mt. Hei-Tou, so let's cross Yaza Plain and go to Lake

Castle.

When you arrive there, you'll meet the castle master, Thomas, and the

castle

guard commander, Cecile. They fill you in on what's happening with

the castle

and how they've opened it up as a free trade zone. You can now

recruit

characters with Geddoe and that is exactly what I suggest you do now.

An important thing to know about Geddoe is that he can't switch out

the six

party members he has now until chapter 4. Well, he can but it's onlyin a few

spots and in that time it's only for a few seconds so his six primary

members

are locked in. This is why I recommend only getting support

characters for the

most part with Geddoe.

Before recruiting, head back into the main house Geddoe is standing

in front

of. Head to the right of the main staircase inside of the house, there is

a

stairway down. Go downstairs and go left of the screen. You'll see

Muto,

the warehouse keeper. Talk to him and leave all the stuff you won'tbe using

any time soon, this includes recipes, seeds, kennels, and any other

stuff you

know you won't be using. Keep any Old Books you have-you can

deliver them to

the librarian in a second. Just like Chris, Geddoe also has his own

mini-

warehouse back in Caleria.

Go back the way you came and go up the main staircase. Head to the

right of

the screen through the door at the end of the hall. Talk to Eike, the

pale

faced gent with the brown outfit on. You will automatically deliver

any Old

Books you have to him. He will then show you a list of the Old Book

articles

you can read. That's it for Lake Castle for now. Exit the house the

way you

came in then just keep exiting to the bottom of the mini-map. At the

exit to

the castle, you'll see a couple of cutscenes and your party will be back

together again. After this, Thomas' flame at the Trinity Site will be lit.

The next place to go is VdZ. When you enter through the city gate,

you'll see

Guillaume running around chasing a little girl. Just ignore him and

don't gonear the front of the Guild Hall. Instead, head to the area with all the

shops. Go to the Armor Shop and talk to Dominic, the man at the

counter. When

he asks if you know art, pick the first choice to agree with him. The

buy

window will then pop up with one item, Mole Armor which costs

37,200 potch.

Select Buy and pay for it. You have successfully recruited Dominic. If

you're

wondering what good the Mole Armor is, it's part of a set that when

equipped on

a character you'll hear squishy noises when you walk. Other than

that, I have

no clue what other special properties it gives you.

Walk outside and talk to the guy with the black hat on. This is

Augustine and

he'll explain his situation to you but you're going to recruit him with

someone

else. If you're wondering what's the deal with Guillaume running by, I

think

it's implying he's the one who stole Augustine's Rose Brooch. If you

didn't

get a Deer Antler yet, go to the Trade Shop and buy one now. I've

never had

a problem getting one in previous playthroughs during my two visits

to VdZ,

but if you haven't got one yet you can come back and try again later.

Exit VdZ and head for the western side of Brass Castle. Head east two

screens.

Right before you get to the gate, you'll see a man with a red hat and a

parrot.

Talk to him. This is Scott and he's a Trader. When he asks if you

know about

trading, pick the first choice to agree with him. When the parrot asks

the

same thing, pick the first choice again. If you have a Deer Antler on

you,

talk to him again. When he offers to buy the Deer Antler from you,

pick the

second choice to accept his offer and you'll recruit him. If you don'thave a

Deer Antler handy, just come back some time later (in this chapter or

someone

else's) and he'll still be there.

Head east one more screen to get to the courtyard area with the Rune

Shop and

Tutor. Enter the Rune Shop and talk to the Rune Sage, Jeane. Pick the

first

choice and you'll recruit her.

Head to the Tutor and go to the adjoining room. You'll see a little girl

wearing a cap and gown. This is Ernie. Talk with her a little and

you'll

find out she's a scholar/tutor. When you're given the choice, pick the

second

dialogue option ("Budehuc castle has rooms"). She'll ask you a series

of five

random questions. You have to get all of them correct and she'll join.

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that each question has about a 5 second time limit after you've viewed

the

question. You can take as long as you like to look at the question

before

viewing the answer list, though. The possible questions with their

correct

answers are:

Which musical ensemble only uses wind instruments? 3. Brass Band

Which of the following cannot fly? 1. Duck

Which one of these fruits grows on a tree? 2. Pomegranates

Which statement is false? 2. Rice cleaned with soap

Which of these has nothing to do with farming? 3. Quiver

What is the pattern on Karayan horses? 1. Zebra pattern

What is the Duck Clan Chief's special characteristic? 1. Amazing tail

Which is the correct spelling? 1. Sea bream

Which of the following phrases is not possible? 3. I ate cactus for

dinner

Which of these sounds is threatening? 2. Gggrrr

Which skill can make a magical spell bounce back at its caster? 2.

ReflectWhat are the colors of the Kamaro Free Knights' uniform? 2.

Green/Yellow

Of the following, which does not exist in blood? 2. Blue blood cells

What is paper made from? 3. Wood

Which of these cannot be found at any defensive gear shop? Bizarre

Chainmail

Where is the decorative feather worn on the head of the Flame

Champ? 3. Left

Which cannot be part of a string ensemble? 2. Bodhran

Which one of these is a lizard man? 2. Shiba

Of the following which one is not an insect? 3. Serpent

What do Lizard Men do when they're surprised? 3. Nothing

There may be a few questions I missed but this should be enough foryou to

recruit her. If you miss a question you can take her quiz as many

times as you

need until you recruit her. Exit Brass Castle to the west.

Cross Yaza Plain to get to the Great Hollow. Go to the Trade Shop

there and

talk to the human customer in a blue outfit. He will give you the Iron

Hammer.

Take it and go down to the Blacksmith. Talk to the smith, whose

name is Peggi.

Pick the first choice ("Can you sharpen my weapon?") when he first

talks to

you. After that, pick the second choice ("This should be handy") togive him

the Iron Hammer. You've successfully recruited him. Now's a good

time to head

back to Lake Castle to make use of their shops.

If you're like me and you've been ignoring leveling up your skills,

now's a

good time to do it. Ernie is the Tutor and she can be found in the 2nd

floor

room where you gave the Old Books to Eike. Juan is the bujutsu

teacher. From

the first screen where you enter Lake Castle's courtyard (where Cecile

is

standing), head to the west exit on your mini-map to take some stairs

down. In

the middle of the next screen will be a blond man with a blade of grass

sticking out of his mouth. This is Juan.

Juan and Ernie's comments are different from the standard Tutors

and teachers.

What they say and what they mean:

Standard Juan Ernie

Perfect Match! The Results are Amazing! Unbridled Potential!

Fairly good match Competent There's no denying talent

Natural ability exists It could be much worse Your mother wouldbe proud

Average Absolutely average WOW! Just kidding-Average

It will take time It won't be easy It won't be easy

Farther to the top of the screen where Juan is will be Peggi, who can

now

sharpen your weapons to level 9. Do so. Next to Peggi will be some

stairs up

which lead to Dominic's Armor Shop.

A word about the Armor Shop, Rune Shop, and Item Shop (which

you'll get in a

later chapter). In order for these shops at Lake Castle to have anystock, you

have to visit the related shops in other towns on the World Map and

view their

items for sale. The shops at Lake Castle will never have any Rarity

items,

but any regular items you've viewed at other stores will automatically

be

available. You have to do this with each of the main characters. That

is, if

Geddoe has visited the Great Hollow Armor Shop and viewed their

inventory, all

these items will be available at Dominic's shop during Geddoe's

scenario. They

will not be available for Thomas, Chris, or Hugo until they've done thesame in

their chapters.

From the screen where Peggi and Juan are standing, head to the left of

the

screen. Keep going and you'll see a Trade Shop which Scott has set

up. Go

inside and buy any Pearls he may have for sale. From now on, I will

leave it

up primarily to you to decide on when you want to upgrade Armor

and Accessories

for your teams. The best stuff is always in the Rarity section and I will

note

some of the better gear in the chapters. For the most part, though, Ileave it

up to your own personal tastes from now on.

In terms of what skills I had after this visit, here's what it looked like:

Queen: Geddoe: Jacques:

Swing-B+ Parry-C Sharpshoot-B+

Accuracy-B+ Damage-C Accuracy-B

Repel-B Accuracy-B Damage-B

Lightning-A Repel-E

Aila: Ace: Joker:

Accuracy-B Thief-C Counter-Attack-E

Repel-C Accuracy-B+ Accuracy-B

Shield Magic-B+ Repel-B Repel-C

Water-B+

As I said before, I'm biased against Earth Magic. The best offensive

spells

it has only hits enemies who are on the ground. The best defensive

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aren't worth the time it takes to cast them with the exception of a

battle at

the very end of the game. This is why I choose to forget it for Aila to

pick

something else. I also removed her Earth Rune by visiting Jeane's

Rune Shop

(it's in the main courtyard). It's up to you if you want to keep it.

In terms of support characters, keep in mind that if you take one of

them with

you in your party, they may not be available to your other characters

during

their chapters. For example, if you took Jeane with you in this chapter

for

support, she won't be in Thomas' chapter 1, Hugo's chapter 2, or

Chris' chapter

2 depending on whose chapter you play next. I keep this in mind

when choosing

parties so you don't have to worry about it too much. When you want

to make

any changes to your roster, visit the Inn in the main courtyard. Talkto

Sebastian, the man with the Hitler moustache at the counter, and pick

the

second choice "Organize Party." My formation leaving Lake Castle:

Queen

Geddoe

Jacques

Aila

Ace

Joker

(No Support)

The complimentary lottery prize at Lake Castle is one of the OldBooks. After

that it's a Mini-Cactus (an antique worth 5,500 potch).

After you're done with Lake Castle, head back to Mt. Hei-Tou. On the

first

screen where you can head north on the mini-map, do so. Take a left

at the

next screen. This leads to one of the corpses you looted earlier. To

the

left of the corpse hiding in the tall grass will be an orange-colored dog,

Koroku. Talk to him and pick the first choice ("Adopt") to recruit him.

Remember that Yellow Kennel you picked up? Outside of Lake

Castle's mainhouse, to the left of that screen, you will see Koroku sitting next to a

dog

house. If you have a Kennel in your inventory, you can go up to the

dog house

and hit X to place a Kennel. You can do that if you like on a future visit

to

Lake Castle.

For now, head back the way you came and keep going north to fight

the Blue

Mantrix treasure boss again. You should have killed enough time for

him to re-

spawn. If he's not there, fight random battles for a few minutes and

keep

checking back. You don't have to leave Mt. Hei-Tou to make him re-

spawn. Use

the same strategy as before and you won't have any problems. Loot

the entire

chest again. This time around, the notable treasure I got was:

Medal Set #3

? Painting

Again, your items may vary but all the good treasure boss loot will

eventually

pop up. To identify any antique with the ?, just visit an appraiser

(there's

one in VdZ in this chapter). Exit Mt. Hei-Tou. If you bought morelottery

tickets at VdZ or Lake Castle, you should pass the time to check the

results

now because we'll be heading to the end of the chapter. Any lottery

tickets

you buy and didn't check by the end of a chapter become automatic

losers.

Stop by the Great Hollow to sell off anything you don't really need like

excess

armor and items. I'd advise you to have at least 6 Medicine (36 total)

and 2

Antitoxin in your main inventory. Cross Plain Amur to get to the Mt.

Path.When you first enter, you'll see a blue save crystal. Save your game

now. The

enemies you'll be facing in random encounters here are pretty tough.

Here's

some strategies for taking down the enemy groups you may

encounter:

NEVER use Geddoe's lightning magic. You'll be needing it for a

treasure boss

fight later. Try to use only Medicine to heal instead of Joker's Water

Rune or

Aila's Shield Rune. If you encounter a group of butterflies or the

Yellow

Sirven (serpents), use the Mercenary A combo with Jacques' BorondaHawk Rune to

soften them up and then use everyone else to take them down. If you

encounter

Salamanders, concentrate on taking them down one at a time. Use

Ace's Double

Tusk Rune and have everyone else attack normally. If you encounter

a group of

Devil Eyes, it's better to use Geddoe and Queen against one of them,

then

Aila/Jacques and Ace/Joker after one of the other ones. For the most

part,

it's just a matter of taking down these enemies one at a time during

the random

encounters on the Mt. Path. I've never run into a rare encounter onthe Mt.

Path. You can also use Escape Scrolls to take you back to where you

entered on

the Mt. Path.

From the blue save crystal, head for the northwest exit on the mini-

map. The

northeast exit just dead ends if you're wondering. From the next

screen, take

the east exit on your mini-map. The north exit from this screen leads

to some

herbs. From here on, just follow the path on the mini-map. When you

reach the

blue save crystal after crossing the waterfalls, definitely save it here.

Keep

following the path to exit this screen. If you keep going right, you'll

see

another treasure boss, the Twin Head Snake. Before getting close to

him to

activate the fight, heal up all your guys. All my guys were level 30

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Aila, who was 28) with the skills I mentioned previously. This is the

strategy

I use:

This boss has four attacks. The Left Head uses Wind Magic and casts

healing

magic. The Right Head casts Fire Magic. The main head has a rathergross

looking tongue attack that hits those within hand-to-hand attack

range. Its

most dangerous attack is a combination magic attack that involves all

three

heads. My strategy is to focus on taking out the Left Head first so it

can't

regenerate HP or use the combination magic attack.

I cast Berserk Blow on the Left Head with Geddoe and use the archers'

regular

melee attacks on it, too. I then use Ace's Double Tusk Rune on the Left

Head.

After that, I use Great Blessing with Aila to heal if everyone's hurt orMedicine/Joker's Kindness Drops to heal if only a certain pair are

hurt.

Following the first round, I focus my attacks on the Left Head again,

using

Berserk Blow with Geddoe and the archers' melee attacks. Once the

Left Head is

gone, I cast Soaring Bolt with Geddoe and focus on the Right Head.

When only

the main head is left, I cast Battle Oath with Aila and mop up with

melee

attacks from there. On occasion, I lose Queen or Aila because of their

low HP

but as long as you keep everyone healed properly, that shouldn't be a

problem.This battle usually takes me 4-6 rounds to finish.

The notable loot I got after this fight was:

? Figurine

? Statue

The rest was just regular armor and medicine. If you want, you can

loot the

entire chest and wander around until the treasure boss re-spawns.

The next

time around it will be a different creature, the Rock Golem. There's no

need

to do this and I suggest you just take what you want and move on.

Instead of heading to Caleria, take the northeast exit on the mini-map.

On the

next screen, check your mini-map to see that the road leads to a dead

end to

the south and an exit to the north. You want to follow the mini-map

to get to

the dead end to the south. You'll find a corpse there that has Recipe

#7.

Make your way back to the clearing where you fought the Twin-Head

Snake. Take

the east path on your mini-map (where the Calerian man is standing).

On the

next screen, just follow the path to the exit. You'll end up back on the

World

Map. Head to Caleria.

When you enter, you'll see a brief cutscene. Ace will point out where

the HQ

is. To advance the story, this is where you should go. I suggest you do

some

other things first. Head to the inn, which is located in the right middle

of

the mini-map. Stay and Save. There's a man with a theater mask on

the second

floor of the inn, Nadir, but you can't recruit him yet. Exit the inn and

head

to the Trade Shop, it's located in the upper left of the mini-map rightbefore

you enter the open doorway.

Inside the Trade Shop, to the bottom left of the screen is a man named

Mike.

He will join your party if you can beat him at a game of cards. The

name of

the game is Kabu, which is essentially Blackjack but with the number

"9"

instead of "21". You can listen to his explanation of the rules to get a

grasp

of the game.

One facet of the game you may have a hard time understanding (like Idid) is

what happens when you go over 9 and how the point total is scored.

Basically,

if any number you get is over 10, the count starts over at 0. Let's say

you

start with a 4 then get a 6. This equals 10. Your total then is 0. Let's

now

say that you start with a 4 then turn up a 10, giving you 14. Your

score is

then 4. To calculate what your score is if you go over 10 simply

subtract 10

from it. To view what the special scores are (such as Shippin), just

press

Square at any time. The dealer's special score, Kuppin, which is anAce and a

9, will beat pretty much any score, including Shippin.

Keep playing Mike until you get 20,000 potch. It usually takes me a

few tries

but I've heard of many people going crazy because he beats them

every time. I

recommend soft-resetting if you lose more than 10,000 potch and

simply trying

again. Most of the time when I win I go for Shippin. That is, I go with

the

9,000 bet and go for the 4 or Ace when it turns up. If you get Shippin

with

this bet your win is automatically 27,000 and you can recruit him.

Mike will now be located at Lake Castle and you can play Kabu with

him to earn

money. His room is on the first floor to the right as you come in

through the

main entrance (next to the elevator). One of the major things I took

into

consideration when writing this Walkthrough was to have it so you

never have to

play Mike for money. It's just not worth the aggravation. A decent

average

you can expect is 100,000-200,000 potch after an hour of playing him

with lots

of soft resetting. Most of the time, though, you'll just lose money and

waste

a lot of time you'll never get back. Mike is quite useful as a support

character, though.

After you get Mike, sell any Pearls you may have bought at Lake Castle

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Trade Shop. Exit and head to the Item Stand. Check the Rarity section

and buy

a couple of Soaring Bolt if they have it. Also buy 3 Escape Scrolls. Buy

2

Sacrificial Jizos, one for Queen and the other for Aila. Head to the

Armor/

Blacksmith Shop located to the lower left of the mini-map. Talk to thelittle

Calerian boy and he'll give you Tomato Seeds. Unless you've been on

a spending

frenzy and have been hoarding all your loot, you should have the

money to

upgrade everyone's weapon to level 10 here. Head left to the Armor

Shop to

upgrade whatever you like. When you're done there, exit and head to

the top of

the mini-map and through the open doorway.

You'll trigger a cutscene and Ace will leave your party. There's a

bujutsu

teacher here if you want to upgrade your physical skills. To the topleft of

the screen by the training dummies is another man with his arms

folded. This

is the other warehouse keeper that only Geddoe can use. Talk to him

if you

want to adjust your inventory. If you have a bunch of items with ?,

you can

leave them at the warehouse or take them with you, keeping in mind

that only

VdZ has an appraiser right now (you can visit VdZ in Geddoe's next

chapter as

well so don't think you have to do it right this instant).

Head to the inn to advance the story and trigger another cutscene.You'll meet

Duke and his team for the first time. Pick whatever dialogue option

you want

when the choices come up, it doesn't really affect anything. The

cutscene will

continue then Geddoe's chapter will come to an end. At the Trinity

Site, save

your game and do not overwrite this save game-it's critical if you

decide to

play Thomas' chapter now and choose not to play through it.

Geddoe [15/108]

Ace [16/108]

Joker [17/108]Queen [18/108]

Jacques [19/108]

Aila [20/108]

Dominic [21/108]*

Scott [22/108]*

Jeane [23/108]*

Ernie [24/108]*

Peggi [25/108]*

Koroku [26/108]*

Mike [27/108]*

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4e. Break--Time to Decide about Thomas

You can now decide whether or not you wish to try out Thomas'

chapters now or

later. Keep in mind that if you put off playing his chapters as I've

suggested

you will see chunks of his story revealed in the other 3 main

characters'

chapters. Some of it is definitely spoilers. I gave it a lot of thought

and

still decided to put it at the end because I believe it'll actually make

you

want to play his story after viewing bits of it to get an idea of what

you're

in for. However, I certainly understand if you'd rather not want toknow about

anything that happens in his chapters ahead of time. It's up to you

and you've

been given fair warning. His chapters are entirely optional and

something of

an acquired taste. There's a possibility you may _really_ dislike it and

not

care to play through it. You won't lose any Stars of Destiny if you skip

it.

In the Walkthrough I've kept his chapters in mind in terms of

recruiting and

whatnot. One big advantage of putting off Thomas' chapters until

later is youcan give him a nice financial advantage if you wait as I've

recommended. If

you want to do Thomas' chapters now, skip ahead to his section. I've

broken it

off farther away from Chris' chapter 3 so you don't inadvertently see

something

from her chapter. If you'd rather put it off until later, go ahead and

continue with Chris' Chapter 2.

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4f. Chris Chapter 2

Select Chris' Chapter 2 from the Trinity Site.

A couple of friendly reminders. Chris can't play the lottery until

Chapter 3

and try to keep your money level at around 50,000 potch. Also, don't

bother

upgrading Leo, Borus, or Percival's armor-they'll automatically get

really good

armor later in the game (not in this chapter though). At the start of

Chris'

chapter, you'll see a brief scene with her butler. Once you get control

of

her, head to the Guild Hall area where you would normally enter to go

to the

area with the shops (the middle bottom exit on your mini-map).

You'll see anextended cutscene where Alanis, Melville, and Elliot say goodbye to

each other.

If you didn't get a GrapeC from the Trade Shop in the last chapter

check back

there now for one. To make the story advance, head to the front gate.

You'll

meet up with Borus and Louis. Leave the city and save at the blue

crystal.

Head past Zexen Forest and Yaza Plain to get to Lake Castle. The rare

encounter for the Forest is still the Father Holly. For the Yaza Plain,

it's

a Gold Boar with two Dark Bunnies. I recommend you run from both

of those for

now. Once you arrive at Lake Castle, you'll see another extended

cutscene

where Thomas and Chris chat. When that's over, you'll be back on the

World Map

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the characters you recruited during Geddoe's Chapter 1. Note that

you can't

put anyone he recruited in your party, though. This is how it will

work until

Chapter 4-your main characters can only put the characters they

recruited

themselves in their party.

Cross Yaza Plain and head to Brass Castle to make the story progress.

After

you're done talking with Borus, head to the Knights' Parlor. After

conferring

with Salome and Percival, go to Chris' room. Talk to Louis and pick

the first

choice. You'll see another extended scene where Chris gives the other

Knights

their new orders.

When you get control of Chris, head to the Knights' Parlor again. Talk

to

Salome and pick the 3rd option ("I need to plan our formation"). I usethis

setup:

Chris

Leo

-----

Roland

Borus

Percival

Louis (Support)

You can advance the story now by talking to Salome again but I

suggest you take

some time to level up your party first. You can check with the Traderon the

far east side of Brass Castle to see if he has any Ancient Text, but again

this

is a rare occurrence.

Exit Brass Castle and head to Yaza Plain to level up. In about 10

minutes you

should be able to get everyone to level 32 by fighting the monsters out

there.

If you run into the Gold Boar/Dark Bunnies rare encounter, use

Roland's Great

Hawk to make sure you hit the Bunnies to prevent them from casting

lightning

spells. Go after the Bunnies first with the other 2 units then focus onthe

Gold Boar with your melee attacks. Heal with your items and

Percival's

Kindness Drops from his Water rune. You can get everyone up to

level 34 with

about another 10-15 minutes of running around for random

encounters if you

like. When you're done, head to Lake Castle to level up your skills.

This is

how my party looked afterward:

Chris: Leo: Roland:

Parry-C Damage-B Sharpshoot-C

Swing-C Armor Protect-B+ Accuracy-C

Damage-C Damage-C

Repel-C Repel-C

Armor Protect-C

Heavy Damage-C

Accuracy-C

Borus: Percival:

Accuracy-C Parry-C

Armor Protect-C Swing-C

Heavy Damage-C Repel-C

Damage-C Accuracy-B

Repel-C

Exit Lake Castle and head for the North Cavern. Just make your wayto the very

end. The Bone Soldiers are a particular concern here because they

can do a

good deal of damage while your guys can't do the same. Do your best

to

concentrate on them one at a time and you'll get through it okay.

Don't be shy

to heal if someone gets really banged up. Before you reach the very

end of the

cavern, save at the blue crystal. There's a treasure boss here now and

it's a

Chimera. Nothing special, really-it has some damaging attacks but

nothing you

can't handle. Just use your melee attacks and heal when necessary.The

notable loot I got this time was:

Mangosh

Herb Seeds

Mother Earth Rune

Script #3

Old Book Vol. 11

Medal Set #5

Blessed Helm

Loot everything if you want to fight the treasure boss again later (I

recommend

that you do). Exit the cavern and head to VdZ. When you get past theCity

Gate, you'll see Guillaume chasing after a little girl again just like in

Geddoe's Chapter 1. Head to the screen with the inn. At the top left

portion

of this screen, talk to Nei and Toppo, who will tell you that the 3rd

member of

their Busker Troupe, Shabon, is missing. Head to the front of the

Guild Hall

where you'll see Guillaume chasing after Shabon in circles. You'll get

into

your first winnable duel.

Duels are one-on-one contests where you are given 3 options:

Defend, Attack,or Deathblow. It's a rock-paper-scissors type battle with an

advantage meter

thrown in. Basically:

When your Enemy does: You Should:

Attack Deathblow

Defend Attack

Deathblow Defend

You'll note a small green circle at the bottom near the duel gauge.

This

indicates a DISadvantage. That means if the circle is under your

character's

portrait, your enemy has the upper hand. In this case, the usual rules

above

will be bent somewhat in favor of the person with the advantage. For

example,

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other hand, if they have the advantage, they will still get in an Attack

and

cause you damage. Therefore, if the advantage is totally in your favor,

you

have some leeway to make a mistake and not pay for it. It works the

other way

as well.

An important thing to remember about duels is that some Runes that

affect your

status will be in effect when you duel. This can be good in the case if

you

have something like a Fury Rune or very bad if you forgot to remove

that

Hunter Rune you were messing around with. Some of Guillaume's

comments and

what he'll do:

Attack:

-------

You've made your uncle very angry!Ouch, you'll pay for that!

Ho, ho, ho. Allow me to make my point.

Pesky opponent! The next one won't miss!

Ho, ho, ho! Your life is mine!

Coward!

All this staring at each other. Like a prelude to marriage. But I don't

mind.

Snap out of it. There's no turning back now.

Ho, ho, ho! I am simply too strong!

Defend:

-------

Ho, ho, ho. Did you think I would only defend?

Hmph. Your turn.C

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