Walkthrough

KEY: [!] = Decision Point. You will be given choices in response to the various interaction with the characters. Most of the choices have no effect on the storyline, but avid RPG fans will want to choose the right answers.

[CHAR] = Joining Character Number. There are a total of 108 characters in the game who will join you. This guide will point out when & where you will meet each and every one of them. Also note that when you do meet new characters, they will ask you if you will let them join -- so if you do not have a fair understanding of Japahnese, always remember to pick the top choice to let them join! ========================================================================

[CHAR]: 1/108 Name: HERO Weapon: Staff

-- [IN THE CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------------

o As the story begins, you and your father, TEO, are called upon by King BARBAROSA for a special mission to oversee the status of an ongoing war taking place within the far eastern area. The king gives TEO his most prized sword as well as his blessings. As your character stands forward, King BARBAROSA praises you and asks of you to take your father's place in helping defending the kingdom.

[!] You will now be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Agree to the King's request. Bottom Choice -> Deny the king's request. Assuming that you chose to agree to the King's request (top choice), he again praises you for your courage and similar qualities to your father. WENDY, one of King BARBAROSA's closest advisors, will step foward to praise you as well. Upon leaving the King's chambers, you will now have control over your character. o Proceed downstairs. o As you head down the hall on the 1st floor, TEO will stop you to tell you that KRAZE, another one of King BARBAROSA's advisors, will be your mentor while TEO is gone. o Go talk to KRAZE (left room) and he will tell you to come back 1st thing in the morning for a little mission.

-- [IN YOUR HOUSE] ----------------------------------------------------- o Upon entering your house, GREMIO, one of your servants, will be waiting for you and TEO. GREMIO is also one of your protectorates and one of the key characters in the game (but not too effective in battle). o Explore throughout the rooms. Meet your other protectorates: PAHN, CLEO, and TED. o Go upstairs and meet TED. He asks you to tell him what happened at your castle. Go to your room (1st room on the left - 2nd floor). o In your room, he asks you a favor. He wants to become part of your protectorates.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Allow TED to become part of your protectorate. Bottom Choice -> Deny TED's request.

o Assuming you chose the top choice, you then proceed to explain what happened at the castle. o Take your seet at the dining table. A conversational sequence will take place, where TEO asks all of the protectorates to take good care of you while he is gone. Another sequence will take place, where TEO will give his blessings to you. o GREMIO will wake you up, reminding you to go to KRAZE's chambers at the castle.

[CHAR]: 2/108 Name: GREMIO Weapon: Power Axe o Go downstairs. [CHAR]: 3/108 Name: PAHN Weapon: Fists/Iron Claw [CHAR]: 4/108 Name: CLEO Weapon: Bow & Arrow

o Head towards the door. TED will then join you. [CHAR]: Name: TED Weapon: Bow & Arrow

-- [TOWN OF GREGMINSTER] ----------------------------------------------- o Explore the town. Get accustomed to its surroundings. o Go in the castle to KRAZE's chambers. o KRAZE will tell you that there is an island where you must obtain an artifact from the sorceress, LEKNAAT. He will test you if you where listening carefully.

[!] You will be given three choices. Which is the correct answer? Top Choice -> The island is located in the Eastern area. Middle Choice -> The island is located in the Western area. Bottom Choice -> The island is located in the Southern area. (Pick the Top Choice)

KRAZE will then go on to explain that a dragon rider will be waiting for you in the castle's courtyard to take you to the island.

o Go outside and to the courtyard. (right side of the castle) o Talk to FUTCH, the dragon rider, and he will take you to the island.

-- [FIRST MISSION: THE ISLAND] ----------------------------------------- o Make your way through the forest. (The BG Music for this scenery is simply extraordinary) o You will then encounter LUC -- he will test your fighting abilities, as he will summon a Rock Golem. o Having defeated the Rock Golem, he will then take you to see LEKNAAT, the mystic sorceress. o Make your way up the castle and meet LEKNAAT. o Follow LEKNAAT to her chamber, where she will give you the artifact. She will also tell you that your destiny is something that you alone will make and that you must choose whatever paths you believe to be right. o Leave her chamber & talk to your friends. LEKNAAT will have come in & have LUC teleport you back to FUTCH and the dragon. You will then head back to Gregminster to give the artifact to KRAZE.

-- [BACK IN GREGMINSTER] -----------------------------------------------

o Report back to KRAZE. o He will then give you instructions for the second mission. Mission: Go to the village of Rockland (located east of Gregminster) and obtain money from the head village official. o KRAZE will have KANAAN go with you to oversee the mission. o Before heading to Rockland, consider saving the game. (For details in saving the game, refer to the "Tips & Tricks" posting) o Head toward the village of Rockland, located east of Gregminster.

-- [ROCKLAND] ---------------------------------------------------------- o Explore the town. There is a little lady who offers a gambling game for you to make/lose some quick money. o Go to the house located at the very end of the village. (Since the village is already small, you really can't miss it) o There, you will be given instructions from the head official to take care of a rebel uprising in the mountain located east of Rockland. Intruction: Bring the two rebels back to the head official and you will be given the money. o Head to the mountains located to the east of Rockland.

-- [MISSION 2: THE REBEL MOUNTAINS] ------------------------------------

o Make your way through the mountain. Gain as much experience and levels as you can. o Deep inside the caves, you will come across a large insect that is blocking your way. Don't bother trying to kill it. It is set up so that you will lose the round and then TED will cast a spell to finish it off. o After TED kills the insect, preceed outside, where you will encounter the two rebels. (You may want to consider saving the game before fighting them. To save, use the blue orb. For more details on saving, refer to the "Tips & Tricks" posting.) o You will fight the two rebels: VARKAS and SYDONIA. o After defeating them, head back to Rockland.

-- [BACK IN ROCKLAND] --------------------------------------------------

o Before reporting back to the head official, look for the guards who are teasing the childen. Although it is optional, you can go ahead and beat the guards up. (Choose to top choice to fight) o Go to the house and report back to the official. He will take the rebels and give you 10,000 bits. But KANAAN will take the 10,000 bits. from you. o Your mission here is done. Now head back to Gregminster.

-- [BACK IN GREGMINSTER] -----------------------------------------------

o KANAAN will tell you to return to your house, as he will report to KRAZE himself (and take all the credit). He also tells TED to come with hime to see KRAZE. o Head back to your house. A sequence will follow soonafter. o After leaving the dining room, head downstairs to find Ted lying on the ground.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Help out TED. Bottom Choice -> Leave him there.

Assuming you chose to help him (top choice), TED will go on to explain what happened at the castle. You will begin to find out that WENDY wants TED's mystic soul gem to give her the ultimate power she needs for her overdriven lust for power. o TED will then ask for a favor from you. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Listen to his favor. Bottom Choice -> To ignore him. Assuming you chose to listen to TED (Top Choice), he will ask you to take hold of his soul gem, known as the "Soul Eater", and keep it from the reaches for WENDY.

[!] You will be given yet another choice. You can: Top Choice -> To accept his soul gem. Bottom Choice -> To ignore him.

Assuming you chose to accept the soul gem, you are now bestowed the power of the gem and all its energy.

o You will suddenly hear the door being broken down. Head downstairs. o There you will meet KRAZE & PAHN. You will find out that PAHN went out & informed KRAZE of their whereabouts. (traitor!) TED then comes out to surrender himself. [!] You are given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Stay with TED and surrender the soul gem. Bottom Choice -> To get away.

Assuming you chose to get away (bottom choice), you managed to get outside. o Now that you're outside, go to the hotel, where you will find shelter for the night.

-- [IN THE HOTEL] ------------------------------------------------------ o Go downstairs to the bottom main floor. This may be a good spot to save the game. Simply talk to the hotel recipient and pick the 3rd option. For more details, refer to the "Tip & Tricks" posting. o Go to the dining tables and talk to VIKTOR, the guy sitting & eating at the table. o Now head towards the door. A little sequence will follow.

[!] After bumping into the two guards, you will be given a choice. You can:

Top choice -> Argue with the guards. Bottom Choice -> Try to get away without been seen. (Choose which ever choice you want -- you'll get the same result)

o After leaving the hotel with VIKTOR, follow him to the bench. Talk to him. He will offer to help you out, only if you will help him out first. [!] You are given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Don't trust him. Bottom Choice -> Trust him. Assuming you chose to trust him (Bottom choice), he will then join your party.

[CHAR] 5/108 Name: VIKTOR Weapon: Long Sword o Now get out of Gregminster and head towards Lenancamp, located south of Gregminster.

-- [TOWN OF LENANCAMP] -------------------------------------------------

o Explore the town. It has quite a bit to offer. Consider upgrading your weapons. (Refer to the "Tips & Tricks" posting for more details). o Now head towards the hotel and spend the night there. (For more details on Hotel options, refer to the "Tips & Tricks" posting). o There will be a little sequence.

[!] You will be given an option. You can: Top Choice -> Fight the guards. Bottom Choice -> Try to run away.

(Either choice will get you the same result)

o A secret passage will be revealed under the clock. You will meet ODESSA, who will take you through the passage.

-- [UNDERGROUND PASSAGE] -----------------------------------------------

o Follow ODESSA. You will encounter a group of rebels: VIKTOR, FLICK, HUMPHREY, SANCHEZ, and ODESSA. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> To hold off & think about it first. Bottom Choice -> Join ODESSA in her crusade for justice.

Assuming you chose to think about it first (top choice), head towards the entrance of the underground passage. You will find a injured rebel lying on the ground. o The injured rebel is request ODESSA's help in rescuing the two captive rebels, VARKAS & SYDONIA (remember them?) [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Help rescue the two rebels. Bottom Choice -> Ignore them.

Assuming you chose to help rescue the rebels (top choice), you agree to ODESSA's request.

o Head towards Rockland to rescue VARKAS & SYDONIA.

-- [VILLAGE OF ROCKLAND] -----------------------------------------------

o Head towards the house of the village official. A sequence will follow. o Make your way through the house to rescue VARKAS & SYDONIA. (Make sure to check every room. There are some nifty treasures) o Talk to VARKAS. Head out of the house. o Your mission here is done. Head back to Lenancamp.

-- [TOWN OF LENANCAMP] -------------------------------------------------

o Go back to the underground passage in the hotel. o Talk to ODESSA. o She will ask you to undergo another mission. Mission: To take the blueprints of a Fire Spear to the rebel headquarters. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Undergo the mission. Bottom Choice -> Not get involved. Assuming you chose to undergo the mission (top choice), ODESSA will join your party to accompany you.

[CHAR] Name: ODESSA Weapon: Steel Arrow o Leave Lenancamp. o You must now cross the bridge located near the upper western area of Lenancamp. o Head towards the mountain passage.

-- [Mt Tigerwolf PASSAGE] --------------------------------------------

o Make your way through the mountain passage. o You will encounter LEDON, a conspicuous hotel recipient who will request everyone to rest at his hotel. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Take a rest at the hotel. Bottom Choice -> Ignore LEDON. Assuming you chose to rest at the hotel (top choice), you will be offered some tea. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Not drink the tea. Bottom Choice -> Drink the tea. (Unfortunately, it is set up so that you have to drink the tea)

Assuming you chose to drink the tea (bottom choice), a sequence will follow. o After the sequence, you will meet KESSLER, a loyal follower of ODESSA. o Leave the hotel and continue making your way through the mountain. o Head toward the village of Saraday.

-- [VILLAGE OF Saraday] -------------------------------------------------

o Find the hotel & spend a night there. This also may be a good time to save. o A sequence will follow. Talk to ODESSA. Note: There will be two more questions choices. Pick the top choice in both cases, although it really doesn't matter, as it has no effect on the storyline. You will also meet KAGE, who will deliver the blueprints for ODESSA. You mission here is done. Go back to sleep. o Head back to the underground passage in Lenancamp to meet with the others.

-- [TOWN OF LENANCAMP] -------------------------------------------------

o Go to the hotel. Something is wrong. The Gregminster guards found the secret underground headquarters! o Follow ODESSA. Fight the guards. o Find ODESSA. A sad sequence will follow (ODESSA's final scene). o Upon ODESSA's dying wishes, she asks of you to do 2 things for her. (1) Take her ear ring & find her brother, MATHIU. (2) Take her body & throw it in the river. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Deny her requests. Bottom Choice -> Agree with her requests. Assuming you chose to agree with her requests (bottom choice), she then dies. o You mission now is to take the ear rings to MATHIU, who lives in the village of Seika. o Head towards the Fortress of Kwaba, located south of Lenancamp.

-- [Fortress of Kwaba] ---------------------------------------------------------

o There will be a little sequence here, where you must choose a fake name to cover your identity from the guards.

[!] You are given a choice of 3 names: Top Choice -> "Masamune" Middle Choice -> "Peesuke" Bottom Choice -> "Stoltsheim Lin Bach IV" (Choose any one of them)

o Upon passing the Fortress of Kwaba, GREMIO apologizes for acting rude to you in front of the guards. He states that it was necessary for him to act in that way, if they were to successfully pass through the gate without being caught.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Not forgive GREMIO for acting rude. Bottom Choice -> Forgive GREMIO for acting rude.

I am assuming you chose to forgive GREMIO (bottom choice). o You will also meet Chandler. Talk to him. Remeber to come back to him when you have your castle. o The village of Seika is located south of the Fortress of Kwaba. You can't miss it.

-- [VILLAGE OF SEIKA] --------------------------------------------------

o Explore around. If you went to the hotel, you will find have found MARIE (remember her?) and ANTONIO (the chef). Remember to come back here to have them join your party. You will also find ONIL in one of the houses. Remember to pick her up as well. o Talk to the guy standing in front of the temple. He is MATHIU. o Go up the stairs and into the temple. o Talk to the three children. o Go back and talk to MATHIU again. o Follow MATHIU. Talk to him. o Leave the temple. A sequence will follow. o Follow the guards.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top choice -> Help out MATHIU. Bottom Choice -> Watch what happens.

Assuming you chose to help MATHIU (top choice), you will be asked to identify yourself. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> You are the fugitives from Gregminster. Bottom Choice -> You are just a simply traveler seeking justice.

(Either choice will make you fight the guards)

o Go into the temple. Talk to MATHIU. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Agree with MATHIU. Bottom Choice -> Ignore MATHIU.

(Choose the top choice) [!} You will be given another choice. You can: Top Choice -> Decline MATHIU's request. Bottom Choice -> Take ODESSA's place & become the new leader of the rebel alliance.

Assuming you chose to become the new leader (bottom choice), MATHIU will now join your party.

[CHAR] 6/108 Name: MATHIU Weapon: N/A

o MATHIU will then tell you to go to a town called Kaku, located southwest of Seika.

-- [TOWN OF KAKU] ------------------------------------------------------

o Explore town. If you haven't upgraded your weapons yet, do so now. You'll need it. (For more details on upgrading your weapons, refer to the "Tips & Tricks" posting. There are several characters in this town that will join you. Some require that you do something for them first. Refer to the "Tips & Tricks" postings for the full details in getting all 108 characters. o Go to the liquor shop, located at the southern end of the town. o Talk to CAMILLE (the red headed lady). There will be a little sequence between CAMILLE & GREMIO. (GREMIO owes CAMILLE some money.) CAMILLE will then join your party.

[CHAR] 7/108 Name: CAMILLE Weapon: Galm

o Go downstairs (of the liquor store). There you will find TAI-HO & YAM-KU, who can provide you the transporation for you to your soon-to-be castle! But, only under one condition --- you must win in a gambling match against him first. (look for details in how to play the dice game in the "Tips & Tricks" posting. o Follow TAI-HO & YAM-KU to the shipyard. He will take you to the island of the castle.

-- [ISLAND CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------------

o TAI-HO & YAM-KU will join your party. TAI-HO & CAMILLE will both accompany you into the castle.

[CHAR] 8/108 Name: TAI-HO Weapon: Satsuki (spear) [CHAR] 9/108 Name: YAM-KU Weapon: Satsuki (spear)

o Make your way through the caves. Be sure you're stocked up on healing medicine. The enemies are fairly tough here. o Make sure to save at the blue orb. You will be facing a dragon. o Upon reaching the dragon's lair, unleash all the power attacks and spells you've got. The dragon has about 5,000 hps. o After defeating the dragon, you will have the privilege of naming your castle. o As you meet with all your current party characters, LEKNAAT will appear, advising that you that you should now start gathering new members for your army. o LUC (remeber him?) will appear and will join your party.

[CHAR] 10/108 Name: LUC Weapon: Staff/Magic -- [AT YOUR CASTLE] ----------------------------------------------------

o Explore throughout your castle. Get accustomed to its structure. o Find LUC. Learn to use the tablet as a guide for your cast of characters. o Talk to MATHIU. He advises you to go to the town of KOUAN, and find a guy names LEPANT. o CLEO, VIKTOR, & GREMIO will accompany you on this mission. Choose 2 other characters to take with you.

[ EDITOR'S NOTE ]: Before we proceed to go to the town of KOUAN, let's first pick up all the characters we missed....

-- [TOWN OF KAKU] ------------------------------------------------------

o Go to the liquor store. Talk to SERGEI. Let him join your party. (NOTE: Always pick the top choice to allow the characters join your party!) [CHAR] 11/108 Name: SERGEI Weapon: N/A

Note: Now that SERGEI is in your party, you will now have an elevator in your castle! It'll save you a lot of time from walking up & down the stairs.

o If you go downstairs (of the liquor store) you will find GASPAR. For now, he is unaccessable. But, remember to come back to him later. o If you go in front of the hotel, MEG is there (the little girl). She won't join you until you have JUPPO in your party. Remeber to come back to her later. o Head back to the village of Seika.

-- [VILLAGE OF SEIKA] --------------------------------------------------

o Go to the hotel and talk to MARIE. She will join your party.

[CHAR] 12/108 Name: MARIE Weapon: N/A

o You will also find ANTONIO, but he will still be unaccessable. He will join you once MARIE tells you she needs a chef. So remeber to come back to him later. o Go to the home where ONIL (lady in blue dress) is. Talk to her and she will join your party.

[CHAR] 13/108 Name: ONIL Weapon: N/A o Now head to the Fortress of Kwaba, where CHANDLER will be waiting for you. -- [Fortress of Kwaba] --------------------------------------------------------- o Talk to CHANDLER & he will join your party.

[CHAR] 14/108 Name: CHANDLER Weapon: N/A o Now you can head towards the village of KOUAN to find LEPANT. KOUAN is located to the southeastern area from Kaku.

-- [VILLAGE OF KOUAN] ---------------------------------------------------

o Explore the town. o In the hotel, you will find LORELAI and KRIN. LORELAI will not join you until you are at a fairly high level. o Talk to GIOVANNI, who is standing in front of the large house on the left. o Go back to the hotel and talk to KRIN. He will offer to help you. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Listen to his plan. Bottom Choice -> Don't trust him.

Assuming you chose to listen to his plan (top choice), he will give you instructions in how to meet LEPANT. A little conversational sequence will follow. o Go find KRIN. Talk to him. Your mission: Steal the mystic sword from LEPANT's house. o Make your way through the house. o You will find ROCK in the room with two treasure chests. Talk to him and he will offer to join you.

[CHAR] 15/108 Name: ROCK Weapon: N/A

o You will come across a room with 5 guards positioned in a unique formation. It is the first puzzle. Make your way through it. o You will also meet JUPPO.

[CHAR] 16/108 Name: JUPPO Weapon: ?????? o There will be a room with a roulette puzzle. The Objective: Keep on riding the roulette until you can reach the other side. o Get the sword. Leave the house. o A sequence will follow. You will finally meet LEPANT, who is demanding his sword back. LEPANT will ask for his sword back.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Hesitate from giving the sword back. Bottom Choice -> Explain to LEPANT of your situation. [!] Assuming you chose to explain (bottom choice), you will be given another choice. You can: Top Choice -> Request for LEPANT's help. Bottom Choice -> Give the sword back.

Assuming you chose to give the sword back (bottom choice), sequence will follow. LEPANT's wife, EILEEN, has been taken captive by the Gregminster guards!

o Follow LEPANT. Help him fight the guards. LEPANT will fight with you. (NOTE: If you already have 6 characters in your group, you will have to take one member out).

o Preceed through the house. o It's KRAZE! Fight his guards. o It's PAHN! He's back. Watch the little sequence. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Kill KRAZE for his misdeeds. Bottom Choice -> Let him go.

(I'll let the decision up to you. Although in my game, I chose to exterminate KRAZE, you can choose otherwise and let him go.) o Talk to LEPANT. LEPANT and EILEEN will join your party.

[CHAR] 17/108 Name: LEPANT Weapon: Long Sword [CHAR] 18/108 Name: EILEEN Weapon: Dagger

(Note that GIOVANNI & KRIN will also have joined your castle)

[CHAR] 19/108 Name: GIOVANNI Weapon: N/A [CHAR] 20/108 Name: KRIN Weapon: N/A

o Talk to PAHN [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Not forgive PAHN. Bottom Choice -> Forgive PAHN. Assuming you chose to forgive him (bottom choice), you can proceed to leave the house. o Your mission here is done. o Although this is optional, you can go by the village of Great Forest A to pick up some new characters.

-- [VILLAGE OF Great Forest A] ----------------------------------------------

o Go to the weapon's shop. Talk to MAAS. He will offer to join your party. [CHAR] 21/108 Name: MAAS Weapon: Hammer o Go to the house, left to the weapon's shop. SANSUKE will be there. Talk to him. He will join your party.

[CHAR] 22/108 Name: SANSUKE Weapon: N/A o Now head back to your castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] ----------------------------------------------- o Go to the 1st floor. (not the ground floor) o VARKAS and SYDONIA will join your party.

[CHAR] 23/108 Name: VARKAS Weapon: Long Sword [CHAR] 24/108 Name: SYDONIA Weapon: Dagger

o MATHIU will come in. He will suggest that you celebrate the first gathering of your character members.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Throw a party & celebrate. Bottom Choice -> Be hesitant.

I am assuming that you chose to have the party (top choice). o Leave the dining room. A little battle sequence will take place. o Go to sleep. (This may be a good spot to save the game. To save, go to the first floor and talk to MARIE. Choose the 3rd option.) o Go outside. You will find KIRKIS, an elf, lying on the ground. A sequence will follow. o KIRKIS will ask you to help save his elven village. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Agree to help KIRKIS. Bottom Choice -> Think about it first. Assuming you chose to help KIRKIS (top choice), KIRKIS will join your party.

[CHAR] 25/108 Name: KIRKIS Weapon: Elven Bow & Arrow o Talk to MATHIU. Choose 3 other characters to take along with you. o Your Mission: Go to the Elven Village and help them. o Leave the castle & go to the town of Kaku. Go to the liquor store. Go downstairs. o GASPAR will now be accessable. To have him join your party, you must win at least 5,000 bits in a gambling match against him.

[CHAR] 26/108 Name: GASPAR Weapon: N/A o Head towards the village of Great Forest A. There is a passage in Great Forest A that will lead you to the Elven forestland.

-- [VILLAGE OF Great Forest A] ----------------------------------------------

o Go to the passage, located on the right side of the village. o Make your way through the forest. o Upon crossing the wooden "bridge", you will meet VIKI. She will offer to join your party.

[CHAR] 27/108 Name: VIKI Weapon: Magic o Upon entering Great Forest B, you will encounter KUROMIMI, the dog warrior. o Head to the elven village tree.

-- [ELVEN VILLAGE TREE] ------------------------------------------------

o Climb the ladder. A sequence will follow. o Go into the main elven house, located at the northern end of the village. o Talk to the old elf. o In the dungeon cell, talk to VALERIA (the red headed human). She will explain to you the danger the elven race are in. She will speak of the powerful "dark mirror" that could destroy the village with a single blast. o Check the cell gate on the right. o SILVINA will free you from the cell. o After a little conversational sequence, KIRKIS will ask you to save the village from the blast of the dark mirror.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Help KIRKIS. Bottom Choice -> Go back to the castle. Assuming you chose to help out KIRKIS (top choice), he out of the village. VALERIA will join your party.

[CHAR] 28/108 Name: VALERIA Weapon: Dagger

o Your Mission: Head off to the dwarf's village to obtain help from the dwarf general. To get to the dwarf's village, you must first pass through the mountains located in the northeastern area from the elf tree.

-- [Dwarf Trail] ----------------------------------------------------

o Make your way through the mountain. o You will meet KUROMIMI once more. o Head towards the dwarf village.

-- [DWARF VILLAGE] -----------------------------------------------------

o Explore the town. o Go to the weapon's shop. Talk to MEESE (guy in the greet suit). He will join your party.

[CHAR] 29/108 Name: MEESE Weapon: Hammer

o Upgrade your weapons. (You'll need it for the upcoming boss in the dwarf underground). o Go to the home located on the farthest north of the right side. The head dwarf general will be there. Talk to him. He will challenge you to try to steal an artifact from the Dwarven Vault.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Take up the challenge & get the artifact. Bottom Choice -> Don't take up the challenge.

I'm assuming you chose to take up the challenge (top choice).

o Your Mission: Go to the Dwarven Vault located to the north of the dwarf village, and obtain the artifact.

-- [Dwarven Vault] ------------------------------------------

o Make your way through the underground passage. o You will come across a lever puzzle. - Press the lever on the very left first. - Then press the lever in the middle. - Finally Hit the lever on the right. - You should then be able to access both the treasure chest and a passage through. o The second puzzle is a "sliding floor" puzzle. Simply use your intuition/trial & error to solve this easy one. o The third puzzle is a "beeping" puzzle. When you read the stone tablet, it translates to: "Beep-Bop-Bop-Beep" "Beep-Beep-Bop-Bop" Use the same "structure" on the floor buttons. (In other words, step on the floor buttons in this order: - Left, Right, Right, Left, Left, Left, Right, Right) o A "2-sided" boss will be waiting for you in the very last room. Not too difficult. o After defeating the dungeon boss, obtain the artifact and head back to the dwarf village.

-- [DWARF VILLAGE] -----------------------------------------------------

o Go back to the dwarf general. Talk to him. o Your mission here is done. Head back to the elven village. -- [ELVEN VILLAGE] -----------------------------------------------------

o You will find everything destroyed. Watch the sequence. o Leave the village. o If you go back into the village once more, you will find TEMPLETON, who will join your party.

{CHAR] 30/108 Name: TEMPLETON Weapon: N/A

o He will also give you a map of the world! Now you can navigate with much more ease. o Head back to the "Great Forest B"

-- [Great Forest B] ---------------------------------------------------- o You will meet KUROMIMI once more. o A bunch of guards will surround you. VALERIA will offerr to surrender if the guards let the others unharmed. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Stop VALERIA from sacrificing herself. Bottom Choice -> Allow VALERIA to sacrifice herselp. (Either way, VALERIA will be captured). o After VALERIA is taken away, KUROMIMI will join your party.

[CHAR] 31/108 Name: KUROMIMI Weapon: Long Sword o Fight the guards. o MATHIU will rescue you. Watch the sequence. MATHIU will inform you that you must attack the castle of KWANDA ROSSMAN, one of king BARBAROSA's generals. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Go back to the castle with MATHIU and fight. Bottom Choice -> Wait a little more.

You really have no choice here. Either way, you will end up having to go back to your castle to ward off the army.

-- [YOUR ARMY v.s KWANDA's ARMY] --------------------------------------

(For more details & advise in these army battles, refer to the "Tips & Tricks" posting).

o Battle general KWANDA's army. o Watch the sequence. o Head into the castle and make your way up to the castle roof. o On the roof, you will meet general KWANDA ROSSMAN. He will challenge you to a dual. (For more details & advise in fighting duals, refer to the "Tips & Tricks" posting).

o After defeating him, a sequence will follow. You will soon learn that general KWANDA was acting under the influence of WENDY's "black loon" spell. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Kill him. Bottom Choice -> Spare his life. (You will want to spare his life (bottom choice).) [!] You will be given another choice. You can: Top Choice -> Ignore him. Bottom Choice -> Let him join your party.

Assuming you chose to let him join your party (bottom choice), he will head off to your castle.

[CHAR] 32/108 Name: KWANDA Weapon: Long Sword

o Watch the little sequence. SILVINA, and STALLION will now offically join your party.

[CHAR] 33/108 Name: STALLION Weapon: Elven Bow [CHAR] 34/108 Name: SILVINA Weapon: Elven Bow

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Go back to the hotel. Bottom Choice -> Stay back. Choose to stay back (bottom choice). You will want to pick up some more new characters at the Great Forest B.

o Go to the "Great Forest B".

-- [Great Forest B] ----------------------------------------------------

o Go to the bottom house. GON, another doggie warrior, will be there. Talk to him. He will join your party.

[CHAR] 35/108 Name: GON Weapon: Long Sword

o Go to the upper right house. (The Inn) o Talk to FU SU LA (the tiger guy). He will join you only if you pay 10,000 bits for his dinner. (pick the top choices for both questions)

[CHAR] 36/108 Name: FU SU LA Weapon: Fists/Claws

o You will also find RUBI (the elf) there, but he won't join you unless KIRKIS, STALLION, and SILVINA are all in your venturing group AND you must be at a fairly high level (45+). o Before heading back to your castle, stop by the town of KOUAN to pick up LORELAI at the hotel. By now, you should be at around level 30, so LORELAI will join you.

[CHAR] 37/108 Name: LORELAI Weapon: Sword o Now you can head back to your castle. o After a little sequence, you will appear in your room. o Head down to the 3rd floor. o Go to the main meeting hall. Everyone will be waiting for you. o MATHIU will come in. He will later ask you if he may tell everyone of ODESSA's death.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Hesitate to agree. Bottom Choice -> Agree to explain to the others.

Assuming you chose to agree with MATHIU (bottom choice), FLICK (the guy in the blue cape), will protest the fact that you are now the new leader of the rebel alliance. He will leave and go to the town of Kaku. SANCHEZ & HUMPHREY will join your party.

[CHAR] 38/108 Name: SANCHEZ Weapon: N/A [CHAR] 39/108 Name: HUMPHREY Weapon: Sword

o Go to the 1st floor. Talk to MARIE (in the hotel). o She will tell you that she needs a chef to help her out. (Sometimes it is random, so if she doesn't say this, then check back to her regularly until she does) o Go to the town of Kaku.

-- [TOWN OF KAKU] ------------------------------------------------------

o Go to the house on the left, where the 2 guards are standing. o Talk to FLICK. He still will not acknowledge you as the leader, but he will ask to join to help the rebel alliance.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Let him join. Bottom Choice -> Deny his request.

Assuming you chose to let him join (top choice), he will head back to your castle. o Before you head back to your castle, go to the village of Seika, to pick up ANTONIO (the chef).

-- [VILLAGE OF SEIKA] ----------------------------------------------------

o Go to the hotel. Talk to ANTONIO. He will now join your party. (Note that in order for ANTONIO to join your party, MARIE needs to have told you first that she needs a chef at your castle)

[CHAR] 40/108 Name: ANTONIO Weapon: N/A

o You will also find SHEENA, who is sitting at the the table, talking to a girl. o Talk to SHEENA. You will find out that he is LEPANT's son. He will not join your party.....at least not yet. So, you will need to bring LEPANT here in order to have SHEENA join your party. Remember to come back to this later. o Go to the temple, where MATHIU used to live. o APPLE, the young girl with the glasses, will be there waiting for you. Talk to her and she will join your party.

[CHAR] 41/108 Name: APPLE Weapon: N/A

o Now you can head back to your castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] ----------------------------------------------- o Go to the 3rd floor. o Go to the meeting room. Talk to FLICK. He will have a battle plan.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Get ready for battle. Bottom Choice -> Not time for battle yet. Assuming you chose to battle (top choice), you will be facing an enemy army of 6000 troops. (for details in fighting army battles, refer to the "Tips & Tricks" posting.) o After defeating the army, a little sequence will follow. o You will be facing MILTCH's army next. (NOTE: This battle is set up so that you are supposed to lose) o After badly losing the battle, another little sequence will follow. VIKTOR & FLICK will accompany you. GREMIO will ask you if he can come along as well. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Deny GREMIO's request. Bottom Choice -> Take him along with you.

o Assuming you chose to take GREMIO with you (bottom choice), talk to MATHIU to bring along 2 more characters with you on your journey. o Head out of the bridge. o If you go back into the bridge, QUINCY (blond haired lady) will be there. She won't join you until you have about 80-90 characters in your castle. o You will also meet KAI (the bald guy). Talk to him. He will join your party. [CHAR] 42/108 Name: KAI Weapon: Staff

o Now you can go ahead and cross the bridge to explore the new land. o Head towards the town of Teien, located in the upper western area from the bridge. -- [TOWN OF TEIEN] -----------------------------------------------------

o Go to the hotel. o Talk to HELLION (the old lady). She will join your party. [CHAR] 43/108 Name: HELLION Weapon: Magic/spells o Get the two treasure chests. (The treasure chest on the right contains a special mirror that will allow you to teleport to & from anywhere! - extremely useful) o Go to the 1st house on the top left. o You will meet GEN. He will not be accessed until later. o Explore the town. You will also find EIKEI (bald buy w/mustache). He won't join you until you are at a fairly high level (50+). o Leave the town. Use your special magical mirror to teleport you back to your castle. -- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

(I will now sidetrack to pick up SHEENA (LEPANT's son) and MEG (JUPPO's friend)

o Go to the 3rd floor. o Go get LEPANT and JUPPO in your venturing group. You will need them if you want SHEENA and MEG to join your castle. o Head out to the town of KAKU first. -- [TOWN TO KAKU] ------------------------------------------------------

o Go talk to MEG (girl standing in front of hotel). Watch the little sequence. MEG will now join your party.

[CHAR] 44/108 Name: MEG Weapon: N/A

o Now head towards the village of Seika to pick up SHEENA. -- [VILLAGE OF SEIKA] --------------------------------------------------

o Go to the hotel. o Talk to the SHEENA. Watch the sequence. SHEENA will now be forced to join your party. [CHAR] 45/108 Name: SHEENA Weapon: Long Sword

o You can head back to your castle to restore back to your usual group for your venturing.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Explore your castle. o Now head back to the town of Teien. (To save a lot of time, you can ask VIKI (in the dungeon floor), to teleport you to the town of Teien).

-- [TOWN OF TEIEN] -----------------------------------------------------

o After teleporting (or walking) to the town of Teien, head to the village of Ricon, located south of Teien.

-- [TOWN OF RICON] -----------------------------------------------------

o Go to the hotel. (This may be a good place to save) o Go upstairs (of the hotel). o You will find LOTTE. She won't join you until you find her pet cat. (Remember the cat that was roaming around in the town of Kaku?) I'll come back to Lotte later. o Go to the "lost items" shop (with the sign of the magnifying glass). JABBA, the shop keeper, will be there. He won't join you unless you find an item that he can't identify. (It's a certain clay pot. You will randomly get it when you fight the enemies in that area) - I'll come back to JABBA later.

o Go to the boat. Ride it. o Sail to the southern area. Go to the spot where the whirlpool is. Touch it and then go back to the town. o Now head back to the town of Teien.

-- [TOWN OF TEIEN] -----------------------------------------------------

o Go to the top left house where GEN was. Talk to GEN. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Ignore GEN. Bottom Choice -> Ask him for a special boat to cross the whirlpool. Obviously, you will need to choose to ask him for the boat (bottom choice). GEN will then join your party.

[CHAR] 46/108 Name: GEN Weapon: Short Knife

o Now go to the house next door. Watch the little sequence. o You will meet KAMANDOL. Follow him inside the house. Talk to him. KAMANDOL will now join your party.

[CHAR] 47/108 Name: KAMANDOL Weapon: N/A

o Now that you have a new engine for your boat, go back to the village of Ricon.

-- [TOWN OF RICON] -----------------------------------------------------

o Watch the sequence. o Leave the hotel. o Ride the boat. You can now cross the whirlpool. o Pass the whirlpool and go to LIUKAN's Hermitage.

-- [LIUKAN's Hermitage] -----------------------------------------------------

o Talk to the LIUKAN. o Watch the sequence. o Go into the house to pick up the trasure. o Now head back to your castle. (Note: Remember that you can always teleport back & forth with your castle)

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Go to the 4th floor. (You will notice that your castle has changed structure) o Talk to MATHIU. o He will tell you to go to a town called Antei, and find two of his friends: KIMBERLY and TESLA. o Leave the castle and head to the town of Antei, located west of Teien.

-- [TOWN OF ANTEI] ----------------------------------------------------- o Go to the hotel. o Talk to MINA, the dancer. She will join you if you will dance with her. Watch the little sequence. [CHAR] 48/108 Name: MINA Weapon: N/A

o Leave the hotel. o Talk to QLON, the little boy. He won't join you until later. Remember to come back to him later. o Go to the house right above the hotel. You will find KIMBERLY there. Talk to her and she will join your party. Watch the sequence.

[CHAR] 49/108 Name: KIMBERLY Weapon: N/A

o Now go to the house right above it. You will find TESLA there. Talk to him. Although hesitant, he will join your party. [CHAR] 50/108 Name: TESLA Weapon: N/A o Now Go to the Armor shop and get CHAPMAN. [CHAR] 51/108 Name: CHAPMAN Weapon: N/A

o Go to the magical orb shop. You will find JEANE (the shop keeper). Talk to her. She will join your party. [CHAR] 52/108 Name: JEANE Weapon: N/A

o You can head back to your castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE ]-----------------------------------------------

o Go to the 4th floor. o Talk to MATHIU. You will receive a forged letter. o Now go to the SONIERE castle, located south of Antei.

-- [SONIERE CASTLE] ----------------------------------------------------

o Make your way through the castle to the dungeon cells. o Free the LUKIAN. o Leave the castle dungeon. (Note: If you have GREMIO equipped with anything valuable, take it off of him before you reach the main floor.) o Watch the sequence. (GREMIO's final scene) [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Tell GREMIO to open the door. Bottom Choice -> Ignore GREMIO. (Either way, GREMIO will die)

o As the scene ends, you will return to your castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Talk to MATHIU. o LUKIAN will join your party.

[CHAR] 53/108 Name: LUKIAN Weapon: Wooden Staff [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Battle MILCH's army. Bottom Choice -> Wait a while. Assuming you chose to battle MILCH's army, you will be facing an opposition of 12,000 enemy troops.

o After defeating MILCH's army, you will proceed to his mansion.

-- [Scarletica Castle] -----------------------------------------------------

o VIKTOR and FLICK will accompany you into Scarletica Castle. Pick 4 other characters to accompany you. o Make your way through MILCH's house. o You will come across IVANOV (on the bottom floor) and KASIOS (on the top floor) in the house. o On the balcony, a sequence will follow. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Kill MILCH. Bottom Choice -> Forgive MILCH. If you want to have all 108 characters, you will want to choose to forgive him (bottom choice). o MILCH will then ask you if he can join your party. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Deny his request. Bottom Choice -> Let him join.

Assuming you chose to let him join your party (bottom choice), you can then return to your castle.

[CHAR] 54/108 Name: MILCH Weapon: N/A

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Go to the 4th floor. Go to the main meeting room, where MATHIU and some other characters are gathered. o Talk to KASUMI (the ninja in the red suit). KASUMI will now join your party.

[CHAR] 55/108 Name: KASUMI Weapon: Ninja Claw o The day has come for you to finally face off against your father, TEO.

[!] You will be given a choice. Top Choice -> Head off to battle TEO's army. Bottom Choice -> Wait a little longer. Assuming you chose to fight TEO's army, you will facing an opposition of 14,000 enemy troops.

Note: This battle is set up so that you will lose. Don't sweat it if you see your army being slaughtered right & left.

o Watch the little sequence. PAHN will ask you to escape with the others, as he will stay back to hold off TEO. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Deny PAHN's request. Bottom Choice -> Agree with PAHN. You will have to let PAHN go as he chooses (bottom choice). PAHN will face off with TEO in a duel battle. (For more details in fighting duel battles, refer to the "Tips & Tricks" posting). Note: This duel between TEO & PAHN is set up so that PAHN will lose. PAHN will have to accept his punishment (death) for betraying TEO.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Go to the 4th floor to the main meeting room. o Talk to MATHIU. He will tell you to take a rest for a while. o Go to your room, located to the far western area on the 4th floor. o There will be a sequence. LEKNAAT will come to see you. (You will be given a choice. Choose either one.) o Go back to the meeting room. o Talk to FLICK. He has a plan. o He will suggest that you use the blueprints of the Fire Spears to power up your army. The blueprints are now kept in a special warehouse located to the far northern area of the land across the sea.

Your Mission: Using the boat, sail off to the northern land, where you will find a seaport. Note: You MUST have TAI-HO in your party in order to leave the castle & navigate the boat. o Go outside & talk to GEN. Ride the boat and sail off to the far northern land to find the seaport. (use the map if you get lost) -- [TOWN OF Kirov] ----------------------------------------------------

o Upon reaching the seaport of Kirov, explore the town. o Go to the hotel. You will find GEORGES. Talk to him. He will join you only if you can win a game of matching cards. (For details, refer to the "Tips & Tricks posting). [CHAR] 56/108 Name: GEORGES Weapon: N/A

o Leave the hotel. o You will also find SARAH, who is washing the clothes. She won't join you unless you get her a soap bar. Okay....The process in getting the soap is rather tedious. But, it you want to get all 108 characters, you gotta do what it takes. 8) Step #1) First, talk to the guy standing on the very top right. He will give you a soap bar, but he will only exchange for some soy sauce. Step #2) Now talk to the guy walking around in the middle area of the town. He has some soy sauce, but he will only exchange it for some salt. Step #3) Now talk to the woman standing in the very bottom right area of the town. She has some salt, but will only exchange it for a Yardstick. Step #4) Now go to the hotel. Talk to the guy in the room on the right. He has a yardstick, but he will only exchange it for sugar. Step #5) Now the good thing is, the sugar can be bought at the item shop. Go to the shop & buy it.

Step #6) Now go back to the hotel to give the guy the sugar. In return, he will give you the yardstick. Step #7) Take the yardstick to the lady. She will give you the salt.

Step #8) Take the salt to the guy standing in the middle. He will give you the soy sauce. Step #9) Finally, give the soy sauce to the guy standing in the upper right area. He will give you the soap bar.

o Now take the soap bar to SARAH. SHe will join your party.

[CHAR] 57/108 Name: SARAH Weapon: N/A

o You will also find MELODYE, who is standing in the lower left corner of the town. She won't join your party until you find a certain musical relic. I'll come back to her later. o Leave the town. Head north. You will come across the dead town of Kalekka.

-- [DEAD TOWN OF KALEKKA] ----------------------------------------------

o Go in the first house. You will find LEON SILVERBERG there. He won't join your party yet. I'll come back to him later. o Make your way through the dead town. o You will come across an old man in one of the houses. Ignore him. He is not a selectable character. o Towards the edge of the town, you will also find BLACKMAN, the farmer. He will join your party. (Only if you DO NOT walk on the Plants that he is standing in Front of!!!!!) [CHAR] 58/108 Name: BLACKMAN Weapon: N/A

o Also remember to check ALL the houses. There are some treasure chests containing some nifty items. The house on the right towards the very edge of the town contains the musical relic you need to have MELODYE join your group. o Leave the dead town. o Head up north to the warehouse.

-- [WAREHOUSE] ---------------------------------------------------------

o Watch the sequence. (You will be given a choice. Choose either) o Talk to KESSLER. He will join your party.

[CHAR] 59/108 Name: KESSLER Weapon: Long Sword

o Talk to LEDON. He will also join your party.

[CHAR] 60/108 Name: LEDON Weapon: N/A

o Head into the warehouse. o You will find KAGE standing in the upper left corner. Talk to him. He will ask you if you want him to join your party.

[!] Only one choice available -- press a button to continue.

o He will then tell you that he will join you if you are willing to pay 20,000 bits. to him.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Pay the 20,000 bits. Bottom Choice -> Don't pay him. Pay him the 20,000 (top choice). He's useful in army battles. [CHAR] 61/108 Name: KAGE Weapon: Ninja Claw o Now talk to MOSE (in the red suit), standing to the far right. You will receive the blueprints. o Head back to the seaport of Kirov.

-- [TOWN OF Kirov] ----------------------------------------------------

o Go to the large house located on the front of the seaport. You will find KUN TO there. Talk to KUN TO and he will join your party.

[CHAR] 62/108 Name: KUN TO Weapon: N/A

o Watch the sequence. o MOSE and BELL will join your party.

[CHAR] 63/108 Name: MOSE Weapon: Hammer [CHAR] 64/108 Name: BELL Weapon: Fists

o Before leaving Kirov, go to the little houses where SARAH was washing her clothes. o Go in BOTH houses and taste the stews in BOTH houses. o Go back into the large house in front of the seaport. o You will now find LESTER there. HE will join your party. [CHAR] 65/108 Name: LESTER Weapon: N/A o Also, go to MELODYE, the girl standing in the very lower left corner of the town. If you remembered to pick up the musical relic from the treasure chest in the dead town, give it to her. She will join your party.

[CHAR] 66/108 Name: MELODYE Weapon: N/A o Now head back to your castle. -- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o After resting, go to the main meeting room. o Talk to MATHIU. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Get ready to battle. Bottom Choice -> Wait/hold off until you're ready.

Assuming you chose to battle (top choice), you will face TEO's army once more.

o After defeating TEO's army, TEO will come afront and challenge you to a duel.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Accept the challenge. Bottom Choice -> Deny the challenge. (Either way, you will be forced to fight TEO)

o After defeating TEO, watch the sequence. o TEO will ask his two closest guards, ALEN & GRENSEAL, to join your party.

[CHAR] 67/108 Name: ALEN Weapon: Long Sword [CHAR] 68/108 Name: GRENSEAL Weapon: Long Sword

Your "Soul Eater" spell will be raised to level 3. o Go to the 4th floor to the main meeting room. Talk to LEPANT. He will suggest that you move along to the Rorima Gate.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Choose to proceed with the plan. Bottom Choice -> Wait/hold off a little while.

Assuming you chose to proceed with the plan, a sequence will follow.

-- [RORIMA GATE] ------------------------------------------------------- o VIKTOR and CLEO will accompany you. Pick 3 other characters to accompany you. MATHIU will ask you to confirm your character selection.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Change your character selection once more. Bottom Choice -> Confirm your character selection. If you are done, choose the bottom choice. o Leave the Rorima Gate. o Head back into the Rorima Gate. o You will find KIRKE there. Talk to him. (Choose the top choices for both of his questions) o KIRKE will join your party.

[CHAR] 69/108 Name: KIRKE Weapon: N/A

o Leave the Rorima Gate. o Head towards the village of the Senshi, located to the south of the Rorima Gate.

-- [VILLAGE OF THE SENSHI] --------------------------------------------- o Watch the sequence. You will meet HIX, TENGAAR, abd ZOLACK. Follow them to their house. o Talk to ZOLACK. Watch the sequence. o Talk to VIKTOR. Go to sleep. o Leave the house. Watch the sequence. You will meet NEKUROOD. You will then fight NEKUROOD.

(Note: This fight is set up so that you will lose.....badly)

o Watch the sequence. Talk to ZOLACK. He will tell you to go to the temple of QLON. o Before leaving, you will find MARCO, the little gambler (remember her?) Talk to her. She will offer to join your party if you can win at least 5,000 bits from her.

[CHAR] 70/108 Name: MARCO Weapon: N/A

o Go to the house above where MARCO was standing. You will find MOOSE there. He will join your party only if you bring: MEESE, MAAS, and MOSE to him. I'll come back for him later. o Leave the village. Head to the temple of QLON, located to the west of the senshi village.

-- [TEMPLE OF QLON] ---------------------------------------------------

o Talk to FUKIEN (the priest). He will join your party.

[CHAR] 71/108 Name: FUKIEN Weapon: N/A

o He will then tell you to search for a mystic sword in the cave that holds the power to repel NEKUROOD's spells. o Go in the cave. Make your way through the cave. (Note: This cave is one of the premium places to raise your levels. Use the enemies to your advantage.)

o Try finding all the treasure chests in the cave. You will eventually find a certain book that you will need later. o Look for hidden passages. There are two. They are not visable, so you will have to rely on LUCk, since I can't show images in a Unix OS. (There are 2 hidden passages: - One will lead to a secret treasure chest (window artifact). - The other will lead to a secret character who will join your party later on. ) o Upon finding the sword, watch the sequence. It will teleport you back in time. o You will meet TED (remember him?) when he was young. o TED will ask you if you came to steal their village treasures. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Say you came to steal their treasure. Bottom Choice -> Say you didn't come to steal. Assuming you chose to answer "no" (bottom choice), CLEO will ask you if he was TED.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Say that he looked a little like TED. Bottom Choice -> Say that he was a different person. (You can choose either one. It won't make a difference in the game)

o Talk to the old man. Follow them inside the home. o Talk to the old man once more. Watch the sequence. o Before leaving the burned down village, search throughout the village to find treasures. o Before going up the stairs, VIKTOR will ask you what to do with the young TED. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Take TED with you. Bottom Choice -> Leave him in his own time. (Choose either one. It won't make a difference in the game)

o Go to the sword. VIKTOR will take the sword. o Leave the cave. o Upon leaving the cave, you will find ZEN (the farmer). She will only join you if you get her 3 things: A red seed, a blue seed, and a yellow seed. (These seeds are sold at various item/medicine shops.) I'll come back for her later.

o Go inside the temple. You will find HUGO (standing in front of the book shelves). o Talk to him. If you got all the treasure chests in the cave, you will have found a certain book. o HUGO will now join your party.

(Note: Without the book, HUGO will not join your party)

[CHAR] 72/108 Name: HUGO Weapon: N/A o You will also find MORGAN in the temple. He will join your party. [CHAR] 73/108 Name: MORGAN Weapon: N/A

o Leave the temple. o Head back to the village of the Senshi.

-- [VILLAGE OF THE SENSHI] --------------------------------------------- o Talk to ZOLACK. Watch the little sequence. o Go to the item shop. You will find WINDOW there. He will ask you to give the window artifact to him.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Give him the window artifact. Bottom Choice -> Don't give him anything. Give him the window artifact (top choice). He will join your party. [CHAR] 74/108 Name: WINDOW Weapon: N/A NOTE: The window artifact is the item that was in one of the hidden passages of the cave. (Email me for more details)

o Go talk to the shopkeeper. She sells one of the seeds: Red seed Buy the red seed.

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[EDITOR's NOTE]: Before heading out to NEKUROOD's castle, located southwest of the village, I will now sidetrack to pick up some new characters that I left behind. You do not necessarily have to pick these characters now. You can pick them up anytime throughout the game. o Teleport back to your castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] ----------------------------------------------- o Go to the 4th Floor. Talk to MATHIU. Remove 3 of your venturing characters in your group. Replace them with the 3 blacksmiths: MOSE, MAAS, and MEESE. o Go back to the village of the Senshi.

-- [VILLAGE OF THE SENSHI] --------------------------------------------- o Talk to MOOSE. He will now join your party.

[CHAR] 75/108 Name: MOOSE Weapon: Hammer

o Go back to your castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] ----------------------------------------------- o Go to the 4th floor. o Talk to MATHIU. Remove the 3 blacksmiths from your group. o Now replace them with the 3 elves: KIRKIS, STALLION, and SILVINA. o You must get them above level 30 in order to join RUBI (remember him?) into your party. So.....fight enemies until you reach about level 31. o Go to the "Great Forest B".

-- [Great Forest B] ---------------------------------------------------- o Go to the hotel. Talk to RUBI. He will join your party.

[CHAR] 76/108 Name: RUBI Weapon: Elven Arrow

o Now leave the Great Forest B. o Teleport to the little town of Ricon.

-- [VILLAGE OF RICON] -------------------------------------------------- o Go to the hotel. Go upstairs. o Talk to LOTTE. She will tell you that she will join your party if you can find her cat. o Go to the town of KAKU.

-- [TOWN OF KAKU] ------------------------------------------------------ o Now, catch the cat! o Head back to Ricon.

-- [VILLAGE OF RICON] -------------------------------------------------- o Go back to the hotel and talk to LOTTE. She will join your party.

[CHAR] 77/108 Name: LOTTE Weapon: Magic/spells

o Go back to your castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] ----------------------------------------------- o Go to the 4th floor. Talk to MATHIU. Remove the 3 elves from your venturing group. Put MILCH in your group, and 2 other characters of your choice. o Teleport to Scarletica Castle.

-- [Scarletica Castle] ------------------------------------------------- o Find IVANOV (on the 1st floor). Talk to him. He will join your party.

[CHAR] 78/108 Name: IVANOV Weapon: N/A

o Find KASIOS (on the 2nd floor). Talk to her. She will join your party.

[CHAR] 79/108 Name: KASIOS Weapon: N/A

o Leave the mansion. o Head towards the town of Antei, located east of MILCH's mansion. -- [TOWN OF ANTEI] -----------------------------------------------------

o Talk to QLON (the little boy). He will join your party.

[CHAR] 80/108 Name: QLON Weapon: N/A

o Go to the hotel. Go upstairs. You will find ESMERALDA in one of the rooms. Talk to her. o ESMERELDA will only join your party if you find an opal stone. Note: The Opal Stone is randomly obtained from the enemies you fight in the area of the SONIERE Castle.

[CHAR] 81/108 Name: ESMERALDA Weapon: N/A

o Now go to the town of Teien. -- [TOWN OF TEIEN] -----------------------------------------------------

o Find EIKEI (the bald guy). Talk to him. Since you should be around level 40-50, he will join your party.

[CHAR] 82/108 Name: EIKEI Weapon: Fists

o Before leaving town, go to the hotel/item shop. They will be selling the yellow seed. Buy one. o Go back to your castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Go to the 4th floor and talk to MATHIU to restore back to your usual favorite characters. o Since you have both the yellow and red seeds, all you need left is the blue seed. o The blue seed is sold at the village of Ricon. Go there & buy one. o Upon getting the final blue seed, go to the temple of QLON.

-- [TEMPLE OF QLON] ---------------------------------------------------

o Go talk to ZEN (the farmer). o After giving the 3 seeds, she will join your parents. [CHAR] 83/108 Name: ZEN Weapon: N/A

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[EDITOR'S NOTE]: I will now resume with the quest

o Head to NECLORD's castle. -- [NECLORD'S CASTLE] -------------------------------------------------

o Watch the little sequence. o HIX will come in and ask you if he can join you.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Deny his request. Bottom Choice -> Let him come along.

Assuming you chose to let him come along, you will have to take out one of your current party members in your group.

o Make your way through the castle. o You will come across a room with 4 paintings. It is a puzzle.

From Left to Right they Are

---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- [ 1st ] [ 2nd ] [ 3rd ] [ 4th ] [KNIGHT] [AFTERN] [FOREST] [GIRL]

Click on the paintings in this order: ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- [ 3rd ] [ 2nd ] [ 4th ] [ 1st ]

o A secret passage will reveal itself. o Proceed up the castle. o Upon reaching NECLORD's chambers, watch the sequence. Make sure you're ready. NECLORD is one of the tougher bosses. o After defeating NECLORD, there will be another sequence. o Leave the sequence. VIKTOR will tell you that he needs to visit his home village for awhile. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Deny his request. Bottom Choice -> Let him go.

Assuming you chose to let VIKTOR go, both TENGAAR and HIX will join your party.

[CHAR] 84/108 Name: TENGAAR Weapon: Spells/Magic [CHAR] 85/108 Name: HIX Weapon: Long Sword

o Leave NECLORD's castle, and return to your own castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Go to the main meeting room on the 4th floor. o Talk to MATHIU. He has a plan. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Ignore his plan. Bottom Choice -> Get ready to go.

Assuming you chose to go (bottom choice), HUMPHREY and FLICK will accompany you.

o Your Mission: Go to the dragon cave located to the northwest area from Scarletica Castle. NOTE: I HIGHLY advise you to have the LUKIAN in your venturing group. It will save a lot of time later on.

-- [ENTRY OF THE DRAGON CAVES] -----------------------------------------

o The dragon guard will not allow you into the dragon cave. o Now go to the town of Antei, located towards the southeastern area. -- [TOWN OF ANTEI] ----------------------------------------------------- o You will find VINCENT there. Watch the little sequence. (You'll be given a choice. Choose either) o Now head back to the dragon cave.

-- [ENTRY OF THE DRAGON CAVES] -----------------------------------------

o Talk to VINCENT. He will join your party.

[CHAR] 86/108 Name: VINCENT Weapon: N/A

o Go to the stone statue.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Go in the secret passage. Bottom Choice -> Don't go in.

Assuming you chose to go in the secret passage (top choice), make your way through the dragon cave. o You will meet MILIA and FUTCH (remember him?) o Follow him. Head towards the dragon castle. -- [DRAGON CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------------

o Explore throughout the castle. o You will find FUMA (the ninja) hiding beside the castle outside on the right. Talk to him. He will join your party.

[CHAR] 87/108 Name: FUMA Weapon: Ninja Claws

o Go inside the castle. You will find KREUTZ on the left room. Talk to him. He will join your party.

[CHAR] 88/108 Name: KREUTZ Weapon: Long Sword

o Go upstairs. Watch the sequence. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Ask JOSHUA (the dragon lord) to join your party. Bottom Choice -> Ask to ride the dragon. (Choose either -- You will get the same result)

o Watch the sequence. The LUKIAN will help heal the dragons, who have been poisoned with sleeping potion. o Your Mission: Get the ingredients the LUKIAN needs to create a healing potion for the dragons.

o MILIA will join your party.

[CHAR] 89/108 Name: MILIA Weapon: Iron Staff o Go to the dragon castle. A red dragon will take you to your destination.

-- [SHEEK MOUNTAIN] ----------------------------------------------------

o Make your way through the mountain. o You will find a mouse where MACE lives. Talk to him. He won't join your until later. I'll come back for him later. o There will be a mid boss blocking a path. Fight & defeat it. o You will meet WENDY & TED. TED will ask you to give back the soul gem. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Give the soul gem back to TED. Bottom Choice -> Ignore TED. (Choose either -- You will get the same result)

o There will be a little sequence.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Choose not to give the soul gem. Bottom Choice -> Give the soul gem to TED.

Assuming you chose not to give the gem (top choice), TED will sacrifice himself and give his last energy of his soul power to you. Your "Soul Eater" spell raises to level 4. o Watch TED's final scene. o Leave the mountain. Head back to the dragon castle. -- [DRAGON CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------------

o Go in the castle. Go upstairs. o Talk to JOSHUA. You will learn that FUTCH went alone to obtain the 2nd ingredient. o You will then be controlling FUTCH. o Get the purple plant on the right side. o Watch the sequence. o Go upstairs. Talk to JOSHUA. o JOSHUA will join your party. [CHAR] 90/108 Name: JOSHUA Weapon: N/A o JOSHUA will then ask you to take care of FUTCH as well.

[CHAR] 91/108 Name: FUTCH Weapon: N/A o MILIA will offer to take you back to your castle by dragon. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Accept MILIA's offer. Bottom Choice -> Go back on your own.

(I'll leave this decision to you)

o Leave the dragon castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Go inside. There will be a sequence between KASUMI & KRIN. KRIN is suspecting there is a traitor amongst your party members. o Go to the 4th floor. Watch the sequence. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

[EDITOR's NOTE]: Before continuing on, I will now sidetrack to pick up some new characters that I left behind. You do not necessarily have to pick these characters now. You can pick them up anytime the game.

o Talk to MATHIU. o You MUST get TAI-HO and YAMKU into your venturing group. o Choose 3 other characters to accompany you. o Get on the boat and sail to a little island located far west from your castle.

-- [ISLAND] ------------------------------------------------------------

o There, you will come across: ANJI, KANAK, and LEONARDO. o Talk to ANJI (the one in the middle). He will join you only if you win against them in a fight.

[!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Accept their challenge. Bottom Choice -> Turn down their challenge. I'm assuming you chose to accept their challenge (top choice).

o After defeating them, they will join your party.

[CHAR] 92/108 Name: ANJI Weapon: Long Sword {CHAR] 93/108 Name: LEONARDO Weapon: Great Axe [CHAR] 94/108 Name: KANAK Weapon: Tonfa

o Leave the island & go back to your castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Go to the 4th floor. Remove TAI-HO and YAMKU, and replace them with your usual venturing characters. o Now go to the Garan Bridge, where you first met KAI. -- [GARAN BRIDGE] ------------------------------------------------------

o QUINCY (remember her?) will still be there. By now, you have enough members in your party, so she will join your party as well.

[CHAR] 95/108 Name: QUINCY Weapon: N/A

o Now go to NEKUROOD's castle. -- [NEKUROOD'S CASTLE] -------------------------------------------------

o Go to NEKUROOD's chamber. o PESMERGA will be there. Talk to him. He will join your party.

[CHAR] 96/108 Name: PESMERGA Weapon: Long Sword

o Leave the castle. o Now head to the cave in the temple of QLON.

-- [TEMPLE OF QLON] ---------------------------------------------------

o Go to the hidden passage where CROWLEY is. (If you can't find the hidden passage, email me, and I'll try to help you find it) o Talk to CROWLEY. He will now join your party.

[CHAR] 97/108 Name: CROWLEY Weapon: Spells/Magic

o Go back to your castle. -- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] ----------------------------------------------- o Go to the 4th floor and recruit: MOSE, MAAS, MEESE, and MOOSE into your venturing group. o Now go to the dragon castle.

-- [DRAGON CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------------

o Ride the dragon and go to the Sheek Mountain. -- [SHEEK MOUNTAIN] ----------------------------------------------------

o Go to the house, where MACE lives. He will now join your party.

[CHAR] 98/108 Name: MACE Weapon: Hammer

o Leave the mountain and head back to your castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Go to the 4th floor and restore your group to your usual venturing characters. o Now go to the dead town of Kalekka. -- [DEAD TOWN OF KALEKKA] ----------------------------------------------

o Go to the house where LEON is. o Talk to LEON. o Go back to your castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Go to the 4th floor and talk to MATHIU. He will give you a letter for LEON. o Go back to the dead town of Kalekka.

-- [DEAD TOWN OF KALEKKA] ----------------------------------------------

o Talk to LEON. He will now join your party.

[CHAR] 99/108 Name: LEON Weapon: N/A

o Head back to your castle. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

[EDITOR'S NOTE]: I will now continue with the quest.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Go to the 4th floor. Go to your own quarters. Watch the sequence. (You will be given a question. Choose the bottom choice) o Go to MATHIU and talk to him. Watch the sequence. o An army battle will take place shortly. You will be facing an opposition of 3,700 enemy troops. o After defeating GRIFFITH's army, you will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Let GRIFFITH join your party. Bottom Choice -> Kill GRIFFITH. Assuming you chose to let him join your party, you will return to your castle.

[CHAR] 100/108 Name: GRIFFITH Weapon: ????????

o KASUMI and KRIN will accompany you. Choose 3 other characters to join your venturing group. o You will now head out to the Molabia Castle. -- [MORABIA CASTLE] ----------------------------------------------------

o Watch the sequence. o Make your way through the castle. o You will find VIKTOR and some other characters in the cells. o You will also meet WARREN. He will join your party.

[CHAR] 101/108 Name: WARREN Weapon: N/A [CHAR] 102/108 Name: TAGGART Weapon:??????? o Watch the sequence. o You will meet KASIM. He will eventually join your party.

[CHAR] 103/108 Name: KASIM Weapon: N/A o Head back to the crossing where you met GRIFFITH' army. -- [CROSSING GATE] -----------------------------------------------------

o You will meet MAX and SANCHO. They will join your party.

[CHAR] 104/108 Name: MAX Weapon: N/A [CHAR] 105/108 Name: SANCHO Weapon: N/A

o Head back to your castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Go to the 4th floor. Go to the main meeting room. Talk to MATHIU. (You will be given a question. Choose the bottom choice) o Sit back and watch the long sequence. o Go outside the castle. Your army's boats are ready. o MATHIU will ask if you are ready to battle. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Wait/hold off for a while. Bottom Choice -> Go and battle.

Assuming you chose to battle (bottom choice), you will be facing against an opposition of 17,000 enemy troops. o After defeating SONYA's army, you will proceed to SONYA's castle. -- [SONYA'S CASTLE] ----------------------------------------------------

o VIKTOR will accompany you. Pick 4 other characters to join you. o Head inside the castle underground. o You will face a giant clam. (this is one of the most annoying bosses in the game) o Upon defeating the giant clam, watch the sequence. o Leave the castle underground. o Before exiting, you will meet SONYA. She will question your actions. (Choose either choices) o She will attack you. o After defeating SONYA, leave the castle underground. o You will find MATHIU injured. You find out that SANCHEZ was the inside traitor. -- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Go to the castle dungeon cell. o Talk to SONYA. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Ignore her. Bottom Choice -> Ask her to join your party. (Choose the bottom choice) o SONYA will tell you that if she joins your party, you will never know when she may strike against you. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Don't let her join. Bottom Choice -> Let her join regardless.

(Choose the bottom choice) - SONYA will join your party.

[CHAR] 106/108 Name: SONYA Weapon: Long Sword

o Go to the village of Ricon.

-- [VILLAGE OF RICON] --------------------------------------------------

o Go to the Pawn shop (sign with magnifying glass). You will find JABBA there. Remember that he won't join your party until you find an artifact that he cannot identify. The clay pot that he cannot identify, is randomly obtainable by fighting the enemies around that area. o Once you have the clay pot JABBA cannot identify, he will join your party.

[CHAR] 107/108 Name: JABBA Weapon: N/A o Go to the hotel/liquor store. You can randomly find CLIVE there. If you do happen to find him there, consider yourself very Lucky. If not, repeatedly come back there until you do.

[CHAR] 108/108 Name: CLIVE Weapon: Long Sword

o Go back to your castle.

-- [BACK AT YOUR CASTLE] -----------------------------------------------

o Go to the 4th floor. Go to the main meeting room. Talk to MATHIU. o MATHIU will suggest to now battle Gregminster's army. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Wait/hold off for a while. Bottom Choice -> Gather everyone.

Assuming you chose to gather everyone (bottom choice), watch the following sequence. During the great gathering, LEKNAAT will come. o Talk to MATHIU. [!] You will be given a choice. You can: Top Choice -> Wait/hold off for a while. Bottom Choice -> Get ready to battle.

Assuming you chose to get ready to battle (bottom choice), another sequence will follow. o You will face an opposition of 20,000 enemy troops. o After defeating the army, head into the town of Gregminster. -- [TOWN OF GREGMINSTER] -----------------------------------------------

o At the bridge crossing in the town, you will be confronted by AIN GIDE. He will challenge you. Fight him. o Upon defeating AIN GIDE, make your way through the castle. o You will find King BARBAROSA.Watch the sequence. Fight his dragon form. o Watch the ending sequence.