The Four Elements

General Information

As Spekkio told Crono and his party at the End of Time, the physical world is made of four basic elements -- Fire, Water, Lightning, and Shadow. The balance of these four basic materials compose everything in the universe.

Magic is divided into 4 types:
Lightning, Fire, Water, & Shadow.

Not just magic, but
EVERYTHING is based on the balance
of these 4 powers.

While any force can manipulate the physical world, just as one can smash a chair or sculpt clay, not everyone can directly manipulate these four basic forces of the universe. The ability to do so is called magic. Magic is not some kind of power force found in things such as Lavos and the Sun Stone; rather, it is the direct control of Fire, Water, Lightning and Shadow. Due to its unique nature, Shadow is somewhat composed of the other elements combined. It can be made from only Fire and Water (as in Antipode), or from all three other elements.

Lightning

Lightning Innates

• Crono

Japanese Equivalent

Translation: Heaven

Name Origin

To remove religious references from Chrono Trigger, Heaven was replaced by Lightning. The common compromise for both these terms in discussion is simply Light.

Fire

Fire Innates

• Lucca
• Dalton (theorized)

Water

Water Innates

• Marle
• Frog
• Heckran (theorized)

Shadow

Shadow Innates

• Magus
• Robo (partial)
• Schala (theorized), and probably other members of Zeal's royal family and the Gurus

From: Magic