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wsdragon

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Dream Devourer's Diet
« on: January 29, 2011, 02:56:34 am »
One thing that I've been wondering is why the Dream Devourer was given its name.  We know from dialog in CC that the Time Devourer "consumes all space-time at maturity".  From my recollection of CT:DS, there is no dialog even mentioning the dream devourer at all.  Does it actually consume dreams?  And if so, how?

Looking at the Compendium entry on Lavos, http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Lavos.html#Chrono_Trigger_DS, we see that the Dream Devourer is "capable of feeding on thoughts, memories, and dreams across time".  This is exactly what happened when Magus spoke with Schala while she was part of the Dream Devourer.  His dream of freeing her was destroyed after their conversation and as a result, he abandoned all hope and ultimately inflicted self-amnesia, thus also being robbed of his thoughts and memories.

Is this a coincidence?  Was the dream devourer given its name because of its encounter/effect on Magus?  Another possibility is that the Schala whom Magus spoke with wasn't her consciousness at all, but really the Dream Devourer controlling her body the entire time to deceive Magus so as to feed off of his dreams (whom we all know has one of the strongest "thoughts, memories, and dreams" of all the characters in CT).

Thoughts??

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Re: Dream Devourer's Diet
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2011, 05:08:03 am »
Yes, the Schala Magus speaks to at the end isn't really Schala, but a thrall whose soul has been so badly weakened by despair that Lavos has effectively gained control over her actions.  Her soul remains in this state until it is freed by Serge at the end of Chrono Cross.  Likewise, Magus is consumed with despair and erases his own memory, but this may have been an act of spite to prevent Lavos from taking him over in a similar fashion.  One last gasp of defiance would be consistant with his character.