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==General Information (Locations)==
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===Game Information===
 
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''Zeal Locations'': [[Blackbird]], [[Enhasa]], [[Kajar]], [[Land Bridge]], [[Skyway]], [[Zeal Palace]]
 
''Zeal Locations'': [[Blackbird]], [[Enhasa]], [[Kajar]], [[Land Bridge]], [[Skyway]], [[Zeal Palace]]
  
The Dark Ages of [[Chrono Trigger]] are beset by the [[Ice Age]] brought about by [[Lavos]]'s fall millions of years earlier; the planet is covered in ice, snow, and tundra, and only in the high reaches of the atmosphere does grass grow on the raised continent of [[Zeal]]. Humans exist in both places; those without magic, who must depend on backbreaking manual labor for subsistence, live in a complex cave network, while those with the gift of magic power live on land masses magically raised and held in the sky. These enlightened domains support verdant plant life, golden cities and the forefront of man's power and knowledge; however, prejudice is also ingrained in their society, as they tap the [[Earthbound]] people below for slave labor. Those who have committed grievous crimes or treason are sent to a floating mountain chained to the world below, called Mt. Woe, at whose peak resides a fearsome monster. The [[Mystic]] peoples too populate this era, though they are confined to the aforementioned mountain, and possibly hired as guards of Zeal.
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The Dark Ages of [[Chrono Trigger]] are beset by an [[Ice Age]] created by [[Lavos]]'s fall millions of years earlier. The planet is covered in ice, snow, and tundra, and only in the high reaches of the atmosphere does grass grow on the floating continent of [[Zeal]]. Humans exist in both places; those on the planet's surface live in a complex cave network. Named the Earthbound, they cannot use magic and must depend on backbreaking manual labor for subsistence. Those with the gift of magic are known as the [[Enlightened Ones]] and reside on land masses magically levitating in the sky. Called the Kingdom of Zeal, these domains support verdant plant life, golden cities, and advanced power and knowledge. The people of Zeal are very prejudiced against the Earthbound, whom they tap for slave labor. Those who have committed grievous crimes or treason against Zeal are sent to a floating mountain called Mt. Woe chained to the world below. The [[Mystic]]s populate this era, though they are seemingly confined to Mt. Woe in what may be a guard function for the mountain prison.
  
In natural history, Zeal grew too ambitious, and in an effort to achieve immortality, awoke Lavos through the [[Mammon Machine]] at the Ocean Palace and caused the destruction of their home; the result was the end of the deep freeze that had clutched the planet since prehistoric times, and the reestablishment of topside civilization. Few from Zeal survived, retaining little innate magic power, while the Mystics too somehow avoided death -- for only one continent remained after the massive tsunamis that swelled after the floating world disappeared beneath the sea. In the [[Keystone Timelines]], however, the era saw the terrors of [[Dalton]], who had survived the incident anew and controlled the Blackbird, and the Black Omen, which rose most likely due to [[Schala]] expending her power to save Crono's party rather than herself and her mother, who could remain near Lavos and orchestrate the Black Omen's creation. Both troubles were dealt with; the Blackbird was accidentally destroyed by a misfire of the [[Epoch]], and the Black Omen was condemned back to a watery grave.
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In natural history, Zeal ambitiously tried to achieve immortality by siphoning the power of Lavos. They used the [[Mammon Machine]] at the Ocean Palace on the ocean floor to get at the power, but it accidentally awoke Lavos, who destroyed Zeal. The fall of Zeal caused massive tsunamis that left only one continent above the ocean's surface. The event stopped the planet's deep freeze, sparking the reestablishment of topside civilization. A few Enlightened Ones survived (though left without innate magic), while the Mystics too somehow avoided death. In the [[Keystone Timelines]], [[Dalton]] survived the fall with the [[Blackbird]] and terrorized the survivors before Crono's party stopped him and destroyed the Blackbird with the [[Epoch]]. The Keystone timelines also observed the rise of the Black Omen, appearing most likely thanks to [[Schala]]'s choice to save Crono rather than presumably to kill or teleport away her mother. Crono's party defeated [[Queen Zeal]] atop the Black Omen and the structure was destroyed.
  
 
The entire world of 12000 B.C. and its events solely originate from the genius of [[Masato Kato]].
 
The entire world of 12000 B.C. and its events solely originate from the genius of [[Masato Kato]].
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====Chrono Cross====
 
====Chrono Cross====
  
This era is referenced in Chrono Cross is referenced five times. Two computer entries and a pair of scientists doubt that the kingdom of Zeal ever existed, while Belthasar remarks that he hails from this era. Lastly, Lucca speaks of it being the start of the quest of [[Chrono Cross]] in that Schala was bound to Lavos to create the [[Time Devourer]] in this time.
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During the [[Time Crash]], the awakening Lavos pulled [[Chronopolis]] to this era through the Frozen Flame. Lavos hoped to introduce something foreign to the past that would disrupt time. The planet counteracted by pulling [[Dinopolis]] into the sea of [[El Nido]], and the two institutes warred. Chronopolis sank Dinopolis and captured the Dragon God, eventually sculpting the El Nido archipelago. This era is also referenced in Chrono Cross several times. Two computer entries and a pair of scientists doubt that the Kingdom of Zeal ever existed, while Belthasar remarks that he hails from this era. Lastly, Lucca speaks of it being the start of the quest of [[Chrono Cross]] in that Schala was bound to Lavos to create the [[Time Devourer]] thanks to this era's events.
  
 
====Radical Dreamers====
 
====Radical Dreamers====
  
In [[Radical Dreamers]], ruins of [[Zeal Ruins|Zeal]] lie below [[Viper Manor]].
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In [[Radical Dreamers]], ruins of Zeal lie below [[Viper Manor]].
  
 
===Name Origin===
 
===Name Origin===
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===Japanese Equivalent===
 
===Japanese Equivalent===
  
''Romaji'': Kodai bunmei<br>
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''Romaji'': Kodai Bunmei<br>
''Translation'': Ancient Civilization
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''Translation'': Ancient Era
  
 
==Media==
 
==Media==
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===Images===
 
===Images===
  
*[[Media:Dark Ages.png|Dark Ages]]
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<gallery>
*[[Media:Dark Ages (After Zeal).png|Dark Ages (After Zeal)]]
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Image:Dark Ages.png|12000 B.C.
*[[Media:Zeal.png|Zeal]]
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Image:Dark Ages Select.png|12000 B.C. (Select Screen)
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Image:Dark Ages (After Zeal).png|12000 B.C. (After Zeal falls)
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Image:Dark Ages (After Zeal) Select.png|12000 B.C. (After Zeal falls Select Screen)
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Image:Zeal.png|Zeal
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Image:Zeal_final.png|Zeal (transparent background)
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Image:Zeal Select.png|Zeal (Select Screen)
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</gallery>
  
 
===Music===
 
===Music===
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*[[Strong Wind]]
 
*[[Strong Wind]]
  
==General Information (Chronology)==
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==Chronology==
  
==Lavos Timeline==
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===Lavos Timeline===
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
-The Guardia line is first seen here in the Elder of Algetty, the Earthbound
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*Melchior forges the Masamune from Dreamstone and his dreams.
cave.
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*Melchior creates a special magic seed and gives it to a woman.
*Masamune is forged out of Dreamstone and Melchior's dreams.
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*The Gurus learn of the Mammon Machine's possibility for evil.
*The Seed of Life apparently survives Queen Zeal's order to burn it; however,
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*Schala presumably gives Janus her amulet.
it is presumably not used by Fiona in this timeline. It is given to a woman by
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*The Mammon Machine is moved to the Ocean Palace.
Melchior.  
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-Queen Zeal activates the Mammon Machine at the Ocean Palace, which awakens
*The Gurus somewhat learn of the Mammon Machine's possible evil.
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Lavos.
*Schala gives Janus his amulet.  
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-Lavos (or more likely, the Entity) creates gates that send Belthasar to
*The Mammon Machine is moved to the Ocean Palace.  
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2300 A.D., Melchior to 1000 A.D., Gaspar to the End of Time, and Janus to
-In an effort to harness power, Queen Zeal uses the Ocean Palace, which causes
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600 A.D.
a gate that sends Belthasar to 2300 A.D., Melchior to 1000 A.D., Gaspar to the  
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-Queen Zeal and Schala are presumably killed, since Lavos does not become a
End of Time, and Janus to 600 A.D. Queen Zeal and Schala are presumably killed,  
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Time Devourer in the original timeline. However, Schala may have also used
since Lavos does not become a Time Devourer in the original timeline; however,
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her power to warp to safety with her mother. Also, a prototype Epoch may
Schala may have also used her power to warp herself and her mother out. Also,  
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have followed Belthasar to 2300 A.D., since Dalton reveals that Belthasar
the Epoch may have followed Belthasar to 2300 A.D., since Dalton reveals that  
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was working on such a vehicle in Zeal.
he was working on such a vehicle in Zeal.
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-Lavos, awakened by the Ocean Palace, obliterates Zeal.
-Lavos, awoken by the Ocean Palace, obliterates Zeal.  
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-The Sun Palace sinks in the sea with the Sun Stone inside.
-The Sun Palace sinks in the sea with the Sun Stone inside.  
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-The storm causing the Ice Age abates.
-The storm causing the Ice Age abates.  
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*The magic seed is presumably planted.
*The Seed of Life is possibly planted. It is confirmed that it survives the
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fall; otherwise it would not appear in 2300 A.D.
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*Alfador survives the fall of Zeal. His cat-family line also survives, although
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the genes are rare. Crono's last cat is purple.
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*Doreen presumably survives.
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</pre>
 
</pre>
==Keystone T-1==
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===Keystone T-1===
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
-The Guardia line is first seen here in the Elder of Algetty, the Earthbound
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*Melchior forges the Masamune from Dreamstone and his dreams.
cave.
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*Melchior creates a special magic seed and gives it to a woman.
*Masamune is forged out of Dreamstone and Melchior's dreams.
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*Magus warps in from 600 A.D. and becomes a false prophet, hoping to gain
*The Seed of Life is given to a woman by Melchior.  
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revenge on Lavos. He advises Queen Zeal that Crono's party may possibly
-Magus warps in from 600 A.D. and becomes a false prophet, hoping to gain  
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show up, and also tells her to get rid of the three Gurus. However,
revenge on Lavos once more. He advises the queen of Crono's party possibly  
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despite them not being warped in the Ocean Palace disaster as originally
showing up, and also advises her to get rid of the three gurus. However,  
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happened, they are still preserved within their timelines (Belthasar in
despite them not being warped in the Ocean Palace disaster as originally  
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2300, Melchior in 1000, Gaspar in End of Time, Janus in 600 AD) due to
happened, they are still preserved within their timelines (Belthasar in  
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Time Traveler's Immunity.***
2300, Melchior in 1000, Gaspar in End of Time, Janus in 600 AD).  
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-Melchior is locked up on the Mountain of Woe.
-Melchior is locked upon the Mountain of Woe.  
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-Magus replaces Dalton as presider over the completion of the Ocean Palace.
-Magus replaces Dalton as presider over the competion of the Ocean Palace.  
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-Crono's party comes in from 65000000 B.C. through a Gate.
-Crono's party comes in from 65,000,000 through a gate.
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-Crono's party instructs the lady in Zeal to not burn the magic seed.
-Crono's party instructs the lady in Zeal to not burn the seed of life.  
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-Schala gives Janus her amulet.
-Schala gives Janus his amulet.  
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-Crono's party defeats Dalton's Golem, and are imprisoned. Freed by Schala,
-Crono's party defeats Dalton's Golem, and are imprisoned, then freed by Schala  
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they are sent back to 65000000 B.C. The Gate is sealed.
and sent back to 65,000,000 B.C. The gate is locked.  
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-Crono's party warps in on the Epoch from 2300 A.D. and visits Algetty.
-Crono's party warps in on the Epoch from 2300 A.D. and visits Algetty.  
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-The Mammon Machine is moved to the Ocean Palace.
-The Mammon Machine is moved to the Ocean Palace.
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-Crono's party surmounts the Mountain of Woe and frees Melchior.
-With Schala's forced help, the Ocean Palace becomes operational.  
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-Schala visits Melchior in an attempt to flee the Ocean Palace, for it will not
-Crono's party surmounts the Mountain of Woe, and frees Melchior.  
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work without her.
-Schala visits Melchior in an attempt to flee the Ocean Palace, for it will not  
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-Dalton abducts Schala and takes her to the Ocean Palace.
work without her.  
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-To assist with their challenging the queen, Melchior gives Crono's party the
-Schala is abducted by Dalton.  
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Ruby Knife, the prototype of the Masamune.
-To assist with their challenging the queen, Melchior gives Crono's party the  
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-Crono's party ventures to the Ocean Palace and plunges the Ruby Knife
Ruby Knife, which is made out of Dreamstone and really is the Masamune.  
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into the machine, awakening Lavos in the process.
-Crono's party ventures to the Ocean Palace and plunges the Ruby Knife/Masamune
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-The Prophet reveals his identity as Magus and fails to defeat Lavos.
into the machine.
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-Crono sacrifices himself in a futile attempt to kill Lavos.
-Lavos awakens.
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-At a frozen point in time, Crono's party from the future replaces him with a
-The Prophet reveals himself as Magus and attempts to defeat Lavos, but fails.  
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doll and extracts him to the safety of 2300 A.D.
-Crono sacrifices himself in a futile attempt to kill Lavos. In the end, it is
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-Crono's party at the Ocean Palace witness his apparent death.
Crono's doll clone that is consumed.  
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-Schala sends the remaining party members to safety against Magus's will.
-Schala sends the remaining party members to safety, against Magus' will.
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-Schala is sucked into a vortex along with the Mammon Machine by Lavos.
-Schala is sucked into a vortex along with the Mammon Machine by Lavos.  
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-At the Darkness Beyond Time, the defeated Lavos fuses with Schala to begin
-Half of Schala's mind becomes set on destroying the world, while the other  
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the initial stages of transformation into the Time Devourer.
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-Half of Schala's mind becomes set on destroying the world, while the other
 
half wishes to save the universe and herself.
 
half wishes to save the universe and herself.
-Lavos or one of his spawns fuses with Schala to begin the initial stages
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-The Mammon Machine is returned to the Ocean Palace.
of transformation into the Time Devourer.
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-Lavos obliterates Zeal.
-The Mammon Machine is returned to the Ocean Palace.  
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-Zeal sinks into the sea, creating a tidal wave that covers most of the low-
-Lavos obliterates Zeal.  
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lying land with water.
-Zeal sinks into the sea, creating a tidal wave that covers most of the low-  
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-The Sun Palace sinks into the sea with the Sun Stone inside.
lying land in water.  
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-Melchior and Janus disappear, perphaps illustrating Time Bastard.***
-The Sun Palace sinks in the sea.  
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-The storm causing the Ice Age abates.
-Melchior and Janus are warped into their respective timelines.
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-Dalton, who survived the fall, musters his remaining troops on the saved
-Several Zeal citizens survive, including Nu.  
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Blackbird and forcefully takes over the Earthbound village.
-The storm causing the Ice Age abates.  
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-Crono's party is taken prisoner on the ship.
-Dalton, who survived the fall, musters his remaining troops, including the  
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-Dalton and his crew give the Epoch wings and lasers.
Blackbird, which he saved, and forcefully takes over the Earthbound village.  
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-In an effort to summon his Golem Boss, Dalton is sucked into a Gate.
-Crono's party is taken prisoner on the ship.  
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-The Blackbird is accidentally destroyed by the Epoch's lases.
-Dalton and his crew give the Epoch the ability to fly.  
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-Magus is found on the North Cape. He joins Crono's party after nearly dueling
-In an effort to summon his Golem Boss, Dalton is sucked into a gate. His fate
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with Frog.
is unknown.  
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-The Ocean Palace rises as the Black Omen, commanded by a Lavos-appeasing
-The Blackbird is accidentally destroyed by Crono's party.
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Queen Zeal.
-Alfador survives the fall of Zeal. His cat-family line also survives, although
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-Crono's party travels to the End of Time to consult Gaspar about reviving
the genes are rare. Crono's last cat is purple.
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Crono.
-Doreen survives the fall.  
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-Crono's party comes in from 1000 A.D. to enter the Black Omen.
-Magus is found on the North Cape. He joins Crono's party after nearly dueling  
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-Crono's party defeats Queen Zeal, who warps the party into the Mammon Machine.
with Frog.  
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-Crono's party defeats the Mammon Machine.
-The Ocean Palace rises as the Black Omen.  
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-Crono's party defeats Queen Zeal a second time.
-Crono's party travels to the End of Time to consult Gaspar about reviving  
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-Queen Zeal uses the Black Omen as a Gate to send the party to battle Lavos in
Crono.  
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1999 A.D.***
-Crono's party comes in from 1000 A.D. to defeat the Black Omen.
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-Magus arrives to search for Schala.
-Crono's party makes it way through the Black Omen.  
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-Crono's party defeats Queen Zeal, who warps the party into the Mammon Machine.  
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***Time Traveler's Immunity and Time Bastard were proposed and illustrated at
-Crono's party defeats the Mammon Machine.  
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the Chrono Compendium's article, "Principles of Time and Dimensional Travel".
-Crono's party defeats Queen Zeal a second time.  
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Find it at
-Queen Zeal summons Lavos, who awakens.  
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http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Principles_of_Time_and_Dimensional_Travel
-Crono's party battles Lavos, who is revealed to just be a shell.***  
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-Crono's party enters the shell.
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***If the player loses to Lavos after fighting him through the Black Omen, the
-Crono's party defeats the first Lavos form.
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1999 A.D. eruption bad ending plays. Lavos also always has a defeated shell
-Lavos mutates into the best combination of DNA possible.  
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in every appearance after the party removes his shell. An easy explanation for
-Crono's party defeats Lavos' last form.
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these phenomena is that in the cut scene that plays after Queen Zeal's defeat,
-Crono's party returns to 1000 A.D.  
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she's using the Black Omen as a blue Gate (which flashes as the Black Omen
-Magus comes here to search for Schala.
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de-materializes) and sending the party to 1999 A.D. to fight Lavos, at which
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time he'd be at his strongest power.
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
==Keystone T-2==
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===Keystone T-2===
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
-The Guardia line is first seen here in the Elder of Algetty, the Earthbound
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*Melchior forges the Masamune from Dreamstone and his dreams.
cave.
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*Melchior creates a special magic seed and gives it to a woman.
*Masamune is forged out of Dreamstone and Melchior's dreams.
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*Magus warps in from 600 A.D. and becomes a false prophet, hoping to gain
*The Seed of Life is given to a woman by Melchior.  
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revenge on Lavos. He advises Queen Zeal that Crono's party may possibly
-Magus warps in from 600 A.D. and becomes a false prophet, hoping to gain  
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show up, and also tells her to get rid of the three Gurus. However,
revenge on Lavos once more. He advises the queen of Crono's party possibly  
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despite them not being warped in the Ocean Palace disaster as originally
showing up, and also advises her to get rid of the three gurus. However,  
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happened, they are still preserved within their timelines (Belthasar in
despite them not being warped in the Ocean Palace disaster as originally  
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2300, Melchior in 1000, Gaspar in End of Time, Janus in 600 AD) due to
happened, they are still preserved within their timelines (Belthasar in  
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Time Traveler's Immunity.***
2300, Melchior in 1000, Gaspar in End of Time, Janus in 600 AD).  
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-Melchior is locked up on the Mountain of Woe.
-Melchior is locked upon the Mountain of Woe.  
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-Magus replaces Dalton as presider over the completion of the Ocean Palace.
-Magus replaces Dalton as presider over the competion of the Ocean Palace.  
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-Crono's party comes in from 65000000 B.C. through a Gate.
-Crono's party comes in from 65,000,000 through a gate.
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-Crono's party instructs the lady in Zeal to not burn the magic seed.
-Crono's party instructs the lady in Zeal to not burn the seed of life.  
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-Schala gives Janus her amulet.
-Schala gives Janus his amulet.  
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-Crono's party defeats Dalton's Golem, and are imprisoned. Freed by Schala,
-Crono's party defeats Dalton's Golem, and are imprisoned, then freed by Schala  
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they are sent back to 65000000 B.C. The Gate is sealed.
and sent back to 65,000,000 B.C. The gate is locked.  
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-Crono's party warps in on the Epoch from 2300 A.D. and visits Algetty.
-Crono's party warps in on the Epoch from 2300 A.D. and visits Algetty.  
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-The Mammon Machine is moved to the Ocean Palace.
-The Mammon Machine is moved to the Ocean Palace.
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-Crono's party surmounts the Mountain of Woe and frees Melchior.
-With Schala's forced help, the Ocean Palace becomes operational.  
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-Schala visits Melchior in an attempt to flee the Ocean Palace, for it will not
-Crono's party surmounts the Mountain of Woe, and frees Melchior.  
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work without her.
-Schala visits Melchior in an attempt to flee the Ocean Palace, for it will not  
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-Dalton abducts Schala and takes her to the Ocean Palace.
work without her.  
+
-To assist with their challenging the queen, Melchior gives Crono's party the
-Schala is abducted by Dalton.  
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Ruby Knife, the prototype of the Masamune.
-To assist with their challenging the queen, Melchior gives Crono's party the  
+
-Crono's party ventures to the Ocean Palace and plunges the Ruby Knife
Ruby Knife, which is made out of Dreamstone and really is the Masamune.  
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into the machine, awakening Lavos in the process.
-Crono's party ventures to the Ocean Palace and plunges the Ruby Knife/Masamune
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-The Prophet reveals his identity as Magus and fails to defeat Lavos.
into the machine.
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-Crono tries to sacrifice himself in a futile attempt to kill Lavos.
-Lavos awakens.
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-At a frozen point in time, Crono's party from the future replaces him with a
-The Prophet reveals himself as Magus and attempts to defeat Lavos, but fails.  
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doll and extracts him to the safety of 2300 A.D.
-Crono sacrifices himself in a futile attempt to kill Lavos. In the end, it is
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-Crono's party at the Ocean Palace witness his apparent death.
Crono's doll clone that is consumed.  
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-Schala sends the remaining party members to safety against Magus's will.
-Schala sends the remaining party members to safety, against Magus' will.
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-Schala is sucked into a vortex along with the Mammon Machine by Lavos.
-Schala is sucked into a vortex along with the Mammon Machine by Lavos.  
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-At the Darkness Beyond Time, the defeated Lavos fuses with Schala to begin
-Half of Schala's mind becomes set on destroying the world, while the other  
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the initial stages of transformation into the Time Devourer.
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-Half of Schala's mind becomes set on destroying the world, while the other
 
half wishes to save the universe and herself.
 
half wishes to save the universe and herself.
-Schala hears Serge's crying in 1006 A.D. and attempts to make contact with
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-The Mammon Machine is returned to the Ocean Palace.
this time, causing a huge magnetic storm.
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-Lavos obliterates Zeal.
-Lavos or one of his spawns fuses with Schala to begin the initial stages
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-Zeal sinks into the sea, creating a tidal wave that covers most of the low-
of transformation into the Time Devourer.
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lying land with water.
-The Mammon Machine is returned to the Ocean Palace.  
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-The Sun Palace sinks into the sea with the Sun Stone inside.
-Lavos obliterates Zeal.  
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-Melchior and Janus disappeared, perphaps illustrating Time Bastard.***
-Zeal sinks into the sea, creating a tidal wave that covers most of the low-  
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*Chronopolis arrives in the barren, iceberged sea of El Nido due to the Time
lying land in water.  
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Crash, called back in time from 2400 A.D. by the awakening Lavos as a
-The Sun Palace sinks in the sea.  
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possible backup plan to muck with time.
-Melchior and Janus are warped into their respective timelines.  
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*Dinopolis arrives, pulled from a separate dimension by the planet to
-Several Zeal citizens survive, including Nu.  
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counter Chronopolis's influence in the past.
-The storm causing the Ice Age abates.  
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*The moon from the Dragonian dimension's planet arrives as well.
-Dalton, who survived the fall, musters his remaining troops, including the  
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*Chronopolis and Dinopolis battle; Chronopolis emerges as the victor and
Blackbird, which he saved, and forcefully takes over the Earthbound village.  
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defeats and captures the Dragon God.
-Crono's party is taken prisoner on the ship.  
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*The defeated Dragon God is consumed by the Time Devourer, though the Dragon
-Dalton and his crew give the Epoch the ability to fly.  
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God can still remain on the planet in the form of avatars.
-In an effort to summon his Golem Boss, Dalton is sucked into a gate. His fate
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*Chronopolis analyzes the Dragon God and pioneers Elements, devices capable
is unknown.  
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of unleashing forces of nature. They are divided into six colors; the Dragon
-The Blackbird is accidentally destroyed by Crono's party.
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God is similarly divided to represent each color.
-Alfador survives the fall of Zeal. His cat-family line also survives, although
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-The storm causing the Ice Age abates.
the genes are rare. Crono's last cat is purple.
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-Dalton, who survived the fall, musters his remaining troops on the saved
-Doreen survives the fall.  
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Blackbird and forcefully takes over the Earthbound village.
-Magus is found on the North Cape. He joins Crono's party after nearly dueling  
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-Crono's party is taken prisoner on the ship.
with Frog.  
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-Dalton and his crew give the Epoch wings and lasers.
-The Ocean Palace rises as the Black Omen.  
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-In an effort to summon his Golem Boss, Dalton is sucked into a Gate.
-Crono's party travels to the End of Time to consult Gaspar about reviving  
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-The Blackbird is accidentally destroyed by the Epoch's lases.
Crono.  
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-Magus is found on the North Cape. He joins Crono's party after nearly dueling
-Crono's party comes in from 1000 A.D. to defeat the Black Omen.
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with Frog.
-Crono's party makes it way through the Black Omen.  
+
-The Ocean Palace rises as the Black Omen, commanded by a Lavos-appeasing
-Crono's party defeats Queen Zeal, who warps the party into the Mammon Machine.  
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Queen Zeal.
-Crono's party defeats the Mammon Machine.  
+
-Crono's party travels to the End of Time to consult Gaspar about reviving
-Crono's party defeats Queen Zeal a second time.  
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Crono.
-Queen Zeal summons Lavos, who awakens.
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-Crono's party comes in from 1000 A.D. to enter the Black Omen.
-Crono's party battles Lavos, who is revealed to just be a shell.***  
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-Crono's party defeats Queen Zeal, who warps the party into the Mammon Machine.
-Crono's party enters the shell.  
+
-Crono's party defeats the Mammon Machine.
-Crono's party defeats the first Lavos form.
+
-Crono's party defeats Queen Zeal a second time.
-Lavos mutates into the best combination of DNA possible.
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-Queen Zeal uses the Black Omen as a Gate to send the party to battle Lavos in
-Crono's party defeats Lavos' last form.  
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1999 A.D.***
-Crono's party returns to 1000 A.D.
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-Magus arrives to search for Schala.
-Magus comes here to search for Schala.
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</pre>
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***Time Traveler's Immunity and Time Bastard were proposed and illustrated at
==Radical Dreamers Timeline==
+
the Chrono Compendium's article, "Principles of Time and Dimensional Travel".
<pre>
+
Find it at
-Melchior, in addition to forging the Masamune, probably forges the
+
http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Principles_of_Time_and_Dimensional_Travel
Einlanzer.
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-The Frozen Flame is involved with Zeal in some manner.
+
***If the player loses to Lavos after fighting him through the Black Omen, the
-Zeal is destroyed; Schala survives the incident and is plagued with guilt.
+
1999 A.D. eruption bad ending plays. Lavos also always has a defeated shell
-The Frozen Flame alters Schala, unaging her and send her to modern times.
+
in every appearance after the party removes his shell. An easy explanation for
 +
these phenomena is that in the cut scene that plays after Queen Zeal's defeat,
 +
she's using the Black Omen as a blue Gate (which flashes as the Black Omen
 +
de-materializes) and sending the party to 1999 A.D. to fight Lavos, at which
 +
time he'd be at his strongest power.
 
</pre>
 
</pre>
  
 
''From'': [[Locations (Chrono Trigger)]]<br>
 
''From'': [[Locations (Chrono Trigger)]]<br>
 
''From'': [[Chronology]]
 
''From'': [[Chronology]]
 
--[[User:ZeaLitY|ZeaLitY]] 12:08, 7 Jan 2005 (CST)
 

Latest revision as of 14:23, 6 October 2009

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General Information

Game Information

Chrono Trigger

Age Name: Dark Ages
Music: Corridors of Time, Strong Wind
Locations: Algetty, Black Omen, Cave, Mt. Woe, Ocean Palace, Sun Keep, Terra Cave
Zeal Locations: Blackbird, Enhasa, Kajar, Land Bridge, Skyway, Zeal Palace

The Dark Ages of Chrono Trigger are beset by an Ice Age created by Lavos's fall millions of years earlier. The planet is covered in ice, snow, and tundra, and only in the high reaches of the atmosphere does grass grow on the floating continent of Zeal. Humans exist in both places; those on the planet's surface live in a complex cave network. Named the Earthbound, they cannot use magic and must depend on backbreaking manual labor for subsistence. Those with the gift of magic are known as the Enlightened Ones and reside on land masses magically levitating in the sky. Called the Kingdom of Zeal, these domains support verdant plant life, golden cities, and advanced power and knowledge. The people of Zeal are very prejudiced against the Earthbound, whom they tap for slave labor. Those who have committed grievous crimes or treason against Zeal are sent to a floating mountain called Mt. Woe chained to the world below. The Mystics populate this era, though they are seemingly confined to Mt. Woe in what may be a guard function for the mountain prison.

In natural history, Zeal ambitiously tried to achieve immortality by siphoning the power of Lavos. They used the Mammon Machine at the Ocean Palace on the ocean floor to get at the power, but it accidentally awoke Lavos, who destroyed Zeal. The fall of Zeal caused massive tsunamis that left only one continent above the ocean's surface. The event stopped the planet's deep freeze, sparking the reestablishment of topside civilization. A few Enlightened Ones survived (though left without innate magic), while the Mystics too somehow avoided death. In the Keystone Timelines, Dalton survived the fall with the Blackbird and terrorized the survivors before Crono's party stopped him and destroyed the Blackbird with the Epoch. The Keystone timelines also observed the rise of the Black Omen, appearing most likely thanks to Schala's choice to save Crono rather than presumably to kill or teleport away her mother. Crono's party defeated Queen Zeal atop the Black Omen and the structure was destroyed.

The entire world of 12000 B.C. and its events solely originate from the genius of Masato Kato.

Chrono Cross

During the Time Crash, the awakening Lavos pulled Chronopolis to this era through the Frozen Flame. Lavos hoped to introduce something foreign to the past that would disrupt time. The planet counteracted by pulling Dinopolis into the sea of El Nido, and the two institutes warred. Chronopolis sank Dinopolis and captured the Dragon God, eventually sculpting the El Nido archipelago. This era is also referenced in Chrono Cross several times. Two computer entries and a pair of scientists doubt that the Kingdom of Zeal ever existed, while Belthasar remarks that he hails from this era. Lastly, Lucca speaks of it being the start of the quest of Chrono Cross in that Schala was bound to Lavos to create the Time Devourer thanks to this era's events.

Radical Dreamers

In Radical Dreamers, ruins of Zeal lie below Viper Manor.

Name Origin

The date of 12000 B.C. places Zeal roughly around the various legends and accounts of Atlantis, an advanced civilization that also met a cataclysmic end and sunk into the sea.

Japanese Equivalent

Romaji: Kodai Bunmei
Translation: Ancient Era

Media

Images

Music

Chronology

Lavos Timeline

*Melchior forges the Masamune from Dreamstone and his dreams.
*Melchior creates a special magic seed and gives it to a woman.
*The Gurus learn of the Mammon Machine's possibility for evil.
*Schala presumably gives Janus her amulet.
*The Mammon Machine is moved to the Ocean Palace.
-Queen Zeal activates the Mammon Machine at the Ocean Palace, which awakens
Lavos.
-Lavos (or more likely, the Entity) creates gates that send Belthasar to
2300 A.D., Melchior to 1000 A.D., Gaspar to the End of Time, and Janus to
600 A.D.
-Queen Zeal and Schala are presumably killed, since Lavos does not become a
Time Devourer in the original timeline. However, Schala may have also used
her power to warp to safety with her mother. Also, a prototype Epoch may
have followed Belthasar to 2300 A.D., since Dalton reveals that Belthasar
was working on such a vehicle in Zeal.
-Lavos, awakened by the Ocean Palace, obliterates Zeal.
-The Sun Palace sinks in the sea with the Sun Stone inside.
-The storm causing the Ice Age abates.
*The magic seed is presumably planted.

Keystone T-1

*Melchior forges the Masamune from Dreamstone and his dreams.
*Melchior creates a special magic seed and gives it to a woman.
*Magus warps in from 600 A.D. and becomes a false prophet, hoping to gain
revenge on Lavos. He advises Queen Zeal that Crono's party may possibly
show up, and also tells her to get rid of the three Gurus. However,
despite them not being warped in the Ocean Palace disaster as originally
happened, they are still preserved within their timelines (Belthasar in
2300, Melchior in 1000, Gaspar in End of Time, Janus in 600 AD) due to
Time Traveler's Immunity.***
-Melchior is locked up on the Mountain of Woe.
-Magus replaces Dalton as presider over the completion of the Ocean Palace.
-Crono's party comes in from 65000000 B.C. through a Gate.
-Crono's party instructs the lady in Zeal to not burn the magic seed.
-Schala gives Janus her amulet.
-Crono's party defeats Dalton's Golem, and are imprisoned. Freed by Schala,
they are sent back to 65000000 B.C. The Gate is sealed.
-Crono's party warps in on the Epoch from 2300 A.D. and visits Algetty.
-The Mammon Machine is moved to the Ocean Palace.
-Crono's party surmounts the Mountain of Woe and frees Melchior.
-Schala visits Melchior in an attempt to flee the Ocean Palace, for it will not
work without her.
-Dalton abducts Schala and takes her to the Ocean Palace.
-To assist with their challenging the queen, Melchior gives Crono's party the
Ruby Knife, the prototype of the Masamune.
-Crono's party ventures to the Ocean Palace and plunges the Ruby Knife
into the machine, awakening Lavos in the process.
-The Prophet reveals his identity as Magus and fails to defeat Lavos.
-Crono sacrifices himself in a futile attempt to kill Lavos.
-At a frozen point in time, Crono's party from the future replaces him with a
doll and extracts him to the safety of 2300 A.D.
-Crono's party at the Ocean Palace witness his apparent death.
-Schala sends the remaining party members to safety against Magus's will.
-Schala is sucked into a vortex along with the Mammon Machine by Lavos.
-At the Darkness Beyond Time, the defeated Lavos fuses with Schala to begin
the initial stages of transformation into the Time Devourer.
-Half of Schala's mind becomes set on destroying the world, while the other
half wishes to save the universe and herself.
-The Mammon Machine is returned to the Ocean Palace.
-Lavos obliterates Zeal.
-Zeal sinks into the sea, creating a tidal wave that covers most of the low-
lying land with water.
-The Sun Palace sinks into the sea with the Sun Stone inside.
-Melchior and Janus disappear, perphaps illustrating Time Bastard.***
-The storm causing the Ice Age abates.
-Dalton, who survived the fall, musters his remaining troops on the saved
Blackbird and forcefully takes over the Earthbound village.
-Crono's party is taken prisoner on the ship.
-Dalton and his crew give the Epoch wings and lasers.
-In an effort to summon his Golem Boss, Dalton is sucked into a Gate.
-The Blackbird is accidentally destroyed by the Epoch's lases.
-Magus is found on the North Cape. He joins Crono's party after nearly dueling
with Frog.
-The Ocean Palace rises as the Black Omen, commanded by a Lavos-appeasing
Queen Zeal.
-Crono's party travels to the End of Time to consult Gaspar about reviving
Crono.
-Crono's party comes in from 1000 A.D. to enter the Black Omen.
-Crono's party defeats Queen Zeal, who warps the party into the Mammon Machine.
-Crono's party defeats the Mammon Machine.
-Crono's party defeats Queen Zeal a second time.
-Queen Zeal uses the Black Omen as a Gate to send the party to battle Lavos in
1999 A.D.***
-Magus arrives to search for Schala.

***Time Traveler's Immunity and Time Bastard were proposed and illustrated at
the Chrono Compendium's article, "Principles of Time and Dimensional Travel".
Find it at
http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Principles_of_Time_and_Dimensional_Travel

***If the player loses to Lavos after fighting him through the Black Omen, the
1999 A.D. eruption bad ending plays. Lavos also always has a defeated shell
in every appearance after the party removes his shell. An easy explanation for
these phenomena is that in the cut scene that plays after Queen Zeal's defeat,
she's using the Black Omen as a blue Gate (which flashes as the Black Omen
de-materializes) and sending the party to 1999 A.D. to fight Lavos, at which
time he'd be at his strongest power.

Keystone T-2

*Melchior forges the Masamune from Dreamstone and his dreams.
*Melchior creates a special magic seed and gives it to a woman.
*Magus warps in from 600 A.D. and becomes a false prophet, hoping to gain
revenge on Lavos. He advises Queen Zeal that Crono's party may possibly
show up, and also tells her to get rid of the three Gurus. However,
despite them not being warped in the Ocean Palace disaster as originally
happened, they are still preserved within their timelines (Belthasar in
2300, Melchior in 1000, Gaspar in End of Time, Janus in 600 AD) due to
Time Traveler's Immunity.***
-Melchior is locked up on the Mountain of Woe.
-Magus replaces Dalton as presider over the completion of the Ocean Palace.
-Crono's party comes in from 65000000 B.C. through a Gate.
-Crono's party instructs the lady in Zeal to not burn the magic seed.
-Schala gives Janus her amulet.
-Crono's party defeats Dalton's Golem, and are imprisoned. Freed by Schala,
they are sent back to 65000000 B.C. The Gate is sealed.
-Crono's party warps in on the Epoch from 2300 A.D. and visits Algetty.
-The Mammon Machine is moved to the Ocean Palace.
-Crono's party surmounts the Mountain of Woe and frees Melchior.
-Schala visits Melchior in an attempt to flee the Ocean Palace, for it will not
work without her.
-Dalton abducts Schala and takes her to the Ocean Palace.
-To assist with their challenging the queen, Melchior gives Crono's party the
Ruby Knife, the prototype of the Masamune.
-Crono's party ventures to the Ocean Palace and plunges the Ruby Knife
into the machine, awakening Lavos in the process.
-The Prophet reveals his identity as Magus and fails to defeat Lavos.
-Crono tries to sacrifice himself in a futile attempt to kill Lavos.
-At a frozen point in time, Crono's party from the future replaces him with a
doll and extracts him to the safety of 2300 A.D.
-Crono's party at the Ocean Palace witness his apparent death.
-Schala sends the remaining party members to safety against Magus's will.
-Schala is sucked into a vortex along with the Mammon Machine by Lavos.
-At the Darkness Beyond Time, the defeated Lavos fuses with Schala to begin
the initial stages of transformation into the Time Devourer.
-Half of Schala's mind becomes set on destroying the world, while the other
half wishes to save the universe and herself.
-The Mammon Machine is returned to the Ocean Palace.
-Lavos obliterates Zeal.
-Zeal sinks into the sea, creating a tidal wave that covers most of the low-
lying land with water.
-The Sun Palace sinks into the sea with the Sun Stone inside.
-Melchior and Janus disappeared, perphaps illustrating Time Bastard.***
*Chronopolis arrives in the barren, iceberged sea of El Nido due to the Time
Crash, called back in time from 2400 A.D. by the awakening Lavos as a
possible backup plan to muck with time.
*Dinopolis arrives, pulled from a separate dimension by the planet to
counter Chronopolis's influence in the past.
*The moon from the Dragonian dimension's planet arrives as well.
*Chronopolis and Dinopolis battle; Chronopolis emerges as the victor and
defeats and captures the Dragon God.
*The defeated Dragon God is consumed by the Time Devourer, though the Dragon
God can still remain on the planet in the form of avatars.
*Chronopolis analyzes the Dragon God and pioneers Elements, devices capable
of unleashing forces of nature. They are divided into six colors; the Dragon
God is similarly divided to represent each color.
-The storm causing the Ice Age abates.
-Dalton, who survived the fall, musters his remaining troops on the saved
Blackbird and forcefully takes over the Earthbound village.
-Crono's party is taken prisoner on the ship.
-Dalton and his crew give the Epoch wings and lasers.
-In an effort to summon his Golem Boss, Dalton is sucked into a Gate.
-The Blackbird is accidentally destroyed by the Epoch's lases.
-Magus is found on the North Cape. He joins Crono's party after nearly dueling
with Frog.
-The Ocean Palace rises as the Black Omen, commanded by a Lavos-appeasing
Queen Zeal.
-Crono's party travels to the End of Time to consult Gaspar about reviving
Crono.
-Crono's party comes in from 1000 A.D. to enter the Black Omen.
-Crono's party defeats Queen Zeal, who warps the party into the Mammon Machine.
-Crono's party defeats the Mammon Machine.
-Crono's party defeats Queen Zeal a second time.
-Queen Zeal uses the Black Omen as a Gate to send the party to battle Lavos in
1999 A.D.***
-Magus arrives to search for Schala.

***Time Traveler's Immunity and Time Bastard were proposed and illustrated at
the Chrono Compendium's article, "Principles of Time and Dimensional Travel".
Find it at
http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Principles_of_Time_and_Dimensional_Travel

***If the player loses to Lavos after fighting him through the Black Omen, the
1999 A.D. eruption bad ending plays. Lavos also always has a defeated shell
in every appearance after the party removes his shell. An easy explanation for
these phenomena is that in the cut scene that plays after Queen Zeal's defeat,
she's using the Black Omen as a blue Gate (which flashes as the Black Omen
de-materializes) and sending the party to 1999 A.D. to fight Lavos, at which
time he'd be at his strongest power.

From: Locations (Chrono Trigger)
From: Chronology