Dimensional Vortex

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General Information

Chrono Trigger

Era: 12000 B.C., 1000 A.D., 2300 A.D.
Music: A Strange Happening
Items:
Enemies:

12000BC Dactyl Nest: Avian Rex, Cave Ape, Shist

Bosses: Alabaster Shade, Crimson Shade, Steel Shade

The Dimensional Vortex is a rip in the fabric of space-time that appears in three eras: 12000 B.C., 1000 A.D., and 2300 A.D. A temporally unstable zone, the dimensional vortex features several fragmentary locales, possibly lost pieces of other timelines or histories. Entering the vortex takes one to the Planar Interstice, a short hallway with a teleporter pad at the end. Much of the vortex exists of random areas—eight per vortex entry, so 24 overall. In between the areas are Nameless Caves providing rest and safety, including a final Nameless Cave called the Twilight Grotto. The zones also include one dungeon per each vortex entry, yielding much treasure. The end of the vortex holds a boss fight with a shade (whether Lucca's Crimson Shade, Marle's Alabaster Shade, or Crono's Steel Shade). Defeat takes the party back to the normal timeline. These are the random location sets possible from each vortex entry point:

     .-----------------------..-----------------------.
     |Set 1:                 ||Set 2:                 |
     |-----------------------||-----------------------|
     |Dactyl Nest            ||Mountain of Woe        |
     |Mountain of Woe        ||Dactyl Nest            |
     |Manolia Cathedral      ||Guardia Forest         |
     |Guardia Forest         ||Fiendlord's Keep       |
     |Site 16                ||The Sunken Desert      |
     '-----------------------''-----------------------'
     .-----------------------..-----------------------.
     |Set 3:                 ||Set 4:                 |
     |-----------------------||-----------------------|
     |Manolia Cathedral      ||Guardia Forest         |
     |Site 16                ||Strath                 |
     |The Sunken Desert      ||Dactyl Nest            |
     |Strath                 ||Site 16                |
     |Mountain of Woe        ||Manolia Cathedral      |
     '-----------------------''-----------------------'
     .-----------------------..-----------------------.
     |Set 5:                 ||Set 6:                 |
     |-----------------------||-----------------------|
     |Site 16                ||The Sunken Desert      |
     |Fiendlord's Keep       ||Guardia Forest         |
     |Mountain of Woe        ||Site 16                |
     |The Sunken Desert      ||Dactyl Nest            |
     |Strath                 ||Fiendlord's Keep       |
     '-----------------------''-----------------------'
     .-----------------------..-----------------------.
     |Set 7:                 ||Set 8:                 |
     |-----------------------||-----------------------|
     |Fiendlord's Keep       ||Strath                 |
     |The Sunken Desert      ||Manolia Cathedral      |
     |Strath                 ||Fiendlord's Keep       |
     |Manolia Cathedral      ||Mountain of Woe        |
     |Dactyl Nest            ||Guardia Forest         |
     '-----------------------''-----------------------'

Thanks to Seferaga for the convenient tables

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