Arthur ( Legend III ) Arthur is the main character of " Final Fantasy Legend III " . The leader Borgin sent Arthur and his friends back in time to Dharm in the present , where they grow up to stop the Pureland Entity , a creature that has engulfed the future in a great flood . Story . Original World . In the future , the world is being destroyed by the Pureland water entity , and a band of rebels has gathered to avert this disaster . Their leader , Borgin , has sent three children back in time to the present in the hopes of improving the rebels ' chances against their foes . The game begins in the present with Arthur , Curtis , Gloria , and Myron all engaged in a fight using the Battle Simulator , a huge device which simulates actual battles ( including the spoils earned from them ) with less risk than real battles . After the battle is over , Myron leaves and the remaining three go and talk with the Elder of Dharm about their mission , which , for the time being , is to travel to the town of Elan and talk to Cronos about the " Talon " Units . Units are devices that are installed into the futuristic fighter called " Talon " , which can travel to the Past , Present , and Future , once the proper units have been found and installed . The first key item Arthur received is the Radar , which detects the number of units that remain uncollected in the current time period . While talking to Elder in the Palace , the party is joined by Sharon and Myron . Upon reaching Elan , Cronos gives Arthur the Past unit , allowing the party to travel into the past . On the way back to the Palace where the " Talon " is held , the party is attacked by a WaterHag guarding the entrance to the Palace . Working for the Masters . Before boarding the " Talon " , Myron leaves the party to go defend Dharm . The Past unit is then attached , and the party is off to the past . In the past , the party encounters the younger , though not visually different , Elder , who is looking for a place to build a town . Arthur recommends to build one east of the Palace , and the Elder agrees and decides to name the town Dharm . The party then travels to Elan , and they find the young Cronos who informs them that Granny went to a cave to rescue a young woman named Lara . Naturally , it is now Arthur ' s duty to go to the cave and rescue both of them . Granny is found not that far into the cave , and she tells Arthur that Lara was taken by Dogra , and she leaves the rescue up to him . When the party encounters Lara , she is being controlled by Dogra and attacks them . After defeating her , she regains control of her body and joins the party . Deeper in the cave lies Dogra , who mistakes Arthur for Borgin and attacks . After Dogra is killed , it leaves behind the Rover unit , which is an engine type for the " Talon " , allowing it to move along the land ( once it is freed from the Palace ) . Upon returning to Elan , Granny instructs Arthur to return to the Present and bring Lara to the Elder . She also gives Arthur the Dive spell , which will allow him to dive under the oceans and explore further places . In the past there is also a town , Lae , where people are being infected with a disease that is slowly turning them into WaterHags . One of the diseased people will give Arthur the Flushex unit , which , when installed into the " Talon " , will allow the player to reset any character ' s class to the default . A second town , under the ocean , can be visited and also holds the Ifram seed key item . Back in the Present , Arthur takes Lara to the Elder , who will keep watch on her . He then tells Arthur that Cronos ( in the Present ) has found something . In Elan , Cronos tells Arthur that he has found out where the Future unit is located . Suddenly , the ground starts shaking and somebody runs in saying that something is happening in Lae ' s Bay . Cronos and Arthur go outside and find a structure rising from the water , and Cronos tells Arthur that one of the four Water Entity monsters , possibly either Chaos or Maitreya , is behind this . They both return to Elan and Cronos gives the player a copy of the key to the South Tower . At the top of South Tower , the party runs into Ashura , and Arthur demands that it return the units . Ashura , however , had already moved them to Castle of Chaos , and a battle ensues . Upon defeating Ashura , Arthur receives the key to Castle of Chaos . At the top of the castle the party encounters Chaos , and they fight and defeat him . After defeating Chaos , Arthur receives the Future and Hover units . The Hover unit is another engine unit for the " Talon " . Arthur than warps to the Future . Fifteen years have passed . The future is a world mostly of water , with a few islands remaining . Arthur first travels to Elan and finds Granny now on her death bed . She gives Arthur the Morph magic ( which is essential later in the game , and very easy to miss receiving ) and tells him to travel to the mutated city of Muu . Dharm has sunken bellow the water and a new town has been founded named New Dharm , told by the Ifram Tree where it is hidden below a cemetery . Elan , however , is unaffected . At a base in New Dharm , the party runs back into Myron , who has aged and become an even more accomplished fighter . He tells Arthur the password for the base in the technological Viper City , " ERAUQS " ( " SQUARE " backwards ) . At the base in Viper , the party joins up with Dion , who has grown and urges Arthur to defeat Maitreya . He also mentions going to see Dr . Pulcer in an Undersea Shelter . When Arthur meets Dr . Pulcer , he tells him of the plan to get to the floating island known as Floatland . After using the Rocket to get to Floatland , Arthur journeys along the mountains and valleys atop it . Along the way the party comes across the Northern Ruins , and inside they find the Remote key item . Past the ruins is a huge mountain , atop which is Maitreya ' s Tower . Partway to the top of the tower , a monster will block the path , and Arthur will tackle it , falling down a floor and becoming separated from Dion . Dion then finds a hidden door and confronts Maitreya by himself , but is defeated . Arthur then rushes in to find Dion wounded , and attacks Maitreya . After defeating Maitreya , Arthur receives the X - Plane unit and takes Dion back to the base of the mountain , where Arthur calls Dr . Pulcer on the Radio . Dr . Pulcer destroys the Palace , freeing the " Talon " for use . Calling the Talon with the Remote and after boarding the " Talon " , Arthur takes Dion back to Viper City to get Dr . Belski to help him . Dr . Belski restore Dion , rejoins the party , and they head off to the Pureland aboard the " Talon " . Pureland . The Talon warps to the Pureland , and the " Talon " gets damaged and it can no longer return back to the Original World . Its engine units cease to function , limiting it to land movement . Dion and Arthur disembark and agree to separate and search for the advance party and Faye . The " Talon " can now be boarded and will attack first and only once in each battle . Arthur come upon Eitar ' s Village roaming with BlackCat monsters with the villagers having been turned to stone . He learns from Eitar that Fenrir is located in the North Maze , and before leaving the village Arthur grabs the Catnip growing on a tree in the back of the village . Arthur uses the Catnip to lull all of the BlackCat monsters , allowing the party to proceed . At the back of the dungeon , Fenrir mistakes Arthur for Jupiah and attacks him . After defeating Fenrir , Arthur receives the prison key which allows access deeper in the maze , where he finds Faye . Faye asks where Dion has gone to and Arthur tells her that they have split up . Faye then tells Arthur of the Masters , who intend to rule the world and need her to draw one of the four Mystic Swords . Faye then joins the party to aid them in their search for the four original " Talon " crew members . Eitar ' s Village that was turned to stone by Fenrir has now return back to normal , and one of the villagers , Eitar , tells Arthur he can find one of the four " Talon " crew , Buzi , atop Mt . Hasbid . At the city of Darius to the east , Arthur take a ferryboat to the city of Knaya , the center of trade in Pureland . The party then travels to Mt . Hasid , in search of Buzi . Partway up the mountain , the Missile unit which is one of the " Talon ' s " weapon units is found . At the top , the party finds Buzi who is asking Guha why the Masters seek to destroy other worlds . Guha admits that is up to Xagor to decide , and then tries to attack Buzi . Arthur intervenes and a battle ensues . After defeating Guha , Buzi joins Arthur , and awaits aboard the " Talon " . Arthur then retrieves the Mystic Sword Durend that Guha was guarding . At a Cape Frost , Arthur meets Shar , another crew member , and is told to retrieve the Tablet from the Southwest Ruins . The Tablet is said to hold the key to releasing the people of the Pureland from serving the Masters . At the entrance to the ruins , Arthur encounters the giant lizard Dahak , and must defeat it to proceed . After defeating Dahak , Arthur finds the Tablet and treks deeper into the ruins in order to stop the flow of water of the river that blocks travel across the Jorgandr Desert . After the river dried up , Arthur delivers the Tablet to Shar , who then tells Arthur to travel to Talonsburg across the desert while he deciphers the Tablet . As Arthur crosses the desert in the " Talon " , it gets trapped in a sandstorm and crashes at the feet of the sandstorm master , Jorgandr . Yet another battle ensues , after which , Buzi tells Arthur to take what is left of the " Talon " and go to Talonsburg . When he gets to there , Arthur finds not only the Hover and Shield units ( engine and weapon units , respectively ) but Dr . Quacer as well . Initially , Quacer mistakes Arthur for Jupiah , but then realizes who he really is . After being told of the " Talon ' s " destruction , Dr . Quacer attaches the recovered units to " Talon2 " . Now with the Hover unit , Arthur is free to fly almost anywhere in the Pureland , except for the area in the continent to the north that is surrounded by the barrier . Arthur returns to the Cape Frost and gets Buzi and Shar to join the crew of the " Talon " . Arthur then flies to Cirrus , the floating city . Here , Arthur finds the " Talon " crew member Juba , who wishes to go to the Goht region in search of the Metal item . Arthur then beseeches King Clamin to give him the pass into the Goht region , but he will not give it to him until he has recovered the sword Xcalibr . On a small island located near the northern continent lies Zhakal , Arthur finds Xcalibr in the stone , and urges Faye to go ahead and draw the sword . She does , and Arthur receives the Mystic Sword Xcalibr . Arthur brings the sword back to King Clamin , shows it to him , and receives the Pass into the Underworld . Arthur heads to Porle , and just as Arthur is about to enter the Underworld , Dion appears from the whirlgate and replaces Faye as the party ' s fifth member . Deep in the Underworld , Arthur finds many things including the Oil key item , the final " Talon " weapon unit , E - ray , the Crystal key item , and the Emblem key item . Arthur exits the Underworld and arrives in the town of Donmac , and receives the Katana key item from a man in the town . After leaving Donmac , he comes upon the Eastern Ruins where Agron is guarding the Barrier Machine . Halfway through the ruins , Arthur runs into Borgin who tells Arthur he must go and investigate Mt . Goht before running off . Arthur is then left to face Agron . When Arthur tries to strike Agron with one of the Mystic Swords , he is unsuccessful because the Barrier Machine also protects Agron from its power . However , Dr . Quacer had installed a bomb in Dion for just such an occasion . Dion blow himself up and destroys the machine , leaving Agron vulnerable to attack . After defeating Agron , Borgin arrives to discover Dion is dead , then tells Arthur that it is now time to go and face Xagor atop Mt . Goht . Arthur retrieves the Soar unit and then leaves the ruins . Back in Zhakal , the city where Faye drew Xcalibr , Arthur meets up with Masa , the last of the four Talon crew members , who helps create special weapons . Arthur and his friends then travel to Mt . Goht , where they find the Xagor ' s Castle atop the mountain . After defeating Ballor , they meet Sol , who has taken in Xagor ' s soul for party and pleas with them to kill him . They reluctantly do so , but Xagor emerges to stop Arthur and the party . After defeating Xagor , Sol thanks Arthur and stops the Pureland Entity with his dying breath . Fleeing from the destruction , Arthur and the party make it out alive , and uses the " Talon2 " and flies into the Hole in the Ocean and emerge out of the Water Entity in the Future World . The " Talon " gets destroyed in the process . They return to Viper City , where Dr . Belski is able to revive both Dion and Jupiah with their tissue cells . Due to the destruction of " Talon2 " , Dr . Quacer tells Arthur that it will take time to build another time machine and Arthur replies that he will stay with Myron in New Dharm until its completion . Before leaving for New Dharm , Jupiah tells Arthur he will name his son after him . After meeting up with Myron in New Dharm , he introduced them to the Battle Simulator2 before the credits roll . Gameplay . Arthur is a Human whose innate element is Fire . As with all four main characters in " Final Fantasy Legend III " , Arthur ' s possible transformations depend on his current form ( see Transformations for more information ) . Like all four main characters , he is capable of equipping all weapons , armor , and he can learn all spells . His starting stats lean towards attributes in strength and defense , which make him a potential strong physical fighter . Other appearances . " SaGa Compilation Trading Card Game " . Arthur makes an appearance as a card in the card game .