Crono

Crono is the titular main protagonist of the Chrono franchise. 
He is a young swordsman from AD 1000, who became involved in a time-traveling adventure that spans through different eras from prehistoric times to a dystopian future; in this one, he was caught by mistake on a journey through time and had met a mysterious girl who went by the name Lucca and her time-traveling device. And yet, as a way of never yielding to the odds with a firm resolve and determination, it has been so many travels in time for him—instead, to put him at the helm of the main party throughout their journeys, finally ending in discovering and defeating for once the existence at stake against the prosperous future of the planet: Lavos.
==Personality==
He is shown to be very brave and unselfish, risking his life for his friends and the greater good. His heroism gets proved while fighting influential enemies like Lavos, the parasitic alien entity that threatened to destroy the world, and also by sacrificing himself to save his friends in the course of the game. He is very loyal to all his friends, whom he has had since the beginning of the game, and others whom he meets in his journey, including Marle, Lucca, Frog, and others. He would always be ready to go any extent to protect them and be there for his friends; this forms an integral part of his personality and makes the relationships of the group strong.
He is resolute, whether it be in the face of utterly odd odds or time travel predicaments. This shows great will and a sense of duty, for he is resolved to see his mission through to the very end, no matter the cost. He acts with a strong moral compass throughout the game. Many times, he chooses to help those in need and to protect the innocent, fighting for freedom against tyranny and evil. This would then stand such a person as noble and one for justice and righteousness. Even though he does not speak, Crono naturally assumes a leadership role among his group. He is looked up to by all of his companions, and with his presence, they gather the courage and will to forge ahead in their quest. He leads by example and at times actions can speak louder than words.
==Biography ==
=== 1,000 AD ===
Crono is a young boy who lives in the year 1000 AD and routinely practices fighting monsters and doing odd jobs for his neighbors. During his town's Millennial Fair Crono meets a girl called Marle and introduces her to his best friend, Lucca, a child genius who is at the Fair displaying her newly crafted teleportation device. Due to an unforeseen catalyst on Marle's person the machine is accidentally teleports her back in time instead of to the predesignated area a few feet away. Crono goes back in time to rescue Marle.
===600 AD===
Crono winds up in the Middle Ages. Crono finds Marle in the castle posing as the queen Leena. Marle calls for Crono to meet her privately and reveals who she is. Furthermore, Marle is actually princess Nadia. Queen Leena was her ancestor and Nadia has inherited her looks. The queen had been kidnapped recently in the past, and so Nadia took her place in order to maintain the peace. Howevr Nadia soon fades away. When guards come to investigate Crono is presumed responsible for her disappearance and arrest him. Crono begins to break-out of prison and is joined by Lucca, who had finished repairs to her machine and traveled back after him and Marle. Lucca explains the grandfather paradox, that since Marle took queen Leena's place no one had saved her, leading likely to her death and thus Nadia was never born. Upon breaking out of jail completely, Crono and Lucca go off to save queen Leena. Leena had been kidnapped by the demi-human Yakra. Yakra was a shape-shifter who had disguised himself as the royal chancellor and used the opportunity to rule the kingdom while the king grieved.
===Return to the Present===
With Yakra defeated and Leena freed, Marle returns to existence and the three return home. Nadia introduces Crono and Lucca to her father immediately has her confined to her room upon returning and has Crono arrested for "kidnapping" her. Crono is put on trial, and depending on the players choices may be found guilty of innocent. But even if found innocent, the royal chancellor has Crono locked away to satify the King. Crono escapes with the help of Nadia and Lucca and the threes escape pursuit thanks to triggering further dimensional tears as time gates.
===Lavos===
Crono, Marle an Lucca end up in the distant future where the world is in ruins. They meet a robot Lucca reactivates and calls "Robo". With Robo as their guide, they travel through the future to find historical records of how the world ended up in the state it did. In the year 2,000 AD a monster called Lavos, wiped out all civilization and destroyed most of the planet. Armed with the knowledge of what is to come in their future and with the discovery that they can travel through time thanks to their initial exposure, Crono, Marle and Lucca end up on an epic quest to save the planet through judicious use of time travel.
===Death===
After a grueling battle with Lavos (in which the Prophet revealed himself as Magus) The Queen joined Lavos for a final attack against the party. Crono steps in and is disintegrated. Schala saves the remaining party members. The spark (the in-game graphic for Crono's spirit) stays with Schala as Lavos destroys the Ocean Palace and the whole Zeal Kingdom.
===Revival===
Crono can be revived if the remaining party members take the Chrono Trigger from the Old Man (revealed to be the Guru of Time Gaspar), a Crono clone from Norstein Bekkler, and three Poyozo Dolls from the Belthasar/Nu creature. Upon reaching the summit of Death Peak, the Chrono Trigger takes the party members to the moment of Crono's death (freezing time in the process), where Crono is exchanged with the Clone. No longer dead, Crono rejoins the party.
==Skills and Abilities==
Crono was born into the Lightning element which manifests as electrokinesis. Aside from some light lightning magic, Crono relies mostly on his sword-skill. Though he is of a European setting, Crono wields his blade closer to that of a samurai and prefers a katana like blade. Crono is excessively strong for a youth and works-out frequently, making him one of the strongest characters in the party, right behind Ayla later in the game.
==Videos==
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==Gallery==
Chrono Trigger - Crono as he first appeared for Super Nintendo.png|Crono as he first appeared for Super Nintendo version of Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger - Crono as he appears for the Playstation version.png|Crono as he appears for the Playstation version
Chrono Trigger - Crono piloting the Jetbike with Ayla enjoying the ride.png|Crono piloting the Jetbike with Ayla enjoying the ride
Guardia's trial.png|Crono being taken away during his trial, whatever found guilty or innocent matters not.
==Trivia==
*Artist. Akira Toriyama is known for reusing designs in his work. Crono's facial features seem to have been reused for his designs of Trunks for Dragon Ball Z, and Crono himself appears to share a great deal of his own design features with Goku from the original Dragon Ball (most notably Goku's extremely spiky hair).
*Out of all of the player characters in Chrono Trigger, Crono is the only left-handed individual.
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