Sun Fort

The Sun Fort (の) is an ancient fortress in the Ancient Battlefield in northeast Crossbell.
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=== Background ===
Like the Moon Temple and Stargazer's Tower, the Sun Fort was built by Crossbellan alchemists before the Middle Ages (c. S.700). It served as a fortress during the countless wars between Erebonia and Calvard over the territory now known as Crossbell. The enormous bell originally located outside of the Fort was removed during an investigation in S.1185, which can now be seen at the center of Crossbell City.
The Sun Fort features a main shaft that reaches 500 arge deep into the earth. The rest of the Fort's facilities are built around the main shaft, including laboratories, jail cells and an altar in the underground lake at the deepest part of the Fort.
After authorities destroyed the D∴G cult in S.1198, Joachim Guenter, one of the only survivors, found new shelter in the Sun Fort. He found the laboratory once established by the Crossbellan alchemists and put its high-tech facilities to use, completing his work on Gnosis, and at the depths of the Fort he found KeA, still slumbering within the spherical cradle.
During the Cult Incident of S.1204, the Special Support Section, accompanied by Estelle and Joshua Bright, descend deep into the Fort to arrest Guenter. After fighting off devils summoned by Guenter and Revache mafia members demonized by Gnosis, they discovered the missing citizens and the captive mafia who were brought by the brainwashed members of the Crossbell Guardian Force and the mafia. Deeper in the Fort they fight Garcia Rossi, who is able to fight off demonization after being injected Gnosis.
Eventually they find and confront Guenter at the altar where KeA was sleeping for 500 years, who fights them using an artifact staff and powerful archaisms. After defeating him the first time, he uses Gnosis to replicate Georg Weissmann's Evil Eye, but after Lloyd points out the failures in Guenter's plan, enraging him and making him lose focus, they break free, prompting Guenter to consume a large amount of red Gnosis, turning him into a massive demon.
Despite his transformation, the SSS and the bracers are able to back him into a corner, making him begin deteriorating and going berserk, trapping them with tendrils. At that moment Renne appears with Pater-Mater and blasts Guenter, freeing them and letting them defeat Guenter. He regains control and insists that KeA will become a god before fading away.
With Guenter dealt with, Renne tries to leave even after Estelle and Joshua accept her knowing her past, but Pater-Mater, having been modified by Joerg Rosenberg, is able to move on its own free will, returning Renne to the bracers and having her accept their offer.
=== Maps ===
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1st Stratum 1
|-|1st Stratum 2=
1st Stratum 2
|-|1st Stratum 3=
1st Stratum 3
|-|2nd Stratum=
2nd Stratum
|-|3rd Stratum 1=
3rd Stratum 1
|-|3rd Stratum 2=
3rd Stratum 2
|-|4th Stratum 1=
4th Stratum 1
|-|4th Stratum 2=
4th Stratum 2
|-|Cradle=
Cradle
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=== Enemies ===
==== First Stratum ====
*Prairie Bat
*Orgone Spider
*Black Onyx
*Zan Su
*Aka Manah
==== Second Stratum ====
*Hellhound
*Baboonog
*Octobrain
*Gorgom
*Demonicus
==== Third Stratum ====
*Red Piranha
*Death Moon
*Octobone
*Ebony Scale
*Sea Moon
*Org Virage
*Demon Ernest
==== Fourth Stratum ====
*Dark Legend
*Cragrasp
*Vizou
*Quetzalcoatl
*Vampir
*Beelzebub
*Rip Throat
*Golden Statue
*Garcia
==== Cradle ====
*Regna Aguel
*High Priest Joachim
*Deadly Clown
*Vital Clown
*Evil Prim Phobos: Summoned by Demon Joachim
*Demon Joachim
*Demon Joachim - 2
=== Treasure Chests ===
Level 	Key	Contents 	Chest Quote
First Stratum 	1 	EP Charge II 	Gazing at the chest, you offer a moment of silence.
First Stratum 	2 	Lunar Pendulum 	The amount of things in this chest now equalsthe game's title. Thanks a lot for that.
First Stratum 	3 	Deep Ocher 	Not even the Aureole can match yourobsession with empty space.
First Stratum 	4 	Curia Balm 	Hey, now that you're in the final stretch, you don'tneed to hoard all your rare consumables anymore....Right?
First Stratum 	5 	Celestial Balm 	Abandon all hope, ye who open me.
First Stratum 	6 	Tearal Balm 	Mafia, assassins, corrupt politicians, anda drug-dealing cult. Hell of a day, eh?
First Stratum 	7 	All sepith ×200	Is that a bulge of sepith in your pocketor are you just happy to see me?
First Stratum 	8 	EP Charge II 	An unassuming-looking, middle-aged scholarwho turns out to be evil? In MY Trails game?!...It's more likely than you think.
First Stratum 	9 	All sepith ×200	I AM WATCHING YOU.
First Stratum 	10 	S-Tablet 	You know, I bet you can resolve this wholething peacefully if you challenge the gooddoctor to a fishing duel.
First Stratum 	11 	Ares Greaves 	Monsters: Zan Su ×2, Prairie Bat ×4
First Stratum 	11 	Ares Greaves 	If you grind your teeth in an RPG,do they get stronger?
First Stratum 	12 	Curia Balm 	Every time you take something that's not yoursfrom a chest, Aidios punches a baby pom.
First Stratum 	13 	Proxy Puppet 	If you think about it, a chest is just abarrier between you and what's inside.And since when have you let those stop you?
First Stratum 	14 	EP Charge II 	I came here from Liberl to hide from abracer couple that kept looting my fri--YOU TWO!
First Stratum 	15 	Lost Campbell 	Monsters: Zan Su ×2, Prairie Bat ×4
First Stratum 	15 	Lost Campbell 	YOU CANNOT ESCAPE MY SIGHT.
Second Stratum	16 	Evergreen 	To the guy who invented zero:Thanks for nothing!
Second Stratum	17 	Harmonia Boots 	Monsters: Hellhound ×4
Second Stratum	17 	Harmonia Boots 	Lloyd and friends can get over barriers, but they surecan't get over stealing from treasure chests.
Second Stratum	18 	Curia Balm 	If I were a trader, how much would my Hay be Worth?Do you think I could Renne a business off of it?
Second Stratum	19 	Tearal Balm 	Apparently, Arios has been thinking of challengingCassius Bright to a duel. If you ask me, he shouldjust stay in his McLaine.
Second Stratum	20 	Defender 	Monsters: Hellhound ×4
Second Stratum	20 	Defender 	Detective Bannings...TEAR! DOWN! THIS! BARRIER!
Second Stratum	21 	EP Charge II 	You know there's no achievement forreading all of these, right?
Second Stratum	22 	Celestial Balm 	Just how badly do you have to screw up cooking aSincere Lunchbox for it to become a Prank Box, anyway?
Third Stratum 	23 	10000 mira 	As you peer inside, you're assaulted by an unholy cacophanysic ofvoices, shrilly shouting at you. Making demands, repeating yourfailures, questioning your worth.Knowing you've only ever given your best effort, you ignore them.
Third Stratum 	24 	Sigma Drive 	Monsters: Sea Moon, Death Moon ×4
Third Stratum 	24 	Sigma Drive 	Sure, Randy's a great guy, but...Do you ever wonder what happened toRanay, Ranby, and Rancy?
Third Stratum 	25 	10000 mira 	How do I deal with having my treasures stolen?Stiff upper lid, my boy. Stiff upper lid.
Third Stratum 	26 	All sepith ×200	Someone stored Gnosis inside me andnext thing I knew, I was in this cell.
Third Stratum 	27 	Florentin 	Monsters: Sea Moon, Death Moon ×4
Third Stratum 	27 	Florentin 	I AM COMING FOR YOU.
Third Stratum 	28 	Tearal Balm 	Inside the chest, you find something greater than Aidios and worsethan Gehenna! Something the poor have and the rich need!Don't try eating it, though.
Third Stratum 	29 	Attack 3 	The chest has been stricken with the'Curse of Kiseki'. Sadly, nothing elsewill come out of it for years.
Third Stratum 	30 	EP Charge II 	I'm a well-known gambler among chest folk.You can call me Gambler Jack-in-the-Box.
Third Stratum 	31 	Passionate Rouge 	It was the chest of times, it was the worst of times...
Third Stratum 	32 	Curia Balm 	I expected nothing, and I'm still disappointed.
Third Stratum 	33 	Curia Balm 	Chest contains nothing,but you can't carry any more, so you left it there.
Third Stratum 	34 	Celestial Balm 	You discover all of Anton's old love letters.After reading one, you can't bring yourselfto read the others.
Third Stratum 	35 	Still Blue 	I did my job as a chest. Now you do yours.
Third Stratum 	36 	Water & Ice 	Monsters: Sea Moon, Death Moon ×4
Third Stratum 	36 	Water & Ice 	Give it back.Give it back. Give it back. Give it back. Give it back.GiveitbackgiveitbackgiveitbackgiveitbackGIVEITBACKGIVEITBACKGIVEITBACK
Third Stratum 	37 	Astraia 	Monsters: Sea Moon, Death Moon ×4
Third Stratum 	37 	Astraia 	How can Estelle spin her staff so fast?Because it's a hurry-cane!
Third Stratum 	38 	Evade 3 	The chest asks if you will take it with you.It wants to see the world, particularly Calvard.Sadly, chests don't make good pets.
Third Stratum 	39 	Aurora Dress 	Monsters: Sea Moon, Death Moon ×4
Third Stratum 	39 	Aurora Dress 	I HAVE FOUND YOU.TURN AROUND.
Third Stratum 	40 	All sepith ×200	This is what I get for opening myself up to others.
Third Stratum 	41 	Solar Pendulum 	As you gaze at the empty chest, you convince yourselfthat your friends are the only treasure you'll ever need.
Third Stratum 	42 	Meghaduta 	You're going to love the sequel.It's called Trails to One.
Fourth Stratum	43 	Orion Guard 	Monsters: Golden Statue, Rip Throat ×4
Fourth Stratum	43 	Orion Guard 	Okay, so you opened me and took my item, but, like...What do I do now?
Fourth Stratum	44 	Tearal Balm 	Hello, darkness, my old friend...I've come to be looted again...
Fourth Stratum	45 	EP Charge II 	You grimace in horror at the anatomicallycorrect treasure chest.
Fourth Stratum	46 	Tearal Balm 	If you're looking for self-help books, there's oneI recommend called 'Getting Over Barriers'.It's located in the special support section.
Fourth Stratum	47 	Curia Balm 	Just as this chest is hidden in a horrid place, sois treasure hidden in each person, no matter howhorrid they seem on the outside.
Fourth Stratum	48 	Celestial Balm 	In overcoming the barriers that lie before you, may youserve as a guide, that others may overcome their own.
Fourth Stratum	49 	Celestial Balm 	You've been demanding it, so here it is.The long-awaited sequel: Trails in the Chest, Pt. II!...What do you mean the game's almost over?
Fourth Stratum	50 	Celestial Balm 	If this was your first playthrough and you wereexpecting to get the treasure chest achievementjust now...yeah. That's only possible in NG+. Sorry.
=== Quests ===
*Infiltrating the Cult's Base
=== Shops ===
==== Rizero Trading ====
==== Orbal Factory ====
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=== Background ===
At the Sanctuary of the Azure Tree, Mariabell Crois reveals that the SSS should have perished in the Sun Fort during Guenter's berserk rage before dying himself, after having entered the Fort without the bracers, as seen at the beginning of , which meant Renne wouldn't have come to help them out. However, KeA changed reality so the SSS and the Brights became close, making them infiltrate the Fort together and saving their lives.
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=== Background ===
Lloyd's group tracks Ilya Platiere and KeA Bannings here but are ambushed by Heiyue and Garcia Rossi after Shanshan betrays them due to the curse. They defeat Heiyue and the former Revache boss but almost fall to a surprise attack by the twilight dancer who turns out to have been Ilya. They manage to escape after the battle when Zeit saves them.
== Gallery ==
Fort of the Sun title card (Zero).png
Fort of the Sun interior door (Zero).png
Sun Fort (Akatsuki).png|Seen in 
Sun Fort 2 (Akatsuki).png|Seen in Akatsuki no Kiseki
Category:Ruins
Category:Crossbell Locations