Confessions of the Creator/Curses and Hopes of Yore

Curses and Hopes of Yore is an optional five-floor Gateway found in the Confessions of the Creator Scenario in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy and represents the Distant Glory - The Lady of Legend storyline from the first game. It is one of the three multi-floor gateways available on the southern continent, is located at Melmond Fens and accessible via the Cavern of Earth Teleport Stone. Clearing this gateway once awards the player with the accomplishment "Mark of a Lady".
The Rare Chests contain Lv. 90 equipment components including: Brass Ingot, Catoblepas Eye, Bahamut Horn, Syldra Spine, Elder Log, Humbaba Leather, Occurian Gem, Tiamat Carapace, Shiva's Veil and Sleipner's Mane. On the 5th floor a Treasure Chest with an Allure of Honey Equipment piece can be found. If you are only interested in the Allure of Honey chest, it is advisable to ignore the Bonus Line and bring three Jump skills in with you, so that you can skip a battle on Floor 2 and 4, and skip Floor 3 entirely.
==Floors==
===Floor 1===
*KP Chance: Win within 90 seconds
*Bonus Line: Lv. 75
*Rules: Enabled
*Skills: Enabled 
Use a Multichain at D2 to chain all enemies at once. The blue emblem will protect the player's breakable accessories from breaking in these battles, so the player may wish to use Resin-type items for stat bonuses.
===Floor 2===
Beat the manikin at C1 to reach the Treasure Chest at A1.
===Floor 3===
Defeat the Party Battle Piece at D4 for tiles C1 and C6 to appear. Use a Multichain at C4 to chain all enemies at once. This will not only trigger the Booster Accessory x5 emblem, but will chain eight enemies at once, making this the optimum place to use a KP Gambler, if the player has one.
===Floor 4===
Use a Multichain at C3 to chain all enemies at once. 
===Floor 5===
This final floor has no obstacles, the player simply needs to claim the last few treasure chests and then battle Shantotto to finish the gateway. The Assist character does not actually need to be defeated to access the chests behind it - simply challenging it and then fleeing will cause it to vanish.
==Trivia==
*Shantotto's voice files in the Museum refer to this gateway as "Sage's Path". It is possible this was the gateway's name during development and the Museum's descriptions were simply not updated when the name was changed. The name is a reference to the fact that the gateway is in the same location as the Sage's Cave in World A.
Category:Storylines in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy