Fan Club’s War Arc

## Part 1

### The Chosen of Sylvarant

The story begins with what is known as the "Day of Prophecy", which marks when the Chosen will receive his or her Oracle. When the Oracle appears, Raine, who is teaching a class of students, leaves to investigate, prompting Lloyd, Genis, and Colette to follow. After the events at the nearby Martel Temple, Lloyd and Genis return to Iselia and visit the Brunel home, witnessing the family speak with Kratos Aurion, whom the two met at the chapel, about the Journey of Regeneration. Despite Lloyd's insistence on accompanying Colette on her journey, Kratos rejects his offer. Lloyd and Genis then leave, agreeing to make a small detour on Lloyd's way home. The following day, Genis goes to retrieve Lloyd, claiming that Colette and her companions have left without saying goodbye. When the two return to the village, they find it in flames.

Forcystus reveals to the village's mayor and its residents that Lloyd broke the peace treaty with the Desians, prompting the attack on the village. As a punishment, the Desians release a monster that Lloyd and Genis are forced to fight, only to discover after the battle that the monster is Marble, Genis's friend. Marble manages to subdue Forcystus and seriously injure him before dying, and Lloyd and Genis are banned from the village as a result of their actions, leaving them with no other choice but to find Colette and accompany her on her journey.

### Human Ranch

Lloyd Irving and Genis Sage visit Triet in pursuit of Colette Brunel and her companions, who left on the Journey of Regeneration without them. In town, they discover that Lloyd has become a wanted criminal for his actions at the Iselia Human Ranch. Lloyd becomes angry after observing the child-like portrait of himself on the wanted poster. The two then go to see a fortune teller in order to find Colette's location. Upon discovering that the Chosen's group has gone to the nearby Triet Ruins, Lloyd Irving is taken here after being captured in Triet, and he believes his captors to be Desians. Genis Sage, because he is of the same race as the Renegades, is left behind, also because they did not receive any orders to capture him. When Lloyd wakens, he is in a cell, all his equipment confiscated other than the Sorcerer's Ring. He uses the ring to trick the guard into opening the cell, and while he is on the run, he retrieves his equipment. When he comes to a large room, he sees two guards looking for him. After they leave, Lloyd uses the same method they applied to open the door and continues on.

Suddenly, while trying to find a way out, he runs into more guards and escapes into another room. Believing he is safe, Lloyd relaxes just as a blue-haired man appears behind him. The man asks for Lloyds name and threatens him with an electric ball of energy. Lloyd insults him, and the man prepares to shoot the electric ball when he notices Lloyd's Exsphere. The man realizes who Lloyd is and states that he "sees the resemblance". Suddenly, Botta and some other guards arrive and report that the Chosen and her companions are inside the base. The man with the blue hair retreats in fear of being seen by "him", leaving Botta to fight the group. Swearing to Lloyd they will meet again, the mysterious man leaves. Then, Genis, Colette Brunel, Raine Sage, and Kratos Aurion arrive to fight Botta and two guards.

After the events at the Sylvarant Base, Lloyd and Genis join the rest of the group. Lloyd then teaches everyone about Exspheres. Raine Sage finds a broken Key Crest and asks Lloyd to fix it so that she can use it on the Exsphere she found in the base, a task he accepts. Later that night, Lloyd has a conversation with Kratos Aurion outside the inn, which serves as the beginning of a sidequest that centers on Lloyd and Kratos's bonding. The following morning, the group resolves to make their way to the Seal of Fire at the Triet Ruins, to later return successful. Upon return to Triet, an optional quest will trigger. An intruder startles Lloyd from his sleep, prompting the group to check on him, though this intruder is never revealed. Lloyd has the option of another conversational scene with Kratos, where Kratos discusses Noishe in a familiar way.

### Fire Seal

Lloyd Irving and his companions first travel to the Triet Ruins in order to reach the first seal in the Journey of Regeneration. Outside, the group defeats a group of monsters, and it is here where Kratos Aurion teaches the others some self-defending techniques: Guardian for Lloyd, Damage Guard for Colette Brunel, and Force Field for Genis and Raine Sage. While analyzing the outside of the ruins, Raine discovers the Oracle, which Colette proceeds to place her hand upon, revealing the entrance. Inside, the group makes use of the Sorcerer's Ring, igniting torches within the walls in order to shift the layout of the dungeon. Upon reaching the seal, the group is forced to face a guardian trio of Fire-based foes. Afterward, Remiel appears and bestows angelic power to Colette, granting her wings and first Angel Skill, Angel Feathers. Colette collapses upon exiting the ruins, forcing the group to set up camp. Well aware of Remiel's words of trials and tribulations, they decide not to seek medical help, accepting the condition as a normal part of the transformation.

### Clumsy Female Assassin

Lloyd Irving and his companions travel to the Ossa Trail in hopes of finding a boat at Izoold to take them across the sea. Upon their arrival, they are confronted by a mysterious woman, who asks if the Chosen is among them. Colette Brunel cheerfully confesses that she is the Chosen. The woman then charges at her, but Colette falls down and accidentally hits a lever, opening a hidden passage that causes the woman to fall into it. Colette worries whether the assassin is all right, but Genis Sage assures her that she should live. Kratos Aurion then suggests that they continue in an effort to evade the assassin in case she returns.

When they arrive at the end of the trail, the assassin appears from a tunnel. Colette is relieved to find that she is okay, which frustrates the woman. The group then battles against the assassin and her summoned guardian. Upon her defeat, she disappears in a cloud of smoke. Lloyd wonders aloud why people are trying to kill Colette. Kratos confronts his comment, stating that there are always those who reject salvation. Raine Sage notices something striking about the assassin's clothes, but mumbles it to herself, and the group leaves shortly afterward.

## Part 2

### The case of Kanji

The protagonist and the group see another strange figure appear on the TV, and suspect it to be a biker who recently appeared on the real-world news; Kanji Tatsumi. While looking for the boy, the group spots a strange, blue-dressed slender young man who seems to be following him. They are unable to keep close enough an eye on Kanji to prevent him from being kidnapped, and once he is, he begins to appear clearly on the channel. The team ventures into the Steamy Bathhouse, where they find Kanji facing his Shadow, manifested from him questioning his sexual orientation, possible homosexuality, and being ridiculed by girls for possessing stereotypical "feminine" interests such as sewing. Kanji reluctantly accepts his Shadow and receives his Persona.

When the group arrives, they agree to look for a boat they can use to travel to Palmacosta in order to reach the next seal, which Remiel told them would be across the sea. In Izoold, the group is told that Aifread, a somewhat famous captain, left a long time ago, leaving a woman named Lyla distraught in hoping he will someday return. Lyla later demands that Max, who is in love with her, take the group across the sea so that they can find Aifread and give him her letter, a task to which he reluctantly agrees. This initiates a sidequest involving Aifread that cannot be completed until much later in the game. During the group's subsequent visit to Izoold, after Raine Sage has learned Resurrection, they find Clara at the beach, still trapped in her monster form. Although a group of mercenaries attempt to kill her, the group stops them and allows Raine to use her healing spell, which returns Clara to her normal human form, leaving her grateful.

### Rescue part 2

When Kanji is rescued, the group comes to realize that all 4 of the kidnap victims — Yamano, Saki, Yukiko and Kanji — appeared on real-life TV before appearing on the Midnight Channel. Additionally, Yukiko and Kanji's first appearances on the channel were blurry and out of focus, though those appearances happened before they disappeared. After they disappeared, their appearances on the Midnight Channel became clear and in-focus and representative of their inner emotions. Therefore the group concludes that the victims will first appear on the real-world TV, then appear in a blurry form on the Midnight Channel, then they will be kidnapped, then have vivid appearances on the channel until they die on the next foggy day. Also, the Shadow forms of the victims are their true emotions, which gain their power from their host's inability to accept them (since each victim denied their Shadow form).

### Orbus Calaglia

One day in Orbus Calaglia, a train carrying a Renan woman named Shionne Imeris is attacked by the Crimson Crows, leading to a series of events that birth the Blazing Sword, a powerful weapon born from Shionne's stolen master core that horrifically burns its user. Iron Mask is the only one who can wield due to inability to feel pain, and even then, only with Shionne's healing artes to support him. The pair are able to end the rule of Lord Balseph, with Iron Mask remembering his name, Alphen, in the process. With this newfound power, Alphen wishes to free the other Dahnas from their masters, and Shionne joins as she has her own reasons for defeating the Five Lords.

Inside, the two encounter lines of capsules filled with people, including Haus. These machines, referred to by Milla as a type of spyrix, drain the mana out of their contents. Haus is able to warn Jude of a trap, but dies shortly afterward from mana depletion. Suddenly, Jude is attacked by a woman known as the "Lady in Red". After defeating the woman, Jude decides to accompany Milla deeper into the facility until she finishes her business there.

At the heart of the facility, the duo discovers a military weapon of mass destruction known as the Lance of Kresnik, a gigantic, mechanical cannon utilizing spyrix technology and powered from the mana drained from the capsules across the research center and surrounding spirits. While scavenging for intruders, the Lady in Red appears once more to kill Jude and Milla. She threatens them, so they ready themselves for another attack. However, the Lance is suddenly activated by the girl. Milla summons the Four Great Spirits, Efreet, Gnome, Sylph, and Undine, to aid her. However, the Lance absorbs their mana energy, as well as captures the four spirits. Milla is able to steal the activation disc for the Lance, but she and Jude are thrown off a bridge inside of the room and wash up outside.

Milla awakens with Jude and discovers she cannot summon the four spirits.

### Road to Nia Khera

She decides to return to Nia Khera, her hometown, to properly perform the ritual needed to summon them again. Jude helps her reach the seahaven so that she can be on her way. There, the Rashugal military confronts the two. After assistance from a mysterious man, they successfully board a ship to the Aladhi Seahaven. On the ship, the man introduces himself as Alvin, a mercenary looking for work. He then reveals that he expects payment for the incident at the port. Both Jude and Milla are suspicious of his intentions, yet he seems reasonable enough for his asking price. Milla offers to repay him with manual labor, then hires him to accompany her and Jude to Nia Khera. Along the way, Milla finds human society both fascinating and unusual, while Jude is slowly brought out of his shell.

In the town of Hamil, the group meets Elize Lutus, a young, ostracized girl; her guardian, Jiao; and her talking "toy", Teepo. Jude worries about her strange demeanor, but they are eventually hurried off by the mayor. While traveling through the Kijara Seafalls, Milla is briefly captured by a mysterious woman who believes that Milla is carrying something really important and who seems to know Alvin from somewhere. After defeating a large monster that Jude and Alvin used to knock the woman away and free Milla, the group makes it to Nia Khera. Everyone there is pleased that Milla has made it back safely. In return, she shows much affection, as well as mild confusion, to the villagers. At her shrine, the trio meets Ivar, Milla's handmaid. After an unsuccessful attempt to summon the Four Great Spirits, Milla determines that they must be trapped inside the Lance of Kresnik and only its destruction will release them. As the group is leaving the village, they are shown being watched by Jiao, the woman from earlier, whose name is revealed to be Presa, and two other men, who discuss what to do concerning Maxwell and the device needed to activate the Lance of Kresnik.

## Part 3

### Palmacosta

When the group first arrives in Palmacosta, Colette Brunel accidentally bumps into a woman, breaking the Palma Potion the woman was carrying. Although Colette apologizes, the apparent leader of the other group quickly becomes irritated, prompting Lloyd Irving to come to Colette's defense. Colette agrees to buy the group another bottle of Palma Potion, which forces the group to enter the nearby item shop and witness the sales clerk refusing to sell supplies to a couple of Desian soldiers, claiming that what they are offering is too low. Although the Desians threaten her, the woman states that as long as Dorr is with the city, she and others will not give in to the Desians. The soldiers then leave, and almost immediately afterward, the girl, whose name is revealed to be Chocolat, bids farewell to her mother and leaves. After purchasing a replacement Palma Potion, the group gives it to the travelers, who proceed to leave the city, mentioning that they must give a book to a man at Hakonesia Peak.

When the group goes to the center of the city, they witness a boy speaking to Dorr, the Governor-General of Palmacosta. The group learns from a nearby civilian that the boy's father was taken to the nearby Palmacosta Human Ranch. Dorr, together with his young daughter, Kilia, assures the boy that he will get his father back, and afterward, returns to his office. The group then visits the nearby church to ask the priest if he knows anything about the next seal they must reach on their Journey of Regeneration, and the priest states that the Governor-General has something called the **Book of Regeneration**, which was written by Spiritua, the last successful Chosen of Sylvarant, when she was on her own journey. With the book, the group would be able to locate all the seals. At Dorr's office, when the group claims to be the Chosen travelers, Dorr calls forth the city guards, accusing the group of being impostors. However, Colette trips, revealing her pink angel wings, which convince Dorr, who calls off the guards and apologizes. He then reveals that a group came just prior to their arrival and claimed to be the Chosen travelers, so he gave them the book. With no more clues, the group leaves the city and travels to Hakonesia Peak in hopes of finding the impostors.

### Hakonesia

When the group first visits the area, they go inside a house near the pass and speak with a man named Koton. Prior to this meeting, they had discovered that the Chosen impostors were going to sell Spiritua's **Book of Regeneration** to Koton, so they visit him in order to retrieve it. However, Koton refuses, but he tells the females of the group that, if they can get him the "Spiritua Statue" from a nearby House of Salvation, he will let them read it. Before the group leaves the area, they discover from a group of people that the Desians are heading to Palmacosta, led by their leader, Magnius. Because of this, Lloyd Irving and the others decide to go to the city to learn more about what is happening.

### Desian Invasion

When the group later returns to the city, they discover that Magnius and his soldiers have invaded the city, and the latter is unable to defend itself because Dorr and the city guards are away performing training exercises. In the center of the city, Chocolat's mother, Cacao, is about to be executed for Chocolat's opposition against the Desians. As Magnius enters the scene, he snaps the neck of a citizen who fails to address him as "Lord" Magnius, killing him. When Magnius orders for Cacao to be killed, a young boy throws rocks at Magnius, angering him enough to leap off the execution platform to punish him. However, Lloyd attacks Magnius despite Raine Sage's fear of Palmacosta becoming the next Iselia. One of the higher-ranked Desians then recognizes Lloyd as a wanted criminal: Number 0074, Lloyd Irving. Magnius, seeing his chance, orders a Desian mage to attack, only to be stopped by Genis. Magnius then angrily orders Cacao's execution, but before she can suffocate, Colette uses her chakram to sever the rope, rescuing her. As Magnius is distracted by the ring, Kratos Aurion rushes forth and slashes Magnius, telling him to respect the wishes of the Chosen. Upon hearing that Colette is the Chosen of Regeneration, the citizens cheer. Magnius, injured, leaves, and the group is forced into a battle with a trio of Desian soldiers.

After fighting the Desians, the group finds themselves at Chocolat and Cacao's home, where Chocolat thanks them for saving her mother. Cacao explains explains that Chocolat's grandmother was taken away and that Chocolat's father was killed in a battle against the Desians. In order to help her mother maintain the shop, Chocolat works in the church, though she does not believe Martel will come and save them when she sees all the suffering people are experiencing. Colette, however, tells Chocolat that she believes that the goddess sleeps inside them all, prompting her to find faith in Martel despite life's treacheries. Enlightened by Colette's words, Chocolat returns to her work at the church. Lloyd is astounded that someone would continue to work after such an event, but Kratos explains that it is after events like these that both those with and without faith feel a need to go on a journey in search of salvation.

### Dorr and Kilia

Later, the group is provided with a choice to either go and confront Dorr about his betrayal or first go and defeat Magnius. Either way, they confront Dorr in his office, where they catch him talking to a Desian. As the Desian leaves, Dorr notices Lloyd and the others. What they say depends on what choices the player makes, but Dorr then shows the group his wife, Clara, who has become mutated like Marble. Dorr explains that, when his father was a Governor-General, his rebellious attitude made the Desians kill him and plant a "demon seed" in Clara as a warning. However, Dorr and the Desians made a deal: if Dorr cooperated with them, they would give him medicine to remove the seed. After a furious argument with Lloyd, Colette attempts to soothe Dorr by telling him that Martel lives within him. Kilia, however, stabs Dorr from behind, claiming that Martel would never lend her aid to an inferior human being. She then reveals herself to be a monster-like creature and half-elf servant of Pronyma, leader of the Desian Grand Cardinals. She was ordered to observe the new human cultivation technique Magnius had developed. In the process, she killed Dorr's daughter, the real Kilia, and took her place without Dorr ever noticing.

The group then fights Kilia and defeats her. However, before dying, she unlocks the nearby cell, hoping that Clara will kill them. As Lloyd cannot bring himself to take another innocent life, Colette steps forward and tells Clara to stop. Clara listens to her and leaves. Dorr, in his last minutes, asks if his real daughter is truly dead. Lloyd, pitying the man, lies and tells him that his real daughter is apparently alive, much to Colette and Genis's displeasure. Raine then tries to heal him, but she is unsuccessful, as Dorr's wound proves to be too dire. Before he dies, Dorr asks Lloyd and the others to return Clara to her human form and save Chocolat. When everything is solved with the human ranch and Dorr, Neil informs the group that he will take the job as the new Governor-General and watch over the prisoners from the ranch while Dirk removes the Exspheres implanted in them.

### One's Action

Later, Chocolat and some other people from Palmacosta are taken to Palmacosta Human Ranch for violence. While the party goes around saving them, Chocolat is brought to Magnius's office, possibly for interrogation. However, after the party has defeated the guards, Magnius reveals for Chocolat that Lloyd Irving and Genis Sage killed her grandmother with cold blood. Believing him, she refuses to get saved by Marble's murderers and is recaptured and taken away. Later, when the party goes to save the people in Asgard Human Ranch, they are told that she was taken to Iselia Human Ranch.

### Luin

If the group visits Luin before the Seal of Wind, Lloyd Irving finds Sheena at the local fountain playing with children. When the children run to hide, Sheena spots Lloyd and swears that the next time she meets him, she will kill him, before leaving. When the Desian Grand Cardinal Kvar discovers that prisoners who have escaped from his ranch are hiding in Luin, he invades the city and takes every survivor as prisoner. Although Sheena Fujibayashi attempts to help the citizens, she fails, later assisting the group in a rescue mission at the ranch. Managing to rescue its citizens from the ranch by killing Kvar, the group later assists in rebuilding the city to its former glory and greater.

Prior to succeeding at the ranch, however, the group rests in Luin after discovering the truth behind Exspheres and how they are manufactured. Furious at the idea, Lloyd removes his Exsphere and prepares to destroy is before Colette Brunel warns him that "nothing good will come of it". Kratos Aurion echoes this notion, stating that, without Exspheres, they are merely powerless humans.

In a sidequest, the group has the option of finding Pietro in Luin and assisting him with rebuilding the city. Pietro ultimately feels responsible for the city's destruction, so Lloyd and his companions can donate Gald in order to gradually reconstruct the city, eventually enabling the city to surpass its former glory. Near the end of the sidequest, the city is fully rebuilt to a much better state than before it was attacked. New, joke-themed weapons can be purchased in the local weapon shop, and statues of Lloyd, Sheena, and Raine Sage are built around the city to commemorate the three heroes. Later in the story, Luin is revealed to be the hometown of Anna Irving, Lloyd's mother. When Kratos informs Lloyd of this, the two resolve to protect the city while the worlds are still in danger.

### Asgard

Upon approaching the city's stone dais, Raine Sage enters "Ruin Mode" and begins lecturing on the area's history. However, Lloyd Irving sneaks away to explore alone and finds two men with a bomb, planning to destroy the dais. When Raine hears this, she rushes to the site and attacks the men, but ends up activating the bomb herself. Because neither of the men can stop it, Lloyd tries and succeeds, telling the men not to make things they cannot control. Then, however, the mayor or Asgard appears, so the men flee. It is soon revealed that the two men tried to destroy the dais because Linar's sister, Aisha, is going to be offered as a sacrifice for the Summon Spirit of Wind. Because Linar was too careless with his research, he accidentally awakened a creature said to be the Summon Spirit of Wind, who began demanding sacrifices. The group learns that Aisha has been selected to perform the maiden ritual and be offered to the spirit as his next sacrifice.

Because the group believes the spirit to be of some help in their search for the next seal, Raine offers to perform the maiden ritual in Aisha's place. Being accepted, she performs the ritual and summons the mystical creature, who is revealed to be a false spirit. The group then fights the spirit, and when it is defeated, they receive the "Map of Balacruf", which Raine and Linar read and translate the following night. The day afterward, Raine reveals that the next seal is in the Balacruf Mausoleum. In a later sidequest, it is possible for Raine to receive her maiden ritual clothes as a costume by approaching the stone dais again, where Linar and the mayor ask Raine to perform the ritual once more. She agrees, and the new members of the group witness the display that ends with Raine's acquisition of the "Maiden" title.

### Seal of Wind

When the group enters this historic place after obtaining the "Balacruf Map", they are able to have the Oracle stone appear before them. When Colette Brunel puts her hand on the stone, the door to the mausoleum opens, and they enter. After passing through a trial of traps with the Sorcerer's Ring's new wind ability, the group is able to enter further into the ruins. However, while they are passing through the doors, the assassin known as Sheena Fujibayashi appears outside and makes her way in the mausoleum. Although Noishe attempts to stop her, Sheena summons Corrine to help her. At the roof of the mausoleum, the group fights against the seal's guardian, and after defeating it, Remiel appears before them and bestows upon Colette the Angel Skill Holy Song. After telling the group where to go next, he disappears again, and the group leaves. Near the exit, Sheena confronts them and initiates a fight, which she ultimately loses. After a confusing conversation about saving the world, Sheena disappears, and the group makes their way out.

### Taichi's Atonement

Before being able to enter the Asgard Human Ranch, the group must visit Hima in order to find a man named Pietro, who escaped from the ranch and has something to tell the Chosen. However, Pietro is not in a mentally sound state, prompting the group to first aid him. Raine Sage later does so with the Resurrection spell she learned through the book left behind by the healer Boltzman. When the group later visits Hima, they go to the top of the village's mountain to see the Tower of Salvation, and there, they meet a dragon tamer who offers his services to the group for a fee before realizing they are the Chosen's group and offering the ride for free.

The night before the group leaves, Lloyd Irving has the opportunity to speak with each of his companions and can continue the training sidequest with Kratos Aurion if previous requirements have been completed. The next day, Lloyd witnesses Kratos speaking to Noishe before a man appears and prepares to attack him. Lloyd shouts at Kratos, which alerts him of the danger and allows him to defend himself. Later in the story, a sidequest reveals this man to be Yuan Ka-Fai.

### Angelus Project

More than seventeen years before the start of the story, Kvar developed the Angelus Project, which was to find a host that could actually produce a Cruxis Crystal within the body. At one point, or at the start, a human named Anna became one of the hosts, and she was one of the few that survived successfully. Some point between this and seventeen years before the storyline, Kratos Aurion met Anna on the surface, and at some point freed her from the Human Ranch. Because she was a successful host for the Angelus Project, Kvar hunted them everywhere around the world. Eventually, he and the humans met outside the Iselia Human Ranch, and he removed Anna's Exsphere. As the Exsphere was without a Key Crest, her mana became out of control, and she attacked both Kratos and their son, Lloyd Irving. In the end, they managed to get the Exsphere away from Kvar, but Kratos was forced to mortally wound Anna. Seeing an opportunity while Kratos was in shock, Kvar attacked, which sent Anna, Lloyd and their pet, Noishe, down the cliff. Kvar somehow got away while Kratos fought the last Desians and headed down to look after his family, but the Grand Cardinal himself never found the Exsphere and most likely returned to the Asgard Human Ranch, having given up on the Angelus Project for the moment.

## Part 4

### Struggles of a Ninja Hybrid

At his verge of death, Kratos Aurion approaches Magnius and tells him that he is a fool, and that the Chosen is accepted by Cruxis, and shall thus not be killed. Hearing this, Magnius realizes that he has been fooled by Rodyle into thinking that the Chosen was actually going to be killed. After Raine activates the self-destruction of the ranch and the party hurries out, Magnius tries to contact Forcystus of the Iselia Human Ranch and warn him, but is cut off by a hologram of Rodyle who thanks him for the Gald and information he has provided him. Just before he dies, Magnius glorifies Yggdrasil's "Age of Half-Elves".

### Luin Razed

Fourteen years later, at the present, Kvar is informed that many escaped prisoners are hiding in Luin, and orders an attack where many are killed, and the survivors are taken to the Human Ranch. During the attack, Sheena Fujibayashi tried to protect the citizens, but ultimately failed. A while later, Kvar's ranch is invaded by some Renegades, including the lieutenant Botta, and Kvar decides to chase them down. While he is doing this, however, he meets the Chosen's group, who also invaded the ranch, and although he loses the trail of the Renegades, he tries to take Lloyd, who is the new bearer of the Angelus Project Exsphere. With the help of Colette Brunel, the party escapes deeper into the ranch, but Kvar finds them again at the place where they make Exspheres out of human life, and explains the mechanism to the shocked heroes. He then explains to Lloyd how the Exsphere he is using belonged to his dead mother, and how his father was in fact the one who killed her. His continued insults against Anna and Lloyd's father provoke Kratos, who is playing a mercenary and has not told Lloyd who his real father is. Kvar just laughs and orders his men to get the Exsphere. Sheena comes to the rescue and helps them escape, but Kvar chooses to wait for them to come back, and in the meantime find the Exspheres that the Renegades stole.

### Seal of Water

The first time the group arrives, they are looking for the "Spiritua Statue" a priest lost on his visit to the geyser. As they get from the docks, Colette Brunel notices something familiar from the distance but does not tell the group. At the geysers, Genis Sage uses Icicle to freeze the boiling water so that Lloyd Irving can climb on the frozen patches to reach the statue on the other side of the geyser. If Lloyd succeeds, he will obtain the statue on his own. However, if he fails, the party member with best attraction to Lloyd will come and save him, and Kratos Aurion will obtain instead. After obtaining the statue, it is possible to open the door that leads inside the geyser, which further leads to the Seal of Water.

Inside the geyser, the assassin from before appears again but is stopped by Noishe. After passing the Sorcerer's Ring's new challenge of water, the group is forced to fight the guardian of the seal. After doing so, Remiel appears again and gives Colette new angelic powers. When he has told them where to go next, he disappears, and the group decides to leave. However, outside, Colette collapses, and depending which route the player has chosen, Raine Sage will call this phenomenon Angel Toxicosis. If the more difficult route was chosen, Lloyd will ask Colette to look at her hand and tells her that she is bleeding from an earlier fall. However, Colette withdraws her hand and denies that it hurts. This makes Lloyd more suspicious, so he asks if he can talk to her alone. Colette waits while Lloyd returns with two cups of coffee. He gives Colette one, and after she agrees with him that the coffee is hot, he reveals that it is actually iced coffee.

Although shocked, Colette agrees with him but loses the coffee when Lloyd says that he lied—it *is* hot coffee. Colette finally confesses that she has stopped needing to eat and sleep, as well as that she cannot taste or feel anymore. Lloyd becomes angry and asks her why she has not told anyone, but Colette states she does not want anyone to worry—that it is her fate to become an angel. Although Lloyd is frustrated with her, she tells him not to tell it to anyone, for she wants the journey to be fun. Because of this, Lloyd hugs her and apologizes for not noticing before. Colette apologizes to him as well, saying she is happy and wishes she could cry, but that she cannot anymore.

### Injured

Rinwell stumbled upon Calaglia and collapsed. She was brought to Ulzebek to recover, and revealed she was sent to Calaglia to enlist help for Cyslodia. Alphen, Shionne and Zephyr agree to help her, although Rinwell is more than appalled a Renan would help her.

### Burning in Hell

At some point after this, Kvar notices some of his data stolen and suspects the leader of the Grand Cardinals, Pronyma, is jealous because he is about to get promoted with the Angelus Project Exsphere, and thus seeking revenge. He contacts Pronyma through a hologram and speaks with her on the matter. However, true to his previous predictions, the party returns and confronts him. Pronyma tells Kvar that she knows about the Mana Cannon before she ends the transmission, and Kvar is left to fight the party. After the battle, Kvar falls down while Raine Sage prepares the ranch's self-destruct sequence. In his last attempt to get the Exsphere, he rises up and tries to strike down Lloyd, but Colette comes in between them and takes the blow. Furiously, Lloyd stabs him. Kratos follows right after, stabbing him thrice. Kvar then dies, and the party escapes to avoid the explosions. Some minutes later, a hologram of Rodyle appears, and he tells the deceased Kvar that he will take the rest of the data about the Mana Cannon before it is all gone, laughing at his fellow Grand Cardinal's death in the process.

### Seal of Light

During the Journey of Regeneration, the tower's entrance is locked, preventing the group from venturing inside. However, when the key is recovered either from Clara or from Pastor Piccarin at the Balacruf Mausoleum, they are allowed access inside. In the Tower of Mana, there are numerous historical books from legends to theories of healing, such as the **Boltzman's Book**. Raine Sage finds the mentioned book there, and together with the "Unicorn's Horn", she is able to use the spell Resurrection. When the group looks for a way to advance, as the doors are sealed, Raine tells Lloyd Irving and Genis Sage to step on some stones in the middle of the room. By doing so, a door opens, forcing the group to split in half to proceed any further. After passing a trial with the Sorcerer's Ring, the two groups merge to fight the guardian of the seal. After defeating it, Colette Brunel releases the Seal of Light, and she is taught the Angel Skill Sacrifice. After the group leaves the tower, Colette falls to her knees. When she opens her mouth to speak to the others, she realizes she is unable to speak, leaving Kratos Aurion to assume she has lost the ability to speak. At this point, Lloyd decides to tell the group about Colette's illness despite promising her he would not.

The group decides to camp and allow Colette to rest, and it is at this point that Sheena Fujibayashi reveals she is from a world called Tethe'alla. She explains that Sylvarant and Tethe'alla are parallel worlds next to each other and that they act as an hourglass: when one world flourishes with mana, the other wanes. She also states that, if Colette breaks the final seal at the Tower of Salvation, then Sylvarant will gain prosperity while Tethe'alla withers because the mana flow will stop in Tethe'alla and return to Sylvarant. Because the King of Tethe'alla did not want this, he sent Sheena to assassinate the Chosen. In response, Colette uses Lloyd's hand to say that she will ask Remiel if there is a way to help both worlds. Sheena then claims that, if it comes down to it, she may have to kill Colette after all, as it was her job from the beginning. Colette returns this by saying that she will fight too because she loves her world just as much as Sheena loves Tethe'alla. The group travels to Hima the next day in order to reach the Tower of Salvation.

### Truth

After all the seals are unlocked, the group travels to the Tower of Salvation from Hima using mounted dragons as their method of transportation. There, Remiel tells Colette that she needs to give up her heart and her memory. The group asks if they could save both Tethe'alla and Sylvarant, and he says that if that is what the Chosen desires it will happen. After Colette is purged of her remaining human traits, Remiel drops his benevolent guise and reveals his ambitions to use Colette to become one of the Four Seraphim. Lloyd Irving and group gets angry at being deceived, and they attack the angelic being. After the battle, Kratos Aurion appears, and Remiel asks "Lord Kratos" to lend him aid. He refuses to help the fallen angel, and Remiel dies. Kratos explains he is one of the Four Seraphim and a member of Cruxis, the organization that secretly controls the world from behind the scenes through the Church of Martel. He reveals his plan to take the Chosen as Martel's vessel, and he engages in battle with the party.

Regardless of the outcome of the battle, another angel appears, and Kratos kneels before him, calling him Lord Yggdrasill. Yggdrasill easily defeats the party, and he knocks Lloyd into a pillar with the power of the Eternal Sword. Botta and his Renegades appear, some sacrificing themselves as a distraction while they take the Chosen and Lloyd's group away before Yggdrasil could react. Renegades at the Tower of Salvation, they are forced to summarize their situation before being brought to the blue-haired man again. In an attempt to escape, Sheena Fujibayashi summons Corrine as a distraction while the group makes their way to the hangar and prepares to use the Rheairds there and fly to Sheena's home world, Tethe'alla. They are successful and thus begin their ventures in the parallel world.