Story / Characters

Story
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It is currently the year 1,000 A.D. And since it is the millenium, there is a
special event going on in the square, known as the Millennial Fair. Crono, a
young teenager, wants to go to the fair. Once he's at the fair, he accidentally
bumps into a young girl named Marle. She drops her pendant, and upon returning
it, she follows Crono around. Crono wants to go see Lucca's newest invention.
Lucca is Crono's friend. However, once Marle tries the telepod (the newest
invention), her pendant reacts to the telepod, and she gets teleported into
some sort of gate. She is sent to the year 600 A.D, four-hundred years back.

Crono grabs Marle's pendant, and follows her through the gate. After rescuing
Marle again, they soon end up through another gate, where they end up into the
future, in the year 2,300 A.D. They soon discover about a giant creature known
as Lavos. He is a parasite that consumes the world, as it sleeps under the very
surface of the earth. On the year 1,999 A.D, Lavos will awaken, and destroy the
whole world. Can Crono and his friends go back in time to save the future, or
is the world as we know it doomed?


Characters
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Crono
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Magic Type: Lightning
Weapon of Choice: Swords

Crono is the main character in this game. At the beginning of the game, he goes
to the Millennial Fair, and runs in to a young girl named Marle. He then heads
off to Lucca's (his friend) sideshow, where she shows her newest invention, the
telepod. It doesn't go as planned, though, and Crono and Marle end up 400 years
back into the past. Crono and friends later discover about Lavos, a humongous
creature consuming the world. Crono, Marle, and Lucca are then determined to
save history from Lavos. Crono is a pretty useful party member to have. He can
use magic, but he's better off using swords, since he focuses mainly on power.

Marle
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Magic Type: Water
Weapon of Choice: Bow & Arrows

This young girl Crono finds in the Millennial Fair. After Crono returns her
pendant that she dropped, she follows him around for awhile. They soon become
friends after Crono rescues her, when she gets teleported through a mysterious
gate. In the SNES version, it is never shown, but after the end of the game on
the PlayStation version, a cutscene is shown where Crono and Marle get married.
Marle is determined to help stop Lavos from destroying the entire world. She
basically focuses more on everything at once, rather than just one stat. She is
useful at the beginning of the game, but later on, she isn't really useful. Her
healing magic can be useful, though.

Lucca
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Magic Type: Fire
Weapon of Choice: Guns

Lucca is pretty much the third main character in this game. She is Crono's best
friend, and she excels in scientific stuff. She knows a lot about science, and
is always ready to make a new project or a new invention. You can tell she is
a science geek pretty much by the way she looks. Her guns aren't very powerful,
but Lucca is excellent in magic, and dual/triple techs. She is probably the
best magic user in the game, next to Magus. Like Crono and Marle, she will do
anything to help save the future, and stop Lavos from destryoing the world.

Frog
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Magic Type: Water
Weapon of Choice: Swords

Even though he is a frog, don't let your eyes decieve you. He is actually a
talking frog, who was once human. He looked up to his best friend, Cyrus, who
helped him through all times of trouble. Cyrus was determined to save the
kingdom of Guardia and Queen Leene from the evil wizard, Magus, and Magus's
partner, Ozzie. However, when Cyrus fought Magus, he lost to him, which led to
his own death. Frog, who was known as Glenn as a human, was struck by Magus's
dark magic. This made Glenn fall off of a high cliff, and then appear as a
frog, while unconscious by a river.

A medal flowed down the river, and Frog obtained that medal. From that point
on, Frog has wanted to get the legendary blade, the Masamune, which can be used
to slay evil. He wants to use it to slay Magus so that Cyrus may be avenged,
and so that Frog's spell cast upon him by Magus will wear off. Frog is overall
a valuable asset to your party. His magic is decent, and he is excellent when
it comes to swords, like Crono.

Robo
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Magic Type: N/A
Weapon of Choice: Arms

This robot is found abandoned in the year 2,300 A.D. Crono, Marle, and Lucca
spot him, rusted up by a sealed door. Lucca uses some tools to repair him, and
she programs him to be friendly. Despite robots having no emotions, Robo grows
to like Lucca as a friend, and he will not let her get hurt no matter what.
Lucca also cares about Robo just as much. Robo wants to help save the future
from Lavos, like the rest of the group, while protecting Lucca and his friends
at the same time. Robo may not have magic, but he does have techs, and his
physical strength is also strong.

Ayla
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Magic Type: N/A
Weapon of Choice: Fist

Ayla is no ordinary woman. She is found once Crono and the group enter a portal
which takes them to the year 65,000,000 B.C. She is seen battling a group of
green creatures known as Reptites. Crono and the group help fight them, then
Ayla suddenly likes Crono. After they mention that they're after a rare Red
Rock, she leads them to the Laruba Village. After a party they have, she gives
Crono and the group the rock they were looking for. However, upon waking up,
the Gate Key Lucca has is stolen! Apparently, one of Ayla's friends, Kino, took
it, since he doesn't seem to like outsiders.

But then the Reptites take the Gate Key from Kino. The Reptites are mysterious
creatures who want to destroy the apes (Ayla and Kino's race). Crono and the
group go to the Reptite Lair to help defeat the Reptites, and get the Gate Key
back again. The leader of the Reptites, Azala, has the Gate Key. After they get
it back, Ayla later on joins them for good, and she helps them on their journey
to take down Lavos. Ayla can be a little useful, and her physical attacks are a
bit strong, too. At Level 72-96, if you win a fight with her in your party, she
gets the Iron Fist. It's a better fist than the first one. And with it, she has
a chance to inflict Chaos onto an enemy.

And at Level 96-99 (Level 99 is referred to as Level ** in this game), Ayla
gets the BronzeFist, which is a more powerful fist, and will hurt 9999 damage
if you get a critical hit, and on _every_ enemy and boss in the game.

Magus
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Magic Type: Shadow
Weapon of Choice: Scythes

This party member is completely optional. Near the end of the game, you have
the option to fight him, or to not fight him. If you choose the latter, he will
join your party, which is overall the better choice. If you choose to fight
him, you'll get the Amulet accessory upon winning. Magus is an evil wizard who
cast a curse on Glenn, which turned him into a frog. He also killed Glenn's
best friend, Cyrus. The only reason he joins your party is to help your party
get a certain thing for a certain part of the story. He stays with you forever,
but he unfortunately joins you pretty late. His magic attacks are awesome, but
his scythes aren't too good.