. : Shades of Silence : . -- Walkthroughs (Tales of Phantasia)

Head to the Tree of Life. You remember Martel, right? Cept she was in black and white at the beginning of the game. She tells you that if the Tree of Life dies, then Magic will disappear from the world (you know this is true because the tree is dead in Cless' time, and they don't know anything about magic there). Mint tries to heal the tree, but she's not powerful enough to do so. Well, you heard Klarth! On to Venezzia! To get there, you have to pass through Harmel.

AUGH! FLASHBACKS! AUGH!! Oh, no, wait, this isn't Totus... but what the heck happened?? Head north, and talk to the pink-haired girl.

"Lia" tells you that Demitel attacked the town and killed everyone. Which, of course, sets Cless off on a personal vendetta. Klarth gets annoyed. Apparently you haven't told him everything yet. Lia now joins you as an NPC (Non-Playable Character, not some new-fangled breed of mutant from Parasite Eve). Go north to leave, and north some more to reach Venezzia.

Head north to the Inn and talk to Nancy. Choose yes. Go right and up from the Inn and enter the second door to the left. Enter the left door and talk to Elwyn (blue hair, remember?). Return to the Inn to give Nancy Elwyn's message. Follow her out, and speak to her again so Elwyn can make his appearance. Leave them be now, you've got other things to do. If you've been reading from the beginning, then we've already been here, so skip to the next paragraph. If not, north and right of the fountain is a boatman. Talk to him so he can take you to the Weapons Shop, etc. Unfortunately, you have to pay his lazy butt. (If he's not there, leave Venezzia and re-enter. Sometimes he's out to lunch or something. *shrugs* ) Buy a new weapon for Mint and Cless, and new armour and such. Talk to the swordswoman in the Armour Shop to get Tempest for 3,000g.

Enter City Hall and talk to the two women in the back to learn about Demitel and how to get to his island. Head upstairs and talk to the old man, who is the Mayor of Venezzia... and Lenios' twin brother! (yes, this is important to do, don't worry) If you want to get to the Item Shop, head to South End. If not, go back to North End and go right. Board the ship and talk to the captain (the guy looking out to the right), and choose Yes.

There is a Mixed Gummy and a ?Book on the docks. Books are always weapons for Klarth, and anything with a ? in front of it needs a Rune Bottle to transform it into what it really is. But, believe it or not, this is actually a Porno Magazine. Not only is that all sorts of odd, but it's a REALLY crappy weapon. So, just leave it untransformed. (Klarth says: Hey! I was going to read that!) ...*ahem*! Anyway...

There's a chest before you get to the gate that contains a Spy Lens. Go through the gate and, after some comments from Klarth, enter the castle. Open the middle window in the back then go left. The first door has a SP, the second has a Savory behind a table and obscured by a pot. Check the closet right behind the chest for the Magic Key. The third room is... a bathroom? Go back to the main room and go right this time. The last door has a bunch of chests with two Apple Gummies, a Verbena, a Savory, an Elixir, and 430g. Use the key on the other door in this area. Inspect the tree in the patch of sunlight for some deliberation. Look, it moved!

Boss: Oak Root (2)
HP: 2250
TP: 3
Attacks: Shake
Weakness: Fire, Thunder
Recommended level: 9

Place Klarth and Mint farther back from Cless in the Form menu, so that Shake doesn't interrupt their Spell-casting. Have Sylphs turned on in Klarth's menu. Get Cless up as close to the first Oak Root as you can and use Tiger Teeth (or whatever SR skill you've got) on it until it dies. Repeat the process with the second Oak Root.

Alternate strategy: Use Lightning Bolt immediately, and have Klarth casting Sylphs.

Return to the main room to see that the sun now shines into the room now that the tree's gone. Turn the middle prism twice, the right one three times, and the left one thrice as well. A secret passage opens up below you. Enter.

Down, left, and up from there is a Reverse Doll. Go back and take the bottom-left passage to get a Corsesque and an Armet Helm. Go back and take the top passage this time, save, and go through the door. After some debating on whether or not Lia is Lia...

Boss: Demitel, Lilite (2), Golem (2)
HP: Demitel: 2,700, Lilite: 600
TP: Demitel: 0, Lilite: 20
Attacks: Ice Tornado, Lightning Bolt, Stone Wall, Hell Gem, Summon Lich
Recommended level: Cless: 15, Mint: 14

Formation doesn't really matter for this fight, since there are enemies all around. Just have your second party member one space back from Cless. Take Sylphs off automatic in Klarth's menu so you can choose his target instead of the AI doing so.

Have Mint cast Delay on some enemy that's in the midst of a bunch of others, then have her cast it again, but on Demitel this time. If it fails, keep casting Delay until it doesn't fail on Demitel. Ignore the Lilites (blue thingies) for now. You can have Pico Hammer on automatic if you'd like. It might actually help, but then again, she is wasting TP that she could be using to heal you. It's best to only use it if the Lilites' spells are really doing a number on your party, at which point you should be casting it manually on the Lilites. Have Klarth do Sylphs on Demitel while Cless takes care of the Golems with Tiger Teeth (you'd better have this tech by now, cause I'm reading this off of a strategy I planned the first time through playing this game, and I hardly leveled up at all back then). Once the Golems are gone, do the same thing on the Lilites. Once they're gone, do the same on Demitel, and have Mint do Pico Hammer, so he doesn't have even the ghost of a chance to summon Lich.

Alternate strategy: Tiger Teeth the closest Golem. By then, either one or both Lilites will probably have teleported behind you. Take them out with Lightning Bolt while Klarth casts Sylphs on Demitel. Use Tiger Teeth and Sylphs (and Pico Hammer, if you wish) to take out whomever's still left.

You get a ?Book from this fight. No, it's not another Porno Mag, it's Yellow Kings BUT you'll get a MUCH better book in a minute, so don't bother transforming that one either. After the fight, Lia collapses and her soul wanders off to join her parents. Awaken, Arche! Yep, it's Bart's psycho daughter, Arche... The scene cuts back to a teary reunion between Bart and Arche, which Mint has to drag Cless away from. Back outside, you wax metaphysical, and Arche exits. And reveals her true personality... Ack! And it gets worse as the story goes on, trust me. She gives you two contract rings for Klarth and proceeds to join your party! Oh brother.

Alright, before heading to Alvanista, there are a couple of things you should do. First off, a note about Arche: She only has two spells that she can cast already: Fireball and Ice Needles. Both of these are rather pathetic. Arche learns spells by reading Spell books, so... let's go find her some spells.

Return to Euclid and check out Klarth's library. In his bedroom is a book that teaches Arche Grave (earth spell). The one in the lower-right hand corner teaches her Ice Tornado (yes, the same one that the Lilites used in Demitel's Castle). And no, I don't mean the comic book!

Return to Beladum. Argh! I hadn't remembered how grating Arche's voice can sound... *covers bleeding ears* After a couple of battles, you might want to turn off Arche's spells because, like Klarth, she tends to get a bit carried away with them once she gets them. Talk to Lenios again, and he teaches Arche Eruption (fire spell). This is ONLY if you talked to Lenios' brother in Venezzia (so if you didn't do as I said, then you gotta go back to Venezzia and talk to him. Remember kids, listen to the webmaster).

Return to Venezzia and enter the first door on the top street (next door to Elwyn's father's company). The woman here will teach Arche Lightning for 200g and Storm for 1,000g. Enter the Trading Company next door, and go to the top floor to find Elwyn and Nancy arguing with Elwyn's father. He's not too pleased with his son at the moment. Exit through the door to the south to get a Protect Ring, then leave and talk to Nancy by the fountain. Elwyn is lurking in the shadows north of the fountain. Talk to him as well and answer yes. Klarth tells him to elope, and waxes eloquent on the subject of love. (Klarth says: Hey! I know true love when I see it!) ... This from the man who calls his live-in lover (or whatever) a wench? (Klarth: (...)) ANYWAY!

Arche joins you at level 12, so head back to Demitel's Castle to level her up some. Plus, you can pick up a Veggies, a Halberd, and a ?Book (Rabonis) for Klarth (the better weapon I told you about) while you're there. Now... head to Alvanista!

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