*Note: if you want the music off, just press the pause button
You open on a battle. Four unknown warriors are fighting against some powerful boss. One party member is already knocked out, and another one gets knocked
into the red. A different party member is murmuring an incantation, then, suddenly, [BOOM] the bad guy is defeated. They then proceed to seal him
up for good... or do they?
Ten years later, Cless (yes, it is CLESS with an L, check the
FAQ. He is not a vegetable! I mean, does he
look like a
soup ingredient??) walks into his father's training room. Miguel wants to talk to Cless about the pendant that he's given him for his birthday, but Chester
comes along. The boys were going hunting. When you leave the house, Cless' mother Maria comes out and gives you two apple gummies. Go to the store and
talk to the shop owner to get an apple for Amy, Chester's sister. Go back and give it to her to get a stuffed doll of yourself that she made you. ...
alrighty then. ^O__o^;; Talk to her again to get a title for Chester. Try to leave town, and Tristan stops you. ... OK, that was utterly pointless.
Leave town.
In the fields to the north, wander around and level up, but don't stray too far. You can heal for free in Cless' house. Something to keep in mind while
playing this game: Beware things that skitter. After Cless gains a level he learns his first tech, Demon Fang. By the way, you have to equip Cless' techs,
so go into your menu, hit Skills, Cless, and equip Demon Fang. At lv 3, Chester learns Hell Pyre, which is pretty cool. At level 5, Cless learns Swallow
Dance. Use all of your TP towards mastering these techs (check the percentage with the start button in the Skills menu).
To the southwest is a locked house (to the left of the tree in the front yard is a Gravity Stone, hidden by the trees), and to the east of that is a cave.
Fight off the skeleton in the back for a Melange Gel, and gain EXP. The door in the back is also locked. To the northeast of Totus is the Cave of Spirits.
You can go in here and fight some baddies. These guys give pretty good EXP, just make sure you're at level 5, cause they also do a lot of damage. The
door to the back is closed for now, so there isn't really anything else to see here.
Farther north is the mountain pass. We'll come back here later, so just head left (in the pass) for now. Go north to the town there. Near the middle of
town is a guy selling items. You can buy a beret here, which you'll need later. You can buy upgraded weapons and armour in the weapons shop if you've
got enough g, although a new weapon or shield for Cless isn't really recommended at the moment... you'll see why soon enough. You can also sell that
Melange Gummy for 500g. Buy Chester a longbow. Enter the grocery store for a funny scene involving a bush baby. Also, talk to the chef dude (he's
wearing one of those big poofy white hats) to learn the recipe for Cabbage Rolls. Afterwards heal in Totus, and for some unknown reason the lady at the
Inn will now give you 10g for moving a bushbaby statue for her (before she'd just yell at you for no reason). Enter the woods south of Totus.
Inside, Chester will spot a boar. Follow it to the right. Go north to
get a Life Bottle, then go back to where you first saw the boar. Go south and right to spot it again. Keep following the path, and you'll come
across a dead tree. Chester wanders off to look for the boar, and then Cless is visited by a spirit, who tells him not to mess with the tree. Chester
comes back, and so does the boar.
Afterwards, you rejoice in your kill, until you hear the town's alarm bell going off. Run! Run! Run!
The town is in ruins. And everybody's dead. And there's nothing you could've done to save any of them. Outside your house, you find your father lying
dead on the ground. Maria stumbles out of the house, and, after imparting some knowledge about your pendant, she wastes away in your arms...
The scene cuts to Cless in Chester's house, where Chester is kneeling beside the body of his younger sister, Ami. As he is leaving, Cless has a sudden
revelation. Enter Cless' house, and go to the top floor. Enter the rightmost room and grab the Knight's Saber. Equip it, then leave Totus. Head north
to the mountain gap.
Move the statue out of the way, and buy stuff from the Merchant, if you need to. If you want the easy route, go left, then once back on the world map, go
north and I'll meetya in Euclid.
Now, for you more greedy types (and more courageous, of course...), your reward is... levels and treasure! MUAHAHAHAHA! (screw that idiotic idium, "and the
meek shall inherit the earth." We shall TRIUMPH!) ... *ahem* ANYWAY! Go north from the merchant. The enemy-encounter rate is REALLY high here, by the way.
Just follow the path. At the top you'll find a Life Bottle, and an Orange Gummy. Exit left. On the world map, head north to the town. If, by chance,
you happened to get to level 9 while you were traipsing about the countryside, use up your TP towards learning Lightning Bolt, then enter the town (although
you really shouldn't be at that level yet... *sweatdrop*)
Right and up is the Items Shop. Buy gummies and a couple of Life Bottles, and whatever else you need. North of that is the Weapons shop. The weapons
girl is asleep. Go ahead and wake her up if you wish, although I REALLY don't recommend buying a new weapon, or a shield. In fact, SELL ALL YOUR WEAPONS
AND SHIELDS. ... whaaaat!? No, seriously, trust me on this. Just do it. Buy some armor if you wish, though. North of that guy is the house you want.
Enter, and Uncle Olsen and Aunt Joan welcome you in... Talk to Uncle Olsen again, and answer Yes to rest (I don't care if you're not tired!).
Boy, talk about it not being your day... First, your parents die, and now your own uncle turns you over to these weirdos! You are led out while
being poked in the rear with a spear... hey, that rhymes! (...)
The scene switches to Chester, who's finished burying the townsfolk. He hears horses in the distance...
Of Prisons, Sewers, and Other Random Places
