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Walkthrough - FAQ/Walkthroughf!*!*!*!*!*!*! W A R N I N G !*!*!*!*!*!*!*! This document is currently being made, so I have decided to submit what I have already done to help the players who have just got the game. This version of the guide only goes up to CHAPTER TEN, and nothing else after that. If you are not yet at that point, then perhaps this guide will help you. 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Licensed to and published by Atlus USA. ASCII art by me ^_^ S T R A T E G Y G U I D E ****** I want you all to appreciate this guide. Be happy I did it. I sacraficed my completed game doing this because of the save memory slot function that this game lacks horribly. I had a perfect party for online play and now it's gone. This might not seem like a big deal to you, but at the time that I'm writing this, only a few people on the message boards have beat the game. Mostly are still about half way through, and then theres the odd fellow whos near the end. This is probably the first time I had a game finished when everyone was still asking for help. Thats the reason I started this guide. To pass on the knowledge that I do have about this game. Had I known that I would've accidentally deleted my perfect data, I would've said "To hell with you noobs!" and forgotten the whole idea. But now I cannot do that. Because I've given up the data to one of my favourite games to bring you answers and help that you need so very dearly. A nice eMail saying that this guide helped you would do wonders. If I get any unneccessary eMail saying that I'M a noob, or my tactics suck, well you can just take that negative attitude and stick it where the sun don't shine, champion. This guide is now officially dedicated to ANYONE who loved a video game as much as I love this one, and has had their data unfairly stolen away from them at the peak of their prime when it meant a lot to them. Thank you for reading this rant, thank you for reading the guide, and thank you to God, you slime punk who thinks its funny to give me a kick-ass party and the trick the hell out of me and delete it. Great. Thanks. ****** ( NeoGarland ) ____________________________________________________________________________ |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | Author: Dylan Hinds | | eMail: dylanhinds (at) ffkingdome (dot) com | | MSN Messenger: hyndz.wm (at) msn (dot) com | | Website: www.FFKingdome.com | | Steal This: And prepare to die. | | | | Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA | | | | This guide is for my friend, Chelsea, who is unfortunate enough to | | obtain a certain disease. I hope you get better, and ignore what people | | say. Hopefully it will pass and you can forget about it. Stay up. | |____________________________________________________________________________| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello everyone. Welcome to my first full walkthough. I've done two other guides, for Final Fantasy III for the Nintendo DS. But this is my first full walkthrough that I will be doing. What you will find in this guide to LUMINOUS ARC for the Nintendo DS is expert (well, lets not get carried away) strategys for all of the battles, storyline, and the normal Battle Marks on the world map. I have some experience in SRPGs, so you're not reading a noobs rambling. I've played a decent amount of FFT, and FFTA, so I somewhat had the know-how when i first cracked open this gem. But, for your sake, I finished this game first, before writing the walkthrough, so that I don't leave out anything. With that said, I hope you enjoy the walkthrough, and more importantly, this great game, for your kick-ass Nintendo DS. If you have something to eMail me, my eMail address is in the box above this paragraph. Please eMail your message to me with the subject "Luminous Arc Guide" or something. All mail is excepted, hate mail, thank-you mail (thats my favourite kind ;D), constructive ideas/helpful hints, additional information, pretty much anything related to the guide. And don't be shy to eMail me things like "Thanks for the guide, it really helped" or "I enjoyed reading your guide". Things like that make my day. Also, be mindful that I check my eMail about once a week, so if I don't instantly reply, then thats why. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PROTECT THE LIGHT, CONDEMN THE DARK! A millennium of peace is about to be torn asunder by the spread of darkness. A war with the Witches 1,000 years ago nearly destroyed the planet, and now they have returned. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following sites may grab a copy of this guide for their site without asking, (www.GameSpot.com) www.GameFAQs.com (this is where the actual copy is uploaded) www.NeoSeeker.com www.SuperCheats.com Also, any CNet website can use it, as its run by the same people from GameSpot and GamFAQs. I've once heard rumors of people stealing GameFAQs guides and selling them on eBay for personal gain and profit. If I catch this happening to this (or any other of my guides) I will personally fly to wherever it is that you reside, beat the living **** out of ya. Cheers, jackass! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *************************************************** *************************************************** ** WARNING! READ BEFORE CONTINUING! ** *************************************************** *************************************************** This Walkthrough will contain spoilers, as spoilers will ruin the great plot of this game, you should NOT read ahead further then your current game data. Although, for those jumping to sections in the guide that they have not yet reached in the game may have something revealed to them (such as character names or plot events). If you wish to eMail me something related to this guide, please use the subject as "Luminous Arc Guide" or something like that, otherwise, 'twill be deleted without me opening it, in fear of a virus. My computer has enough of those from por- ... Lets move on, shall we? If you have a different strategy that worked well in the game that isn't listed in this guide, feel free to send it to me along with the name you wish to be credited by, and it will be added as soon as I can get it. Also, please eMail with the name of a website that has stolen my guide, if they have. Thank you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______ _ _________________________________________________________ / ____| |________________ _____________________________________ \ | / | | U M I N O U S | | ___________ \ | | | | | | | / \ | | | | | |_/\ /\ | |[ TOC ] | | | | \____//<>\ R C | | \___________/ | | | | / __ \ | | Table of Contents | | | | / / \ \ | | ``````````````````````` | | | \________\/____\/_______| |_____________________________________/ | \__________________________________________________________________/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ !! I have implemented the CTRL+F system. This means you may look through the list provided, and look at the code beside the section you are looking for. Then, you press CTRL and F at the same time, and then type in the code in the little search box. Once you have entered it, click "Find Next", and you should be teleported to the section you are looking for (if not, press "Find Next" a few times, it'll take you there, don't worry ;D). Certain areas aren't even made yet, as knowledge of their existance is still developing. Like the 11 character side-quests you are able to undertake. I don't know much about the YET, so I'm not even going to bother makeing a section for them. This guide, right now, only serves as a refrence to those who seek help in the main game. Although, if you have any informations worthy of being put in here, feel free to eMail me and you information will be added along with your credited name. Topic Code ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` - TABLE OF CONTENTS............................... TOC - BASIC INFO...................................... BSCIO - CHARACTERS...................................... CHRTR MAIN GAME ```````````````````````` -CHAPTER ONE..................................... CH1 -CHAPTER TWO..................................... CH2 -CHAPTER THREE................................... CH3 -Intermission............................... INTRM -The Life of Kopin.......................... TLOK -CHAPTER FOUR.................................... CH4 -CHAPTER FIVE.................................... CH5 -CHAPTER SIX..................................... CH6 -CHAPTER SEVEN................................... CH7 -CHAPTER EIGHT................................... CH8 -CHAPTER NINE.................................... CH9 -CHAPTER TEN..................................... CH10 -CHAPTER ELEVEN.................................. CH11 -CHAPTER TWELVE.................................. CH12 -CHAPTER THIRTEEN................................ CH13 -CHAPTER FOURTEEN................................ CH14 -CHAPTER FIFTEEN................................. CH15 -CHAPTER SIXTEEN................................. CH16 -CHAPTER SEVENTEEN............................... CH17 -CHAPTER EIGHTEEN................................ CH18 -CHAPTER NINETEEN................................ CH19 -CHAPTER TWENTY.................................. CH20 -CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE.............................. CH21 -CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO.............................. CH22 -CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE............................ CH23 -CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR............................. CH24 -CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE............................. CH25 Other Areas Covered ``````````````````````````` FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.......................... FACK XENE_ELK'S SHOP GUIDE............................... XESG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______ _ _________________________________________________________ / ____| |________________ _____________________________________ \ | / | | U M I N O U S | | ___________ \ | | | | | | | / \ | | | | | |_/\ /\ | |[ BSCIO ] | | | | \____//<>\ R C | | \___________/ | | | | / __ \ | | Basic Info | | | | / / \ \ | | ``````````````````````` | | | \________\/____\/_______| |_____________________________________/ | \__________________________________________________________________/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you don't know ANYTHING at ALL about this games way of play, look at your instruction manual. Y'know, it's not just a fancy decoration to make the games' box feel heavier ;D . Anyway, in case you haven't already figured it out (or your looking for information before you buy this game), Luminous Arc is of the SRPG (Strategical Role Playing Game) genre. What this means, is that you have to play strategically, where as opposed to other normal Role Playing games, you pretty much hack 'n' slash, or just cast magic. This game is different. You see, your battles are roughly much longer then your battles in other RPGs (usually about 5-10-30 minutes each). Your characters can move a certain amount of spaces on a grid-like battlefield (usally four to five spaces AAT). And then some characters can attack one space ahead of them, some can attack two spaces ahead of them. Then you get your magic. Different spells can vary in both distance and damage, so its up to you, the player, to utilize these traits to your advantage and eliminate the enemy. You also gain 'levels' in this game. General rule of thumb in RPGs, the higher level your characters are, the better their stats will be. Their stats determine how well they will be in battle, varrying from how much damage they can do, how much damage they can take, and you also gain abilities and spells as you grow in level. The higher level you are, the better the spells learned will be. Now, aside from the gameplay, Luminous Arc offers some of the greatest plot available on a Nintendo DS at this time. Although, somewhat generic, and some parts can be felt as though are from other games, its an overall great story for your portable gaming pleasure. Along with the storyline, you have some great music. Each and every song in the game will fill your ears with joy and happiness. Yes, all 37 tracks are very well orchestrated and flow quite nicely. From 115 different sound effects, your battles and cutscenes will be filled with goodness. There are also over 1,500 peices of spoken dialogue (1,631 to be exact). So your audio in this game is pretty much up to par with any other DS game you've played, if not better. Throughout the game, you will encounter countless characters, that all play a part in the story. Each character you're able to play as has their own backstory that will just pull you in further into the games curse. You may want to skip school/work tommorrow, my friend. The game has a very anime-style aura. Maybe its the fact that everything outside of battle, other then the world map, is drawn in japenese anime style. From your lovely scenery background to every single character. It's all very nicely done, as well. Fans of anime TV shows and movies will be pleased. The game also has an online feature, which allows you to compete with your friends in an online battle. With prizes awarded, this should keep you active for a while! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______ _ _________________________________________________________ / ____| |________________ _____________________________________ \ | / | | U M I N O U S | | ___________ \ | | | | | | | / \ | | | | | |_/\ /\ | |[ CHRTR ] | | | | \____//<>\ R C | | \___________/ | | | | / __ \ | | Characters | | | | / / \ \ | | ``````````````````````` | | | \________\/____\/_______| |_____________________________________/ | \__________________________________________________________________/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following is a list and a short description of some of the characters you will meet throughout your journey. But to keep this guide as spoiler-free as possible, there will only be descriptions about the first people you meet ;D . Alph: Raised in the Ever Garden. Alph has a strong sense of justice and wants to be a great knight. He cares greatly about his brother and his friends, and idolizes Heath. Theo: Alph's brother and another member of the Ever Garden. A bit timid, though he dearly loves his older brother, and follows him everywhere. He uses a bow in battle, and he has an obsession with eggs. Heath: An Arc Knight that serves the Luminous Church. He is in charge of training the Ever Garden members. Heath is also known as the "Cleansing Flame". Cecille: A devout priestess who lives at the Ever Garden. She's a big sister to the others, and is a pretty easy going person. In battle, she provides support, because she's slow. Leon: The Ever Garden's big brother. He's proud of his father, "The Lion King", who died in battle. A hit with the ladies and a strong ally. Calls himself "God of Gourmet" for his knowledge of foods. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______ _ _________________________________________________________ / ____| |________________ _____________________________________ \ | / | | U M I N O U S | | ___________ \ | | | | | | | / \ | | | | | |_/\ /\ | |[ CH1 ] Holy Garden | | | | \____//<>\ R C | | \___________/ | | | | / __ \ | | Chapter One | | | | / / \ \ | | ``````````````````````` | | | \________\/____\/_______| |_____________________________________/ | \__________________________________________________________________/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The game starts off with two mysterious characters talking to eachother about "vitae". "Master" claims to have found a new type, and decides to name it. You are given the option to choose it's name through six choices. All they do is determine the outcome of the 'vitae' you will be rewarded with after battles. However, the name "Ephemeral" is glitched to give you better 'vitae'. So choose that one, unless your purposely trying to get... not-as-good 'vitae' (vitae will make a LOT more sense as the game progresses). Now you get to witness two members of what appears to be a church talking blasphemy about their leader, who then appears and catches them. The two leaders then discuss a problem. Then words about research are exchanged. Now you see a knight-looking man named Heath who is speaking with Kingston about witches returning to cause destruction and kill "God". The famous phrase "Protect the light, Condemn the dark" is spoken for the first time. You are now introduced to two more characters, Alph and Theo. And it appears as they are training. Alph pwnz his noob brother, as the battle is broken up by yet ANOTHER new character, Leon (Jesus, how are you going to remember all these names?). Theo then admits that he can pwnz0rz his brother in an archery fight, but then the brothers are interrupted by ANOTHER (zOmG!11!) character, Cecille, who is concerned about the brothers' wounds. The two return to training. Leon then speaks to Cecille about how they are always training, and then Leon starts flaunting his awsomeness by asking Cecille why waste time improving perfection. Honestly, why would you? However, Leon's vaction is brought to a rude end when Sir Heath returns to enlighten the Garden Children about the witches, and how Heath was ordered to 'condemn' them. A civilian then shows up to inform the Garden Children of monsters attacking "herb" (marijuana) pickers. Looks like it's off to the front lines with you! But before you head off into battle, you are able to speak with either Theo, Leon or Heath by selecting "Action" from your lower-screen menu. Do so to learn more about the characters if you wish, and once you are done, select "Advance the Story". Well, you only have four characters, and their already selected (and they need to be), so just select "Go". O===============o============================o===============================O | BATTLE ONE | Difficulty: Easy | Prize Money: 100 R | O===============o============================o===============================O | | | Well, it doesn't get much easier then this. Get accustomed to the grid-like| | battlefield, as it doesn't turn into random encounters, like all SRPGs. | | Select "Wait" with all your characters until at least one enemy gets close | | enough for you to attack, because if you just go and charge, you'll just be| | throwing yourself out like bait, and you'll probably die. | | Except Leon, when his turn rolls around, select "Skills" and use "Charge" | | to bring up Leons attack stat for four turns. Get used to that skill, as | | well. Continue waiting until an enemy has come into range, and then focus | | everyone on that single enemy. Remember that Theo is an archer, and he can | | strike from far away, so keep your distance with him. The other three need | | to be right up to the enemy, so don't worry about them. | | | | While your in this battle, start looking at your screens, look at how the | | battles work with the percentages, and learn that you will do more damage | | if you are behind, or beside and enemy as opposed to if your infront of | | them. | | | | Also, you should see that you get more EXP (increases your level) when you | | kill an enemy, as opposed to when you only attack it, you get a fraction | | of the real amount. | | | | As the enemies surround you, continue focusing all your guys on a single | | foe. Heath can attack two spaces in front of him, this means you don't | | directly need to be infront of the enemy to attack, AND if you manage to | | line up two enemies, he can attack them both at the same time. Sweet! | | | | You'll also notice that when you level up, that character will be fully | | healed. You will thank whoever you worship for this throughout the entire | | game, as it's extreamly helpful. | | | | Soon enough, the creatures should fall, and you'll be rewarded with items | | and some money. | | | | And no, I have no clue why in the world the birds and demon-things are | | carrying 400 R, vitamins and antidotes, so don't ask. It will forever | | remain a mystery in RPG history. | O----------------------------------------------------------------------------O The civilians praise the party (mostly the stud, Sir Heath), and then its back to return to the Ever Garden. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______ _ _________________________________________________________ / ____| |________________ _____________________________________ \ | / | | U M I N O U S | | ___________ \ | | | | | | | / \ | | | | | |_/\ /\ | |[ CH2 ] Girl in White | | | | \____//<>\ R C | | \___________/ | | | | / __ \ | | Chapter Two | | | | / / \ \ | | ``````````````````````` | | | \________\/____\/_______| |_____________________________________/ | \__________________________________________________________________/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 'heroes' return, and to Leon's surprise, theres a, and I quote, "cutie" at the dorm. Leon spreads a little Leon-Magic, but to no avail. You then learn that this babe is the new maid. Hot chick? Maid? They should've gave this game a higher ESRB rating and threw in a 'lil some' extra, ya knaw'm sayin'? Eh.. Anywho, Heath then tells you she is there to cook, clean, and do the laundry. Ha! What are the chances of that? A woman who is attractive AND does all those things? Thats a rare sight (No offense to the female gamers. I just felt I had to throw that in there. You can send me hate-mail if you'd like :D)! You then learn that her name is Lucia. Leon offers to take Alphs place, and show Lucia where the sink is, but after being violently striken by the damsel, he throws the burden back onto Alphs shoulders. What a man, eh? When the going gets tough, the man starts going, away :D . Well, then Lucia sheds her skin to reveal quite the mouthy little bi- actually.. Lets keep this guide as clean as possible... Anyway, she freaks on Alph and makes it quite clear that she doesn't 'do dishes'. Lucia starts admiring the broom and all of its traits, then tells Alph that he smells. After she's done sweeping, you are given the option to talk with Theo or Cecille, and you are now introduced to one of the many libraries spread around the entire world. I sugest you do all three things, and read every book in the library, as it sheds some light on the games storyline and the characters' personalities, which by the way you will need to study closely, for reasons that lie further in the game. Once you're done reading and speaking with everyone, head to the shop. You don't have much money at the moment, but thats fine, you don't really need anything, because its all crap that you already have! Seriously, all (ALL!) of the equipment you already have. And a quick rule of thumb, you cannot buy a greatsword for Alph, or a short sword for Leon. All characters are stuck with their respective weapon, so don't waste any money on trying to do so. However, if you had some trouble in the previous encounter with monsters, you might want to think about picking up some healing items. Screw the antidotes, you almost never get poisoned at all in the upcomming chapters, or even at all in the entire game, if your lucky. So just pick up some VitaMint. One should be fine, if any at all, since you already have one in your invitory. When your done doing everything, go ahead and Advance the Story. Lucia wishes to sleep outside in a forest area, with good reason: she doesn't want to sleep under the same roof as Leon. Smart gal. Back in the dorm, Theo confesses to Alph that he is slightly scared of monsters, and Alph tells him that more are comming because of the witches' reappearance. And then assures Theo that he will protect him. While sleeping, Alph hears something in his head, and he begins to think that it's the weird maid. So he goes out to investigate. The two begin arguing, and then they are suddenly surrounded by monsters (oh snap!). Lucia then tronsforms into new clothing, and casts a spell on one of the monsters. But there are more! It's off to the pits with you! O===============o============================o===============================O | BATTLE TWO | Difficulty: Easy | Prize Money: 500 R | O===============o============================o===============================O | Theres only three monsters this time, but now your stuck with only two | | characters to fight with. But thats cool, because Lucia can cast magic, | | both a healing spell, and a damaging spell. Start off with Lucia rushing | | to the enemy at the bottom right hand corner of the map, and have her cast | | Shine on it to nearly 1-hit-kill the bastard. You won't be able to attack | | anything with Alph, so just use him to hide behind Lucia. | | One of the beasts should come and attack either Lucia or Alph (hopefully | | Lucia because she'll only take 1 damage). The other two will not be able | | to strike yet. Alph should get the next turn after all three beasts have | | gone. Use his turn to attack the one that Lucia hurt already for an easy | | kill and some free EXP. Next, use Lucia to cast Shine on the nearest beast | | and put her closer to the two beasts so that they attack her and not Alph. | | Then use Alph to attack the one Lucia just hurt for another easy kill. | | | | Don't worry about giving Lucia EXP yet, give as most as you can to Alph, | | and let him get all the kills. | | | | Now theres only one left. Sadly, Lucia hasn't enough MP to cast another | | Shine on the bugger, so just Wait with her until the beast nears. | | When he does, get Lucia to physically attack him to take away about half | | of his HP. Then get Alph to get the final finishing blow to end the battle.| O----------------------------------------------------------------------------O After the battle, Alph figures out that Lucia is, in fact, a witch. Now, I'd like you to hit yourself if you didn't see that comming. Done? Swell. Now Alph says he needs to condemn her, but Lucia manages to sweetalk Alph into not doing so. Leon then comes running in, thinking that Lucia and Alph were.. Well... What would YOU think if you saw YOUR male friend in the woods, at night, with a hot maid? Yeah.. Leon then informs Alph about the mission they have been ordered to condemn a witch that they have found housing themself in a nearby mansion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______ _ _________________________________________________________ / ____| |________________ _____________________________________ \ | / | | U M I N O U S | | ___________ \ | | | | | | | / \ | | | | | |_/\ /\ | |[ CH3 ] Condemn the Dark | | | | \____//<>\ R C | | \___________/ | | | | / __ \ | | Chapter Three | | | | / / \ \ | | ``````````````````````` | | | \________\/____\/_______| |_____________________________________/ | \__________________________________________________________________/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, ready to fight a witch? Leon sure is. And he claims his chest is about to burst open! Uh! But then he says that CECILLE'S chest is about to burst! What a champ! And with the excuse, "Looking's not a crime! I stare because a I care!" Remember those words well, young grasshopper.. Those words very sacred to the people of Peeping Tom. I've even started using the phrase many a time to my lady friends. Doesn't work though, I can assure you :( . Well, on with the guide... Heath then tells everyone that the witch has the Water Lapistier. He also explains that a Lapistier is a stone that feeds off of the Light of God, and pollutes the world, and that witches who posses Lapistier can cause sever damage. Heath asks Cecille to throw in her arms for battle in fear of what dirty tricks a witch might pull. You find out that Lucia has followed you to the mansion and she begins asking questions. Before the battle, you are allowed to speak with Lucia, Heath or Theo. Do so with everyone, and when your ready (you may save your game by returning to the world map, opening the menu with the START button and selecting "Save Game" if you do not wish to go through all that talking again in case you die), Advance the Story. Before the fight, Heath tells you briefly about "Intermissions". You probably won't understand until the time comes, so just ignore him at the moment, as I will explain it better after the upcoming fight. !! IMPORTANT BATTLE INFO -You no longer need to use everyone in your party in the storyline battles. However, it is wise that you do use all of them to lessen the difficulty. Unless, of course, your trying to make the game harder. However, this guide is going to guide you through the rest of the storyline battles in the game with as many characters as possible. It's off to the wars, with you! O===============o============================o===============================O | BATTLE THREE | Difficulty: Easy | Prize Money: 800 R | O===============o============================o===============================O | You can't really attack anyone at the moment, so just wait with everyone | | except Leon, who will use Charge, like in the first battle. However, Theo | | will probably be able to attack someone when his turn roles around (and if | | he can't, just Wait) due to his archery skills. Do so and attack the foe | | closest to him, but remember to keep your distance so that he cannot get | | hurt when the enemy can attack. Or shoot as far away as possible, to | | minimize the amount of people who will bum rush the poor boy. | | | | If Leon gets the chance to attack before he uses Charge, just use Charge, | | let Heath do the damage instead, because Charge will increase Leon's | | attack for the next while, so it's a good trade. | | | | Another rule of thumb: healers ALWAYS do something. If there is no one to | | heal, you will STILL heal someone, other then themself. Why? Because when | | someone casts supportive or healing magic on an ally, they get a whooping | | 30 EXP EACH time. This is a great way to overtrain your magic users. So | | from now on, I want you ALWAYS healing SOMEONE with Cecille (I also want | | you using her all the time, as it will make the |