Melisma Prairie ~ Martyrion Field[]
Scene and event battle upon entering. You will fight a large Telluspharma (the Tellus Camier-tha), but it will leave before you defeat it. Approach the cabin and meet Utze. He will tell you where he got the banned book (hidden in a far part of Mt. Hioni Westi) and then ask you to escort him out. Don’t go any further into this area or you will be attacked by that same Telluspharma. It will always fly off after you damage it some, so for now leave. Utze will go to the Lake Fortress.
Move to the newly opened Mt. Hioni West. The map looks large, but a lot of the paths are steps that you cannot climb up. Eventually you will come to an area and see a small building. Enter it and meet Regius. He will tell you about the books, and what he hopes to accomplish. He hopes to join you, so agree and add him to your party. After the conversation you will be outside again. Start to head back, and he will tell you about a nearby area that loops, like the spot in the Wyvern's Nest. After investigating the loop, you will be taken to the Lake Fortress.
Regius will use the tree to go back in time, and then want to meet all of your comrades. Everyone will agree to keep fighting and then decide to name the group and fort. Then, Regius lays out his plan for what to do next: he will suggest going to Sidus Forest and speaking with the Feather Tribe, who must also be bothered by the flying Telluspharma.
You will see a scene of the Tellus Camier-tha attacking some Aionia Soliders, then a scene where Regius explains what happened. When you enter the next area, Sidus Forest, you will see some Aionia Soldiers harassing a member of the Feather Tribe. You will move in to stop them, and they will think you are Scarlet Axe members. You will be forced into a fight.
Battle: Holy Imperial Army Archer (x1), Holy Imperial Army Swordsman (x2), Holy Imperial Army Spearman (x1), Holy Imperial Army Magician (x1)
| Enemy | LVL | HP | STR | END | INT | AGL | DXT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Imperial Army Archer | 20 | 891 | 109 | 101 | 70 | 206 | 116 |
| Holy Imperial Army Swordsman | 20 | 891 | 109 | 109 | 70 | 206 | 109 |
| Holy Imperial Army Spearman | 20 | 891 | 116 | 109 | 70 | 206 | 101 |
| Holy Imperial Army Magician | 20 | 698 | 19 | 70 | 116 | 206 | 97 |
You will introduce yourself to Ouya and he will take you to his friends. If you want, explore the area (there are some items you can pick up to be used for recipes or crafting). The two side areas are pretty straightforward, although it can be hard to dodge the many enemies there. Otherwise, leave via the exit.
Before heading to our next spot, it is time to recruit a new member. Go to the Wyvern's Nest and talk to Badamkhatan 100 years in the past. He will tell you of a friend, an armorer. Give him a seedling and then head to Melisma Prairie. Travel back 100 years. You will find a house in one of the areas. Go near the door to talk to Dagzum. Yudiera will come along. She will tell you she made an armor that can protect against the cold, since the Scaled Horde can’t handle it, but since the Scaled Horde don’t wear armor, it is mostly for humans. However, she will need the Frozen Stone before she can teach you how to make it. Go back to the Ice Cavern. The stone can be found in the basement, in the room on the right side. Bring it back to her and Yudiera will learn her skill.
Now that we have a new member (and skill), it’s time to head to Goog Lewon. Upon entering you will see a scene and hear the Tellus Camier-tha as it flies overhead. The leader of the tribe and his younger brother will try to calm everyone. Ouya will talk to them and then introduce you. Gwiney is their leader and Butruga, who is a shaman, is his younger brother. They will confirm that they are worried about the Telluspharma, and the hero asks for their help in defeating it. The leader is against it, but the younger brother wants to help. The leader says he makes all of the curse stones for his brother. Ouya says he wants to help since he can make arrows. The two join you. Buy some weapons and armor before heading out. Regius will tell you that the Tellus Camier-tha is flying over Tormarry.
Before moving on, let’s recruit another member. Make sure that Luceri is in your party. Go back to Mt. Hioni and talk to Haydrec. He will tell you of a Feather Tribe member he fought with who is now on Mt. Hioni West. Give him a sapling and go there. Work you way around to reach Biarga who is in the southwest area (where you met Regius). Unfortunately because the Hero can’t climb you will have to go all the way around.
You will ask Biarga why he has withdrawn to this area. He will say “Why do you hunt? You hunt to eat. If you don't kill and eat you can't live. But I killed and killed things you don't eat.” He will finally agree to teach you his skill IF you bring him 10 Baihu Meat. You will find the Baihu in each of the other areas here. Luckily they respawn so you don’t have to go far.
Battle: Baihu
| LVL | HP | STR | END | INT | AGL | DXT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26~36 | 586~691 | 104~123 | 65~77 | 96~113 | 227~237 | 130~153 |
After you complete the quest Luceri will learn his skill and he will ask you to protect the Feather Tribe in the future.
Upon entering Tormarry Butruga will call out for the Telluspharma but is doesn’t come. You decide to walk a little more. Head farther in and you will see Scharf admiring the field of grains. He won’t notice the Tellus Camier-tha, but will follow your group inside the hut. After talking to him you will fight the Tellus Camier-tha.
Boss Battle: Tellus Camier-tha
| LVL | HP | STR | END | INT | AGL | DXT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 2907 | 262 | 105 | 203 | 402 | 87 |
After the fight Scharf will congratulate you and say he wants to make food for amazing people like you. He says that Dirom Rantsess, the leader of the 3rd Branch, doesn’t care about his troops, and after hearing about you, joins. He tells you the army is in the Ruined City of Martyrion and to not tell them about him.
To recruit a new member, go to Goog Lewon and talk to the equipment shop owner. He will mention a ring maker. Now, it is back to Mt. Hioni West, 100 years in the past, to talk to Biarga. He will tell you about Olmar, who fought with him in the war. He was a ring maker, and loved the Feather Tribe so much that he moved to Sidus Forest. Biarga will offer to plant a sapling there so you can meet him. Go to Sidus Forest and find the Tree of Ages (Southern area). Go back 100 years, and then head to the Northern area. Make sure to grab that armor from the chest in the upper left corner. You will notice some Feather Tribe on the right side, so go there. Sadly, Olmar died before Biarga made it. They made a grave for him. Go back to the future, head to the same spot and you will find it has crystallized. Najin will come, touch it, and learn a new skill.
Head to the Martyrion Field. Regius will tell you that after it was burned 20 years nothing can grow. Head farther in and meet Tserendulam. She recognizes the Hero because she knew his mother. He didn’t know the truth of her death and learns it from Tserendulam. You will fight her alone.
Battle: Tserendulam
| LVL | HP | STR | END | INT | AGL | DXT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1023 | 158 | 196 | 43 | 109 | 122 |
After the battle she will join you. You will learn a little more about the battle there and your mother.
Leave, and head back to Goog Lewon. Talk to the person in the market place to learn about someone who lived nearby 100 years ago that made curse stones. Go back to Mt. Hioni West, 100 years ago, to talk to Biarga. He will say that one of his fellow soldiers lived in Tormarry and will agree to plant a sapling.
Travel back to Tormarry and go 100 years into the past. You will see an older man near a hut. He says he is a retired, but Regius will suddenly notice that something is strange. He will attack the older man, who reveals that he is a Yuga ninja. Regius explains that he learned ninjitsu from Aionia and that the Yuga style has died out. He asks the man to teach him, and after some arguing he agrees, but only if Regius can defeat him in battle.
Battle: Mudgala
| LVL | HP | STR | END | INT | AGL | DXT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 872 | 142 | 82 | 66 | 266 | 113 |
Be warned! If you do not have great armor and a weapon this battle is extremely difficult, if not impossible. His attack is quite strong. You may want to continue with the story a little (or at least buy new equipment in Martyrion and then strengthen your armor and weapons at the HQ before trying. You can also try to get the nearby Fugitive Ninja Hunter to drop a Kiku-ichimonji). Once you win, you will learn his skill.
Ruined City of Martyrion ~ Underground Ruins[]
Now on to the Ruined City of Martyrion. Upon entering, Regius will tell you that the city was once the central city for the northern region, complete with great walls. However, 20 years ago there was a battle and those walls kept the citizens inside where they burned to death. Ilia, who was in Fair Peak visiting relatives at the time, was spared, but her family was not. You go in to the city acting as mercenaries and listen to Dirom Rantsess speaking about his plan. The 3rd Army is garrisoned there in hopes of drawing the Scarlet Axe out. Regius disagrees and says that he thinks it is the opposite and the Scarlet Axe is drawing the 3rd Branch there. After speaking to the people in the town, Regius suggests heading north to the flooded Hodos Village, as he thinks the Scarlet Axe may be there.
Go to Hodos Village and watch the scene. Explore around the area to see a few more scenes. The Hero will suggest using the Tree of Ages to warn the people. At the bridge, Regius will remind the Hero that the Scarlet Axe has boats and could have escaped to the north. The 3rd Branch doesn’t know about the boats so they would be looking in the wrong place. Regius will say you can use the sapling but there is no knowing what will happen. In the end, you decide to use it.
Move to Mt. Hioni and talk to Haydrec in the past. He will agree to plant the sapling, so go back to Hodos Village. You will be greeted by Haydrec and Wafdi. Talk to the villagers and learn that they are worried about floods, but there is a monster that needs to be destroyed as well. Tell Wafdi you will fight it, and be moved to another area.
Battle: Black Buffalo (x1)
| LVL | HP | STR | END | INT | AGL | DXT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 3023 | 267 | 227 | 151 | 196 | 91 |
After the fight the villagers will leave to start reinforcing the walls/banks.
Go back to the present and the village will be there. You will need to gather information about the Scarlet Axe and 3rd Army now that things have changed. Speak to the villagers and you will see the Aionian army near the entrance. Watch the scene and then talk with Regius about what to do. You will need to meet Modi and try to convince the villagers to leave (If Ducas is in your party here, he will leave). Speak with Modi. He will tell you he is a medicine user, and ten years ago he was training a nice young man, who was like a son to him. However, three years ago he was killed by Aionia at Martyrion Field. He had just gone there as he heard that injured people needed medicine.
When you ask him to ask the people to evacuate, he will tell the story his grandfather, Wafdi told him. He will also talk about the time the village was almost submerged. Take him to the tree and to the past. He won’t believe it at first, but after talking to Wafdi, he understands and agrees to help evacuate the village. Regius will leave to investigate the North.
Watch the scenes with the 3rd Army, then see the Scarlet Axe appear in the village with Telluspharma. For some reason the Tree of Ages isn’t stopping them. The Hero wants to attack but Regius reminds him of their numbers. Agree to investigate where they came from. Leave the village and you will meet Modi. He will ask to join you.
Before moving on, go back to Hodos Village and talk to Wafdi in the past. He will teach his arrow making skill to Ouya. You will also want to talk to him again (with Modi in your party, or as a sub character) to get a new medicine skill. If you don’t want to use Modi, I do recommend teaching his skills to Ilia.
Underground Ruins[]
Now head to the Underground Ruins. In this area you will need to collect two pieces to open doors, as well as push all of the switches to open the rest of the doors.
The area where you enter is outside of the ruins. Head to the back of it to enter the ruins. The first floor of the ruins has two enemies, but that is all. Go down the stairs and you will be room 1 of B1. There is a door if you go down the right hall, but it is not open at the moment, so go straight at the fork.
Now you will be in room 1 on B2.
Turn right at the first fork, and left at the second. There will be a Scarlet Axe enemy in front of you. You can fight them, or avoid them. Head to the left and grab the mega medicine from the chest. Now head back up to the top (ignore both forks.) This is room 2 on B1. Push the switch in the room on the right side and that will open the door. Grab the ice piece here.
Head back down stairs, and go left at the first fork. You will go up some stairs and be in room 3 (B1). Use the ice piece you just found to open up the fire wall. Push the switch behind that wall. There is a chest with 2000 potch behind a currently locked door here that you can come back and open later.
Go back down the stairs and you will be in room 1 on B2 again. You will want to head all the way around to the room with a big door and many columns. The column on the far left side of the room (near the closed gate) has a switch. If you push it, a path will open to a chest in this area. If you are using Ducas you may want to open it, since it has a spear. If not, it can wait until later.
In this same area with the columns you will find a path on the right side. Follow it and go up the stairs. You will now be in room 4 (B1). Here you can find the fire piece in the back corner. There is an area here with four closed doors that will open later.
Go back to the are that forks off to the left or right. Take the right path and go down the stairs to room 2 on B2. There is a switch near the back corner that will light up the room. Take the path next to it and go up to room 5 (B1). Use the fire piece to open up the ice wall in room 5. Push the switch here. This will open all of the previously closed doors.
There are a few chests that you may want to open before moving on.
While you are in Room 5, go down from the switch. There will be a chest here with a Carnelian Ring.
In Room 4 (B1) (where you picked up the fire piece), four doors will now be open just off the middle area. There will be two chests – one with Warrior's Breastplate (behind the door on the upper left), and one with the Wind Spirit's Dress (behind the door on the bottom right).
There is a chest in Room 3 (B1) that has 2000 potch.
To get the chest in Room 1 on B2, you will want to push the switch that is in the upper left in front of the door leading to the last room. The chest is in the lower left portion of this area. There is also a chest with Mega Medicine in a dead-end near the stairs going to Rooms 2 and 3.
If Butruga is with you, you can go back to Room 1 (B1) and go through the door that was there. You will find Kauriya’s inscription. If you didn’t bring Butruga, you can come back later with him or Zaveed.
After you open the last door (B2, Room 1) make sure to heal everyone in your party. Walk forward for a scene with Zociom and some Telluspharma. You will learn about what really happened in the Ruined City of Martyrion 20 years ago. But the Hero still can't agree with everything the Scarlet Axe is doing, so you will fight Zociom and two Telluspharma.
Boss Battle: Zociom, Tellus Belva (x2)
| Enemy | LVL | HP | STR | END | INT | AGL | DXT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zociom | 50 | 2605 | 50 | 124 | 496 | 209 | 177 |
| Tellus Belva | 35 | 1008 | 156 | 78 | 141 | 314 | 156 |
After the battle, watch the scenes, and then watch some more in the Ruined City of Martyrion. It will be destroyed and the army will be gone. Regius will spot Cadmus (the weapon smith). He will tell you that the Scarlet Axe was reduced by about half but the 3rd Army was basically destroyed, including Dirom Rantsess. He will also tell you that they are heading south, towards the main area of Aionia. He will join you.
Regius will suggest heading to Tios Fortress, 100 years in the past, before going to fight the Scarlet Axe.
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