-- Rhapsodia --
-- FAQ/Walkthrough --
-- By Ken "Kouli/Ice" Zhao ([email protected]) --
-- Version 0.4 --

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<Beforehand Words>

This FAQ/Walkthrough is based on the Japanese version of Rhapsodia that is
released on September 22nd, 2005.

The game is made and published by Konami.

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<Update Log>

\September 22nd, 2005/
- Version 0.1, beginning to write the full walkthrough

\September 23rd~25th, 2005/
- Version 0.2, continue on the walkthrough

\September 26th~28th, 2005/
- Version 0.3, further on the walkthrough

\September 29th, 2005/
- Version 0.4, done the walkthrough

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<Starting>

Upon selecting New Game, the game will ask you to load the Gensou Suikoden IV
data or not. For me, I load in a Clear Data that's got 108 Stars. Supposedly,
with a data that's got 108 Stars, you will be able to get Hero 4 and Snowe to
join later. Whether that data is a Clear Data or not doesn't matter, BTW. Also,
lines in some events will also change. Anyway, the game will then have you to
adjust various settings.

<Chapter 1 - The Old Times, In A Town Called Razril>

~Razril, Back Street
Winning Condition: Defeat 1 Fusafusa/Tufty
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

View the Basic Rule if you wish. After, move Local Boy(Young Hero 4) and that
Aristocrat Boy(Young Snowe) toward 1 Fusafusa. You should be able to kill off
one easily. Once you do so, that ends this battle.

~Razril, Back Street
Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

View the Rune&Surface Attribute if you wish. This time around, there are lots
of enemies here. However, you also got Walter, Kyril, Andarc and Seneca for
this battle, along with Hero 4 and Snowe. There are Wind based and Earth based
Fusafusa, as well as a Wind Based Wind Element. Keep it in mind that Hero 4 and
Seneca are both Wind based, so get them to that Wind Surface. While you are
there, take out Wind Element. Clear the enemies to the left first, then toward
the ones to the right. This should be pretty easy.

If you have Hero 4 and Snowe attack enemies, Walter will make some comments.
Once you clear out the enemies, that ends the battle.

Few years later......

<Chapter 2 - Meeting On The Sea>

The game will brifely talk about Caravan and Skill. Rest or Enter Middleport,
then the game will talk about Town.

~Middleport
Select Rumor and speak with all 3 people. After, get ready and exit out to the
World Map.

~Middleport Sea
Winning Condition: Defeat Sigurd
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Hervey will join you in this battle. This time, the game will promt you to view
Affection Level&Unite Attack. First, break the two boxes that are near Hervey.
Upon Seneca's turn, the game will talk about Conversation. So, get near Andarc
and you should be able to talk to him with Seneca. Doing so, you will get the
Unite Attack, Attendant Attack. If you have them near and have one to talk to
the other one, you can raise their Affection Level. Next, send someone to check
out the Item Box to the lower left.

The rest is just make your way to Sigurd then beat him. You don't have to kill
the other enemies, but do it anyway for the exp. Enemies, including Sigurd tend
to turn the Surface to Water Attribute, so keep that in mind. Kyril and Hervey
should avoid those Water Surface. Sigurd can be pretty heavy with his physical
attack, so beware of that. Before you take him out, besure to check that Item
Box at upper right.

<Chapter 3 - Decisive Battle With Steel>

Once you are ready, enter the Pirate Island.

~Nightly Sea
Winning Condition: Ally unit gets near the Rune Cannon
Losing Condition: Withdrawal of Walter

The game will promt you on Support Action. Anyway, you have Kyril, Walter,
Andarc, Pec, Brandeau and Edgar. Brandeau and Edgar should just advance and
clear the enemies since those two are rather powerful. Either way, this should
be easy to get to the Rune Cannon.

~Nightly Sea
Winning Condition: Defeat Steel or annihilation of enemy units except Steel
Losing Condition: Withdrawal of Kyril or Pec, annihilation of ally units

Well, check out Steel. He actually has the Punishment Rune. Anyway, you only
can control Andarc, Brandeau and Edgar here. Kyril and Pec will act up BackUp.
This can be a pretty hard battle if you go toward Steel, considering the amount
of damage the Punishment Rune can do to you, his counterattack and defense. So,
forget it. We will finish off every other side enemies then. Keep it in mind
that Brandeau and Edgar can mostly support each other if they are near. This
can in handy from time to time. Don't get near that Steel, unless you want to
get hit by the Punishment Rune(Steel can only use it once, however).

If you wanna have an easy time here, you gonna have to use Surface Attribute
here. For this case, Fire. If you set up some Fire Surface, you will have an
easy time with the side enemies. Keep it in mind that Brandeau should avoid the
Fire. As you should have noticed already, Kyril does nothing here. So, you will
have to protect him. Soon, a Fishling will show up to the left. Then just move
your force around Kyril. As said before, if you can set up lots of Fire Surface
here, you should clear this battle with ease.

<Chapter 4 - 3 Years Later>

Anyway, enter Razril.

~Razril
Once you are ready, head to the Back Street.

~Razril, Back Street
Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

You only got Andarc and Kyril, but that should be enough. There is a reason why
there are a Thunder Element and Fire Element here. That, of course, have Kyril
to stand on the Fire Surface and do the same with the Thunder Surface for that
Andarc.

There is also an Item Box near Andarc, so don't forget about that. After you
finish off most of the enemies, few more will come. Nothing difficult about
this, as long as you have Kyril stays on Fire Surface and Andarc stay on the
Thunder Surface.

There can also be a conversation between them, to raise the Affection Level. So
don't miss that.

~Razril
Once you are ready, exit out to the World Map. Move to Middleport.

~Middleport
Lalacle will reward you with 300 potch.

<Chapter 5 - Middleport's Underground Shortcut>

~Middleport
You should check out the Quest Guild. You should just be able to take the silly
Jintori Game one. To get to Rita, head to Razril and she is within the Rumor
option.

~Razril, Back Street (Rita's Jintori Game)
Winning Condition: After 5 turns, Fire Surface Attribute is more than Thunder's
Losing Condition: Attacking Rita

Just you against Rita. There are 2 Thunder Element and 2 Fire Element. Don't
bother with them though, cuz they have 999 HP. At this point, it will depends
on the item, Fire Formation Sphere. I spend around 5 of them. Ok, overriding
Thunder Surface should be prior to creating new Fire Surface. And with a bit
of luck, you should beat Rita.

Once you beat her, she will join. Return back to Middleport.

~Middleport
Report back to the Quest Guild. There should be 4 more new ones. Forget about
them for now. Continue on, head to Underground Shortcut.

~Middleport Underground Shortcut
Winning Condition: Ally unit arrives to the destination
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Starting up with lots of enemies around and your destination is the NE corner.
As you can see, there are one Item Box to the right and another one at upper
left.

You can have 4 characters here, so besure to put in Rita if she joined already.
To raise some Affection Levels, have a conversation between Kyril and Andarc,
as well as between Kyril and Seneca. Lastly, one more between Kyril, Seneca and
Andarc. This will let you learn the Unite Attack, The Will Successors' Attack.

After you clear some enemies, more will come. Just slowly clear them out and
make good use of Surface Attribute.

<Chapter 6 - Evil Eye>

~Middleport
Once you are ready, back to the Underground Shortcut.

~Underground Shortcut, Secret Passage
Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Lots of enemies here as well. There are one Item Box to south and another one
at north. There is a Fire Element here that will make Fire Surface, so Kyril
can make good use of that.

Upon opening each Item Box, there will be one more enemy showing up.

~Middleport
When you are ready, back to the Underground Shortcut.

<Chapter 7 - Pirates' Island>

~Middleport
Once you are ready, exit out to the World Map. Head to Pirate Island.

~Pirate Island
Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Withdrawal of Kika or Nalleo

Dario will join in this fight. To the left side of the field, there are Kika
and Nalleo. Don't worry though, there is a Wind Element near them. Use the Wind
Surface to help out Kika and Nalleo. To the north, there is an Item Box.

For some raise of Affection Level, have a conversation between Kika and Nalleo,
as well as between Kika and Dario. Now, start up to have your characters move
up to clear enemies. Try to send one or two to support Kika and Nalleo.

After you clear out few, more will come. Clear them off to end the battle.

<Chapter 8 - In The Obel Palace>

Back on the World Map, move to the Obel Kingdom and enter.

~Obel Kingdom
Akaghi, Mizuki and Kika will join.

<Chapter 9 - Battle Site>

~Obel Kingdom
Once you are ready, exit out to the World Map. Both Flare and Trishtan will
join. Anyway, before you move on. You can get 3 more allies.

~Middleport
Go to the Quest Guild and there should be few new ones. Take the deliver letter
and treasure hunting ones. Then, check Rumor and speak with Pablo. Pablo will
then join the party.

After, exit out to the World Map. You can get to Deserted Island and Hut Island
now.

~Deserted Island
Once you are ready, head to the Beach.

Winning Condition: Gather 3 Best Gold Ore
Losing Condition: Withdrawal of Rene

Ok, just few monsters around. Take out that Thunder Element and spread your own
Surface Attribtue. For some raise of Affection Level, have a conversation
between Rita and Rene. As for Rene, your goal here is to spot 3 Best Gold Ore
while using her to dig them out.

The 3 locations might be random, but, here is what I got:

1/ The initial right enemy(Speckles Frog), the close NE square from it
2/ From Kyril's default position in this battle, the close NE square
3/ The northern(a bit toward west) enemy(Speckles Frog), near its left

Just have Rene to move around and if she's close, you would know which place to
dig. Beware that after you clear some enemies, there will be 2 more to come.
If you don't want the exp, just get close to the 3 locations I mentioned above
and have Rene to dig. If you stick around, there will be more enemies to come.

Once you got all 3 Best Gold Ore, that ends the battle. Afterward, Rene joins
the party.

Now, head to the Hut Island. Maxine will join your party. Don't forget to go
back to the Quest Guild and report on the 2 quests you just did.

Once you are ready, move on to the Fort El Eal Ruins.

~Fort El Eal Ruins
Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Talk about the loads of Kooluk Soldiers here, >_>. Aside from that, there is
just one Item Box to the north.

For some raise of Affection Level, have a conversation between Mizuki & Akaghi,
Seneca & Flare, as well as Seneca & Andarc. Mizuki and Akaghi can also learn a
Unite Attack, Ninja Attack.

Aside from the large amount of enemies, this isn't a hard battle. Take your
time and slowly take them out.

<Chapter 10 - Canal Town, Mercet>

Keep it in mind that you just passed through El Eal(that means you are within
the Kooluk Empire), but you do have the option to return to the Island Nations.
Also, both Mizuki and Akaghi are out of the party for now.

If you head to Na Nal Island(in a Water Day?), within the Rurmor option, you
can get Eugene to join you. Go back to Pirate Island(in a Fire/Water Day?) and
you would be able to get both Sigurd and Hervey.

Anyway, to advance, move to Columbal Ruins within the Kooluk Empire.

~Columbal Ruins
Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Just enemies around the field, and some Water Surface. Since there are Water
Surface, might as well take advantange of that. For the Item Box, get the long
range character to get it, or just use magic to hit it.

If you got Sigurd and Hervey, have them to have a conversation. They will learn
their Unite Attack, Pirate Attack.

After, you can Exterminate Monsters at the Columbal Ruins. Do so if you want to
get some levels up.

~Port City, Mercet
Select the Rumor option and speak with the 3 people. After, you should be able
to select and head to the Harbor.

Winning Condition: Defeat the merchant
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

You can have up to 6 characters, but divided into 2 groups. Your strongest ones
should be at the lower part. Also, get someone like Seneca to get the near Item
Box at the lower part.

The focus is the lower part. Make your way toward the merchant. While you are
at it, spread out Wind Surface. Before you can get to the merchant, there will
be more enemies showing up near the merchant. Continue with the Wind Surface
and try to attack that merchant.

Afterward, you will get a Tsunouma(Horned Horse). Exit out to the World Map.

<Chapter 11 - Reunion>

Head back into Fort El Eal Ruins.

~Fort El Eal Ruins
Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Ok, most enemies are to the right with few more at north. Character like Seneca
could just easily get that near north Item Box.

Characters like Hervey and Sigurd, either of them can ride a Tsunouma. The Blue
Fishlings here have Water Rune, so besure to take them out first. Soon, both
Mizuki and Akaghi will come. One of them can get the other Item Box.

<Chapter 12 - To Karelron>

Jeremy, Millay, Carrie, Axel, Ameria, Wendel and Gretchen will join the party.
Also, Akaghi and Mizuki are now back to the party.

---> Getting Hero 4 & Snowe <--- (Probably need to load Gensou Suikoden IV data
                                 that's got 108 Stars)
Back to Obel Kingdom. In the Rumor option, you would be able to speak with the
Obel King(Lino En Kuldes). After, go to the Deserted Island.

~Deserted Island
Once you are ready, head to the Beach.

Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Withdrawl of Hero 4, annihilation of ally units

Just 4 of you, along with Hero 4, against Water Element and Huge Crab. Also,
keep it in mind that you have a new option, Transfer. That will allow you to
switch to another ally.

Hero 4 is AI controlled in this battle, so besure to send some over to suport
him. Try to have Fire based characters then spread Fire Surface around. After
you kill the first set of enemies, 4 more will come. 2 of them are the Huge
Crabs again.

Once you clear this battle, Hero 4 joins the party. Now go to Razril.

~Razril
Select Rumor and speak with the 3 people. After, you can go to the Back Street.

~Razril, Back Street
Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

About 8 Fusafusa to the left, Water Element to the right, as well as Snowe face
another fusafusa. Snowe is AI controlled in this battle, so send one to support
him. The rest of your units should focus on the left enemies. Take out that
Water Element first if you wish.

For some raise of Affection Levels and interesting comments, have conversations
between Kyril and Hero 4, as well as Kika and Hero 4.

Afterward, Snowe will join the party. Now, back to the Kooluk Empire. Head to
Columbal Ruins.

~Columbal Ruins
Winning Condition: Defeat Martin
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Few enemies to south and most other ones at the left. Martin is among those to
the left. This is not it though. As you clear enemies, more will come. It's
better you just march all your units toward Martin. There is also an Item Box
at lower left. Besure to get it.

To raise some Affection Levels, have a conversation between Millay and Jeremy,
Millay and Rita, as well as Millay and Flare. If you got Hero 4, him and Flare
can also have a conversation. Next, have Hero 4 to talk with Kika, and you will
get their Unite Attack, Twin Swords Attack. If you have Hero 4 to speak with
Kyril, you will get their Unite Attack, W Leader Attack.

As your units get near Martin, he will likely move towward you. Then just gang
up on him with your units.

<Chapter 13 - In The Research Institute>

Head into Mercet to get Gary and Emma to join the party. After, head to the
Karelron Research Institute.

~Karelron Research Institute
Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Lots of the Surface are Thunder attribute, plus lots of enemies here are Water
based. You might try to have your allies mostly be Thunder based. Corselia here
is fixed to join in, so keep that in mind. To the right, there is an Item Box.

If you haven't done it previously, Hero 4 can talk with Snowe to raise some
Affection Level.

Clear few enemies and more will show up to the right of where you started.
Continue to clear more enemies and few more to come at east.

After, Corselia joins the party.

Winning Condition: Defeat Roge
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Just enemies around you and your goal is only Roge who is at NW. If you want to
get the Item Box, it's located at NE corner. You should just get allies with
Unite Attack and high offense.

To raise some Affection Levels, have conversations between Seneca & Corselia,
Rita & Corselia, Millay & Corselia, Andarc & Corselia and Corselia & Kyril.
Then with Kyril and Corselia again for their Unite Attack, Ice Crush Attack.
Between Hero 4 & Snowe, there is also their Unite Attack, True Friendship
Attack.

The rest is just make your way to Roge. Don't worry much with the enemies from
the south. Roge himself is easy, the only thing to watch out is his sleep spell
from his Wind Rune. If you have few strong units, you can take care off the
enemies near him with ease. There are also two Fishlings that will always show
up at the back, just kill one and ignore the other.

<Chapter 14 - Pursuing A Clue>

Before you move on, head back to Pirate Island(in a Wind/Earth Day?). Dario and
Nalleo will join the party.

Go to the Quest Guild. Take the quest about some criminal that ate and ran
without paying. Head to Mercet.

~Mercet
Head to the Harbor.

Winning Condition: Attacking Cedric
Losing Condition: Cedric arrives to the destination or death of Cedric

Nothing hard about it, just tricky. Have Kyril to wait for the ships to come.
When they line up, you can just across to the other side easily. Break the 3
boxes then you would definitely arrive to the destination before Cedric does.
When you got Kyril to occupy the destination, the other member can get to that
Cedric and attack him.

After, both Rachel and Cedric will join. Back in Mercet, speak with the people
within the Rumor option. After, exit out and you can now go to Terraner Plain.

~Terraner Plain
Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Just loads of enemies with a Wind Element. They divide into groups mostly and
one group share one element. You can just set an elemental surface from one to
another, to clear the groups one by one.

Between Flare and Corselia, have a conversation to get their Unite Attack, The
Princess Attack. Later on, have a talk between Seneca and Andrac, to raise the
Affection Level.

After you clear most of them, 4 more will come. The only problems here are just
those mercenaries.

Afterward, Coupe and Hines join the party. However, Hines isn't a playable
character.

<Chapter 15 - Border Village, Haruna>

~Terraner Plain
Exit out to the World Map. If you have the Light Sphere, you will be taken
into another battle.

If you don't have it, go to the Quest Guild. Take the Friend of Heart one. Now
go to buy some Salt if you haven't got that. Go to Obel and speak with someone
within the Rumor. You would get the Soap. Now, go to Razril, speak with another
person within the Rumor and you would get the Black Pearl. Basically, just talk
with people within the Rumor at towns. You would get the Light Sphere in the
end.

Winning Condition: Obtain the Rose Brooch and annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Few monsters to the right and mostly at north, with an Item Box. If you haven't
done it already, have a talk between Nalleo and Dario, they will get their
Unite Attack, Pirate Family Attack. Have them talk again to increase their
Affection Level. Between Kika and Dario as well, to increase their Affection
Level. The same goes to Hervey & Dario, Sigurd & Dario, Hervey & Nalleo, Sigurd
& Nalleo.

For this battle, Charlemagne will be AI controlled and try to have someone to
support him. Most of the enemies to north are Fire, so spread around Water
Surface to help yourself out. The Item Box is obviously the Rose Brooch, and
ignore the right enemies. Your focus is the enemies to north. Now, have as many
Water attribute characters as you can. Spread around Water Surface, might as
well using the Flowing Formation spell from the Flowing Sword Rune if you got
any of those.

After the battle, head back to Middleport. Enter the Inn. Both Reinbach and
Charlemagne will join.

~Mercet
Now, go to Mercet. Within the Rumor option, speak with Reinhold. Then head to
the Terraner Plain.

Winning Condition: Defeat Mitsuba
Losing Condition: Withdrawal of Kyril

Just one on one, should be pretty easy. Just watch out for Kyril's HP. Move
frequently and don't let Mitsuba attack you from the back. When you can, attack
Mitsuba from the back. I just get to one end of the map, set up Fire Surface
and let her to come.

Afterward, Mitsuba will join. Go back to Mercet and speak with Reinhold within
the Rumor. He will join as well.

~Mercet
Within Mercet, head to Rumor option. Speak with the oldman. Then you can go to
the Harbor again.

Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Just 6 of you, along with Champo, Nalkul and Noah. Those 3 are AI controlled,
BTW.

If you haven't done it yet, Reinbach and Charlemagne can have a talk. Same with
Mitsuba and Reinhold, Andarc and Coupe.

Shouldn't be too hard here. Enemies are spread around, you can just make your
way to those 3. In fact, Champo, Nalkul and Noah should be able to take care of
themselves, for a while. If you want to get around, there are always the ships.

Afterward, Champo, Nalkul and Noah will join you.

~Middleport
Go to the Quest Guild. Take the one that have you to get some herb and the one
that's the second part of the fake knight group. The latter needs you to be at
Rank C. So if you are below that, just do some other quests til your Rank goes
up to C.

Now, go to Fort El Eal Ruins.

~Fort El Eal Ruins
Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Withdrawal of Katarina or Keneth, annihilation of ally units

Keneth and Katarina are AI controlled, also surrounded by enemies. So, besure
to get to them ASAP.

After you clear few, there will be more to come at east. Besure to have some
units prepare for them. For the 2 enemies to north, I have Hero 4 to use his
Punishment Rune's Level 2 Spell(Two Edged Sword) along with Katarina and her
Fire Rune.

Afterward, Keneth and Katarina will join. Now, with Keneth in the party, head
to Razril.

~Razril
Check the Rumor and speak with Tal. Tal will join as well.

Now to the Kooluk Empire. You should be able to get to Zasta Plain. At Terraner
Plain and Zasta Plain, you can encounter enemy named as Kazrah. They can drop
the Kazrah Root you need. I got mine from the Zasta Plain. You need 3 of them,
BTW.

Once you got 3 Kazrah Root, head to Obel Kingdom.

~Obel Kingdom
Go to Rumor option and speak with Yu to get him to join.

~Middleport
If you have done enough Quests, you will be at Rank B. At Rank B, you can take
a quest about some children didn't return. Now, go to Columbal Ruins.

~Columbal Ruins
Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

8 of you, some children and the AI controlled Karl. Make sure you have Kyril to
speak with Karl. Shouldn't be too hard of a battle if you use the Water Surface
well. After you clear few, few more will come at lower right.

Once you talk with Karl, he will join. He will also be controllable by you.

Afterward, time to move on. Head to Haruna within the Kooluk Empire.

~Haruna
Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Withdrawal of Simeon, annihilation of ally units

Just various Kooluk Soldiers, an Item Box to upper left and Simeon is at lower
right. Quickily send someone to help out Simeon. If you got anyone riding on a
Tsunouma, you should be able to get to Simeon pretty quick.

After you clear few, lots of more will time. This battle will take some time.
If you can't reach to Simeon quick enough, then attack those guards with long
range spells. If you want to support Simeon, have Corselia to use her Water
Rune to heal Simeon.

For some raise of Affection Level, have a talk between Seneca and Kyril, as
well as between Seneca and Flare.

After, Simeon joins the party.

<Chapter 16 - Small Village Of The State Border>

Exit out and head to Small Village Of The State Border.

~Small Village Of The State Border
Frederica will join the party.

Winning Condition: Destroy all Rune Cannons
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Few enemies to the right and most other ones are north. There are about five
Rune Cannons here, 2 Items Boxes at east and northeast.

Don't focus on the soldiers, but rather than the Rune Cannons. Those can hit
you from far away. Must get close and destroy them ASAP or this will be a hard
battle. Also, don't forget those shields on the field.

After few turns, Paula(riding a Red Iwadori), Jewel(riding a White Iwadori-
Armor) and Selma will show up and join you. Let Jewel and Paula to take care
off the lower two Rune Cannons.

For some raise of Affection Level, besure to have a talk between Jewel and
Paula.

As you clear some soldiers, more and more backups will come. Some are even
riding Iwadori.

<Chapter 17 - Brunt Of The Anger>

Exit out and head to Haruna.

~Haruna
Head to the Street Corner. Pick the first option to pursue after Kate.

Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Withdrawal of Kate, annihilation of ally units

Enemies spread out at various locations, but most importantly, Kate is at the
south part. Send some people to her ASAP. This is sort of similar to the battle
with Simeon from before.

After, pick the first option and Kate will join.

~Middleport
Back to the Quest Guild. Once you have done enough quests your Rank will be at
A. Take the five colored pyroxenes one. You need to gather these Fire, Water,
Wind, Earth and Thunder Spirit Fragments. One fragment for each element, thus
5 in total.

They are randomly dropped by elemental enemies. For Water Element, you can get
them at Columbal Ruins. As for Wind Element and Earth Element, you can locate
them at Zasta Plain and Terraner Plain. As for the Thunder Element and Fire
Element, you can try the Obel Ruins. Within the Obel Ruins, aside from those
elements, there are also spirits and they can drop fragments as well.

If you don't want to defeat them and wait for them to drop one, have Noa to
steal from them instead.

Once you got the 5 fragments, head to Haruna.

~Haruna
Head to the Bar and Jeane will join if you pick the first option.

Time to move on. Head to the Kooluk Empire and go to the Midoh Shoal.

~Midoh Shoal
Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units, except Martin
Losing Condition: Withdrawal of Kyril or Corselia

Most parts of this map is Water Surface, besure to have characters that are
Water based. Enemies also tend to change the Surface Attribute a bit, just be
sure to change them back to Water.

After you clear few, more will come. For some raise of Affection Level, have a
talk between Andarc and Kyril. Clear few more and the final few will show up.
Just don't touch Martin.

After, Kyril against Martin, one on one.

Winning Condition: Defeat Martin
Losing Condition: Withdrawal of Kyril

Depends on how well Kyril's skills are, especially with skills like Move Again,
Counterattack. Attack, or move away to heal when you need to. Just beware the
Water Surface. There is a little spot from where Kyril starts, it doesn't have
Water, so use that as your rest spot. Martin is also Fire, so he gets damage
from being on Water Surface. You can always move toward him, attack, then if
you got the Move Again skill, you can then head back to the rest spot. If he
changes the Surface to Fire, it doesn't matter since that heals you as well.

<Chapter 18 - Imperial Capital, Gruska>

Back on the World Map, head to Gruska.

Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Characters spread out on this map. Kyril and Corselia are supported by Busk and
Ornella. To the right, there are few Senior Faction soldiers, then your other
allies. To the south of your allies, there are more enemies.

On the left part of the map, left of Kyril, there is the gate. Beyond that,
there are more enemies. Most importantly, Roge. MAKE SURE you have Kyril to
speak with Roge IF you want to get Roge to join your party.

Continue to clear enemies and break down the gate. Lino En Kuldes will show up
along with two Obel soldiers. Soon, more enemies will come after you clear more
enemies.

If you have Hero 4 here, Lino and him can have a talk to raise Affection.

Before you want to tackle all the enemies to the left, you might want to wait
for your other allies to catch up with Kyril. Further clear more enemies, then
the last few will come.

This battle will take some time considering the amount of enemies.

Afterward, Ornella, Busk and Lino will join, as well as another Tsunouma-Armor.

Kyril also regain all his strength. That means he can use Level 3 spells again.
Remember that all powerful "Hien Tenchi Zan"(Flying Swallow Heaven&Earth Slash)
of his Swallow Rune, with the young Kyril? Now, he can use that again!

<Chapter 19 - The Palace Dyed In Blood>

Enter Gruska. Once you are ready, to the Palace.

~Gruska Palace
Winning Condition: Defeat the EyeFish and destroy the Rune Cannons
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Most enemies here are Water based, thus make your party Thunder and spread
around Thunder Surface. Your goal here is that EyeFish at the center, then the
two Rune Cannons. There is also an Item Box at north.

You can also have Kyril and Andarc to talk, to raise some Affection.

Also, have some magic users, especially ones that have runes with area attack
spells. If you got ones good with Thunder, that's even better. Just besure to
keep changing the Surface to Thunder.

Don't get many to take out that EyeFish, just your strong ones. It has a wide
area attack, so it's wise to not have that many people or have them closed to
one spot. Once you take out the EyeFish, more enemies will come. Grab that Item
Box, then use magic to get those Rune Cannons.

<Chapter 20 - Breakdown>

Once you are ready, enter back to Gruska.

Winning Condition: Annihilation of enemy units
Losing Condition: Annihilation of ally units

Two Item Boxes near you and loads of enemies to the right. For me, I have five
attackers at the front and the back 5 are all with good runes: Hero 4 with his
Punishment Rune, Jeane with Thunder Rune, Roge with Cyclone Rune, Pablo with
Mother Earth Rune and Simeon with Flowing Rune.

For some raise of Affections, have talks between Lino and Flare, Roge and
Simeon, Roge and Andarc, Millay and Rita, Roge and Jeane, Pablo and Simeon.

After you clear few enemies, few more enemies will show up. Continue to clear
more then some will show up at your left, so beware of that. With some good
offensive spells, this battle can be done rather quickily.

<Chapter 21 - At The End Of The Battle>

Now, do remember this is it. If you move on, you'll enter 3 consecutive battles
and end the game in the end. If you want to do other things, do them now.

~Middleport
If you go back to the Quest Guild, you can take the letter of challenge one if
your rank is S and you have done enough quests. Clear that quest, Mercenary
Captain, Red Mercenary, Blue Mercenary and Yellow Mercenary will join your
party.

Back on the World Map and head to the Senior Faction's Secret Facility.

~Senior Faction's Secret Facility
Winning Condition: Defeat Iscus
Losing Condition: Withdrawal of Kyril

Enemies are spread out and on different heights. Having the Jump skill isn't
too bad here. My party is the same ones from the previous battle. There are 2
Item Boxes to the east and west, make sure you get them.

The goal here is defeat Iscus which is all the way to north. So you do need to
defeat the loads of enemies in between. Further, the 4 Rune Cannons should be
your priority. Use characters with long range weapon or just use magic.

For some raise of Affection, have a talk between Kyril and Corselia, Flare and
Corselia. Also, if you haven't done it yet, Flare and Lino for their Unite
Attack, Family Attack.

After you clear some enemies, more will come. Do notice that Rune Cannon to the
north. It changes the Surface Attribute to various elements, besure to use that
advantage or avoid it.

To take out that Iscus, don't use magic nor tech. Just plain physical attacks
and that will do it.

Iscus will transform into a big Fishling.

Winning Condition: Defeat Iscus
Losing Condition: Withdrawal of Kyril

Just Iscus with loads of Fishling enemies. Lots of enemies, including Iscus,
are Thunder based, so try to have as many Earth based characters as possible.
Then you can spread out as many Earth Surface as possible. Most importantly,
spread some Earth Surface around Iscus. For me, I just have Kyril to go up to
him after that. Kyril's "Hien Tenchi Zan"(Flying Swallow Heaven&Earth Slash)
can do decent damage on it.

<Chapter 22 - Another World> (FINAL BATTLE)

~Interior Of The Dome
Winning Condition: Evil Eye
Losing Condition: Withdrawal of Kyril

This is it, the final battle of the game. It's just Kyril against the Evil Eye
here. Spread around Fire Surface, get yourself on Fire Surface then use your
Swallow Rune. "Hien Tenchi Zan"(Flying Swallow Heaven&Earth Slash) is yet again
a useful move to use here and try to unleash it behind Evil Eye.

That's about it. Once you beat it, you have completed the game. Sit back and
enjoy the ending.

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<New Game Plus>

At the end of the game, the game will promt you to make a save. Do so and might
as well have it at a different slot.

Load that Clear Data and you will begin the game from the start. However, you
get to keep the Potch/Money, Skills&Skill Levels, Items/Equipment, Affection
Levels and Quest Guild's History. Items and Equipment that you equipped also
get to be passed on. You also get the Event Skip option by pressing Start.

Stuff like Character Levels, Weapon Levels, Skill Points, Equipped Runes and
Unite Attacks, they are reset to default. Thus, those don't get passed on.

Lastly, Lalacle will join your party in Chapter 4.

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- Me
- CJayC
- Konami

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