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Just as Crono and his friends went across time to save the World from Lavos, so do we save this to the Archive so people in the future can see the version in the past it was meant to be, just in case Imgur continues to ruin everything. It also seems someone else had the good idea to archive this thread too, so thank you very much (to whomever you may be)! https://web.archive.org/web/20231210050753/https://onelastforum.com/threads/chrono-trigger-respect-lore-thread.2576/

Lynx is dead in his room, with the assassin who killed him. As Lynx is well known and powerful, his death should have been common knowledge. When a person dies, their mind/will/soul leave their body, but their life essence remains and dissipates as the body breaks down. Magil cannot detect any life essence in Lynx corpse, or evidence that there was ever any life essence in the body to begin with. Serge suggests that Lynx was killed by a vampire, but Magil says that a vampire would still have a soul, and wouldn't hunt the way that Lynx died. Lynx was slain by the assassin, but he lives on trapped in the magic circle, preserving his soul in the form of a jewel (the Frozen Flame). Lynx is trapped in a magic circle that consumes souls so as to unbind him. For it to work, he needed the soul of a blood relative; in this case his daughter Felicia (In this timeline, Felicia is the one who raised Kid instead of Lucca). As the assassin slew him, his soul bound with Felicia's and the...

The spookiest path yet. In this timeline, if you look at the glowing light on your way in then the history of Lynx's manor and Kids backstory changes. There's no life in the manor save the Radical Dreamers, not even goblin guards (there are only the undead). Instead of piranhadons, the pool in the atrium has fish with the souls of humans, born from cruel experiments by Lynx drawing back the souls of the dead. They can move faster than the eye can see. Kid knows a special breathing technique that will decrease her weight. In this world, Lynx has a complex automated trap involving robotic mermaids (or sirens) and seas of gems. The key to this ghastly mechanism is a corpse. Destroying it stops the trap. This mechanism casts a curse when active to affect the victims perceptions and wits, making it harder to break out of the trap. Lynx puts a curse on his manor so the exit vanishes and the corridor loops endlessly.

Originally the story about the golden bug and the sunflower was told by Serge to Esmeld the goblin (either misrerembered or made up on the fly), plus the main path says that infinite dreams & infinite worlds overlap, so I think that's a safe bet to say.

Proon and a group of goblin guards have a huge cannon that's 4 times Serges length (once again, going by Serges height in Chrono Cross of 5'7" or 170.18cm, this makes the cannon 6.8072m long). This is the hypermagic canon which can shoot powerful fireballs. The hypermagic cannon hits Monster Kid full on, causing a powerful explosion... However, Monster Kid is completely unscathed (the fires are also noted to be bigger than Monster Kid). Monster Kid casts a dark spell of great power called Phantom Break (by invoking a being known as Archemist the Fallen), which erases Lynx manor and creates an unbelievably deep pit into the ground. Kid withstands the effects of the incantation, but Magil doubts she could do it a second time. Magil casts a spell of flight on Serge. Magil gives Serge a knife that can absorb souls incase his kiss fails, for a worst-case scenario. Serge flies down to save Kid. The clouds part as Magil falls to the ground as he flies down to destroy the...

Now onto the next path; the Sunflower path. Serge, Kid and Magil come across a mandrake, which Kid cuts at, but it just regrows... Serge says he has no hope of outmuscling Kid. Magil warns the others not to cut, and certainly not to pull out of the ground. But he took to long remembering, and Kid pulls it out of the ground... The mandrake monster changes, bringing down trees and ripping up the ground. As the ground heaves, Kid vanishes into a crevice... Magil flies Serge to safety. The mandrake monster merges with Kid in a new terrifying form... Description of Mandrake Kids form. Mandrake Kid is 7 or 8 times taller than Serge (if Radical Dreamers Serge is the same height as Chrono Cross Serge, 5'7" or 170.18cm tall, that would make Mandrake Kid around 11.9126m or 13.6144m tall). Kid is trapped by a monster created from her rage, and if she's not freed from it she will die. In order to be free of the monster, Kid needs to be free of her anger. Kid needs love to free her...

Now, for the first alternate ending; the Space Police ending! This one is quite silly, and has a few 4th wall breaks in it. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/579136-radical-dreamers/faqs/31544 There's also a point they bring up how fridges haven't been invented yet (even though you can see several fridges in 1000AD in Chrono Trigger). When Magil sees a certain painting, he starts to emit a powerful aura, as if he can violate the second law of thermodynamics and causes a thermonuclear reaction (this sequence actually causes some red and blue flashes, though alas I don't have the screenshots of this). Lynx in this world is a giant alien octopus mage from Mars called Ooloo Ooloorooloo. Ooloo weighs over 10,000 tons, but despite this he can easily float. Magil is a part of Space Police in this timeline, and has been chasing Ooloo for 500 years, and his real name is Whammybar Starspangle. Ooloo was forced to eat his entire spaceship. Ooloo starts bringing down the entire manor...

So the most fascinating of the translation differences is that the Time Egg in the original isn't just said to contain a compressed space, but a tiny condensed universe. https://static.chronocompendium.com/Black/Publications/rdscript.txt The original Japanese version. https://static.chronocompendium.com/Black/Publications/Radical_Dreamers_Official_Translation_Script.txt (Machine translation)

There are a full translations and transcripts of Radical Dreamers. Once again, thank you strangers for doing all the hard work for me! https://static.chronocompendium.com/Black/Publications/Radical_Dreamers_Official_Translation_Script.txt https://static.chronocompendium.com/Black/Publications/rdscript.txt https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/579136-radical-dreamers/faqs/31544

When Lynx is defeated and Porre comes in to claim the Frozen Flame, Magil teleports everyone to safety. Kid and Magil leave Serge, but promise they'll meet again one day. You finish reading your grandfathers diary, who laments that maybe in another time in another world he'll meet Kid and Magil again. You're mother then tells you your friend is here, and a girl with a familiar accent says there's an abandoned manor in the North to be explored...

Serge ends up in a strange place with islands, planets and etherial images of animals (both living and extinct) floating in the sky. In this place the world drifts, and time is a blur in an endless and unknowable sea. This is where time begins and ends, and all life finds peace. Serge sees himself young and old, and countless versions of him walking the intricate corridors of time as ghosts, in a place where countless worlds and infinite dreams overlap.

The Radical Dreamers find the location of the true Frozen Flame, which is hidden in the ancient ruins of the forgotten Kingdom of Zeal. This was all a trap set by Lynx, who wants the Time Egg off Kid. Lynx deflects a knife from Kid without even touching it. Kid and Lynx fight, being able to jump through the air and dodge attacks impressively. Magil flies like a bolt through the darkness as part of the shadows to strike Lynx, but then Lynx is able to bind Magil with his magic. Lynx wants the Time Egg from Kid. The Time Egg is a compressed space, and using it with the Frozen Flame, one can rewrite space and time. Lynx wants to use it to undo mistakes of the past. Kid claws Lynxs face and seemingly destroys one of his eyes and draws blood. Lynx picks Serge up by his neck and chokes him. The power of the Frozen Flame and the Time Egg begin to mingle... Kid remembers that she was once Schala (or that she came from Schala), how she wished to die and cease to exist, but the stone...

The Frozen Flame is said to be able to guide people and change history itself. The Frozen Flame has some connection with Lady Riddel, and it would be snuffed out if she were to die (which is why Lynx has kept Riddel alive). Kid's behaviour and mannerism change dramatically as they draw closer to the Frozen Flame. As they approach the Frozen Flame, Kid and even Magil don't seem to be themselves. Magil reveals the the Frozen Flame is from an ancient lost kingdom, and can cure all wounds, heal all illnesses and grant eternal life. Originally it was part of a massive rock which fell from the sky long ago. He doesn't reveal how he knows this though...

A demon creates an illusion of a flood of slugs (which Serge and Kid can actually feel as well as see). Serge and Kid run down the corridors at high speeds to escape the illusionary slugs. Magil pushes Serge into a ghost so as to defeat it easier, using Serge as a conduit to attack the ghost from the astral plane (a battle with magic spells would have taken much longer). When in the ghost, Serge can feel his life force being drained. A science fiction book in the library makes reference to the Neo Epoch (which seems to be more of a ship than the Neo-Epoch we see in Chrono Cross). There's also a romance novel which directly references Serge. There's another book talking about the theory of Nihil Space. The way to deactivate the trap of the fountain filled with piranhadons is by putting a special plate into the Mouth of Truth, which contains the ultimate truth of the universe on it (much to Kids annoyance). A griffin disguises as a mouse to fool the intruders (however, it's...

I'll try to at least.

The barrier around Lynx's manor is surrounded by powerful counterspells. Magil is a powerful mage, and Serge describes him as being as if he's from another world. The Radical Dreamers come across a statue which bites you if you tell a lie with your hand in its mouth. Kid puts her hand in its mouth and is bitten. She escapes, and cracks the statue in several places in her attempt to get out. The cloth covering the mirror is blown off by itself, and the Radical Dreamers meet the spirit inside the Whispering Mirror (who manifests as a reflection of a statue of Venus). Magil has met Whispering Mirrors before, and explains that they are spirits which inhabit a mirror and are capable of moving between different mirrors on a whim. The Whispering Mirror spirit comes from the Realm of Mirrors, which lies on another plane of existence. The Mirror spirit was separated for her fellow spirits when travelling to the world of the Radical Dreamers, travelling from mirror to mirror. When...

The Frozen Flame is multiversal actually (it could affect at least two universes), and that was just a fragment of Lavos. And as said by Loko, Crono and friends did fight the Dream Devourer, so he and co would be almost as powerful as Serge & Kid & friends. I'll let you know when I find anything (that or you can just check this thread for updates).

Is this the good ending? In Chronopolis you find a computer terminal which reveals that Radical Dreamers is a third dimension, but it's possible Serge's dreams are still connected somehow. :hm

Also as one final note on Chrono Cross before I move onto Radical Dreamers, a mere fragment of Lavos being able to split one universe into two would absolutely scale back to the heroes of Chrono Trigger, who took out more than a mere fragment of Lavos.

Yup, though abet as a dream (I wonder if that's also connected to his dreams start of game?)