Here you will see the scenes with Biggs(Vicks in FF3 for U.S.) and Wedge
talking over about the esper and about the mysterious woman who appears to be
a sorcerer. They then leave off to the town below. Here is where the original
intro took place(the music is a bit off but as memorable as ever) as the
graphics still impress me believe it or not, oh yeah the credits roll as
well. Afterwards Wedge decides to put the mysterious woman at point, since
its no sense for them to take any risks. Now that you are in control head for
the mines up north of town, but along the way there will be a couple of
battles to deal with but the battles are pretty easy. Inside the mines is a
save point for you to save your game, no sense in healing your wounds since
you have no TENTs to begin with! Continue to go north, and Biggs will ram the
gates open, but another rather weak battle is ensued. But this time its a
boss.
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BOSS BATTLE: Whelk HP: 1600 ITEM: Potion
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Aw schnap! The boss music! Its just so tite! In this battle Biggs and Wedge
talk about a monster that eats lightning and stores it in its shell, so
whatever you do DON'T ATTACK THE SHELL! Aim for the head in this battle and
have Terra use her Tekmissle attack and heal if neccessary in this battle
with the Heal Force obviously. After a while it will hide in its shell, at
this time do not attack it or you will recieve a very painful counter attack
called Mega Volt that will deal about 60 HP of damage to any magitek member,
which is enough to wipe any of you out.

After the battle continue on to the next room and you will find a frozen
esper in the middle. Then suddenly it de-frosts itself and attacks the party.
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BOSS BATTLE: Tritoch HP: N/A
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This isn't really a boss fight. It just has that boss fight environment so I
thought I could make it look like it was a boss fight. In here the mysterious
girl goes over to the half defrost esper as Biggs and Wedge wonders where the
light is coming from. Then they both disappear and the esper self ignites and
takes the mysterious girl with it.

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THE START OF THE ADVENTURE ARISES
Items: *Look Above*
Party: Locke
Party's level: 2
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You will awake in the town of Narche, the coal mines up north are a part of
this town and luckily a man found you and recovered you. Talk to him and he
will tell you that he had just removed the Slave Crown, which had been
controlling the mysterious girl all this time. She still does not remember a
thing though:

"A mysterious young woman, controlled by the Empire, and born with the
gift of Magic......"

Here you will be asked to input a name, its better to select the default
because no one will like such geeky names like Jeff, Brian, M.Bison, or
CJayc(just kidding!). As long as you input Terra or Dingo you should be fine.
Afterwards she remembers her name, which is whatever you inputed but its
Terra. The old man seems pretty impressed since he has never see anybody
recover this fast from the Slave Crown. Then outside guards and hounds beat
on the door as they demand for the girl and the Empire's Magitek armor. She
appears to be a member of the Empire, but Terra doesn't seem to recall
anything about it. The old man decides to help Terra out as he lets her out
the back door. Outside make your way to the west part of town and inside the
western mines or Narche is a save point, so save your game and continue on.

At the top there is a treasure chest containing a PHEONIXDOWN, after picking
it up continue through and pick up a SLEEPING BAG and continue your way
through, when you reach to a certain point Narche guards come after you as
they corner Terra, but she falls to the floor below. At the bottom floor she
faints, but a flashback occurs. A mysterious man named Kefka has just put on
the Slave Crown on Terra and sets Terra to battle in Magitek armor as she
easily dismantles the soldiers. The next scene takes place towards the
outside castle of the Empire as Emperor Gestahl has a keen interest in magic
and wants to forcefully take everything that he thinks belongs to him. Terra
is still unconsious, and the scene shifts towards the Old man's house as a
mysterious man is shocked to hear what the old man thought he was doing:

"Treasure Hunter and trail-worn traveler, searching the world over for
relices of the past..."

Here you will be given the chance to name your character and this will be the
only time that you can name your character. Once again leave the default name
or give it Dingo. Te scene shifts back to Locke, he doesn't prefer robbing,
but Treasure Hunter. The old man called for Locke to meet with a woman, but
Locke doesn't want anything to do with the imperial Magitek-riding witch. The
town alone is too weak to take on the empire as the imperial troops are
persuing Terra as they speak, and their independence can only be assured if
they join forces with the Returners, an underground resistance movement.

Terra was not responsible for her actions and they must get Terra to join
with them. Locke finally agrees and the old man tells him to make his way to
Figaro and talk to the king. The scene shifts towards Terra as Locke comes to
her rescue, but there are many imperial troops to deal with and it doesn't
look like Locke can take them all himself, but WAIT! Kupo! Its them! Moogles
are here to help Locke. Here a small scene shows up as a brief and
descriptive speech by the moogle tells you how to switch between groups by
pressing the "Square" button(Y button for SNES), your job is to save Terra
from the imperial guards or else.

Now make your way down and take out as many imperial troops as you can. It
doesn't matter if you lose because you will hae two other groups to use, and
the party that was swooned earlier is automatically revived, but to minimal
HP. After defeating all of the impreial soldiers talk to the commander and a
boss fight will ensue.
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BOSS BATTLE: Marshal & Lobo(2) HP: 27(Lobo) 420(Marshal)
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Aw schnap! Its that music again! This boss battle is fairly easy, first take
out the Lobos so they don't give you anymore trouble, and then use your
physical attacks on Marshal. His physical attacks hurt a lot, and you really
can't do much about his Charge attack which will do about 110 HP of damage.

After the battle Locke thanks the moogles for their help and he carries off
Terra and takes her outside as he switches a hidden path. Terra then wakes
up, but she still can't remember a thing. Locke says she's safe with him
until her memory returns and he says the secret passage might be useful
someday, DON'T FORGET ABOUT IT! You can walk back to the old man's house if
you want, but the imperial troops won't let you get through, so you might as
well hightail it southwards to Figaro. Also take this time to talk to the man
to the left for admitance to the Beginner's House if your low on HP and if
you need help on some of the specs of the game and how it works. A very good
descriptive presentation is explained here! After your down head towards
Figaro.

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ONWARDS TO FIGARO!
Items: Phoenix Down, Antidote, Soft, Tonic
Party: Locke, Terra
Party's level: 6
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Now keep going southwest until you find a giant desert and the Castle of
Figaro should be right in the middle of the desert. Inside make your way to
the middle of the castle and find the king as the guards will not allow you
admitance to any other parts of the castle as they tell you to go see the
king. When you reach the king Locke tells a little about her to the king and
he gives a quick and rather seductively dumbfounded look at her, Terra gets a
bit angry and the king apologizes.

"The young king of Figaro Castle, ally to the Empire, and a master designer
of machinery..."

Here you will be given the chance to name your character, but don't name him
anything stupid, just give him Dingo or Edgar. Surprised that someone like
Locke knows royalty? The king doesn't care if Terra is an imperial soldier,
the kingdom of Figaro and the Empire are allies. There are three reasons why
Edgar is helping Terra, "First of all, your beauty has captivated me!"
"Second...I'm dying to know if I'm your type..." "I guess
your...abilities...would be a distant 3rd." Terra still doesn't know what
Edgar is talking about, she knows a normal girl would find him dashing, but
she's hardly normal.

Now is your chance to wander around the castle, don't forget to pick up a
PHEONIXDOWN, TONIC, SOFT, and a ANTIDOTE. When you talk to the Matron in the
castle he tells you that Edgar had a twin brother, the scene flashes back to
Edgar's recent pass not that much long ago as the two talk about his father's
successor. Edgar refuses to talk about it:

"Edgar's twin brother, who traded the throne for his own freedom..."

Now is your chance to name the twin brother of Edgar, go with the default so
you can follow this walkthrough a bit more easier. It appears that Sabin has
ran away now and the Matron wonders what he is up to right now. Also when you
check the dungeon do you recognize anybody down there? Yes its the Lone Wolf
from Final Fantasy V! After checking the castle out and GETTING A GOOD
NIGHT'S REST talk to Edgar in his throne room, and in the middle of the
conversation one of the members from the Empire are here to see King Edgar,
probably Kefka!

The scene shifts towards Kefka, he's a wierd guy and hates Edgar for living
in the middle of nowhere and he has sand on his boots, but the imperial
soldiers quickly wipe his boots clean. HEre have Edgar talk to the soldiers
before talking to Kefka. IT appears that Kefka wants a girl of no importance
to return back to the empire and he heard that she has found refuge in Figaro
Castle. Edgar knows who he is talking about, but Kefka denies it and says she
stole something of minor value. Edgar doesn't know if she is here or not
since there are more girls here than grains of sand, and Kefka warns him that
he better pray for his precious Figaro Castle.

After Kefka leaves go back and talk with Locke, Edgar tells Locke to show
Terra to her room as he has some strategic strategies that needs to be dealt
with. So have Terra follow Locke to her room. She finally knows his name
which is Locke, and it appears that Edgar has told Terra that he was a thief.

That's Treasure Hunter! Superficial wise, Edgar is allies with the Empire but
on the inside he is collaborating with the Returners, a small organization
opposed to the Empire. Terra doesn't understand what she should do, but Locke
comforts her. But how will Terra know which is the right way? The scene then
shifts to Edgar, he rushes outside and sees the castle on fire and it was the
Empire's doing.

Here Kefka enters in he wants the girl now, but Edgar pretends to not know
what Kefka is talking about. Now talk to the soldier at the top and Edgar
tells him to get ready, Kefka wonders if he has changed his mind yet and it
appears that he has no choice, then quickly rushes and calls his chocobos and
he tells Locke and Terra to jump. The castle is slowly sinking down into the
sand and Kefka is a bit wounded but nonetheless fine. He orders his men to
attack the party.
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BOSS BATTLE: M-TekArmr(2) HP: 210(each)
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This battle should be pretty hard since your attacks are cut down in half due
to the armor on the Magitek armors. If Terra uses magic in this battle Edgar
will become shocked, as will Locke once he finally figures out what magic is.
Terra thanks Locke and Edgar for not making such a big deal out of it, but
they seem to go into a swoon state after she thanks them(ha! Losers!)!
Basically in this battle have Terra use magic and have Edgar use his Tools
and Locke attack regularly.

After the battle they escape and Kefka is a bit pissed off. Terra seems a bit
scared of Kefka, but Edgar has someone who he wants her to meet. Their mentor
Banon would certainly want to meet Terra as "Magic" is going to be the key to
winning this war. No human is ever born with these powers as Terra stops to
think. Edgar apologizes and tells her that if the Empire captures her again
the world is done for. Then he tells him to head for the South Figaro cave.
Here you will notice the amazing power the SNES has in terms of graphics in
which you will see a semi-3-D view of the world map. Head for the cave south
of Figaro Castle to the South Figaro cave. When you enter the cave, Edgar
tells the soldier to go back to the castle and tell everyone that he and the
party are safe.

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JOURNEY TO SOUTH FIGARO
Items: Phoenix Down, Tincture(2)
Party: Terra, Locke, Edgar
Party's level: 7
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Inside here you will see the a tiny little turtle, ignore it and check the
recovery spring to completely heal your ailments or wounds then continue onto
the next room. In this room there is a room to the left which contains a
TINCTURE, don't pick it up though. Trust me. At the bottom right corner of
the cave pick up a TINCTURE and to the left pick up a PHEONIXDOWN and then
continue through to the next room and it should lead out of the cave of South
Figaro.

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SOUTH FIGARO
Items: Green Cherry, Warp Stone, 1500GP, 500GP, 1000GP, Elixir, Tonic(3),
Antidote, Soft, Hyper Wrist, Running Shoes, Phoenix Down, Tincture,
Eyedrop
Party: Terra, Locke, Edgar
Party's level: 8
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In this town you will see a cloaked figure, he will head for the pub. In the
pub when Locke tries to talk to him he recives no comply, but Edgar quickly
backs him away as he seems a bit familiar.

"He owes allegiance to no one, and will do anything for money. He comes
and goes like the wind..."

Here you will get the chance to name this mysterious figure as Shadow or
Dingo(yes that's right you have no choice!). Edgar tells Locke that his name
is Shadow and he would slit his mother's throat for a nickel! Now when you
head for the Relic shop another descriptive presentation is presented by a
moogle about Relics. After purchasing a Relic or two head for the docks in
the southwestern part of South Figaro and you will find a crate that contains
a SOFT. At the top tier of South Figaro there are three barrels, the bottom
one contains a WARP STONE and head out of town and east to Mt.Kolts.

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MT.KOLTS AND THE TWIN BROTHER
Items: Atlas Armlet, Tent(2), Guardian, Tonic
Party: Edgar, Terra, Locke
Party's level: 8
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In this mountain continue to make your way across to the top of the mountain.
When you reach outside to the higher tier take the door to the right and
follow the path to the otherside of the mountain and you will notice a
mysterious figure jump back into hiding. Follow him and along the way pick up
a TENT as well, then continue on and when you find a rope bridge the
mysterious figure who looks like Shadow, but is not wanders off. There is a
save point across the bridge so save your game and heal your wounds with a
TENT if any.

Then continue on to the outside of the mountain and you will have to walk a
spiral like path and at the end there is someone blocking the entrance to the
next cave. Its Vargus, the one who you heard about in town of South Figaro,
but he attacks the party because he thought Sabin sent him. It was actually
him that was shadowing the party earlier and the fight ensues.
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BOSS BATTLE: Vargas & Ipooh HP: 360(Ipooh) 11600(Vargas)
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This battle will be tough, first take out the two Ipooh because you can't
attack Vargas without destroying them. Use Edgar's AutoCrossbow and have
Locke attack regularly and have Terra use magic. After losing Vargas about
900 HP of damage Sabin will come in. He was jealous that Sabin was chosen the
as the successor, but actually the master wanted Vargas to be his successor.
Vargas thinks Sabin is lying and he attacks the party with Blizzard Fist, the
other three party members fly away, but Sabin still stands. Just keep
attacking him in this battle, after a while a message will tell you to use
your Blitz technique doing left, right, left, and then the X button. You can
use your Aurabolt in this battle(its a Hadouken motion facing left), but it
doesn't affect him. After using Pummel Vargas is awed by the power of Sabin,
if only Vargas hadn't been in such a rush for power.

After the battle the brothers are re-united once again, but Terra thought he
was some bodybuilder strayed from the gym. Sabin laughs and takes it as a
compliment. Edgar is heading towards the Sabil mountains, but Sabin had been
watching from afar and it appears that Figaro will be the Empire's next
target. Now that Sabin has joined the party he will provide some added power
to the party. Now continue onto the next cave and inside pick up a TENT and
continue on.

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TO STOP THE EMPIRE WE NEED THE RETURNERS!
Items: Potion, Air Lancet, Phoenix Down(2), Antidote, White Cape, Green
Cherry, True Knight
Party: Sabin, Terra, Locke, Edgar
Party's level: 10
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In here the guard at the door will lead you to Banon. It appears that Terra
has decimated 50 of the top soldiers of the Empire in minutes. Then Banon
tells of a story that there was a box that someone was told never to open,
but went ahead and opened the box anyways. He had released the evils of the
world, Envy...Pride(?)...Greed...Violence...Control... All that was left in
the box was a single stray of light: Hope. And Terra is the last ray of
light, Hope.

After a short while Terra wakes up, now go talk to Locke. He joined the
Returners because someone that meant so much to him was locked up and he
realized that the empire was rotten and heartless and he wanted to make a
difference. Terra feels a bit down because she has no "significant" other in
her life, but there are many others who are counting on her. After talking to
everybody in your party(Locke, Sabin, and Edgar) the guard at the door will
let you through. Outside here is Banon and he asks if you will be there last
ray of Hope. If you comply no, he will give you another few moments to make
your decision, but if you comply yes, he will be happy to hear your decision,
but Terra is a bit scared.

Banon decides to give Terra a relic which is the GUANTLET, and Banon has a
plan and asks Terra to get everyone together. In the meeting the facts are
already known, the Empire is using Magitek power in battle, but hwo did they
acquire it? It appears that Locke found out that the Empire is forcing the
world's finest scholars to study the Espers, and there appears to be a
connection between Magitek and Espers. The ancient War of the Magi probably
had something to do with this, a theory was developed that humans and
machines were imbued with the powers drain from the Espers.

They can only fight Magitek ower with Magitek weapons, and if Terra can speak
to the Esper and have it wake up. She reluctantly agrees, but then suddenly a
Returner collapses from his journey of South Figaro. It appears that the
Empire has taken South Figaro and are heading this way. Locke will sneak into
South Figaro to slow down the Empire, and tells Terra to stay away from a
nameless king(Edgar) and Sabin can't believe Edgar hasn't even grown up yet.

The rest of the party will escape down towards Lete river towards Narche so
that Terra can speak with the Esper. Now don't forget to pick up the treasure
chests you left behind in the Returners' base which include a POTION,
PHEONIXDOWN(also note when you pick this up a guy Sleep talking will tell the
party that the Empire is attacking, but not yet), AIR LANCET, another
PHEONIXDOWN, and a TRUE KNIGHT relic. Now you might want to save your game
before heading to the Lete river, afterwards continue on to Narche.

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PROTECT BANON NOW!
Items: None
Party: Edgar, Banon, Terra, Sabin
Party's level: 10
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Here the objective is simple, get Banon to Narche without getting him
swooned, if he becomes swooned you will have to start over again. And the
battles are not random encounters mind you, they happen at specific points in
the river, but its useless to tell you anyways. There will be a point in
which you will have to select the direction where you want to head off. It
doesn't matter which path you pick since due to the fact that they all lead
to the same place, but however each path is a bit different and some of the
paths lead to treasures, but these battles here can gain Banon levels
quickly. At the end of this path is Ultros, who is obviously attack your
party.
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BOSS BATTLE: Ultros HP: 3100
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This battle is a bit tough, but the party should be more than able to take
out the trash. Have Banon use Health to heal the party and have Sabin use
either the Aurabolt(there will be a sudden pause in between during the PSX
version if you use this) or Pummel. Have Terra attack with magic or have her
use her physical attack and have Edgar use his AutoCrossbow. There is very
little that you can do about his Tentacle attack which does about 230 HP of
damage, and he can spread this attack as well, but make sure you keep Banon
alive. After the battle Ultros escapes and Sabin jumps in after the octopus.

After the battle Sabin floats off the other direction while Terra and Edgar
head off towards Narche while protecting Banon. Sabin however has floated off
towards the unknown lands and how is Locke doing after breaking through South
Figaro's defenses? Its all up to you as here you will choose a
scenario(pretty neat huh? Instead of having one direction to go to, the game
lets you decide!). You can pick either one as that scenario you choose
happens at the exact same time the other ones do, don't worry though you will
have the opportunity to complete all three scenarios. I will choose Sabin's
scenario, so if you want you can follow where I'm going or choose the other
one, it really doesn't matter. You can scroll down to A,B, or C since you
will have the chance to complete all events...I'll start with A, then B, then
C.

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A: SABIN AND THE UNKNOWN LANDS
Items: None
Party: Sabin
Party's level: 10
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Here there is a house to the right, go inside and talk to Shadow. He will
offer to show you the way to Doma Castle, which is the Empire's next target.
Now head southeast and you should find a bridge and on the bridge is the
Imperial Camp. Here before Shadow and Sabin can do anything thye must hide
themselves because there are too many imperial soldiers. The two overhear the
soldiers talking about if Kefka runs General Leo out of the battalion then he
will become the next general.

Kefka then comes in and tells the soldiers to do their jobs, but Soldier B
likes to tell Kefka in his face that he is no General Leo. "Shhhh! Do I
always have to tell you to keep it down? You're hopeless...!" Then the
commander tells the soldiers that they are ready to assault Doma Castle. The
army raids the castle but has trouble getting. It seems hopeless, but a
mysterious man wants the honor of stopping this atrocity: (Cyan's music theme
sure is sweet, why the heck wasn't this on the Music CD?)

"Faithful retainer to his family's liege, with the courage and strength of
a hundred men..."

Here you will once again have to name the new character in the game, name him
Cyan so that you can follow along with this walkthrough a bit more clearer.
Now have Cyan talk to the Commander and a fight will start.
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BOSS BATTLE: Leader HP: 300 ITEM: Black Belt(relic)
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This really isn't a boss battle since the theme doesn't play, but it has the
boss battle atmosphere. Use your Swdtech at level 2 and your counter attack
(which does close to 700 HP of damage! Dang, he does have the strength of a
hundred men!).

After the battle the troopers see that the commander has been defeated and
they all flee for their lives. The scene then shifts towards Shadow and Cyan.
Defeat the guard to the bottom left for fun if you want, but check the
treasure chest inside the tent to the right and there is a treasure chest,
you can either hit it, kick it, or leave it. If you kick it its pretty funny
to watch Shadow's reaction, but a sentry will come and Shadow and Sabin hide.
After the guard leaves you can now pick up the STAR PENDANT. Continue on, but
as the party spots General Leo they hide and overhear the conversation.

The soldier wants to raid the castle immediately, but if they do that too
many costly lives will be wasted, but the soldier insists as he is willing to
sacrifice his life for the Empire, but General Leo being somewhat warm
hearted does not want that, nor does Emperor Gestahl. As General LEo is
called back to the Empire he leaves the task of Doma Castle to a soldier's
hands. However Kefka plans to poison the water, the soldier questions his
actions, but since General Leo is gone he decides to poison the water
anyways. But before Kefka leaves Shadow and Sabin confront him. A quick
battle ensues, but Kefka runs off, the party chases after him again and
another battle ensues.

Chase him again, but this time he will leave a few soldiers for you to deal
with. It appears that the party is too late and the river has been
contaminated with poison, the guards at Doma Castle are falling one by one as
Cyan notices something odd about the water, Cyan tells the guard to guard the
liege as he goes and finds out what has happened to the king. When Cyan
reaches their he has collapsed and his vision is going fast and he thanks
Cyan for guarding the castle since his father was on the throne. The king
tells Cyan to see his family as he dies on the floor in front of him. Cyan
and the last sentry goes over the castle to look for any survivors.

Now have Cyan search around the castle, when he finds his wife Elayne and his
son Owain dead by the poison he is struct with a sense of denial, not
believing any of this. He then takes his anger towards the Empire, he fights
the soldiers as Sabin and Shadow come in just the nick of time to help them.
So go BEHIND Cyan and talk to him and Sabin and Shadow will lend him a hand.
After the battle Cyan will attack the other soldiers as well, so lend him a
hand. Then another battle occurs, so lend him another hand.

After the battle Sabin tells Cyan that they must leave immediately, so Sabin
forces Cyan into the Magitek armor and teaches him a little bit of how it
works. A guard comes out and tries to stop the two but Cyan rams him over
along with the other guards as well. When you try to escape you will be
confronted by a few soldiers in Magitek armor. After defeating them the party
heads for Narche through the forest to the south.

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A2: TO NARCHE!
Items: Phoenix Down(2), Sniper Sight, Earrings, Hyper Wrist
Party: Sabin, Cyan, Shadow
Party's level: 12
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Here go across the bridge and to another bridge, you can go to Doma castle if
you want but the Soldiers in front won't allow you to pass through. When you
reach the Phantom Forest you will really see the power of the graphics . In here its pretty straight forward as at the end of the forest you will
reach Doma's railway. Maybe there are survivors in here, so the party decides
to take a look.