I've been reading the articles here for quite a while, but it wasn't until I got into Chrono Cross that I now feel like posting here. I've only experianced CC upto the questing after the Dead Sea collapses, any futher assumptions are based on what i've read here and elsewhere.
I've just been through the Dead Sea for the first time. Possibly the spookiest place i've ever seen in an RPG, props to Square for that one. But I have a couple of questions/points about this area.
- When you defeat Highwayman, a robot is left on the road, now unless i'm hallucinating, it looked a lot like Johnny from Chrono Trigger. Are my eyes playing tricks on me? (It was late at the time)
- Why are the Dragoons frozen outside the temporal distortion inside the tower? I know Miguel said something about them becoming "Salt for the Dead Sea". If indeed the resting place for the Home version of the Frozen Flame is Nadia's Bell, is that some kind of defence mechanism, and why is Lynx(Serge) allowed inside to meet with Miguel, and the ghosts of Chrono, Marle and Lucca?
- What is the Masamune doing guarding the entrance to the Dead Sea? When you bring the Einlanzer back, i'm assuming it returns to Dario on the Forbidden Island (I've just finished that side quest), so what does he have to do with the Masamune guarding the Dead Sea?
- I've read the FAQs regarding the Dead Sea, so i'm not sure if this theory fits in with what has already been discussed.
From what I gather here, it is assumed that because of the dimensional split caused by Serge living on in Home world, he undoes the work of Chrono and causes the eventual disaster to happen. In Another World, Chronopolis exists in a future that doesn't have Lavos in it. In causing the Time Crash, both dimensions are effected somehow, cauing the area where Chronopolis should be in both Dimensions (Home and Another, assuming the split effects all subsequent time) to fly backwards in time. at this point, the ruined world of Home's future becomes the Dead Sea, and the Sea of Eden in Another has Chronopolis.
Of course, i'm probably wrong about this, as this doesn't address what happens after the defeat of Miguel and the destruction of the Tower of Geddon/The Dead Sea. I'll continue playing and attempt to gain an understanding though ^^b