Lines in the Fog

Contents

  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. The Long and Winding Road to Cornelia
  3. 3. Back in the Chaos Shrine
  4. 4. A Day in the Life of Bikke
  5. 5. Clair's Mythril Hammer
  6. 6. Fixing a Hole in the Marsh
  7. 7. Here, There and Everywhere
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Final Fantasy I - Magical Mystic Key Tour

Part of the series: The First Step: Final Fantasy I

Back in the Chaos Shrine

We make our way north again, and towards the Chaos shrine. As I'd assumed, the fights up to and around this area are trivial, which is fine to be honest with the auto-battle.

We enter, and make our way to the bottom right room which has a solitary chest, containing:

  • A Rune Blade

That's a nice little boost for Rukus, or I could give it to Kaili, and give them highest Attack stat, but they just got a new sword about 5 minutes ago...

The top right has two chests, which is exciting!

  • A Werebuster (?)
  • A Gold Needle

It turns out a Werebuster is a sword that's effective against beasts and has the exact base stats as the Rune Blade. Given Rukus can use the Werebuster but Kaili can't, they're getting the Rune Blade after all. Truly the Chaos Shrine lives up to its name.

The world map's chest counter says I'm still only 6/13 though, so I must have missed a trick on my first visit... I check the other two rooms and all empty, I've found all 6 that it says I have opened. The shrine room has bats that are saying "Kee! Kee!", the same as in the Marsh Cave. I'm not sure if they were there originally, but there's clearly a tie between the two places.

Bats in a cave I get, but this is halfway round the world in a keep...

The Long and Winding Road to Cornelia
A Day in the Life of Bikke
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