Getting Started
Cast Of Characters
Choose Your Destiny
One of the things that makes this game interesting is the ability to play through the game as one of four characters. You can play as a thief, a wizard, a swordsman, or a monk. The biggest differences in gameplay are when you are first starting out as a child. I've tried to include the different childhood experiences for each character in this walk through. As for the rest of this walk through, I used the monk character. Feel free to use whoever you want because most of the rest of the story remains the same for all characters. So how do you choose what character you want to use? Let's find out!
I'm going to assume you watched the opening of the game and managed to input a name for yourself. Good, moving right along...
You start the game as a baby, abandoned in front of a church in the town of Yalem. (see pic) A tough way to begin life for sure. Not much you can do as a baby except cry. By crying, you will decide who will raise you early in life. That's right, all you have to do is wait until the people you want to be raised by come by and start crying. Crying is done by pressing Button I on the PC Engine controller or button C on the Saturn version. Read the following for your choices but remember you can only pick one.
If you want to play through the game as a thief, start crying when the first group of people come by. (see pic) This is Matthew, the owner of the local inn and his three daugters Olivia, Linda, and Yuki.
If you want to play through the game as a wizard, start crying when the old wizard and his dog come by. (see pic) The wizard's name is Gregory and he lives in the NE part of Yalem.
If you want to play through the game as a swordsman, start crying when the third guy stops by. (see pic) By choosing McGuire, you'll start your life in a small cabin on a hilltop outside of Yalem.
If you want to play through the game as a monk, you can either not cry at all or start crying when Sister Maria comes out of the church. (see pic) This is the default choice if you didn't choose anyone else.
A Few Other Notes About The Game
Almost any item in the game can be opened or explored. For instance, in towns you can look in drawers, barrels and such. You can also look under rocks, tombstones, gardens. Honestly, most of these will net you nothing but I've tried to include all the important items you can find here in this walk through.
Enough with the chit-chat. Get playing the game!
World Map
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