DISCLAIMER:
Doesn't every document have to have one of these? Anyway, I compiled the
strategy guide with the notion of obtaining perfection in each battle with
minimal support. By perfection, I'm referring to getting through a battle
without losing a character, finding all secrets and opening all chests.
Obviously this is not necessary and not even called for. I like to keep
all my characters in the fight so they all have an opportunity to gain
experience. Also quite obvious is that there are plenty of other methods
of fighting a battle. I'm sure there are many "better" ways to do it as
well. What I've provided in the walkthru are the strategies I used to get
thru each board "perfectly". All of these things depend greatly on what
you choose your characters to be.
Although I provided the level and #hp's of each enemy in each battle, I
don't know that this is a static value. I tend to believe that the key
battle enemies are dependent on Ash's level but I'm not sure. If anyone
DOES know, or has any different values for the normal fights, let me know!
However, the makeup of the enemy party will not change. Also I have provided
the MAX gold value that you can get out of each battle (except one where
I missed an eggworm - sorry).
If there are any game mistakes in this guide, please let me know and I'll
fix it, particularly if I missed any secrets!
GENERAL TIPS:
1) Listen to the dojo man. Arrows work VERY well against flying creatures
and mages. Magic works VERY well against heavily armored dudes (golems
and such). Swords work VERY well against archers. Kind of a scissors
rock, paper thing we got here.
2) Look for secrets on EVERY board. I like to tilt the board up (higher
elevation view) at the beginning of each battle. Luckily just about all
of the secrets are easy to find. Just look for discrepancies in the
terrain. The one's you can't immediately see you'll be told about in
tarverns.
3) Save your key battles for the following chapter once you've become better
equipped EXCEPT for the last one. The sooner you make Ash into a Demigod
(ahem... Vandalier) the better. He has access to EVERY spell in the game!
4) Use in-battle saves as needed on the later boards (one's with mages).
However, only do it once the enemy has complete its turn.
5) I almost never used any items (maybe 3 or 4 megaherbs and 2 mage gems
during the entire game and nothing else). This is NOT a good idea. Your
characters gain experience. Sometimes a lot, especially if you're using
an item on a higher level character! Also, let your non-spellcasters
use items. Later on, your spellcasters will end up doing most of the work
and can leave the rest of your party in the dust in terms of levels!
6) Use your ability to know the enemies range of movement. This will prove
to be of huge importance to getting through crucial battles.
7) Avoid exposing characters. Sticking together and using a phalanx style
attack works very well!
8) As soon as you can upgrade a characters equipment DO SO. One of the
reasons I worked hard at getting the MAX gold from each battle is to ensure
that all of my characters were FULLY equipped.
9) Yes, there is a cheat in the game (well, sorta...) Since your characters
gain experience using items it should be obvious how this is accomplished.
Find a board where you have time after killing off the enemy or/and has
healing circles (which restore both HP and MP). (That is, a board where
you have to get to an entrance in an unlimited number of rounds) Load up
your party with a bunch of mage oils or gems before the battle. After
killing off the enemy, have your spellcasters start casting spells that
aren't dependent on character status (such as Mystic Shield, healing is
dependent) while they are standing on the healing circles. Keep reloading
their spell points by having characters give them oils/gems or have them
stand on the healing cirlces. Since you gain more experience by giving
an item to a character of higher level, the process of gaining levels gets
accelerated as your mage gets up in levels. HOWEVER, I believe the key
battles enemy's levels are influenced by Ash's level. Therefore, I'm not
sure what advancing Ash this way will do??? Let me know if you find out!
I screwed around with this but I didn't use the characters I created this
way. What can I say, I like to do things the hard way.
Please mail me if you have any other good general hints or can fill in any of
my blanks!!!
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| VANDAL HEARTS Bunch o' Tables |
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LEGEND:
ATK - Attack Value
DEF - Defense Value
COST/VAL - Cost of Item or Value of Item (if it can't be bought)
FFOUND - First Found for purchase (referfect to village numbers below),
in the case of secrets the chapter and scene are listed.
1 - Captial Shumeria 2 - Village of Yuzu 3 - Remote City
4 - Irusu Village 5 - Khanos City(?) 6 - Kerachi
7 - Glasgow City G - Gift S - Secret
V - Value R - Range F - Field
NOTE: Although the Gold Axe is equippable (w/ a +0 ATK) I didn't include it
with the weapons since it's only good for its monetary value.
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HOW TO ACQUIRE KEYS
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Nova Key Port City Monato Bar, for killing Death Ant in 1.5
Earth Key Yuzu Bar, for finding Banana
Mana Key Found in 3.7
Key of Chaos Kerachi Tavern, Trade 3 Collector's Treasures for it
Logos Key Found in 5.4
Key of Heaven Glasgow City Tavern, Need 1st 5 prisms
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NOTE: To get associated prism, give Ash the key and goto a dojo. Upon leaving
you will be asked if you want to Transform, do so. It doesn't seem to matter
which dojo or when you do it. For all I know you can hold on to all the keys
until the end and do them all at once!
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CHARACTER LEVELS SPELLS ACQUIRED
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Sorcerer/Enchanter Bishop/Archbishop Monk/Ninja Champion/Paragon
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Roman Fire 16 Ultra Healing 18 Healing Circle 17 Faerie Star 18
Poison Cloud 19 Magic Charge 20 Perfect Guide 19 Delta Mirage 23
Spread Force 21 Holy Pressure 22 Thunder Flash 21
Avalanche 23 Supreme Healing 25 Healing Wave 23
Salamander 25 Mystic Energy 25
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KNOWN ENEMY SPELLS
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NOTE: (All except the healing spells are attack spells. No poison
or paralyis or anything like that.)
R/F - Range/Field MP - Magic Point Cost
NAME R/F MP NAME R/F MP NAME R/F MP
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Self Healing 0/0 2 Magic Arrow 5/1 5 Dark Fire 5/2 15
Healing 4/0 3 Thunder Ball 5/2 5 Explosion 6/0 15
Extra Healing 5/1 5 Dark Hurricane 6/1 8 Dynamo Hum 6/2 20
Hyper Healing 5/2 8 Rainbow Storm 4/2 7 Rolling Thunder 8/0
Healing Circle 0/1 5 Dagger Storm 0/1 5 Harmful Wave 8/0
Piercing Light 4/0 3 Plasma Wave inf 15 Evil Stream 9/0
Rainbow Stroke 6/0 5
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/* CHAPTER 1: A Premonition Of War */
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Section 1: Passage Of Thieves
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Enemy: Zoot Gach, 2 Archers, 3 Brigands -- 700G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: 2
1) Long Sword (back side of mtn.),
2) Mad Book (dirt patch behind tree where Zoot starts)
Strategy: Have Ash attack rear brigand 1st. Move everyone back as far as
they can go. Run around mtn. to get secret #1. Get secret #2 & clean up.
Go to Shumeria, drop by HQ. Leave Bar after talking to everyone.
SCENE: Claymore blamed for death of Santana.
Section 2: Capital Shumeria: Dover District
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Enemy: 4 War Ghosts (L2 22HP), 2 Hunter Imps (L3 25HP) -- 660G
Chests: 2
1) Herb 2) Herb
Secrets: 2
1) Long Bow (Circle of Grass @beginning)
2) Mushroom (Sidewalk crack btw 2nd house & rail by river)
Strategy: NONE (Easy)
SCENE: Claymore surrenders to Crimson Guard. Dolf sending you on secret mission.
Section 3: Palace Ruins
-----------------------
Enemy: 9 Clay Golems (L6 56HP) -- 810G
Chests: 2
1) Elixir 2) Herb
Secrets: 1
1) Fire Gem (Dirt Patch behind aqueduct in front of 2nd stairs)
Strategy: Split party (Ash up stairs, rest towards 1st chest). Have Diego
& Clint get 1st chest & secret. Keep Ash @top of stairs until 2 golems
start to chase him. Bring Diego & Clint up 2nd stairs to 2nd chest. Let
golems chase Ash all the way back to 2nd chest then have reunited party
finish them off.
NEW PARTY MEMBERS!
Eleni Dunbar (Mage, Level 7)
Huxley Hobbes (Healer, Level 7)
SCENE: Meet Eleni & Huxley. Claymore tortured into telling about Magnus on
Gillbaris Island by Dolf, Kane & Hel.
Section 4: Rhine Bridge
-----------------------
Enemy: 6 Brigands (L5 42HP), 2 Hunters (L5 37HP), 4 Hell Bats (L5 45HP) -- 1560G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: NONE
Strategy: Move up 1 square 1st round (out of attack range). Take out Hell Bats
then its easy as long as you keep your party in a tight phalanx. Kira must
take out Bat w/boulder & attack. Finish quickly since Kira's probably poisoned
NEW PARTY MEMBER!
Kira Wulfstan (Archer, Level 8) at beginning of 3rd Round.
SCENE: Eleni & Ash talk about Magnus & Ash's past.
Goto Port City Minato equip & find out about Hassan & sand creature.
Goto Grog's house --> SCENE: Must defeat Sand Dune Monster for Grog to talk
you to Gillbaris Island.
Section 5: Sand Dunes Of Sea
----------------------------
Enemy: inf. Ant Arms (L1 13HP), 1 Death Ant (L10 88HP) -- 900G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: NONE
Strategy: Have Diego take out 1st arm. Keep group tight, don't worry about arms
Death Ant will come right up to your group. Take him out fast.
SCENE: Grog waffles on promise to take you . "Little brother" foreshadowing
and you're on your way.
NEW PARTY MEMBER!
Grog Drinkwater (Soldier, L9)
KEY #1 (Nova Key): Before Leving town, go back to the bar and talk to woman
after defeating Death Ant. She will give you Nova Key.
NOVA KEY BATTLE:
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Enemy: 2 Sparkles (L9 75HP), 2 War Ghosts (L9 75HP), 4 Hunterimps (L9 63HP),
4 Buccaneers (L9 70HP), 2 Dark Golems (L9 80HP) GOLD? Yeah Whatever!
Chests: NOVA PRISM
Strategy: I don't know that it was such a good idea for me to fight this
battle before the end of Chapter 1. My suggestion is wait until Chapter 2
when your party is better equipped. This was absolutely insane to get right
considering the state my party was in at the time (6 solid hours of hell!!!)
Anyway if you do decide to do it now. Move party to middle of 3rd shelf
(Turn 6 or 7). Hopefully, the Sparkles & War Ghosts are skewed just right.
Hit 1st Sparkle w/Dark Star & fighter. Hit 2nd w/ arrows & fighter.
Next round, hit the War Ghosts w/ arrows & have fighter clean up. NOW, Race
to the top (hug the walls as much as possible). Line up everybody on top.
Use Eleni's Dark Star on Hunterimps and whaterver else she can hit without
being exposed. MAKE SURE you leave a Dark Star for each golem! Teeter back
and forth on top. Fighters on Hunterimps, Arrows on golem remnants then split
the buccaneers! Oh, of course don't forget to get the NOVA PRISM in the
chest on the way UP!!!
Section 6: Gadar Sea
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Enemy: 8 Buccaneers (L8 49HP), 4 Corsairs (L6 44HP),
1 Hassan Madcaptain (L8 72HP) -- 2380G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: NONE
Strategy: Easy. Groups of 3 around end of each bridge & wait for opponent to
attack. Keep Healer in middle of ship and arch at end of each bridge. Then
go clean up.
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/* CHAPTER 2: Island of Madness */
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Section 1: Village of Yuzu
--------------------------
Note: Keep villagers alive! (Lose 100G per villager killed)
Enemy: 7 Evil Statues (L5 33HP), 9 Villagers (L1 13HP) -- 1330G
Chests: 2
1) Mage Oil 2) 1 Herb
Secrets: 2
1) Moonpie (Under 1st box you need to push)
2) Mushroom (Dirt Patch on T-shaped piece of land on N edge of map)
Strategy: Leave Kira to deal w/1st statue from behind fence. Move all party to
SW corner & let Diego take out statue. Push box through fence & off ledge
the next round. Wait a round (gather party) & start to bring Kira around.
Villagers will chase her. ROUND 4: have 2 mobile people push box to block
middle fence opening. Deal with S statue and get secret #1. Leaving a couple
of people behind (Eleni & Kira included) to deal w/statue in middle of map,
move rest of party towards E statues. Kill off E. statues, get chest and push
over box. ROUND 8: have fighter push middle box forward & get middle chest.
Move Kira towards T-shaped piece of land to N. Move fighter & Diego around
to last statue. Get secret & kill last statue in Round 9.
SCENE: Mayor talks about Magnus and his investigations of the Castle Ruins.
Tells of meeting Magnus and his monsters.
Equip party now that its a normal village again. Find out about weird fruit
next to cross shaped poisonous from young man in bar.
Section 2: Ygdra Canyon
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Enemy: 5 Guardogs (L6 45HP), 10 Madsoldiers (L8 63HP), -- 3150G
Chests: 2
1) Mood Ring 2) 1 Elixir
Secrets: 2
1) Mad Book (SW corner in crater near where characters start)
2) Macroman (NW corner in dry patch)
Strategy: Get secret #1 & keep party out of range 1st round. Move Dolan's
party to boulder which they should line up single file next to. Hit switch,
taken out soldiers and send one figher after 1st chest. Move everyone else
toward Dolan. Maintain a front line. Go after 2nd chest once enemy are drawn
off. Kill off remains of 1st wave of Mad Soldiers advancing (defensively) as
far as possible. Send your people towards NW corner & avoid killing rest of
enemy until you get secret #2.
NEW PARTY MEMBERS!
Dolan (Soldier, L10)
Amon (Archer, L9)
Sara (Healer, L9)
SCENE: Find out about Dolan's association with Magnus, stone tables and Castle
Ruins.
Section 3: Loris Beach
----------------------
Enemy: 3 Dark Golems (L9 80HP), 6 Madsoldiers (L9, 70HP), 3 Shooterimps
(L9 63HP), 3 Bloodghosts (L9 75HP) -- 3600G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: 1
1) Banana (Center of cross-shaped poison swamp)
Strategy:
Bring 2 people sent to NW corner back to middle to help party fight golems+.
Split off a archers to handle War Ghosts. After middle enemy destroyed. Move
party towards cross-shaped swamp. Kill off enemy coming from this swamp then
send off someone to retrive secret. Finish off the now poisoned rest of enemy
SCENE: Talk about Toroah's Ark (Castle Ruins), then cut to Kira & Clint. Learn
a bit about Clint's past.
KEY #2 (Earth Key): Go back to Bar in Yuzu and give Banana to Young man.
EARTH KEY BATTLE:
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Enemy: 2 Hunters (L11 75HP), 2 Hunterimps (L11 75HP), 3 Shooterimps (L11 75HP),
3 Corsairs (L11 75HP), 2 Grenadiers (L11 75HP), 2 Crimson Archers (L11 75HP)
Chest: ICE PRISM
Strategy: Just split party and sweep towards chest. You're archers and
spellcasters will have to do most of the work on the last of the enemy.
Section 4: Castle Ruins
-----------------------
Enemy: 6 Madsoldiers (L11 84HP), 4 Shooterimps (L9 63HP), 2 Evil Statues
(L11 66HP), 2 Dark Golems (L11 96HP), 2 Bloodghosts (L11 90HP) -- 4590G
Chests: 2
1) Mage Oil 2) Moodring
Secrets: 1
1) Ironboots (W end of platform in strange tile)
2) Chain (cross shaped piece of land in NE corner W of moat)
Strategy: Beginning is VERY TOUGH! Split party exactly in half. Use everything
you can to your best advantage. Namely, keep along wall as much as possible,
heal often and move your characters so they can't be ganged up on. Keep
fighters up front (better arrow defense). Don't let your hawknight (assuming
you have one) out in the open since the Shooterimps will waste him/her!!!
Carefully take out Madsoldiers as efficiently as possible. Once they're gone,
move entire party to elevators. Get up and kill off Shooterimps. Grab the
chests and send someone to get secret #1. Kill off statues and let rest of
enemy come to you. Get secret #2 and move to Ruins entrance.
SCENE: Choice of leaving to resupply or go on into Ruins.
Section 5: Castle Ruins II (Inside Ruins w/Magnus)
--------------------------
Enemy: 4 Madsoldiers (L12 91HP), 3 Bloodghosts (L12 97HP), 3 Shooterimps
(L11 75HP), 2 Dark Golems (L12 104HP), 1 Magnus Dark Lord (L15 128HP) -- 4200G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: NONE
Strategy: Split party in two and bring them up both sets of stairs against the
wall where they can easily take the Shooterimps & War Ghosts. Once done,
move them back down steps to deal with Madsoldiers then up again for Golems.
Keep healer near Eleni & Ash at all times. Nail Magnus.
SCENE: Magnus dying tells of attempt to retrieve magic stone before arrow put
in him by Kane. Ash backs down from Dolf & Kane allowing them to take Magnus.
(Bullied by his own past) Troops rally around Ash who decides to go after
Magnus, Eleni & Huxley. Kira watches from behind tree.
Section 6: ??Prison Entrance??
------------------------------
Note: Must complete in 6 turns.
Missing: Kira, Huxley, Eleni
Enemy: 12 Guard Dogs (L1 13HP) -- 3960G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: 1
1) Mage Gem (Dirt path in SE corner)
Strategy: Start w/ 5 pronged advance. Send 1 fighter left & right to cut off
retreat paths, send archer/hawknight diagonally left & right, send rest up
middle. Split middle contingent and converge on dogs in each corner. Pick
up secret in final round before killing off rest of dogs.
SCENE: Eleni, Huxley & Magnus in jail. Magnus talks about magic stone & Hel's
plans of coup. All saved. Outside: Kira works for Dolf. Magnus & Dolf bump
heads over stone and open space/time rift which Magnus, Sara, Ash & Grog fall
thru.
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/* CHAPTER 3: Escape to Tomorrow */
/*****************************************************************************/
CHAPTER SCENE: Hel takes over as dictator & puts Ishtaria under his boot.
SCENE: Ash & companions on Plain of Sorrow. Magnus dies and tells Ash to go
after Hel and stone.
open space/time right
SCENE: Meet Zohar. Go to Remote city. SCENE: Zohar's place, should we really
stop Hel? Like this is a legitimate question!
NEW PARTY MEMBER!
Zohar Abu Sa'id (Mage, Level ?)
Section 2: Plain of Sorrow II
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Note: Keep at least one tower safe for 5 rounds.
Enemy: 6 Sparkles (L8 67HP) to start, filling in with Sparkles (L10 82HP) as
the computer has need. (11 of these showed up for me). GOLD: 410G/Sparkle,
-100G/Tower Lost
Chests: NONE
Secrets: NONE
Strategy: Pick a tower and surround it with your 4 charachters. Simple. I
wouldn't suggest trying to defend more than one tower, you'll thin your forces
and lose.
SCENE: Back through warp.
Section 3: Irusu Village
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Enemy: 3 Blood Bats (L12 97HP), 3 Grenadiers (L11 75HP), 5 Centurions
(L12 91HP), 1 Deacon (L14 75HP), 1 Warlock (L14 82HP), 1 Zoot Gach
(L17 126HP) -- 6450G
Chests: 2
1) Megaherb 2) Elixir
Secrets: 2
1) Unicorn (Crater S of Ash's party)
2) Bag Of Coin (Dirt Patch on E side of hill Zoot is standing on)
Strategy: Get secret #1 & hold back Ash's party. Send Diego to handle bat &
Clint after chest nearest him. Slowly advance Ash's party over bridge taking
out as many Grenadiers as possible. Send Clint after dirt patch w/coin once
he's got chest. Send figter after 2nd chest & kill off everyone else but
Deacon (you might need another enemy alive). Protect last enemy from Clive
until 2nd chest has been opened.
SCENE: Clive informs part of 3 years lost & Emperor Hel. Talk of helping
resistance results in idea to storm prison and go after Clint, Eleni and
Amon.
Section 4: Basil Gate
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Enemy: 2 Grenadiers (L14 94HP), 4 Centurions (L14 105HP), 2 Blood Bats
(L14 112HP), 1 Deacon (L14 75HP), 1 Warlock (L14 82HP) -- 5000G
Chests: 2
1) Megaherb 2) Mage Gem
Secrets: 2
1) Tarot (Cross-shaped dirt in SE corner of map)
2) Ironboot (Cross-shaped stone in middle of N. tower)
Strategy: Keep party together. Move them to their right positioning Ash behind
boudler. Make sure everyone is one square back from the little castle so they
can't get hit in the 1st round. ROUND 2: push boulder, move fwd & Rolling
Fire 3 enemies. Move mage & use Piercing Light on 3. Move everyone else
behind & next to Ash forming a tight phalanx. Kill off everyone but the
Deacon. Get the chests and secrets at your leisure then kill the Deacon.
SCENE: Dolf, Hel & others discuss Magic Stone which contains spark of original
Flames of Judgement. Its power is held in check by Royal Ring lost by Ashah
Dynasty. Kira having 2nd thoughts about serving Dolf. Dolf blames Ash's
party for Kira's family loss. Xeno comes in and is told to watch Kira.
Section 5: Reed Highway
-----------------------
Note: Keep Enemy from Escaping.
Enemy: 4 Guardogs (L18 123HP), 2 Centurions (L15 112HP), 2 Crimson Archers
(L15 100HP), 1 Lando Hitman (L19 126HP) -- 5500G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: 1
1) Magic Staff (Crater @ E. end of map)
Strategy: Wait 4 turns & attack, hitting them as hard as possible (lots of
spells with fields). Let one fighter start moving to E. end of map after
secret killing only those left escaping east. Have Huxley lower bridge and
start heading to crate at W. end of map. Push it onto walkway when he gets
there. Bring in party from rear and trap remaining enemy on other side of
walkway.
SCENE: Claymore kicked into jail w/Darius & Clint. Talks about search of Hel
& Dolf for Royal Ring. Kira gets them out.
NEW PARTY MEMBER!
Darius (Archer, Level ?)
Section 6: Prison Fortress
--------------------------
Enemy: 8 Juggernauts (L13 112HP), 2 Mimics (L18 123HP)
Chests: 6
1) Mimic (nearest - left of entrance)
2) Megaherb (by N. gate)
3) Mimic (1st inside N. Gate heading E)
4) Spirit Staff (2nd inside N. Gate heading E)
5) Megaherb (E. side of map, 1st S of NE Gate)
6) Grimhelm (SE corner)
Secrets: NONE
Switch Pattern:
1) Middle of map --> SW Gate
2) SW switch --> N Gate
3) S switch --> NE & S Gate
4) NE switch --> Middle Gate
Strategy: Follow swtiches in order staring w/ middle as they're available. As
Darius says, it's worthless to hit the Juggernauts anywhere but from behind.
I like to split up party & play ring around the rosie with entrance stone
circle. Just beware of Juggernauts' movement range. Don't mix in mimics
until the Juggernauts' in the immediate area have been dispatched. Send Darius
to SW switch and rest of part to N Gate. Once inside N Gate, let the
remaining Juggernauts chase Darius. Get all the chests and catch up to
him in the middle. Easy!
Section 7: Prison Yard -- Escape of Clint
-----------------------------------------
Enemy: 3 Blood Bats (L16 127HP), 2 Centurions (L14 105HP), 2 Grenadiers
(L12 81HP), 2 Centurions (L13 98HP), 2 Juggernauts (L14 120HP), 2 Deacons
(L15 80HP), 2 Warlocks (L15 88HP), 1 Dumas Jailmaster (L18 152HP) -- 11800G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: 2
1) Bag of Coin (S side of map down stairs in shell)
2) KEY #3 (Mana Key) (NW corner in cracked hole)
Item: Zen Robe for defeating Dumas!
Strategy: VERY TOUGH!!! Have Eleni get on platform in middle and cast Phase
Shift. Take down Centurion to Clint's left. ROUND 2: Assuming Eleni
survived, bring her a Megaherb! Either park her under Dumas' overhang to
cast a couple of Roman Fires on Bats & Grenadiers or pull her back to wall
where Ash & Co. come in. Move Ash & Co. (The arrive in ROUND 2) around wall,
keeping Healer to inside wall to take care of people in yard. Take out
Warlock by Ash ASAP. Split off someone to get secret #1, hit switch to
lower wall. Move Archer/Hawknight to secret #2 as fast as possible cleaning
up any enemy descending the stairs. This should leave Dumas. Play hit and run
with him if he comes after Clint or back up if he comes after Ash until
secret #2 is found if he comes after Ash). Whatever you do, DO NOT corner
Dumas. Make sure he's in the open, then hit him with everything you have.
SCENE: Reuinion! Darius & Huxley know each other and proceed to bicker
incessantly.
/*****************************************************************************/
/* CHAPTER 4: The Successor */
/*****************************************************************************/
CHAPTER SCENE: Fall of (impregnable) jail shocks kingdom and galvanizes
Resistance. Ash meets w/Clive to take next step.
SCENE: Eleni learns of Magnus' death. Clive informs of victories. Hel moving
to fight resistance on 2 fronts. Ash is told to go to Kerachi to find out
about the Royal Ring. Diego disturbed by this. Clive heading East. Ash
whines about past.
MANA KEY BATTLE:
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Enemy: 1 Brigand (L18 133HP), 19 Mimics (L18 123HP)
Chest: MANA PRISM
Strategy: The key is to try to get to the SE corner chest ASAP w/o killing ALL
of your enemies. If you kill all visible enemies you leave battle w/o your
prize! Split party in all directions opening chests and killing Mimics along
the way. Have a hawknight get to SE quickly, making a direct thru the chests.
I like to keep the Brigand for last.
* Note: MAKE SURE YOU'RE FULLY EQUIPPED (Steel Armor/Weapons) before leaving
Khanos City to do battle w/Crimson Guard!!!!
Section 1: Khanos City
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Enemy: [2 Crimson Armor (L19 160HP), 1 Dallas Greatarmor (L21 176HP)],
[2 Crimson Knights (L19 140HP), 1 Kurtz War Master (L21 143HP)],
[3 Crimson Knights (L19 140HP), 1 Kane Assassin (L22 161HP),
1 Crimson Hawk (L18 142HP)], 2 Crimson Knights (L19 140HP),
[3 Crimson Knights (L19 140HP), 1 Sabrina Valkyrie (L18 119HP),
1 Crimson Hawk (L18 142HP)] -- 15840G
Chests: 2
1) Holy H20 2) Aura Gem
Secrets: 1
1) Gold Axe (Near lampost in NE corner is stone with 3 dimples)
Strategy: This is pretty bad, but NOT if you stick together and heal after
every round!!! Push box to East so Kurtz's men can't come thru. Move party
to E. island leaving a Guardsman (or Ash) in middle of each plank bridge.
You may have to clear a couple of soldiers to position yourself on the island.
(A couple of Roman Fires & arrows should butter them up enough to take the
island). Get 1st chest. Now, play the waiting game, picking off attackers
(Let them attack 1st!!!) slowly. Try to take care of the Crimson Hawks 1st.
ROUND 5: Phase Shift as much as possible as a large # of attackers should now
be in range. After a couple more rounds of winnowing down the enemy w/spells,
archers & attacks, only a couple bosses & misc. enemies should be left.
(You should have taken out Kane when you took the islandl.) Make sure you
pick them off one at a time. Let them come to you, being very aware of their
attack ranges. Have a Guardsman take the hits from Dalls & Kurtz then nail
them in the following rounds. (NOTE: Ash isn't too good against Dallas).
Have Hawnknight get secrets and 2nd chest then move party to entrance.
SCENE: Dolf knows of Kira helping Clint escape which allowed prison takeover.
Xeno saw her. Kira thrown in brig. Xeno sworn to help Dolf overthrow Hel.
NOTE: Even after defeating enemy you can't go back to Khanos City!!!
Section 2: Great Masai Forest
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SCENE: Band meets Xeno (Zohar's pupil)
Enemy: 12 Bugaboos (L10 69HP), 10 Wights (L11 84HP) -- 17160G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: 2
1) Kingfoil (Hole in NE corner of map)
2) Aura Gem (Shell @top of falls)
Strategy: Relatively easy except for Bugaboos which tend to gang up on a
character from a VERY long distance! Send a small contingent (I sent 3)
which contains at least one hightly mobile character to NE bridge. Send a
couple guys to deal w/Bugaboos on little hill SE of start. Have them join
rest of party moving over the bridge W. of start. Get secrets and kill off
rest of enemy targeting Bugaboos 1st.
SCENE: Zohar Abu Sa'id (Abu said what?!?) talks about Xeno, his pupil some
300 years ago. Xeno responsible for Zohar's time warp. Xeno wants to rekindle
Flames of Judgement.
Go to Kerachi - to Carlo's Mansion - SCENE: Carlo revealed to be Diego's father.
Carlo in purchase of Royal Ring. Diego has forsake family name due to
contempt for father. Exchangefor Ring in Old Town Warehouse
Section 3: Kerachi: Old Town Warehouse
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Enemy: 4 Gold Golems (L16 136HP), 8 Skeletons (L16 119HP), 4 Eggworms
(L13 88HP) -- 13760G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: NONE
Strategy: Only beginnning is difficult. Pick a corner and move entire party
there. Have mages take out a golem & skeleton. Continue by keeping part
on one side of map (fewer Eggworms in attack range). Just avoid allowing
a party member to get ganged up on and its easy. Let ground enemeis come to
you. Hit them hard then clean up the worms.
SCENE: Turns out to be a set-up due to Carlo & Xeno (Surprised? Yeah - sure
you are) Carlo interrupts party getting swallowed by fire. Carlo's past.
Ring being taken back to Shumeria by train. Diego & Carlo make up (sorta.)
Section 4: Magic Train Station
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(Defeat of Dallas)
Enemy: 8 Crimson Knights (L17 126HP), 4 Crimson Armors (L18 152HP),
4 Crimson Shooters (L17 113HP), 1 Dallas Greatarmor (L21 176HP) -- 16920G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: 1
1) Ramen (grate on head car)
Strategy: EASY. Just keep moving fwd, keep tight. Don't let your Hawknight(s)
get nailed. MAKE sure you get the secret before defeating Dallas.
SCENE: Got Royal Ring. Xeno offers to trade Kira for Ring.
NOTE: Go back to tavern in Kerachi & trade Ramen, Macroman & Tarot for
KEY #4 (Key of Chaos).
Section 5: Fort Dain
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(Destroy Devices in 8 turns)
Enemy: 3 Skeletons (L20 147HP), 2 Eggworms (L19 126HP), 4 Acid Ghosts
(L20 157HP), 2 Deathangels (L19 110HP), 3 Gold Golems (L20 168HP),
8 Death Devices (L1 14HP) -- 16400G
Chests: 2
1) Life Orb 2) L. Mask
Secrets: 1
1) Mithril (Shell in SE corner)
Strategy: SAVE Battle Often. Time's NOT as much of a problem as you might
think, but the Deathangels ARE. Send all straight ahead to NW corner in
1st round. staying out of range of Deathangels Harmful Wave spell. Take
out skeletons and split party. Send a couple of people towards the golems (I
used Ash, a Sorcerer and a Hawknight). Don't let these people break the
line of sight of far Deathangel until rest of party enters its line of sight
from opposing corner. Send everyone else W. PAUSE @each corner to keep out
of Deathangel range. Make sure an Archer is with you to handle the Death
Angels. Keep tight. Keys: Hawknights on Skeletons & mages, Eggworms nail
Hawknights, magic on Golems.
SCENE: The forgive Kira & ask her to rejoin. Kira turns out to be of Royal
blood. Zohar talks of inscription on ring.
/*****************************************************************************/
/* CHAPTER 5: The Legacy */
/*****************************************************************************/
CHAPTER SCENE: Ash's party sailing to Torog mountains.
SCENE: Hel & Dolf w/Flames of Judgement. Dolf kills Hel.
Section 1: Wart Bay
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Enemy: 2 Acid Ghosts (L19 150HP), 4 Eggworms (L18 119HP), 4 Gold Golems
(L19 160HP), 2 Deathangels (L18 104HP), 2 Skeletons (L19 140HP),
1 Mimic (L21 143HP) -- 17100G
Chests: 1
1) Plate (NE corner, other chest is a Mimic)
Secrets: NONE
Strategy: Only the 1st 2 rounds are nast. Move party to left (W.) side of ship
putting Sorcerers @front & archers behind. Only step on 1st plank off ship!
Next round go in blazing w/a couple of Phase Shifts right in the middle of
the enemy. Concentrate on taking out the Deathangels 1st, Eggworms 2nd.
Bring up everyone else & cleanup. Leave one golem alone (the one farthest E.)
Bring party to land & play keep away from golem as you use your most mobile
characters to get crate on ship and push and push it all the way to the NE
corner to get chest.
SCENE: (Back in Pioneer Town Sorbo) Eleni has nightmare about being sucked
thru fissure (a little foreshadowing? -- a drum roll please)
NOTE: I saved this one for Sorbo in Chapter V!
CHAOS KEY BATTLE:
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Enemy: 18 (Clay, Dark & Gold) Golems (L21 176HP)
Chest: CHAOS PRISM
Strategy: NOTE: Need ALL 3 boxed to form bridge to chest. Golems are easy.
Just do a bunch of phase shifts and a couple of attacks and you're done.
Push the lowest tier box to wall so characters can get up to 2nd level.
Leave 3 golems @top alone. Spend the next couple of rounds pushing 1st tier
box ALL the wasy around by chest. The trick is NOT to get the 1st tier box
trapped in a corner. Once you've got the 1st box in place, move a character
(or 2) w/healing ability (I used Ash) to 3rd tier. DON'T ATTACK the golems.
Push the 2nd tier box thru aqueduct on top of 1st box. Push the 3rd tier
box to the spot the 2nd one started. Push it through aqueduct on top of
other two and VOILA, instant bridge (Beauty, eh?). Get Prism & Kill Golems.
Section 2: Torog Mountains
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(Defeat of Kurtz)
Enemy: 4 Crimson Armors (L26 216HP), 6 Crimson Hawks (L23 180HP), 2 Crimson
Priests (L21 110HP), 1 Crimson Warlock (L21 121HP), 2 Crimson Shooters
(L21 138HP), 1 Kurtz War Master (L23 156HP) -- 21420G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: 2
1) Helstone (NE corner in tracks in snow)
2) Mithril (W end of map in tracks in snow)
Items: Get Panzer Claws for defeating Kurtz
Strategy: Take out the Armors & Priest behind you (They are VERY susceptible to
magic). Get secret #1. Move about 1/2 way across the bridge & wait for
Hawks to get in close. Take them ALL out before moving everybody across the
bridge. Keep your Hawknights close to the hill so they can't be hit by the
Shooters. Have them move towards the Warlock. As soon as no more than one
Shooter can hit your Hawknight, have him/her take out the Warlock. Don't
kill Kurtz yet! Hug wall & keep group tight for easy healing. Get in close
to hill and nail the Shooters (an Avalance & arrow work perfect!) Don't
bother w/the Shooters unless you KNOW you can take one out in one round
(Damn Priest!) Move your Hawknight(s) around to get secret #2 and to kill
Priest. Finish off Kurtz.
SCENE: Kira tells of Dolf's plans to supplant Hel upon hearing death of Hel.
Go to Frontier Village -- SCENE: Eleni warns of flames devouring village.
Section 3: Tsukue Plains
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Enemy: 3 Eggworms (L22 144HP), 2 Acid Ghosts (L22 172HP), 6 Gold Golems
(L22 184HP), 2 Skeletons (L22 161HP), 2 Deathangels (L22 126HP),
1 Mimic (L23 156HP)
Chests: NONE
Secrets: NONE
Strategy: Keep party together & move to hill on left (E. side). Take out 1st
Deathangel group then move towards chest & clean up. Beware of Deathangels
& Eggworms and everything should run smoothly.
SCENE: Orosius tells truth about village. Descendants of Biruni & creators
of Flames of Judgement. Bargain to help if Claw retrieved from Salamander the
Dragon.
NOTE: Told to search center of smallest lava lake in Dragon's Lair while you're
in the Tavern.
Section 4: Smoking Bones Cave
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(Defeat Dragon)
Enemy: 3 Eggworms (L23 151HP), 3 Acid Ghosts (L23 180HP), 4 Skeletons
(L23 168HP), 4 Gold Golems (L23 192HP), 1 Salamander (L23 202HP) -- 22800G
(Sorry, I missed an Eggworm!)
Chests: 1
1) D. Spear
Secrets: 1
1) KEY #5 (Logos Key) (Middle of small lave lake nearest dragon)
Items: Get Wyrm Fang for defeating Salamander.
Strategy: EASY! Split group @first to take care of immediate enemies. Send off
Hawknights to deal with chest. Once front enemies have been dealt with, move
everyone (but Hawknights) up middle. Make sure you get chest & secret before
killing dragon (He's terribly easy to kill even in self-defense!)
SCENE; Frontier Village in flames (Surprise!?!) Orosius killed.
GROUP 2: 1 Kane Assassin (L29 210HP), 2 Crimson Hawks (L24 187HP),
3 Crimson Knights (L25 182HP)
Chests: NONE
Secrets: 2
1) Mithril (crack in sidewalk on SW corner of house next to riverbed)
2) Shivbook (in sidewalk crack on N side of house @end (E.) of board)
Items: Get Rune Bow for Sabrina.
Strategy: 1st part is EASY. Move party towards Shooters and out of riverbed.
Send someone to get secret #1. Taken them out as you can (MUST defeat them
in 1 round to be effective) Ignore guards. ROUND 4: Kane's maen show up &
all guards now in riverbed. Flood them by pressing switch. Clean up
surrounding enemies. Now things get NASTY. Stick close to house on N. side
of map & move party together toward Sabrina's group. Move fighters in
phalanx on ground. DON'T leave Hawknights out in the open! Once all enemy
are drawn together, hit them hard. This should leave Sabrina & Priest.
Get secret #2 and END IT.
SCENE: Orosius dying. Leena told to go to lake & break seal on temple. Vandal
Heart there which can deal w/Flames. Eleni gives Leena pendant and talks of
family (or rather lack thereof).
SCENE: Leena about to unseal Vandal Heart when Xeno drops by & sucks her thru
a space/time rift. Oh well! Leenis is Eleni (Surprised?!? - Uh huh...)
Eleni breaks seal, Ash gets sword.
/*****************************************************************************/
/* CHAPTER 6: A Fool's Epitaph */
/*****************************************************************************/
CHAPTER SCENE: Ash's party back to Shumeria to join Liberation Army. Dolf
vying for power.
Go to Glasgow City tavern and talk to Man who asks if I am hero eternal?
LOGOS KEY BATTLE:
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Enemy: 13 Guardians (L26 216HP), 5 Basilisks (L26 170HP), 7 Salamanders
(L26 202HP), 2 Dark Mages (L26 148HP)
Chest: LOGOS PRISM
Strategy: Assuming your fully equipped this is EASY. It may be easy but its
also extremely tedious and boring! (around 25 rounds worth of tedium). This
board is simply a huge spiral staircase tower w/monsters. Don't waste your
attack spells until closer to end. Stay single file against tower wall as
you climb. Pause only to put an arrow thru the Mages.
KEY #6 (Key of Heaven): Go back to Glasgow City tavern and talk to Weird Man
(this is assuming that you have the other 5 prisms!)
Section 1: Fort Gareth
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(Defeat of Kane)
Enemy: 3 Crimson Shooters (L26 170HP), 5 Crimson Knights (L27 196HP),
5 Crimson Armors (L27 224HP), 3 Crimson Priests (L27 224HP),
3 Crimson Warlocks (L26 148HP), 1 Kane Assassin (L29 210HP) who becomes
AARRRGH!!! 1 Kane Black Knight (L30 217HP) -- 48000G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: 1
1) Necklace (grate just S of NE far tower flag)
Items: Get Caliburn for Kane
Strategy: The beginning is relatively easy. Take out the Warlock & Priest.
Don't leave your Hawknights out in the open. Have your archers take out the
Warlock & Priest on the next tower. Don't move party until they're dead.
Now.. Here's where life gets interesting. After clearing all enemy off the
ground, take ou the Shooter on top of the wall w/ your archers. DO NOT
push the boulders yet. Once he's dead, position your party tightly against
the wall leaving one lane open for a boulder (either one, it doesn't matter).
Make sure all of your are at full health. Once you're ready to storm the
castle, push a boulder down into the wall as the FIRST move of your round
(I recommend a Hawknight). Move the entire party towards the castle wall.
Keep them tight, THINK HEALING ZONES! Once the wall is down, Xeno pops by to
turn Kane into a Black Knight. He now has a TRULY NASTY spell called Plasma
Wave which, apart from the fact that it has infinite range will RIP your
party apart (50-150HP per depending on class!) This is by far THE nastiest
spell in the ENTIRE game. In the next round hit all
enemy but Kane HARD (Salamander works well on armour guys). Make sure you
nail that Warlock w/your archers or he will make your lives XTRA miserable!
Keep tight, heal every turn and hed to the N. stairway. Hopefully, only Kane
and that damn Priest will be left. Once you start up the steps, Kane will
give up on the magic and come after you (what a dolt!) Surround hime w/your
best fighters. Dispatch your Hawknights & Archers to take the Priest and get
the secret. Now just ... kill... KANE!
SCENE: Ghosts badger Ash about past and his belief that he's the son of a
traitor.
Section 2: Cobalt Beach
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Enemy: 4 Blood Bats (L28 217HP), 4 Grenadiers (L28 182HP), 7 Centurions
(L28 203HP) -- 33000G
Chests: 3
1) Life Orb (SW Corner)
2) Holy H20 (E. Plateau)
3) Ragnarok (NE Corner)
Secrets: NONE
Strategy: What can I say about this board??? PATHETICALLY EASY!
SCENE: Ash & Voices in his head. Vandal Heart is vying for control of his
soul. Ash becomes possessed, nearly kills Clive. Clive recalls Aldor
(Ash's father) w/Arris. Clive kill him trying to protect Arris. Ash's
father wasn't a traitor after all!!! (Surprised??? - YAWNN...). Eleni gives
Ash Ye Old Pep Talk. Ash decides to keep fighting.
Section 3: Captial Shumeria
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(Defeat Xeno)
Enemy: 4 Bahamuts (L29 225HP), 4 Hellknights (L29 210HP), 4 Dark Mages
(L29 165HP), 2 Mega Cannon (L28 182HP), 2 Mega Guards (L30 248HP),
1 Xeno (L34 192HP) -- 43200G
Chests: NONE
Secrets: 2
1) Mojo Robe (Manhole Cover directly in front of party
2) Gold Axe (Manhole Cover in NE corner)
Items: Get Runewand for killing Xeno
Strategy: Wait a turn. Then have archers take out 1st Dark Mage. Pull rest
of party to SE corner by lampost. The key is to wait for them to come to
you, then when a Dark Mage is in range nail him w/long range shots. The other
enemies are easy. Dealing w/more than one mage @ a time is VERY difficult!!!
It's a good bet to keep Ash & your spellcasters exposed, they can handle it.
When the 4th Dark Mage is almost in range and Xeno takes his 1st steps toward
you, start heading up right side of fountain. Send off a Hawknight to grab
secret #2. Clean up, Xeno's a pathetic wimp under all those robes.
SCENE: Zohar talks of Xeno. Are we ready for Dolf???
HEAVEN KEY BATTLE:
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Enemy: 4 Zoot Thief Lords (L29 210HP), 4 Dumas Jailmasters (L29 240HP),
2 Lando Hitmans (L29 189HP), 4 Kurtz War Masters (L29 195HP),
4 Sabrina Valkyries (L29 189HP), 4 Dallas Greatarmors (L29 240HP),
4 Dark Mages (L29 165HP), 2 Evil Statues (L29 165HP)
Chest: HEAVEN PRISM
Strategy: Talk about your ghosts from Christmas Past! Pretty easy as long
as you keep your together. Keep good fighters (Ash) up front. Approach
the Mages carefully and its a walk in the park.
Before leaving the Dojo make sure to advance Ash to a Demigod (uh .. Vandalier)
Section 4: Captial Shumeria
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SCENE: Arris, it turns out, was Dolf's father. Dolf ticked that the people
have forgotten him (blah, blah, blah...). Unclean must be cleansed by fire!
A really moving litany by Ash...
(Defeat Dolf)
Enemy: 3 Mega Guards (L30 248HP), 3 Bahamuts (L30 232HP), 3 Hellknights
(L30 217HP), 2 Dark Mages (L30 170HP), 1 Dolf Doom Lord (L34 280HP) who
becomes ... 1 Dolf Dark Angel (L32 165HP) -- 45900G (as if it really mattered)
Chests: NONE
Secrets: NONE
Strategy: Wade in and kick their sorry butts!!! Dolf is REALLY Easy. If you
work it right, you can finish him AND kill off his Dark Angel form before
your turn ends.
SCENE: Dolf dying. Ash tries to bring Dolf to the "good" side. Dolf unleashes
Flames of Judgement. Ash uses Vandal Heart & disappears into the void.
ENDING: Well, I have to leave something...
NOTE: The basic ending is the same whether you become Vandalier or not.
If you're a Vandalier you get an extra couple screens about how you're
a Vandalier genius or some such nonesense. Nothing special. The really
annoying thing is that you CAN'T unequip the Vandal Sword. (In other words
you can't screw up the ending which might have been nice to see.)
END.
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