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|image    = [[File:Alfador.png]]
|image    = [[File:Alfador.png]]
|caption  = FMV art of Alfador from the [[PlayStation]] release.
|caption  = FMV art of Alfador from the [[PlayStation]] release.
|year    = [[12000 BC]]
|year    = [[Antiquity]]
|hometown = [[Zeal]]
|hometown = [[Zeal]]
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'''Alfador''' is a character in {{CT}}. He appears in the [[Antiquity]] era as the pet [[Cat]] of [[Magus|Janus]] and dutifully follows him around.
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a character in {{CT}}. He appears in the [[Antiquity]] era as the pet [[Cat]] of [[Magus|Janus]] and dutifully follows him around.
 
==Story==
==Story==
[[Image:Alfador.gif|left|Alfador]]Inseparable as Janus and Alfador are, they are first encountered in [[Enhasa]], City of Dreams, after [[Crono]] travels to [[Zeal]] via the [[Skyway]]. Alfador is not spotted again until the party reaches [[Zeal Palace]], where Janus remarks that Alfador only likes him. Interestingly, like many other [[Enlightened Ones]], Alfador has purple hair. He is the only feline in the game with fur of that color.
[[Image:Alfador.gif|left|Alfador]]Inseparable as Janus and Alfador are, they are first encountered in [[Enhasa]], City of Dreams, after [[Crono]] travels to [[Zeal]] via the [[Skyway]]. Alfador is not spotted again until the party reaches [[Zeal Palace]], where Janus remarks that Alfador only likes him. Interestingly, like many other [[Enlightened Ones]], Alfador has purple hair. He is the only feline in the game with fur of that color.
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After the [[Ocean Palace]] disaster, Alfador resides in the [[Last Village Commons]]. There, he follows [[Magus]] around if he is in the party, but he ignores the party completely otherwise.
After the [[Ocean Palace]] disaster, Alfador resides in the [[Last Village Commons]]. There, he follows [[Magus]] around if he is in the party, but he ignores the party completely otherwise.


In one of the many [[List of Chrono Trigger endings|alternate endings]] in ''Chrono Trigger'', Alfador is seen following the Prophet as Janus and Schala exit their quarters in the Palace. Oddly enough, only Alfador suspects the true identity of the Prophet as Janus. Likely this clip was included because the unveiling of the Prophet never occurs beforehand.  And since Alfador is partial to Janus, only Janus or one of his incarnations could strike the feline's attention.  
In [[List of Chrono Trigger endings#Ending 11: What the Prophet Seeks|Ending 11: What the Prophet Seeks]] in ''Chrono Trigger'', Alfador is seen following the Prophet as Janus and Schala exit their quarters in the Palace. Oddly enough, only Alfador suspects the true identity of the Prophet as Janus. Likely this clip was included because the unveiling of the Prophet never occurs beforehand.  And since Alfador is partial to Janus, only Janus or one of his incarnations could strike the feline's attention.  


==Etymology==
==Trivia==
*His Japanese name seems to be Alphard, the brightest star in the constellation Hydra. The name comes from Arabic and translates to “solitary one”. This is appropriate for Janus, but is also indicative of Alfador's refusal to show affection to anyone other than Janus.
*His Japanese name seems to be Alphard, the brightest star in the constellation Hydra. The name comes from Arabic and translates to “solitary one”. This is appropriate for Janus, but is also indicative of Alfador's refusal to show affection to anyone other than Janus.
*In {{CC}}, the character [[Guile]]'s name is ''Alf''. Because Guile was originally intended to be Magus, it is likely that this name alludes to his former pet, Alfador.
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