Crono
Crono | |
---|---|
Official artwork of Crono by Akira Toriyama. | |
Home Time | Present |
Home Area | Truce |
Age | 17 |
Weapon Type | Katana |
Magic Element | Lighting |
Family | Marle (wife) Crono's Mother (mother) King Guardia XXXIII (father in-law) Queen Aliza (mother in-law) Doan (descendant) |
Gender | Male |
Friends / Colleagues | Lucca Frog Robo Ayla Kino King Guardia XXI Queen Leene Magus Master of Kitchens Commander Fritz Elaine Lara Taban Schala Chancellor (after the Yakras are defeated) Melchior Gaspar Belthasar |
- "What are you hanging around here for? I thought you guys said something about a nice little slide show"
- — Crono
Crono (クロノ Kurono?, "Chrono" in Japanese media) is the silent protagonist in Chrono Trigger. He lives with his mother (whose name is given as Gina in the Japanese version) in Truce village under the rule of the Kingdom of Guardia.
In 12000 BC, when the party is confronted with Lavos in the Ocean Palace of the Kingdom of Zeal, he sacrifices himself to save his friends, though he can be revived later in the game. With time travel, the player can manage to replace Crono in the moment before he dies with a copy received from the Millenial Fair in 1000 A.D, saving his life. While the other six playable characters have many lines of dialogue, Crono's responses to events are usually implied only through reaction and gesture, often for comedic effect. Crono speaks once in one of the endings to Chrono Trigger, saying just a few lines of dialogue. He uses a katana as a weapon and once he obtains magical ability, his Techs become lightning-oriented. In the original Japanese version of the game, Crono's element was Ten (天?), which means "heaven". In the DS version of Chrono Trigger, Crono's element is translated to Light, which is more in line with the original Japanese translation.
There are some points where he's shown to have romantic feelings for Marle. At one point where he's knocked out, he has a dream where Marle is his wife. The PlayStation and DS versions of Chrono Trigger include an FMV scene at the end that shows Crono and Marle getting married. While a second FMV depicts the fall of Guardia Kingdom in year AD 1005, it is unknown what happened to Crono during this event. In the sequel, Chrono Cross, Crono makes an appearance alongside Marle and Lucca as apparitions of themselves as ghost children. It is probable that he and Marle are alive during the events of Chrono Cross.
Appearance
Crono has spiky red hair. He has bright green eyes and wears a short sleeved green shirt underneath a light blue tunic. He always has a katana and a black belt, along with yellow pants, a pair of dark brown boots and gauntlets and a white headband around his forehead.
Chrono Cross
Crono's fate is implied to in Radius's statement about the Kingdom of Guardia no longer being peaceful. Like Marle, he is very likely alive as referenced in Lucca's letter about her friends. A version of him appears as one of the Ghost Children three times. The first time, he states that the future in which Earth is ruined by Lavos is going to be brought back into being due to the interference of Serge, who caused the Home World and Another World split. The second time is in an illusory space at Terra Tower, in which Belthasar enlightens Serge's party about some of the affairs of the Dragons. Crono's final appearance in Chrono Cross comes immediately before the final battle of the game. Crono tells Serge that Wazuki was turned into Lynx by FATE, and along with his fellow "Ghosts," the other two members of the original time-traveling group, implores Serge to destroy Lavos once and for all.
Abilities
Typical among RPG protagonists, Crono is a well balanced character with no major weakness. His physical damage is respectable, along with his speed, health, and defense. Because he can equip some very strong weapons (including the dreamseeker, the strongest weapon in the game overall, Lucca's Wondershot can do more damage but the damage it inflicts varying makes it less reliable), he's one of the main damage dealers. Crono possesses a variety of techs, which include offensive and support techs. Though he isn't as effective a healer as Marle is (she has a greater variety of healing techs), he can still heal for good amount of health, and he can cast Raise on allies to revive them. For offensive techs, he can inflict both physical damage and magical damage, and his higher level magic techs hit all enemies. His highest level spell, Luminaire, is, along with Magus' Dark Matter, the strongest spell in the game.
As Crono's element is Lightning/Heaven/Light, he takes extra damage from Shadow element attacks.
Single Techs
Tech (PS Name / SNES Name) | MP Cost | TP | Target | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cyclone | 2 | 5 | Circle of enemies | Whirl about enemy, striking others nearby. |
Wind Slash (Slash) | 2 | 90 | Line of enemies | Hit all enemies in a line with a wave of energy. (Light) |
Lightning | 2 | N/A | One enemy | Attack an enemy with lightning. (Light) |
Cleave (Spincut) | 4 | 200 | One enemy | Deals double damage to an enemy. |
Lightning II (Lightning 2) | 8 | 500 | All enemies | Attack all enemies with lightning. (Light) |
Raise (Life) | 10 | 400 | One ally | Revive KO'd ally. |
Frenzy (Confuse) | 12 | 800 | One enemy | Strike enemy 4 times in succession. |
Luminaire | 20 | 1,000 | All enemies | Attack all enemies with holy light. (Light) |
Trivia
- In the FMVs for the Chrono Trigger remake on the Playstation, Crono is noted by fans to resemble adult Goku from Dragon Ball Z. This is because Crono is designed by Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball Z.
- Crono is the only character totally confirmed to be left handed.
- Crono has no dialogue in the game (although in one ending he has a few lines of dialogue).