Editing Guru

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|name     = The Three Gurus
|image    = [[Image:Gurus.jpg]]
|caption  = The Three Gurus: Balthasar <small>(left)</small>, Melchior <small>(center)</small>, and Gaspar <small>(right)</small>.
|year     = [[1000 AD]]
|hometown = [[Zeal]]
|age      = Indeterminate
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{{nihongo|'''The Three {{PAGENAME}}s'''|三賢者}} are characters that appear in {{CT}}. They lived during [[Antiquity]], served as wise men and advisers to [[Queen Zeal]], and were among the few [[Enlightened Ones]] who did not look down on the [[Earthbound Ones]]. They are:

*[[Belthasar]], the {{nihongo|Guru of Reason|理の賢者}}.
*[[Gaspar]], the {{nihongo|Guru of Time|時の賢者}}.
*[[Melchior]], the {{nihongo|Guru of Life|命の賢者}}.

==Story==

When the [[Mammon Machine]] was activated, the three Gurus were sent to different time periods, presumably by [[Lavos]]. Belthasar was sent to the [[Future]], Gaspar was sent to the [[End of Time]], and Melchior was sent to the [[Present]]. All three play a large role in aiding [[Crono]], [[Marle]], [[Lucca]], [[Robo]], [[Frog]], [[Ayla]], and [[Magus]] in stopping Lavos from destroying the world.


===Melchior===
The first Guru encountered is Melchior. He makes a brief cameo appearance in [[Leene Square]] as a weapons merchant. [[Melchior]] asks Crono to convince Marle to sell her pendant to him. If Crono agrees (although the pendant will never be sold to Melchior) it will be used as evidence against him in the trial for Marle's alleged kidnap. The fact that Melchior asks for the pendant indicates that, after he was cast out of Zeal after the events at the [[Ocean Palace]], he was aware that the Princess's necklace would transport him back to his own time so he could prevent [[Queen Zeal]] from exploiting Schala's power and ultimately harnessing the power of [[Lavos]]. Because he was aware of this, it is likely that he played a role in either its creation or how it moved from Schala's hands to that of the Royal Guardian Family. Melchior disappears after the party returns from 600 AD for the first time. He later resides in the Fiend village of Medina, where he sells more potent weapons, the Crimson Blade, being one. Returning to the Middle Ages, the party assists [[Guardia |Guardia]] against [[Great Ozzie]] and his fleet of undead minions at [[Zenan Bridge]], subsequently learning that Magus is behind the assault. They discover that Frog is in the area and that he needs the [[Masamune]] repaired if they are to stand a chance against the Shadow-[[magic]] wielding Prince. Taking the [[Broken Blade]] and [[Broken Hilt |Broken Hilt&nbsp;]] to [[Melchior's Cabin |Melchior's Cabin]], they learn that the [[Dreamstone]] is need to repair it (because he created it, he knows how it can be repaired). Acquiring a sample in [[Prehistory]] from chieftain, Ayla, Melchior repairs the sword with help from mechanics-genius, Lucca.

===Belthasar===
Belthasar is met second. He can be spoken to briefly in [[Keeper's Dome]] when the party travels to [[2300 AD]] to escape the [[Chancellor]]. There, he is accompanied by a [[Nu]]. He boasts of having created the [[Epoch]], Ocean Palace, and other prominent Zeal technologies. He appears later in [[Last Village]]. 


===Gaspar===
The player meets Gaspar last, at the End of Time, where he takes vigil against a lamp post and greets time-travelers. Periodically, he offers advice to Crono and his comrades. At the end of the game, he provides them with the [[Time Egg]].

==Naming==
The three Gurus get their English names from the traditional names given to the [[wikipedia:Biblical Magi|Magi]] who brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the infant Jesus in Christian tradition.

==Trivia==
The Gurus crafted the [[Pendant]](s) used by [[Schala]] and Marle.
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