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'''Lavos''' is Chrono Trigger's primary villain, and is an alien parasite which crash landed in the year 65,000,000 B.C. and was named by [[Ayla (Chrono Trigger)|Ayla]] ("La" meaning "fire" and "Vos" "big" in an ancient language). Lavos' true name (if it even had one) is unknown. Lavos came to Earth with the intention of draining its energy so that it could produce genetically enhanced spawn, which would then continue the cycle on other planets. In the North American version of the game, it is claimed once in the series that Lavos directly influenced all technology and life on the planet, evolving the planet's life forms to cultivate it, and make itself stronger.<ref>As [[Magus (Chrono Trigger)|Magus]] puts it, ''"We were created only to be harvested. All people... and all living things..."''</ref> However, the line is absent in the Japanese version.<ref>[http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Translation_Differences.html Chrono Compendium<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Despite it originally just being in translation though in Chrono Cross it appears this actually is the case as a large portion of the game involves many layers of time line event controller which all end at Lavos.  In the original timeline, Lavos slept for millions of years, gaining power until 1999 A.D., when he emerged and put the world into an [[apocalypse|apocalyptic]] state. However, because of the interference of many of the characters, he was summoned at two other points in time—12000 B.C. and 600 A.D.  While traveling in 2300 A.D., Crono, Marle, and Lucca see a video of the Day of Lavos which occurred in 1999 A.D., and decide to prevent it somehow. Magus is also after Lavos for destroying his home era of 12000 B.C.