Melchior
| Melchior | |
|---|---|
 Official artwork of Melchior by Akira Toriyama. | |
| Home Time | Antiquity |
| Home Area | Zeal |
Melchior, known in Japan as Bosch (ボッシュ Bosshu?), also known as the Guru of Life, is one of the three Gurus that lived during the Antiquity.
Biography
Mammon Machine incident
In Chrono Trigger, Melchior is one of the three Gurus of Zeal in the Antiquity. He is known as the "Guru of Life".
When the Mammon Machine was activated, it began absorbing too much power. Queen Zeal and Schala along with the three Gurus were the only ones at the Mammon Machine's activation. The Gurus warned about of a dimensional vortex, a power humans cannot control, and they would be dragged into a rift in time, yet the Queen persisted in activating the machine. Soon, Janus entered the room for Schala. Suddenly, the six were transported in front of Lavos. Gates then appeared and transported Belthasar, Gaspar, Melchior, and Janus to different times. Belthasar was sent to the Future, Gaspar was sent to the End of Time, Melchior was sent to the Present, and Janus was sent to the Middle Ages.
In the Present
The Masamune
When Melchior arrived in the Present, he appeared in a Residence in Medina, where two fiends reside. He eventually left Medina and built a cabin south of Medina near Heckran Cave, where he began constructing equipment. He later brings his equipment to the Millennial Fair at Leene Squeare where he first meets Crono.
After the party has met Spekkio and Gaspar at the End of Time, they enter a Gate and arrive at Medina. They head south of Medina and arrive at Melchior's Cabin, where he offers them weapons and tells them if they want to go back to Truce, they can take a shortcut through the Heckran Cave.
When the party find the broken hilt of the Masamune, they find Melchior's name inscribed on the sword. Upon discovering this, they travel in time from the Middle Ages to the Present and go to Melchior's Cabin. Once there, they show him the sword, which astonishes him and asks where they got it. They ask how his name got on it, and he replies that that is a very long story. They ask if he can reforge it, and he says it is possible, though he requires some Dreamstone, the stone which the sword was made from. However, he says that Dreamstone is nowhere to be found and that it was a glittering red stone that was once valued more than gold, though this was many, many years ago.
The party travel in time to the Prehistory, meet Ayla, and eventually obtain some Dreamstone. They then travel back to the Present and show it to Melchior. He says that he can now reforge it, though is perplexed that they were able to obtain both the Masamune and Dreamstone. He eventually finishes reforging the sword and gives it to the party, which they then take to Frog in the Middle Ages.
Saving Melchior
Naming
Melchior gets his English name from the traditional names given to the Magi (Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar) who brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the infant Jesus in Christian tradition.