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Termina
Japanese name テルミナ
Notable Inhabitants Zappa, Lisa, Funguy, Van, Gogh, Guile, Pierre, Nikki, Miki, Yu and Mi, Zippa, Fortune Teller
Music Played Termina ~Another World~
Termina ~Home World~

Termina (テルミナ?) is a location in Chrono Cross. It is a bustling city located to the north of Arni Village, past Fossil Valley, situated on the northwestern coast of the main island of the El Nido archipelago.

Another World's Termina is the second town one visits in the game after Arni (third if counting the Home and Another World versions of Arni as separate villages). The one in Another World is notable for having Zappa's Smithy, which is one of the main places equipment (Armor and Weapons) can be forged in the game, as well as Lisa's Element shop. Both shops upgrade their equipment after a certain point later in the game.

Story[edit | edit source]

It is the crowning city of El Nido, constructed on the northwestern corner of the isle after the settlement of the islands by colonists from mainland Zenan. To villagers in Arni, it was considered an affluent, gleaming city. A stark contrast to the wooden, natural town of Guldove, it was sculpted out of white stone and concrete in a terraced slope approaching the sea. At the base of the sea, where the superstructure met the water, several docks allowed quick access to the sea, while provisions were made above for many types of commercial shops and residential housing. Termina was also constructed to allow a stream descending from mountains to allow intercity travel and add to the stunning scenery of the sea; one could see the shore and visions of sun and sand from nearly anywhere in the establishment. At the head of the tallest echelon, with back to the sea, stood a statue of Lord Viper, cleaned daily by the Statue Cleaner. Under the leadership and protection of the Acacia Dragoons, the town flourished for one hundred years. In 1020 A.D., it prepared to celebrate its 100th anniversary; during that year, the city was host to Van and Gogh, a miser and painter, Zappa and Zippa, the blacksmith and his wife, John and his friends, a hero in training, Greco and Romana, caretakers of the cemetery, Lisa and her father, Elements salespeople, the Barkeep of the Dragon's Tail bar (龍尾亭?), famous for its squid-gut pasta, and many other colorful citizens. The festival was also slated to feature the rocking Magical Dreamers group, with Nikki and Miki at the helm. Once Kid traveled back in time to save Serge and the dimensions split, the history of Termina took a different turn.

In Home World, the Acacia Dragoons were led on a doomed expedition to the Dead Sea by Lynx and perished; this left Termina for the taking. Porre capitalized on their disappearance and invaded El Nido, placing Termina under martial control. The colorful posters and banners that once hung around the city's architecture were replaced by artillery and gun emplacements, and the air of the city become one of militaristic dullness. The disappearance of Karsh in the Dead Sea adversely affected Zappa, who eventually closed up shop by 1020 A.D. Gogh also became a painter instead of a financier, leading his son to explore ways of making money. Serge eventually visited the city to find Norris; while there, he recruited Zappa and Van into his party. Norris eventually loaned them his boat. In Another World, Serge found the city as it made preparations for the Viper Festival. He talked to Guile, Pierre, and later Nikki, eventually selecting one of them to infiltrate Viper Manor with. He also helped a salesman of Viper Churros set the price of his goods, and witnessed a Mermaid trapped by an enterprising exploitation artist. Serge met Korcha as well; the boy later saved him after the Viper Manor raid turned sour. Serge then returned in a matter of days after Kid was found to be poisoned; he met Glenn, Zappa, and Greco at this time, and also contended with an overseer who complained about his docking there.

After Serge's body was switched with Lynx, he found Karsh and Zoah hiding at the Dragon's Tail bar; they related the story of Lynx's doublecrossing Lord Viper, and concocted a plan to rescue his daughter Riddel and reunite with the others. Porre had erstwhile conquered the city in the absence of the Dragoons; though it was not converted to represent its depressing counterpart in Home World, the activities of the Viper festival were nonetheless frozen to a halt by the presence of armed soldiers in every part of the city. The citizens did not take kindly to the soldiers, as the barkeep who shielded the Devas attested. Porre tried and failed to shut down Zappa's smithy as well; Serge later returned with Zappa from Home World so that the two could learn how to forge Rainbow Shell items.

Shops[edit | edit source]

Another World[edit | edit source]

Lisa's Element shop[edit | edit source]

Lisa sells elements in exchange for Gold. The selection changes over the course of the game.

Smithy[edit | edit source]

Zippa forges weapons and armor here in exchange for Materials and a certain amount of Gold. The selection changes over the course of the game.

Element Trade Shop[edit | edit source]

At Element Trade shops, you can trade Elements you wish to discard to receive a Material in exchange. Note that how many Elements you need to get the desired Material varies depending both on what the Material is, and also based on the combined level of the Elements you use when attempting to acquire that Material. For example, if you wish to trade away Elements for an Eyeball, you will need a combined level of "12". This means you would need 12 level-one elements (such as Tablets) to buy it - in contrast, using a single level-7 element like + a single level-5 Element will be enough to net you an Eyeball.

Material Combined level of Elements required
Eyeball 12
Humour 10
Feather 22
Scale 20
Fur 16
Leather 18
Fang 28
Carapace 32
Screw 20
Seed 14

Home World[edit | edit source]

Lisa's Element shop[edit | edit source]

Lisa sells elements in exchange for Gold. The selection changes over the course of the game.



Element Trade Shop[edit | edit source]

The Element Trade Shop in Home World's Termina is unique from all the others in the game in that to receive certain materials requires trading in a specific Element color for all but four of the materials - these last four materials (Bones, Copper, Iron and Mythril) are only found for sale in this particular exchange shop.

Just like the other Element Trade shops, how much an Element is "worth" is dependent on its level (i.e. if you want an Eyeball, which requies a combined level of 4 Black Elements, you can choose to use 4 separate level-1 Black Elements, or a single level-4 Black Element).

This Element Trade shop is found in the guest room in Smithy, the same room where Pierre can be found in Another World.

Material Combined level of Elements required Element Color required
Eyeball 4 Black
Humour 3 Blue
Feather 10 White
Scale 10 Blue
Fur 8 Yellow
Leather 6 Green
Fang 10 Red
Carapace 8 Yellow
Screw 6 Red
Seed 6 Green
Bone 10
Copper 15
Iron 20
Mythril 30


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Name Origin[edit | edit source]

Termina is likely an adaptation of "terminal" which means to be threatened by or at the final stages of death. In Majora's Mask, the mainland continent is also named Termina for nearly identical reasons.