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Mithos has lived his entire life in the village of Iselia, under the care of his older sister Martel who just so happens to be Sylvarant’s Chosen of Mana. When the siblings were younger, their parents were killed by Desians (or a group of people who looked suspiciously similar to the Desians...), a power-hungry group of humans bent on subjugating other races. Knowing that the villagers would be enraged upon discovering that the Chosen’s parents had been killed, Martel decided to keep the truth hidden, even from Mithos. She wanted Iselia to remain peaceful, until she could embark on the journey for world regeneration and make everything right.

Mithos’s best friend growing up is none other than Genis. The two are inseparable, having so much in common. He is also close to Genis’s sister Raine, Iselia’s school teacher. With such an unusually high half-elf population, Iselia is very nearly a haven against racial prejudices (the fact that the Chosen herself is half-elf helps). But nowhere is perfect...

The day of the oracle, Mithos sneaks away from school to witness Martel begin her duties as Chosen. He drags Genis along with him, because that’s what friends are for. They meet up with Martel at the temple, but the Desians (supposedly) are there as well, bearing gifts of violence and chaos. Just as the situation seems hopeless for our young half-elf friends, a mysterious swordsman by the name of Kratos comes to their rescue and...okay, you probably get the idea.

If Mithos is our bright-eyed and bushy-tailed protagonist, then what of Lloyd? Lloyd Irving, the celebrated hero of legend, who fell into the depths of despair and madness upon the murder of the person most important to him, Colette. With the help of his companions, Kratos and Sheena, he builds a twisted system to revive Colette, punish the world for its ignorance, etc. Sheena defects from his vision to form a counter-organization called the Renegades. Kratos...is not secretly anyone’s father. No.

As the Chosen One and her party travel around Sylvarant releasing the seals, they repeatedly encounter a somewhat ill-fortuned assassin named Yuan. He insists that he must eliminate Martel in order to save his land (except he is a loser and falls in love with his target). This makes a lot more sense when it is revealed that another world exists parallel to Sylvarant, and it is in competition for the only source of mana, like two halves of a time-glass, etc.

Mithos remembers being in Luceti these past few weeks, but he is unaware that there exists another version of himself. His memories of Luceti have been replaced with ones suitable to his AU-counterpart’s personality, but many of these are vague. The last thing he remembers prior to Luceti is Martel finally returning to her normal self, after being a soulless doll in the aftermath of the shenanigans that transpired at the Tower of Salvation.

[Mithos is more than a little confused. Not only has he awakened in a completely unfamiliar room in a completely unfamiliar house, but his memory seems a bit...fuzzy. Only vague snippets of the past weeks float to the surface. Is this one of those Malnosso experiments he has been warned about?

Well, he better check in with the Professor, or maybe even Yuan.

So he is currently making his way across the village (how did he end up at house 52 anyway?), an expression of contemplative concern on his face. As he sets out, he can't help but sigh lightly.]

If Martel were here...

[He trails off and shakes his head, trying not to think about how much he misses his sister. Unknown to him, the journal picked up on that bit of wishful thinking.]

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Martel's Keycrest? [There was a time when Martel was afflicted with Chronic Angelus Crystallus Inofficium, but that couldn't be what Mithos was referring to. They weren't anywhere near the Fooji mountains when that happened. In fact, the mountains had a completely different name back then.]

Yes, her keycrest. Why do you sound so surprised? [He's beginning to sound mildly annoyed. Quit playing games, Yuan.]

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Because that isn't what I remember last.

[He doesn't understand why this matters all of a sudden.] What is the last thing you remember, then?

... Events that transpire two years after the fall of Cruxis.

[Now he's waiting for a spark of recognition at that name. He's got a sneaking suspicion that it may mean nothing to Mithos.]

Cruxis?! That's the organization led by that Irving guy, the one that controls the church and the Desians! So then...he has been defeated? [As he tries to wrap his brain around the ramifications of that statement. What of Martel, then? What of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla? Does everything turn out fine?]

[Wait, what. Most of what Mithos said makes sense, but...] ... Irving?

[Here's a more familiar side of Mithos. He is becoming increasingly angry with Yuan for (what Mithos perceives to be) his wishy-washy attitude.] How can you not remember any if this, Yuan? He's the one who almost took Martel away! He's the one who created the two worlds, forcing them to compete for mana; the one who created the institution of the Chosen!

[This is interesting. Mithos would never give the credit of his plans to someone else, even if it was just for an act. Which means this isn't an act at all. The Mithos standing before him is not Cruxis' leader.]

That means... Lloyd Irving is the leader of the Four Seraphim? [But who are the other three, then? Apparently Yuan's not one of them, or Mithos wouldn't be quite as friendly towards him.]

[...Lloyd? He supposes Yuan-from-the-future would know.] He shares the same name as Lloyd the Hero? [Oh, right, back to the point.] Yes, Remiel said something like that at the Tower of Salvation.

What are you trying to get at? You should remember all of this.

[He shakes his head again, frowning.] I do remember it, though not in the same way as you. It seems the Malnosso altered either your memories or my own.

....But how is that even possible? I know what happened. It isn't something fabricated by the Malnosso. [....well, actually. ahem.]

You'd be surprised how real something can seem when it's all you know.

......I'm sorry. I shouldn't get angry at you, if it's the Malnosso's doing.

[Mithos apologized to him and meant it? He can't even remember the last time that happened.]

... That's fine. Don't worry about it.

So how do you remember everything happening? [/curiosity] It can't be all that different, can it?

[Uhhhh.] I'm not certain. It seems a few roles were switched. In my memories, Lloyd Irving was not the leader of Cruxis. What else can you tell me about that organization and its members?

We hardly know anything about Cruxis. Kratos is a part of it... [Can you see the anger and betrayal in his expression? CAN YOU, YUAN.] ...but other than him, I don't know.

[He's getting a nasty suspicion, now.] ... And the Chosen?

Martel? What about her?

[Martel taking on the role of the Chosen One, hm? The irony is incredible.]

Martel... was never the Chosen.

[!!!]

What? But how? [Way to destroy everything he believes in.] Then...who could it possibly be?

Colette Brunel, for Sylvarant. In Tethe'alla, the Chosen's name is Zelos Wilder. [He's not sure whether these names will mean anything to Mithos, though.]

[Nod.] Zelos is Tethe'alla's Chosen. I've never heard of anyone named Colette. I mean aside from the goddess, but that turned out to be a fabrication of Cruxis.

[The Goddess Colette, hm? Well, if Lloyd is the leader of Cruxis, that makes sense.]

... I see.

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[Action] .....Lloyd should never be referred to by just his last name lmao :I

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