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==Plot== ===Characters=== The character of ''Lunar; Eternal Blue'' were designed by artist and ''Lunar'' veteran [[Toshiyuki Kubooka]]. * Hiro - a young man and would-be explorer who is skilled with a sword and boomerangs * Ruby - a pink, winged cat-like creature with a crush on Hiro who claims to be a baby red dragon * Gwyn - Hiro's adoptive grandfather, and an archaeologist * Lucia - a mysterious and soft-spoken girl from the Blue Star who is skilled with magic and mostly naive of the world's customs * Ronfar - a priest-turned-gambler with healing skills * Lemina - money-grubbing heiress to the position of head of the world's highest magic guild * Jean - a traveling dancer with a hidden past as a prisoner forced to use a deadly form of martial arts against innocent people * Leo - captain of Althena's guard and servant of the goddess.<ref name="strat2-7">{{Cite book | year=1995 | author=J. Douglas Arnold and Zach Meston | title=Lunar: Eternal Blue - The Official Strategy Guide | pages=2–7 | publisher=Sandwich Islands Publishing | isbn=1-884364-07-1}}</ref> While the cast's primary personalities remained intact for the English release, some changes such as colorful language, jokes, and [[double entendre]]s were added to their speech to make the game more comical. Primary supporting characters include the servants of the Goddess Althena, the creator of Lunar thought to have vanished centuries ago who suddenly appeared in mortal form to lead her people * Borgan - an obese, self-absorbed magician with his eyes on the seat of power in the magic guild * Lunn - a martial artist and Jean's former instructor * Mauri - Leo's sister and Ronfar's love interest.<ref name="strat8-9">{{Cite book | year=1995 | author=J. Douglas Arnold and Zach Meston | title=Lunar: Eternal Blue - The Official Strategy Guide | pages=8–9 | publisher=Sandwich Islands Publishing | isbn=1-884364-07-1}}</ref> * Ghaleon - (the primary villain killed in the previous game) the current Dragonmaster, Althena's champion, and supposed protector of the world. His final end reveals that he regrets the evil he committed and does what he can to aid Hiro. * Zophar - the game's principal villain, a long-dormant evil spirit who is attempting to destroy and recreate the world to his tastes. Although his voice is heard numerous times, he remains faceless until the final battle.<ref name="strat8-9" /> ===Story=== The plot of ''Lunar: Eternal Blue'' was written by novelist Kei Shigema, who previously conceived the story for ''The Silver Star''. Working together with new world designer Hajime Satou, Shigema intended to craft a story that would not only pick up where the previous game ended, but give players a thoroughly new experience that would elaborate on the history and mythos of the ''Lunar'' world. The story begins a sequence showing a young woman emerging from suspended animation inside a deserted fortress. Walking outside, she views the vast, snow-driven landscape of her world, The Blue Star, and comments on how this could not possibly be the time for her awakening. Commenting that "something must be terribly wrong", she stares into the sky to see the distant moon of Lunar, and sees a vision of a pair of clawed hands grabbing at Lunar and crushing it between its palms, squeezing the life out of the land. Worried, she knows what must be done. Meanwhile, on the surface of Lunar, a young man named Hiro is exploring an ancient ruin with his friend Ruby where they discover a large gem, The Dragon's Eye. Upon removing the jewel from its resting place, a trap triggers causing the temple to collapse and monsters to chase after them as they make their escape. Outside the ruins, they meet Leo, leader of Althena's Guard, an army in service to the goddess, who tells them to leave the area due to rumors of a "destroyer" Althena had predicted would be in the area. Meeting with Hiro's grandfather and prominent historian, Gwyn, the group witnesses a strange light hitting a tower known as the Blue Spire, and decide to investigate. Using the Dragon's Eye, they gain access to the spire, and upon reaching the top floor meet the girl from the Blue Star, Lucia. Claiming she has come to Lunar to stop a catastrophe, she requests to be taken to Althena, the only one able to avert what very well could be a worldwide disaster. Exiting the spire, the group is contacted by a sinister voice revealed by Lucia to be Zophar, an ancient, evil god who has apparently broken free of the restraints Althena once placed on him. Draining Lucia of her magic powers, Zophar reveals that he will soon take control of Lunar, and departs with Lucia in critical condition. Deciding to help her, Hiro and Ruby take Lucia to see Ronfar, a priest living in a nearby town. Having lost his faith years ago, Hiro must convince Ronfar to return to the temple of Althena and aid Lucia which sparks memories of his past with his girlfriend, Mauri. Haunted by the fact that Mauri had taken severely ill by a curse and Ronfar was powerless to save her, Ronfar vows not to let the same thing happen again a second time. Using a powerful spell, Ronfar manages to cure Lucia, who then travels alone to the holy city of Pentagulia where Althena is said to reside. [[File:Luciaeb.jpg|thumb|An animated cutscene featuring Lucia]] Learning that Leo is looking for Lucia under Althena's orders, Hiro, Ronfar, and Ruby follow her, but arrive too late to prevent her from being abducted. Sneaking aboard Leo's ship, the team rescues Lucia and escape to a nearby forest where they meet Jean, a dancer in a traveling gypsy troupe with a powerful fighting style. With Jean's help, Hiro and his friends are led outside the forest undetected by Leo's men, and escape to a nearby town where they are told the only way to Pentagulia is blocked and must be circumnavigated through a mountain path. At the base of the mountain, the team finds a seemingly haunted house, which up investigation is revealed to be a training facility for magicians. Running the facility is Lemina, a young wizard who tags along with the group with the hope that they will agree to join the magic school of Vane, of which she is the future headmistress. Eluding Leo's men once again by using a traveling device involving a cannon, the team arrive at an ancient temple where they find a projector-like recording device that plays back an image of the past. The projection involves the destruction of Vane by Ghaleon hundreds of years before, with the recording being interrupted by the very-much alive Ghaleon suddenly appearing before them. Saying that he still has plans for the world, Ghaleon leaves the baffled team to continue their journey to the holy city. Making their way to a tree-top village, they meet Nall, leader of a band of child thieves who gives Ruby the impression of a dragon. Indeed, Nall later reveals that he was once a dragon that fought alongside Dragonmaster Alex, and has remained alive due to his extended lifespan. Arriving at Pentagulia, Lucia demands to see Althena, and after only a short audience, concludes that the woman in front of her is not the real goddess at all, and subsequently attempts to kill her. However, this is thwarted by Ghaleon, who knocks out Lucia in retaliation. Enraged at Ghaleon for attacking her, Hiro duels him, but despite showing an impressive amount of power, he is quickly defeated. Both of them (along with Ruby, Ronfar, Jean and Lemina) are all then thrown into separate dungeons. Rescued from their captivity by Leo in disguise, they re-unite to seek the truth of Althena's fate. Nall recounts how Ghaleon mysteriously re-appeared and drained all dragons of their power, claiming the title of Dragonmaster for himself and is now serving the false Althena for an unknown purpose. In order to stop him, Hiro's team must regain the power of the four dragons by gathering their auras, which are guarded by each of Althena's Four Heroes. During the course this mission, characters confront the Heroes they have a connection to: Lemina faces Borgan, the Black Hero, for the right to lead the Magic Guild, Ronfar attempts to appease his girlfriend Mauri, the Red Hero, by helping her confront the inner demons that curse her, and Jean faces her martial arts instructor Lunn, the Blue Hero, in single combat. Leo, the White Hero, has had his faith shaken by Althena's recent actions, and joins Hiro's quest to stop Zophar at any cost. Before the party can reach Althena's Tower to liberate the goddess, Ghaleon appears and turns Hiro into a crystal in order to slow Lucia's progress, and thus allow Zophar time to be reborn. After being convinced to delay their journey to Pentagulia by Ruby, Lucia returns with Hiro's crystallized body to the Blue Spire and uses stored magic to restore him. Using the power of the auras, the revived dragons, including Nall and Ruby, attack the false Althena's stronghold, where she is transformed into a demonic monster by Zophar, which the heroes manage to defeat. At the tower's pinnacle, Nall appears to play a recording for Lucia, an image of the real Althena reveals to the group that she is no longer alive, having given up her godhood after falling in love with a human, and that she believed humanity could sustain itself without her. Shocked by the revelation and uncomprehending of Althena's choice, Lucia absorbs Althena's power into herself to destroy Zophar, thereby eliminating all magic in the world. Zophar appears and reveals that such power would destroy the world of Lunar as well. As Lucia hesitates, Zophar captures her and starts to siphon Althena's power into himself. Lucia uses the last of her power to teleport Hiro and the party to safety. While Jean, Ronfar, and Lemina train to fight Zophar, a demoralized Hiro is confronted by Ghaleon, who delays killing Hiro to allow his fighting spirit to awaken and allows the group to harness their own inner strength to use their magic abilities again and gain faith in themselves. He reveals to Hiro that he allowed Zophar to revive him so that he could atone for his actions in the first game, but because Zophar could withdraw his power at any time, Ghaleon had to appear to be an enemy. He entrusts Hiro with his sword and disappears as the group goes to battle Zophar. Hiro and the group go to save Lucia and fight Zophar using the power of humanity instead of Althena's power, and together they destroy Zophar. Lucia then returns to the Blue Star, in faith that she can one day entrust the Blue Star to humans based on what she has witnessed on Lunar. Hiro, having fallen in love with Lucia, is heartbroken by her leaving. In the epilogue, Hiro and the group reunite to help Hiro go to the Blue Star himself to find Lucia and be reunited again. Climbing the Star Dragon's Tower, Hiro succeeds, and is reunited with Lucia on the Blue Star. Together, the two look towards a bright future for humanity.
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