Celestial Palace, Northeast Tower-
The northeast tower is an overgrown, forested area with tree branches and vines ascending its stone structures. The area is strangely calm, though like the other towers, it’s filled with vicious monsters, including the Rafflesia who can cause dangerous status effects to your party. Eventually, you’ll reach the top of the tower and will encounter a beautiful woman in gaudy robes. The woman is Queen Elisthra, Krynia’s mother.
Elisthra: Why have you come here to harm my precious child?
Melana: Because of the crap you fed her all her life, about being superior to everyone and how she has a right to kill anyone who gets in her way. You’re a monster!
Elisthra: The monsters are the ones who butchered our family… we… we will make them pay for their crimes against us…
Blitz: If you really cared about your daughter, you’d tell her to stop all of this!
Elisthra: And why would I do such an awful thing? I have seen all she has done… she will have this world as her own, just as I promised… I know you killed my husband… how dare you force me to relive the pain of his death… I will make you all suffer!
*Elisthra’s body glows, and she morphs into a beast resembling a massive Treant Queen.*
BOSS: Elisthra (HP: 76,500)
Elisthra can inflict a variety of dangerous status effects on the party, and she has a nasty habit of using Reverse on both herself and the party, leaving you unsure of what hurts and what heals (of course, she ALWAYS knows). She can also use Renew on herself once her HP dips below 10,000, restoring it all. How do you handle such a dangerous foe? The same way you’ve handled everyone else, of course. As a wind-elemental enemy, Quakega will slaughter her, as will Titan (or just use Bahamut if you feel like it). She doesn’t really have a big special attack, though she likes using Renew on Reverse-inflicted party members to kill them. Just be smarter than the boss and try to take her out with one big attack before her HP dips below 10,000.
Elisthra dies once you win the fight, breaking the northeast tower’s seal and opening up another path. Your next stop is the southeast tower, governed by the powers of the Sapphire Star.
Celestial Palace, Southeast Tower-
The southeast tower is in some places flooded with water, requiring the completion of some puzzles in order to drain the sections you need to clear to get up. The aquatic enemies filling this area aren’t too much of a threat, so don’t worry too much about getting killed here, the challenge is in reaching the top. Once you do, you’ll be confronted by a wise old man, who happens to be the founder of the Sylvid dynasty himself.
Sylvidius: Ever since I conquered the northern provinces, the Sylvid dynasty has ruled uninterrupted, uniting and guiding the people of the great eastern continent.
Hark: You used fear and violence to rule your subjects! You’re not fit to call yourself a ruler!
Sylvidius: It is only the mighty who can claim to rule this world… and with the power of life and death at her disposal, Krynia is the mightiest of all. She will claim eternal rule over the planet and over the stars themselves, spreading our enlightened governance to all.
Blitz: Is that all you cared about when you united the northern kingdoms? Or did your newfound power just corrupt you?
Sylvidius: I can no longer remember when I had the epiphany that led me to form the great Sylvid Dynasty. All I know is the here and now. Krynia has blessed me with new life and I will use it to protect her.
*Sylvidius transforms, taking the appearance of a massive, floating whale.*
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Kid: She wrote a bad word!
Jade: I write what I feel.