Seldous
As you start a new game, you’ll get some back info. Eventually you’ll be taken to an event with Seldous.
When you gain control, you can go into the menu with triangle or press square to see your ability’s. Examine the soldiers with x near you. One of the yellow Neylern soldiers will give you something to give to his daughter. You will obtain the Soldier’s Pendant and the Friendship Medal. Leave the screen to the southwest now.
In this new area, you will be introduced to battle. Basically, when a monster is in range you can target it and then act until your turn is done, then you have a point where you are stunned unless you are the main character. It is a short period of time but they cannot act until it is over. The first few monsters should take a few hits and not even hit you – one dropped a Chemist’s Art. This increases recovery items by 40%. After defeating a few monsters you will see an NPC. You can buy a Vulnerary to restore HP, or save.
In the next area, there are a bunch of slimes. Fight them off as fast as you can, and Vanette and a Steed will come by to aid you. Just be patient after you attack, dodge some attacks or defend, and you should be able to mow the Slimes down.
Afterwards, consult with Vanette near the wounded man. She suggests going to Grangale south of here. Talk to Vanette for the continent map. The next area has some dialogue and then south for some battles. You will be introduced to how controlling AI works.
Geilenach
Further south and you’ll be in a situation with a Screaper. They are dangerous enemies that you cannot defeat, and they have stunned the villagers. You need to talk to the villagers (you can send Vanette to speak with some too, like the little boy in the southeast). They’ll take a while to retreat but once everyone is back there, have Vanette attack the gate. Attacking the gate is an option that comes up once the Screaper is near the gate. This can be a difficult battle actually.
In town, you might as well go to the Inn to meet up with Isaac. After some scenes go and save, and then return to find he has left. Leave the Inn and go east a bit until you find Isaac on the ground. You’ll take him back to the Inn and discuss ending the war and going to the ruins. Isaac is really tall and fights with a Bastard Sword so he’s a great addition.
Buy some new stuff for him if you have the money, but go to where he collapsed to meet another traveller, Romina. You will get a Fire Scroll and then you will learn the way to the ruins. Save again, and go west to leave town.
Fight some enemies and then exit north. Eventually you’ll reach some soldiers blocking the path, so go west. Go west again across a bridge and then continue northwest.
This upcoming mission will involve you defeating some bandits. They have a merchant that they are looking for. Stick to the lower part of the area and work towards the middle to find him. You’ll get caught by the Bandits, but if you separate them and attack them with all three characters at once you can do a good job of mowing them down. Eventually in the northwest, the bandit leader emerges. He’s a bit more difficult but again, with all three characters you should be fine. Just have Vanette Cure when necessary. The merchant Alan will give you a Weapon Damage. Also, there is a Lean-to near you. You can rest and save here.
Take the northwest exit and then you’re going to have to head west a while through some woods. Eventually in the northwest area you’ll come across the ruin entrance.
As you step on the brown wooden ground switches, enemies emerge. Gang up on them and have Vanette use magic on the Will o Wisps. To get the light to turn on in the middle, have your other characters Move onto the brown floor switches and Defend to stay there. The light fixture will turn on, so go up to it with Seldous to get rid of the barrier. Have the character in the middle panel stay, and the one on the rightmost panel should come towards Seldous in the left area. You see that green thing? That’s the Mystek Guardian and when your other character steps on the brown floor switch, you need to go past the barrier and defeat the thing. If you don’t, enemies will continue to spawn here. The Mystek Guardian drops a Waning Moon Mirror.
In the next room you’ll meet Pernagi the Pothradian. Here you can hit the switch in the northeast corner to open different paths. Hit the top one and go south to a few treasures – Bloody Blade and a locked chest. Return and change it to the bottom one (L) to get a Fur Coat. Push the red button and then flip the CNN Switch east of this. A light goes on in the west room.
Return to the northeast and pick the opposite of L (an upside down and backwards L). Go to the southeast to the lamp and press the switch. Now you’re going to want to go back to the south room so that you can flip the level to the 7 symbol, and hit the last yellow switch down here. This way you can enter the west room and defeat the monsters, and save your game.
Some interesting stuff in the next area. Go north and Isaac and Pernagi leave your party. Seldous has decided to head to Nu Nahn, in Neylern. You need to head east until you get to a screen where the two mention going north – here, go east and then north.
Nu Nahn
Continue north to Nu Nahn. It is full of slaughtered humans, but you can find a Secret Vulnerary to the north. Seldous will then want to return to Isaac to change his mind. You’ll appear right by them so just talk to them – Pernagi joins you to go to the village to find some funding for the excavation.
Geilenach
Go east a screen and north to Alan’s house. After some scenes he’ll agree to help but he wants to see the site himself.
You have to leave Grangale and go all the way back to the site where Isaac is. When you get here though, Isaas has been ambushed by a bunch of justice members. They are difficult and you are outnumbered – have Seldous go west and there will be a glowing yellow spot that you need to go up to that will activate the guardian. The Justice Yellow and Green will drop Nectars. After a while the battle will stop, assuming you kept yourself healed and survived.
Seldous and friends knock some sense into the Justice group. A few days later Alan has not showed up yet, so you get Letter to Alan. You are to return to Grangale.
Along the way, you are intercepted by some bandits. There are about six of them with one bandit leader. They should be easy, but you might as well use Attack l2 to maul through the left side. The boss is the only one that can do decent damage but even then Cure 4 or 5 should be able to heal it. A Waxing Moon Mirror is dropped.
Once you enter Grangale, Seldous gives Letter to Alan to Vanette. Seldous then buys Diamond Ring from the guy next to where you start off. Go to Alan’s House and then there will be some scenes.
Weapon
Back near the weapon you’ll find that you’re missing the Mystek Cable (they are located at Kaiseris Island. You are going to have to return south to that hut where you can rest. Isaac will tell you to keep going south to the beach area. Tougher monsters are down here of course like Rabidhura.
As you continue south you will see a Grangale outpost, but continue southwest. You’ll reach the beaches and water eventually. Soon you come to a pink cloud and the vines that Pernagi was looking for.
West of Isaac is a girl, but Screapers are on there way to ambush you. This is an easy mission – the girl will run east ahead of you so just keep running as Isaac fights enemies. After clearing the area, the girl will have disappeared but the other two suggest returning to Pernagi. Head that way and you can give Pernagi the vines. Isaac will run off but Seldous will visit Vanette. Meanwhile, the Cyriltians are on their way to the site. When you are ready, tell the guard to move out.
Last Mission
Continue east and you will be at their camp. You can choose where you want two sets of allies, I suggest spreading them out so that you have assistance everywhere. Have Seldous immediately run past that enemy by the supplies and set the supplies on fire by examing it.
Chances are these fires are going to be put out by an overwhelming enemy. You just need to hold out and stay healed until Isaac and then Vanette come to help you. By this time you should be able to push the enemy back and the fire will soon reach the point where it cannot be stopped by the enemy. At this time you are to attack all the Steeds as they will flee, and once they all flee the battlefield the conditions change. You are to then retreat before the enemy’s full onslaught kills you.
Some scenes with Seldous / Vanette, and then Seldous / Pernagi and Isaac. The Admonisher will be raised. Neither Grangale or Cyriltia will back down. After some deliberation, the party uses the Admonisher to stop the war. The Peace Maintenance Brigade is created by Seldous and Isaac.
Randall is next.