More Zenonia!
This time, Zenonia 4 :D
This is actually the first game I played from the Zenonia series and I was just hooked. And then I was stuck at a dead end which was Stone Face because the fucker just wouldn't die.
So yeah.
The latest playthrough I had, which was just a few months ago, I made it to Shaturu in Normal Mode but I hit another road block with him. My Blader had decent defense but shitty offense. Since you only had a short number of time to attack him, you need to have high damage to kill him. I wasn't sure if Zenonia 4 had a limit to leveling but I got lazy grinding in the same area so I stopped.
But that's enough with my experience, let's head to the loreeeeeeeeeee.
Aight. So. Timelines. Time travel. Yeah.
My AU:
In the OG timeline, Shaturu is the one that revives Regret. It doesn't go well. At first, Regret falls for Shaturu's tricks because death sucks and he wants out, but he eventually realizes his mistake after seeing Chael in his traumatized war veteran glory. Plus a burnt up Iris. When Shaturu tries to absorb his power, Anya had enough of the Devil Tribe's bullshit and turns back time.
Also Regret, before Zenonia 3, started learning different classes so he could teach Chael, but then he died.
Now let's move onto the first Regret...Druid!
I don't know why I chose him to be the starting point but he is. Azimet, Warden of the Land of the Fallen, chose to help him and Anya to go back to Earth so Shaturu doesn't get to him. Druid Regret wasn't a kid when he started, but he does become one. Why? So he doesn't get spotted by Shaturu easily.
So this guy specialized in stealth and became one with the forest. He foils Shaturu's plans in a distance and runs when he's spotted. Druid Regret tries to find a way to stop the world from ending. He finds a Mark of Ladon somewhere in a forest and destroys it. Finally having a plan, he tried to find all of the marks but Shaturu eventually catches up to him, cuts off his leg, and tries to absorb the power again.
Anya, once again, turns back time.
Now for Ranger Regret!
Yeah, he becomes a kid a lot earlier than Druid Regret. And he doesn't remember shit. Azimet realized that he needs to keep Ladon's flesh in the Land of the Fallen so he makes Regret forget the memories that will fuel his drive to come back to life and keeps an illusion up so that he'll always be happy and have no reason to leave. Druid Regret doesn't have time and says that he needs to get out of the Land of the Fallen and defeat Shaturu. Seeing the illusion, he mentions what happened to his dad and how hopes that Sun forgives him. Whatever trance voodoo magic Ranger Regret was in, it breaks and he has to fight the warden that protected Druid Regret last time.
Him and Anya find themselves in the snowy region where they find a Mark of Ladon. They destroy it and is found by the wizard guy in the scroll. They learn that they can use Anya's time traveling abilities to change the past and try to learn how to use it but Shaturu finds them. The wizard dies, Ranger Regret, in an attempt to protect Anya, fights and gets tortured. Still he resists and refuses to give Shaturu what he wants. Hence why he's sleeping in the drawing. He's exhausted and needs his rest.
Anya, who ran away, finds a Regret tortured beyond relief just by death's, and turns back time.
Blader Regret's memories are brought back when Ranger Regret dazedly begs him to save his son Chael.
This Regret...he was very fun to think about :)
Because on the end of his quest of almost saving the world, Shaturu kills everyone in the resistance. He kills Chael. Right in front of him even when Blader Regret begged for him to stop. Regret, after hearing his son's dying words, breaks and tortures Shaturu :)
He figures out a weak point but doesn't manage to kill Shaturu because he gives up and sees the pointlessness of fighting but the dead kinda encourage/force him to fight so he does. But during the torture session, Blader Regret didn't notice all the injuries he's been sustaining, and in a moment of weakness, he's almost killed.
Anya turns back time.
For the final Regret...Slayer Regret!
Aight, this guy starts like how Zenonia 4 started. Azimet committing identity theft and yatta yatta. Blader Regret comes in and tries to kill Azimet himself but is stopped by Slayer Regret. Blader Regret explains the situation and dies, giving his final words to Chael that he won't fail this time. It's enough to trigger a crack in the illusion and Slayer Regret goes to find answers, only for them to come true. He kills Azimet and him and Anya go back to the land of the living.
Shaturu is mostly absent in this run because of Blader's actions. The coward.
Unlike the other Regrets, Slayer joins the resistance accidentally because Elisa forced him to and a flash of Blader's memories flash in his mind. Chael's demise. He stays. Anya is not happy. He tries to find info in the resistance while giving a helping hand and trying to find a Mark and a lead to Shaturu. It kinda works. He also works his relationship with the others and while Chael is suspicious, he still treats Adas fairly. Ergo, when the seniors start bullying him, he's there to stop them. Or when Adas needs rest, he makes him rest. On one of the expeditions, Chael and Adas grow a little closer as Chael reveals his insecurities. That he's not good enough to be 1st Commander and that he's not meant to lead and how he doesn't know how his dad will think of him. Adas reassures that his father is proud of him, which he is. He also gets a weird feeling when he's around Elisa, suspicious.
Then, after destroying the last Mark left, and handing the Holy Gem to the King, he goes to fight Shaturu because him and Anya had been trying to prevent Shaturu from rising in power but that hasn't stopped him, so he goes to fight him thinking that he finally has a chance.
He's thrown in jail.
But is saved by Elisa, they run, Chael comes along, he runs to find Elisa and escorts her outside, and barely manages to save Chael himself.
Chael tries to tell Adas he can't win the fight and that he won't let him go but Regret finally reveals the truth with Anya supporting him. Chael is relieved but still tries to stop him but at his father's pleading, he lets him go.
Regret and Shaturu fight.
He almost succeeds but Elisa is there to defend him. Regret can't fight her.
Shit happens. Ladon's energy is almost absorbed. But Chael, Ruira, and Haz saves his ass. They keep the claws and Elisa at bay so he can deal a final blow.
Druid, Ranger, and Blader come out to fight with him, keeping the remaining claws from reaching Slayer and Blader tells Slayer Shaturu's weak point.
Shaturu dies.
They win.
That was so long lmaooooo.
But if you have any questions, feel free to ask, I'll try answering them :)
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