| “ | What ARE you two doing?! I thought you said something about a nice little slide show? ...How about into the "now"? | „ |
| ~ Crono's only two lines of dialogue in the SNES translation |
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| “ | What ARE you two doing?! I thought you said something about a nice little slide show? ...How about into the "now"? | „ |
| ~ Crono's only two lines of dialogue in the SNES translation |
| “ | This is your idea of a nice little trip down memory lane?... Now! | „ |
| ~ Crono's only two lines of dialogue in the DS translation |
| “ | Where even angels lose their way... Ten years ago, you died at this very spot. There's no mistake. You drowned. The truth is, this world, in which you are still alive, is the irregularity... This is the false reality! Ten years ago, it was Lynx who tried to kill you at this beach. After Prometheus broke the link between FATE and the Flame, FATE tried to eliminate any obstacle that stood in its way! In the meantime, the six Dragons had sent Harle forth to try and gain possession of the Flame. Harle made contact with FATE's biological incarnation, Lynx, and tricked him into temporarily joining forces. The elimination of the Prometheus circuit's lock on the Frozen Flame was everyone's top priority! Lynx and Harle abducted Lucca, who alone could release the Prometheus lock that guarded the Flame... But the whole attempt only ended in failure. Then, they just waited for you to appear instead! You see, FATE calculated that you would one day cross the dimensions and try to make contact with the Flame. I don't know how to break this to you, but... Lynx was actually your father, Wazuki! Drawing closer to the Flame caused him to become unstable, and the image of you dying in terror changed him completely!
Finally, after having his psyche totally eroded, he lost his soul and was easily integrated by FATE... FATE turned Wazuki into a biological interface, modelling him after your worst fear at the time -- a panther. Although Wazuki managed to escape from Chronopolis with you, he later completely succumbed to FATE. Humans are such fragile, disjointed, imperfect things. Love and hate... Life and death... Perhaps even FATE itself dreamed of using the Flame to some day reincarnate itself into a new species. It is quite sad, really... It's like when you gaze into the Flame, the Flame gazes back into you. |
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| ~ Crono to Serge |
| “ | It's now up to you to decide how you want to live. You are the new Chrono Trigger! | „ |
| ~ Crono to Serge |

Crono is the silent protagonist in Chrono Trigger. He lives with his mother in Truce in the Present. His personality matches that of the conventional hero archetype and he is willing to place his life on the line for the sake of others.
| This dropdown contains the synopsis of Crono’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise! |
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| Crono was born sometime prior to 1000 AD to a woman named Gina and an unnamed father in the city of Truce. In his youth, Crono befriended a girl named Lucca. In the year 1000 AD, on the day of the Millennial Fair, Crono met Princess Nadia in disguise as Marle, though he did not know it at the time. Together, they enjoyed the fair's festivities until the unveiling of Lucca's new invention, the Telepod. Always faithful to his friend, he agrees to test the device despite the potential danger. The transportation was successful, however, when Marle wanted to tests it, she is sent back in time. Crono bravely decides to follow her, and the ensuing quest has him rescuing her lost ancestor Queen Leene to ensure Marle's existence in modern times. He, Lucca, and Marle all return to the present, after which Lucca suggests he escort Marle home, as she has work to do.
Returning Marle home back to Guardia Castle, he is accused of kidnapping her in attempts to thwart the throne. Represented by Pierre in a trial, Crono is sentenced to death by the Chancellor, regardless of whether he is found guilty or not guilty. Lucca frees him seconds before he is brought to the Guillotine and together, they flee the Prison Towers. On their way to Guardia Forest, Marle tags along and the three travel to the Future via an open Time Gate. Investigating the area in search of a means to return home, Crono and his friends find food supplies for the inhabitants of Arris Dome, where he also meets his descendant Doan and learns that the ruined future was caused by Lavos. He vows to save the planet from destruction through the use of time-travel. Shortly after, he assists a robotic robot named Robo in deactivating a Derelict Factory to find a way home. while Entering the time Gate, he arrives at the End of Time where he receives magical abilities. With the aid of these powers and the powers of his allies, Crono successfully reforges the Masamune by acquiring Dreamstone in Prehistory and attempts to slay the Fiendlord, Magus, whom he believes is the root of Lavos's presence in the timeline. This leads him back to Prehistory where helps the Iokans destroy the Reptites, thus securing the evolution and prosperity of the human race whose lives were jeopardized by these sentient lizards. Directly afterward, he realizes Lavos was not summoned by Magus but is an alien species who fell from the sky in this time period. Attempting to follow the beast to the crater it created by landing, he is transported to the Antiquity era. In the Antiquity time era, he rescues Melchior from the Mountain of Woe and subsequently attempts to rescue Schala, the innocent Zeal Princess who is being exploited by her mother, Queen Zeal. When Crono confronts Lavos in the Ocean Palace of the Kingdom of Zeal as a result of the rescue mission, he sacrifices himself to save everyone present. With time travel, his friends manage to replace him at the moment before he dies with a clone received from the Millennial Fair in 1000 A.D., saving his life. While the other six playable characters have many lines of dialog, Crono's responses to events are usually implied only through reaction and gesture, often for comedic effect, which wrongfully depicts him as insincere at the moment of his resurrection. Returned to normal, Crono and two others confront Lavos, destroy it, and return peace to Guardia. After, Crono travels back in time to rescue his mother who haphazardly stumbled into a Time Gate. There are some points where he's shown to have strong romantic feelings for Marle. At one point where he's knocked out, he has a dream where Marle is his wife. The PlayStation, DS, and Windows versions of Chrono Trigger include an FMV scene at the end that shows Crono and Marle getting married. While a second FMV depicts the fall of Guardia Kingdom in the year 1005 A.D, it is unknown what happened to him during this event. In the entire game, Crono never talks except in Ending 12: Memory Lane. It is possible that he and Marle are still alive during the events of Chrono Cross, as Doan (Crono and Marle's descendent) still exists in the new timeline of the year 2300 A.D. although it's also possible that both of them died in the fall of Guardia, but were survived by any children that they may have had during their five years of marriage. Chrono CrossCrono's fate is alluded to in Radius's statement about the Kingdom of Guardia is no longer being peaceful. Like Marle, he is very likely alive as referenced in Lucca's letter about her friends. Three times in this timeline, a version of him appears as one of the Ghost Children along with Marle and Lucca. The first time, he states that the future in which Earth is ruined by Lavos is going to be brought back into being due to the interference of Serge, who caused the Home World and Another World split. The second time is in an illusory space at Terra Tower, in which Belthasar enlightens Serge's party about some of the affairs of the Dragons. Crono's final appearance in Chrono Cross comes immediately before the final battle of the game. Crono tells Serge that Wazuki was turned into Lynx by FATE, and along with his fellow "Ghosts," the other two members of the original time-traveling group, implores Serge to destroy Lavos once and for all. |
Name: Crono
Origin: Chrono Trigger
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Classification: Time Traveler, Swordsman, Adventurer
Species: Human
Occupation: Unknown
Status: Unknown (The fate of Crono after the ending of Chrono Trigger is unknown with Chrono Cross alluding to him being killed by Lynx and Harle but with no direct confirmation being given. Along with this, in Chrono Cross there exists a Crono, Lucca, and Marle all deceased from a timeline where they lost to Lavos, no longer existent)
Alignment: Neutral Good (Crono and his team are time traveling warriors who want to prevent a future where Lavos destroys everything, with their methods being noted as selfless due to them preventing a disaster from a time period they technically wouldn't even be apart of since it's far away from their time)
Key: Early Game | Pre-Vortex | Post-Vortex
'Grade: B | S | S
Tier: 8-B | High 6-A. Higher with Epoch. Holds a Universe-sized object with the Chrono Trigger | At least 2-C
Cardinality: Finite
Dimensionality: 3-D
Attack Potency: City Block level (Can fight and defeat Yakra who can cause massive earthquakes just from screaming and moving. Can easily knock out guards, has a sword that "strikes like lightning", can harm Fiendlords whose army laid waste to an entire village) | Multi-Continent level (Crono and co. use weapons using the sun stone’s power which is stated to have “near infinite power” defeated Lavos whose awakening caused destruction to the entire planet, making a bleak future, which turned the sky black which relates to atmosphere destruction, which ranges from 10^26 joules to 10^29 joules depending on the type of atmosphere destruction). Higher with Epoch (One-shotted Lavos' shell, though it destroyed itself in the process). Holds a Universe-sized object with the Chrono Trigger (Has a small condensed universe within it that's able to view all infinite realities)| At least Universe level (After becoming one with the Steel Shade in the vortex he fought Dream Devourer Lavos and was capable of harming it. Dream Devourer Lavos was capable of devouring dreams from an alternate dimension. Dreams are alternate universes in Chrono. Gains a sword made from dreams)
Durability: City Block level | Multi-Continent level (Can tank giant metal blades falling on him and took hits from Lavos, including his rains of destruction) | At least Universe level (Could withstand an attack that devours alternate universes)
Striking Strength: City Block Class | Multi-Continent Class| At least Universe Class
Lifting Strength: Unknown: True Class | Unknown: True Class | Unknown: True Class
Travel Speed: Peak Human | Superhuman (Covered large distances in a short period of time around each time period), Faster Than Light with the Epoch (The Epoch uses its speed to travel through time, being described to "transcend time") | At least Superhuman, Faster Than Light with the Epoch
Attack Speed: Peak Human | Unknown: Undefinable (Can tag Lavos who flew to Earth from a distant star system in around 20 seconds. Can tag Queen Zeal who exists in the black omen which flows across all temporal dimensions and transcends space-time, existing outside of the flow of time itself. Along with the black omen being stated to “straddle time”) | Unknown: Undefinable (Could tag Dream Devourer Lavos, who exists in a plane beyond the borders of time)
Reaction Speed: Peak Human | Unknown: Undefinable | Unknown: Undefinable
Stamina: Superhuman (Was able to keep fighting through continuous battle sequences without tiring. Even at 1 HP they can still attack at full strength), Higher with various equipment (Various equipment increase stamina)
Range: Extended Melee, Tens of Kilometers with Omnidirectional Lightning Attacks (His lightning attacks can come from storms and can fill an entire screen), Universal with the Chrono Trigger, Multiversal++ with Epoch (Can travel across alternate timelines which there are infinite of)
Intelligence: Genius Intelligence in combat (Able to come up with various sword techniques on the fly without any real training. Frog comments that Crono has the makings of a great swordsman, Frog is a better sword fighter then Cyrus, the "Hero" Knight of Guardia. Defeated a trained swordsman Slash in combat)
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Acrobatics (Very acrobatic, can jump extremely high and do various flips), Weapon Mastery (Is skilled with his various katanas), Vehicular Mastery (Can drive the Epoch, ride Dactyls, and ride Jet Bikes), Time Paradox Immunity (Alternate Timeline; Magus can meet an alternate timeline version of himself, with other characters most likely being able to do the same. Grandfather Paradox; Remembered Marle even after she was erased from time due to her ancestor being killed resulting in her never existing. Was aware that the Black Omen was not always there, unlike everyone else who assumed the Black Omen always existed there. Unaffected by Lavos' temporal shifts. Fermi Paradox; Changing a future in the Chrono Verse causes said future to be erased from existence though characters like Robo still exist even after defeating Lavos and causing the erasure of the future timeline from ever happening. Casual Loop; Is unbound by the causality loop of fate that attempts to force a cycle to continue), Magic (Is a user of one of the four basic elements of universe, that being lightning/heaven), Non-Standard Interaction (Can harm spectors & shadows, who can’t be harmed by guns or blades), Immortality Negation (Type 7; Can kill skeletons), Summoning (Can call upon friends from different time periods to come to their time period), Attack Reflection (Should scale to the other party members who reflected Dalton's magic), Acausality Negation (Causality Immunity; Can fight and harm the denizens of the black omen, which transcends time and space and exists outside of it’s flow making it exist simultaneously in all time periods at once, Gaspar, the Guru of time describes the black omen as "straddling time"), Subjective Reality & Observation (Type 2; In the world of Chrono Cross the world is stabilized by the observations of the one who views it with each world having it's own observer, along with this in one's dream exists truth, the observation of many made supercomputer's such as FATE once they sealed away the dragon gods become literal gods of fate in the world), Dreaming Existence (Everyone in existence is born from a dream and returns to dreams, with them borrowing the power of Lavos to materialize those dreams[1], dreams are a the manifestation of reality itself and every single thing is dreaing the dream of "life" itself and those things are just a dream of the dream of the planet where all things return to Zuran, the sea of dreams), Flight (With Cyclone, whirls about the enemy, striking others nearby allowing him to momentarily stay in the air), Air Manipulation & Energy Manipulation (With Wind Slash, hits all enemies in a line with a wave of energy), Lightning Manipulation (With Lightning, attacks an enemy with lightning and Lightning II, attacks all enemies with lightning), Statistics Amplification (With Cleave, deals double damage to an enemy), Resurrection (With Raise, revives a KO'd ally), Afterimage Creation (With Frenzy, strikes the enemy 4 times in succession), Holy Manipulation (With Luminaire, attack all enemies with holy light, Crono's ultimate magic).
All previous powers and abilities to a far greater extent, Acausality (Irregular Causality; The death of FATE made no one no longer bound by fate, Crono, Marle & Lucca exist in a space that does not exist), Personal Nonexistence (Material Nonexistence; Crono, Marle, & Lucca in Chrono Cross no longer exist in the timeline and are nonexistent echoes of the past, along with being in a space that does not exist).
Resistance to Conceptual Manipulation, Memory Manipulation, Morality Manipulation, & Dream Manipulation (Can tank Dream Devourer Lavos devouring dreams from an alternate dimension with him being stated to feast upon thoughts, dreams, and memories, it is stated by Schala that dreams make up all of existence, with nightmares being beings that make up no form or substance, being completely incapable of being interacted with, even by characters that can interact with incorporeal/nonexistent enemies. Queen Zeal even notes all forms are an extension and are made up of dreams. Schala states Lavos will consume the whole of her awareness, to where she wishes for the destruction of all of existence), Fate Manipulation (After Serge killed FATE, Kid makes mention that destiny and fate itself is dead, with all characters having to make their own destiny), Reality Warping, Time Manipulation, Nothingness Manipulation (Can move, fight, and act within the Darkness Beyond Time, where there is no beginning or end, a place where all timelines, existent or non-existent go to feed Lavos’ strength. Can move in the Bend of Time), Black Hole Creation (Survives being around Black Holes), Soul Manipulation (Like others in verse, can dodge his soul being taken out of him when the enemy uses hell soul), possible Existence Erasure (Type 4; Seemingly survived the erasure of the Dead Sea where FATE used the frozen flame’s powers to erase a nonexistent timeline beyond the dimensions)
Healing (With potions, mid-potions, hi-potions, elixirs, megalixirs, shelters, ambrosia, and lapis), Purification (With panacea, removes all status ailments]), Aura (Various equips put an aura around the party members), Statistics Amplification (Via capsules, Strength Capsule permanently enhances ones strength, Speed Capsule permanently enhances speed, and Magic Capsule permanently enhances magic. Also via different equipment, Prismatic Helm adds +9 Magic Defense, Dragonhead adds +5 Strength, Master Crown has a 25% damage boost, Dark Mail adds +5 Magic Defense, Dragon Armor adds +10 Strength, Moonbeam Armor adds +10 Magic Defense, Saurian Leathers adds +3 Speed & Strength, Regal Plate, adds +10 Stamina & Magic Defense, Headband adds +1 Speed, Ribbon adds +2 Accuracy, Power Glove adds +2 Strength, Guardian Bangle adds +2 Stamina, Magic Scarf adds +2 Magic, Speed Ring adds +3 Speed, Acuity Ring adds +10 Accuracy, Power Ring adds +6 Strength, Magic Ring adds +6 Magic, Barrier Ring adds +10 Magic Defense, Silver Earring raises HP by 25%, Golden Earring raises HP by 50%, Rage Band raises chance to counter attack by 50%, Wrath Band raises chance to counter attack by 80%, Third Eye doubles Evasion, Power Scarf adds +4 Strength, Speed Belt adds +2 Speed, Muscle Ring adds +6 Stamina, Flea Bustier adds +12 Magic Defense, Magic Crest adds +5 Magic & Magic Defense, Power Crest adds +10 Strength & Stamina, Dragon's Tear increases critical hit rate, and passively with Haste Helm gives auto-Haste increasing one's speed. Also with weapons, Crimson Blade adds +2 Magic, Slasher adds +2 Speed, Zanmato does 1.5x damage to magical beings, Swallow adds +3 Speed, Suzaku does 4x critical damage, Rainbow has a 70% critical hit rate, and Dreamseeker has a 90% critical hit rate), Passive Rage Power (With beserker ring, an armband that fans the wearer's rage and gives the effect Auto-Beserk), Information Analysis (With Sight Scope, reveals enemies HP), Passive Resurrection (With Green Dream, gives the effect auto-raise. With Athenian Water, revives a fallen ally), Enhanced Resurrection (Not combat applicable. Has the Chrono Trigger which can resurrect one on a scale where it can even bring back one killed by Lavos), Cosmic Awareness (Can witness the events of every timeline at once with the Chrono Trigger), Time Travel & Time Manipulation (With the Gate Key, a device Lucca invents to travel through time via the Time Gates. This is done through stabilizing pre-existing temporal anomalies, creating the temporary passages to cross from one era to the next. The Guru’s time egg can cause a time freeze that’s on a scale where it can affect even Lavos), Transmutation (With Workman's Wallet, turns EXP into gold), Passive Forcefield Creation (With Guardian Helm, gives auto-Protect giving one a forcefield that raises one defense by 1/3, Beserker Ring gives the effect auto-protect, Barrier Sphere casts a barrier and Shield Sphere casts protect), Passive Absorption (With White Vest absorbs 50% of a light element attack & White Plate completely absorbs it, Black Vest absorbs 50% of a shadow element attack & Black Plate completely absorbs it, Blue Vest absorbs 50% of a water/ice element attack & Blue Plate completely absorbs it, and Red Vest absorbs 50% of a fire element attack & Red Plate completely absorbs it), Damage Reduction (Ruby Armor reduces fire damage to 20%), Damage Boost (With Sunglasses and Prism Spectacles), Blessed & Empowerment (The Vigilant Hat's description states "A hat imbued with divine protection"), Statistics Reduction & Durability Negation (With Nu Arcana, it grants an effect that may instantly reduce opponent's HP to 1), Light Manipulation (With Waystone lights the darkest caves).
Resistance to Mind Manipulation/Chaos Manipulation (With beserker ring one cannot control the user, Clarity Cap prevents confuse), Memory Manipulation/Power Nullification (With Memory Cap prevents the status Lock, which makes you unable to use tech and abilities), Time Manipulation (With Time Hat, prevents the status Slow and Stop, one slows one down in time and the other stops them in time), Shadow Manipulation (With Dark Helm, halves shadow damage), Holy Manipulation/Lightning Manipulation (With Rainbow Helm, halves light damage), Water Manipulation & Ice Manipulation (With Mermaid Helm, halves water damage), Fire Manipulation (With Ruby Vest, halves fire damage), Status Effect Inducement (The Vigilant's Hat, Prismatic Helm, Master's Crown, Schala's Amulet, and Nova Armor are completely immune to status effects)
Although the Jetbike is used in the future for the first time, in the image, Crono is riding with Ayla. This could be easily explained as Crono goes back to the future and races against Johnny again.
Standard Tactics: Crono's style of fighting is mixed with sword fighting and his magic element, with equipment he uses to defend from various physical attacks and magical spells. Crono is naturally better fighting with a team so he normally will summon his friends across time to help him in combat and do various team attacks. If the enemy proves very powerful, he might use the Epoch to ram it.
Weaknesses: As Crono's Magic element is Lightning/Heaven/Light, he takes high damage from Shadow element attacks. Though this is mitigated by various armors and headgears.
Note: The 50% of damage absorption does not mean they absorb 50% of the damage and take the other 50% of damage, it means that they convert 50% of the damage into health, while the other 50% is neglected.
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