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Magus

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“ Dal zumal phara-lo lierra... Cast open the gates that lie betwixt heaven and earth... In exchange for the life of this world... Ah that frog of so many days ago. How have you fared since we last met? Ah, the Masamune... Then you've come for me. Let us hope no others interfere this time. Again, the bitter black winds begin to howl. Very well. Come, if it is death you seek! „
~ Magus to Crono, Frog, and any other chosen party member

Background

Magus is the Tritagonist of Chrono Trigger and was the dark mage waging war against the Kingdom of Guardia in the year 600 A.D. Magus was originally Born as Janus, the young prince of Zeal in the year 12,000 BC. He is especially determined to kill Lavos and find his older sister, Schala.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Magus’ story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Origin Prince Janus was born around 12,000 BC. in the Kingdom of Zeal. He was very dissimilar to his older sister, Schala, in terms of demeanor, and more closely resembled his mother, who was cold and distant. He had stronger magic than Schala and his mother, but ceased using it because of how his mother had changed. He was a very introverted child, with his sister and pet cat, Alfador, being his only friends.

Crono's party first meets Janus in Enhasa. He tells them that the "black wind howls" and that one among them will perish, and then walks away from the group. Later on, Janus and Schala converse. Janus mentions the black winds again, and Schala says that she feels "the foreboding" as well, though she tells him not to worry about it. She then gives him an amulet, saying that it contains her prayers. If something anything ever happens to him, it would keep him safe. She says she wants to remain with him, but their mother has other plans for her.

Hearing this, Janus gets quite angry and proclaims that their mother is not their mother anymore. He says that although she looks like her, she is not the same on the inside. Schala is then summoned by the Queen. She leaves him and asks for his forgiveness.

Later on, Crono and the party are imprisoned. As Schala and Janus enter, Janus comments that they are idiots. Schala says that she wants to help them, although Janus thinks that they will not be of any use and does not want her to get in trouble if she lets them go. Schala says not to worry and that they may be able to help Melchior. Schala then frees the group and tells them to flee from the palace and save the Guru of Life, as he was sent to the Mountain of Woe for opposing Queen Zeal's plans.

However, when the Prophet then enters the room, saying that he needs to put an end to them. Schala asks him not to do anything to them, so he concedes but tells Schala that she must cooperate with him. He then asks the party how they arrived. They show the Prophet and Schala the Time Gate they came through. The Prophet takes them in the Time Gate and forced Schala to place a magical barrier on it.

After the Mountain of Woe falls into the ocean, Dalton arrives and takes Janus and Schala to the Ocean Palace. There, they see their mother's ultimate plan come to fruition.

When the Mammon Machine was activated, it began absorbing too much power. Queen Zeal and Schala along with the three Gurus were the only ones at the Mammon Machine's activation. The Gurus warned about a dimensional vortex, power humans cannot control, and they would be dragged into a rift in time, yet the Queen persisted in activating the machine. Soon, Janus entered the room looking for Schala. Suddenly, the six were transported in front of Lavos. Gates then appeared and transported Belthasar, Gaspar, Melchior, and Janus to different times. Belthasar was sent to the Future, Gaspar was sent to the End of Time, Melchior was sent to the Present, and Janus was sent to the Middle Ages. c. 580 AD.

In the Middle Ages Janus was found in Truce Canyon by Ozzie, who calls forth three Blue Imps. He and his Mystics would have slain him if Janus had not defended himself with magic, which human beings should not be able to use. Seeing how the boy's potential as being a greater wizard than himself, Ozzie took him in and raised him, grooming him to become the leader of the Mystics' army. It was during this time that he took the name "Magus," referring to his status as a powerful magic-user.

During this time, he grew vindictive and vengeful against Lavos and was eternally concerned over the fate of his older sister, Schala.

The War His main reasons for starting his war against Guardia were left out in the English version; however, in the Japanese version, he stated his intentions of gaining the power to immensely increase his chances of defeating Lavos. Seeing his strong magic and strange appearance, most people took him to be a Mystic himself.

At the height of the war, he faced Sir Cyrus and his squire, Glenn. Cyrus wielded the Masamune, the only weapon capable enough of breaking through Magus' magical barrier. Even with this, he was no match for Magus' powerful magic. He died in combat and the Masamune was broken. Glenn tried to avenge his best friend but was struck by one of Magus' spells and transformed into an anthropomorphic frog.

He was attempting to summon Lavos during the war, and while the Mystics believed it was to help them win the war, Magus' real intentions were to summon Lavos so he could take his revenge on it.

The Battle at the Fiendlord's castle Eventually, after Frog gains the Masamune, the heroes go to confront Magus in his castle. After fighting through his minions, they fight and defeat him. After hearing that he was believed to be trying to create Lavos, Magus informs the heroes that he was only trying to summon him. Lavos begins to wake up, and Magus tries to use his magic to send him back to sleep. Even he was not strong enough to kill Lavos when he awoke. The space-time distortion generated by Lavos' premature awakening created a massive and unstable Gate, which sucked everyone and the Keep in, scattering them through time.

Return to Zeal While the heroes were sent to Prehistory, Magus was sent back to his own time era. During this time, because of his knowledge of the future, Magus was able to convince his mother Queen Zeal that he was a powerful oracle, and called himself the Prophet. When he appears on screen at this point, he is wearing a dark blue cloak that mostly conceals his appearance, but if one looks close enough they can see Magus' face, boots and hair were show.

His aim during this period was to bide his time until the point where Lavos appeared and kill it. He sets himself up in Zeal as a counselor to the queen, waiting for Crono and the others to arrive from the future. He went through everything he saw as a child, going through the motions until the battle at the Ocean Palace would give him another opportunity to destroy Lavos.

When the heroes appear, Magus, out of spite for them, convinces Zeal that they are threats that have to be eliminated, leading to a battle with Dalton's Golem. Whether the Golem wins or loses, the heroes are captured. Schala, however, is able to convince him to spare them, leading to them being sent through the time gate they entered in, after which Schala seals the gate shut. The heroes later return using the Epoch and enter the Ocean Palace where Zeal is trying to harness Lavos's power with the Mammon Machine. Magus was also there, knowing that Lavos would appear. After Lavos breaks into the Ocean Palace, Magus throws off his disguise and tries to fight it, but is quickly overwhelmed. Somehow, he survives. After Crono is killed off by Lavos, Schala opens a time portal that allows everyone to escape.

He is not seen again until the Elder says that he was looking for someone at the North Cape. Here, he reveals he is Janus (via flashbacks). He then mocks Crono's team for being defeated by Lavos. the player can then decide whether to fight him or not. If you decide to spare him, he joins the party by force. Regardless of choice, he mentions that Gaspar could help undo Crono's death. It is assumed he joins the team in hopes of a much better chance as a team of fulfilling his revenge against Lavos, now that all six of the members are affected by the events.

If Magus was spared Magus rarely inserts his two cents for the remainder of the game with a few exceptions. In the scenario where Ozzie attempts to rule the Mystics on his own and continue the extermination of humans, Magus informs him that he was merely a tool used to his benefit. This angers Ozzie and causes him to denounce his former mentor. When Ozzie is finally defeated, he states that the past "is merely a dream".

If you confront Queen Zeal with Magus on the team, the music will then change to his own theme for the entire fight. Magus will then insult Zeal for being a tool to Lavos and believing in the immortality scheme. Zeal, not recognizing Magus as her own son from the future but as a false prophet, seeking revenge but was defeated by the team.

Upon defeating the Lavos Body within the shell, Magus and the entire party realizes Lavos's intentions: Lavos has controlled all of the events since its first encounter in the planet during the prehistoric time, especially all of life's evolution for its own chosen purpose (later confirmed in Chrono Cross). The party succeeds in defeating Lavos' true form.

When it is time to close the Time Portals, Magus doesn't speak a word when Lucca asks him if he was searching for Schala, hinting she is still alive.

During the DS version, if the party faces the Dream Devourer with Magus is present, he will react with shock upon seeing himself from the future. the future version of Magus returned to free Schala from Lavos after discovering he was revived by absorbing Schala. The other version of magus goes toe-to-toe with the Dream Devourer and is easily defeated. after the party "defeats" the Dream Devourer, Schala is able to send them to safety. after a brief conversation with the other version of him, Schala told him that he cannot save her, no matter how strong he is, but tells him to live a better life. Schala then teleports him out of Time's Eclipse. frustrated by this, he then gets rid of his memories while being teleported out and wakes up in the woods. He only remembers that he forgot something important and says he will find whatever it was.

General Information

Name: Magus

Origin: Chrono Trigger

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Time Traveler, Enlightened One, Dark Mage, Member of the Radical Dreamers

Species: Human

Occupation: None

Status: Unknown (The fate of Magus after the ending of Chrono Trigger is unknown with Chrono Cross alluding to Crono and Lucca 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. Magus in specific being a weirder case, as in the Radical Dreamer timeline he is with Kid and Serge and in the Chrono Cross timeline he diguises himself as Guile. He can also be chosen to be killed by Frog instead of joining the party)

Alignment: Initially Chaotic Neutral (Magus was willing to do anything to achieve his goal of getting revenge on Lavos, to the point that he would kill people that would get in his way), becomes Chaotic Good (Joining Crono's party, Magus allies and helps them revive Crono, along with showing to secretly care in endings where the party defeats Lavos without saving Crono as he comes with the rest of the party to save Crono even though Lavos is defeated)

Codex Statistics

Key: Pre-Vortex | Post-Vortex

Grade: S | S

Tier: High 6-A. Holds a Universe-sized object with the Chrono Trigger | At least 2-C

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Multi-Continent level (Fought Crono and co., along with possible timelines emerging where he wins. 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). 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)

Durability: Multi-Continent level (Took hits from Lavos, including his rains of destruction)| At least Universe level (Could withstand an attack that devours alternate universes)

Striking Strength: Multi-Continent Class| At least Universe Class

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Covered large distances in a short period of time around each time period), Faster Than Light with the Epoch (The Epoch uses it's speed to travel through time, being described to "transcend time") | Superhuman, Faster Than Light with the Epoch

Lifting Strength: Unknown: True Class | Unknown: True Class

Attack Speed: 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: 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: Standard Melee physically, Extended Melee with Swords, Tens of Kilometers with omni-directional magic attacks (Has access to magic such as Lightning 2 making his magic range equal to Crono’s who causes a cloud to ground lightning with one of his spells), Universal with the Chrono Trigger, Multiversal+ with Epoch (Can travel across alternate timelines which there are infinite of)

Intelligence: Genius Intelligence (A powerful mage whose magic exceeds even Schala’s, can lay waste to entire armies and easily defeat swordsmen such as Cyrus)

Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery (Is skilled with his scythes), Magic (Is a user of one of the four basic elements of universe, that being shadow), Flight (His natural run animation is flying), 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. can summon Lavos), 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), 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),, 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[2], 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), Transmutation (Turned Glenn into Frog), Fire Manipulation (Made Cyrus burst into flames, with fire 2 causes a massive fire across the entire area), Illusion Creation/Precognition (Type 4; Magus creates illusions for the entire party of people they want to see, this even affects the ones that shouldn’t even temporally exist yet and shows them people that don’t even exist yet in the timeline, the illusions are even aware of events that haven’t even happened yet, even as a kid he foresaw Crono’s death), Afterimage Creation (Moves so fast to an enemy that he leaves behind afterimages), Status Effect Inducement (With “Hell Geyser: Sap”, inflicts HP down), Forcefield Creation & Absorption (Has a passive barrier up that absorbs every element except for the one he’s using), Lightning Manipulation, Holy Manipulation, & Light Manipulation (With lightning 2, makes an omnidirectional blast of lightning), Ice Manipulation & Water Manipulation (With ice 2, makes massive ice blocks that hits all enemies), Darkness Manipulation (WIth Shadow Magic), Dark Matter Manipulation (With Dark Matter, his strongest attack. When cast a massive triangular prism appears attacking all of the enemies with devastating shadow magic), Memory Manipulation (Can fully erase his own memories), Mind Manipulation (Knocked people out with a glare), Soul Manipulation (Can exorcise souls), Empathic Manipulation (Touched the back of Kid and Serge’s neck and instantly calmed them down), Power Nullification (Was suppressing the spell putting Kid under mind control), Deconstruction (Magus’ magic can vaporize an opponent beyond even their skull), Battlefield Removal (Type 2; With Black Hole, can banish enemies into the black hole).


Resistance to Temporal Battlefield Removal (If Crono is sent through time he is sent to the End of Time where he can access points in time to return due to possessing a gate key), Darkness Manipulation (Has an innate resistance to shadow element attacks as he is of this class), Soul Manipulation (Could look into the eyes of a demon without having his spirit trapped), Sealing (Can forcefully break through a seal)

Equipment

Name Attack Special Effects
Moonfall Scythe 120
Headman's Scythe 135
Hadean Sickle 150
Judgment Scythe 155 Inflicts Stop
Doom Scythe 160 Damage boost when allies KO'd
Dreamreaper 180 4x critical hit damage

Notable Techniques


  • Scythe Slash: Magus runs up to the enemy, slicing them with his scythe.
  • Critical Hit: Magus jumps over to the enemy and hits them with two scythe slashes dealing devastating damage.
  • Counter-Attack: When equipped with certain accessories Magus will counter when an enemy attacks him without taking up a turn.

Other

Standard Tactics: Magus will have a passive barrier up and absorb all other elemental attacks aside from the one he uses. The forcefield also greatly reduces the damage he receives from attacks. After a while he will remove the barrier to charge up his most powerful attack, Dark Matter. After joining the party, Magus’ style of fighting is mixed with scythe and his techs, with equipment he uses to defend from various physical attacks and magical spells. Magus moreso prefers fighting alone then with a team giving him very few triple techs and no dual techs though he will still summon friends from across time in order to fight Lavos. If the enemy proves very powerful he might use the Epoch to ram it.

Weaknesses: Has an innate weakness to light magic as he’s of the shadow element.

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.

References

  1. ↑ [Young Woman]
    Beings that are born of dreams, must
    return to them...
    The power of Lavos can make hopes
    and dreams come true...
    [Young Woman]
    Born of dreams, returning to dreams......
    Beings such as that exist as well.
    At times, human prayers and desires borrow
    the power of Lavos-sama and materialize.
  2. ↑ [Young Woman]
    Beings that are born of dreams, must
    return to them...
    The power of Lavos can make hopes
    and dreams come true...
    [Young Woman]
    Born of dreams, returning to dreams......
    Beings such as that exist as well.
    At times, human prayers and desires borrow
    the power of Lavos-sama and materialize.

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