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Serge (Chrono Cross)
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| Versions | Radical Dreamers - Chrono Cross |
Background
Serge is the main protagonist of Chrono Cross. Like Crono, Serge is a silent main protagonist.
| This dropdown contains the synopsis of Serge’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise! |
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Serge's existence is a contradiction between the dimensions, which is the basis for much of the philosophical discourse in Chrono Cross. Born to Marge and Wazuki of the fishing village of Arni in the El Nido Archipelago, Serge had a storied history with the world since before he knew how to write. At the tender age of three years old, he came into contact with the Frozen Flame as a result of his father Wazuki's desperation to heal his son after he had been mauled by a panther demon. The contact healed him and designated him as its Arbiter, or controller. This caused the Frozen Flame to be unusable by the supercomputer FATE due to the Prometheus Circuit. Due to its obviously advanced technology, FATE had no problem binding both Miguel, a friend of Serge's father, and eventually Wazuki himself into cruel servitude. For the time being, however, Serge escaped unharmed with Wazuki, who was only mildly corrupted by the computer. Back in Arni, Serge became good friends with Leena, Miguel's daughter, and the other inhabitants of the village, who took interest in watching him grow. Forces beyond his control would soon threaten his life again, however. Four years later, Serge nearly drowned at Opassa Beach. His father—whose mind was completely corrupted by FATE and became its vessel/avatar—was instructed to drown Serge to release the lock on the Flame. his father Wazuki attempted to accomplish the feat, but Kid traveled back in time to 1010 A.D. and stopped him. The attempt on his own son's life corrupted Wazuki fully; he was recalled to Chronopolis and reshaped as Lynx. Serge only caught a glimpse of his savior before returning to the village. In time travel, Kid effectively split the dimensions; the one in which Serge lived came to be known as the Home World. As a result of the destruction of Home World's version of Chronopolis, the Record of Fate terminals in that dimension ceased to function, which was something FATE could not allow. Therefore, the computer concocted an elaborate plan to get Serge to unlock the Flame by stealing his body and fooling the Flame into thinking that the Serge facing it was genuine, instead of merely Lynx inhabiting Serge's body. The computer predicted that Serge would one day use the split he had created to cross the dimensions. This was fulfilled ten years later in 1020 A.D.; Serge began the fateful day by collecting Komodo Scales for Leena. After a talk with her on the beach about old times and a promise they made to each other, a huge wave rolled in and crashed upon the boy. He had successfully crossed over to Another World. When this occurred, Serge was confronted by a squad of Acacia Dragoons, Solt and Peppor, under Deva Karsh, but was saved by Kid. He managed to discover his death in this world, so he set out to figure out why this was true, and why the Dragoons were trying to capture him. Kid had befriended Serge on Cape Howl, and the two traveled to Termina, where they found a third person (the player can choose between Guile, Pierre, and Nikki) willing to infiltrate Viper Manor with them. During the night's events, Lynx confronted Serge, calling him the "Chrono Trigger" and attempting to capture him. Serge dove over the balcony to the sea with the others, and was taken to Guldove for treatment. There, Kid's illness caused him to make a decision—whether to look for Hydra Humour, the required panacea or simply continue on his journey. If you choose to continue your journey, Macha, Doc, and Glenn will join your party. If you choose to save Kid, Korcha, Mel, and Razzly will join your party. Whatever the case, he soon discovered that the Acacia Dragoons were amassing at Fort Dragonia. He consulted old man Radius for advice, and found that to cross Mount Pyre, he required the Ice Breath of the Water Dragon. While attempting to dock at the bank of Pyre, he was captured by Fargo and thrown in the hold of the S.S. Invincible. He later won the pirate's respect by defeating the Ghost Ship invaders and sojourned to the top of Fort Dragonia. However, Lynx initiated a Dragonian ritual with the Dragon Tear and switched bodies with Serge, leaving him in the body of a panther Demi-human. He was then banished to the Temporal Vortex, only escaping with Harle's help. Left with no option but to seek out Lynx, who was on his way to Chronopolis, Serge explored his options and made new friends as his former party members dispersed throughout El Nido. He concluded that he would need to go to the Dead Sea to regain the power to cross the dimensions and reach Another World; to this end, he sought out the Sage of Marbule, who awarded him the Fiddler Crab upon being defeated. In the Dead Sea, Serge met Miguel who revealed much about his history and also challenged him. Serge reluctantly finished off Leena's father; the Dead Sea then collapsed in an attempt to destroy Home World's Frozen Flame and kill Serge in one fell swoop. The Sky Dragon saved Serge, who soon learned that to enter the Sea of Eden in Another World, he would need to regain his body. He borrowed the Dragon Tear of Home World and defeated the six Dragons to obtain their blessings to allow passage into the Sea of Eden. With his real body returned to him, Serge used his endowed power to break into Chronopolis and confront Lynx, who explained why he needed Serge's body. He defeated the supercomputer FATE in mortal combat, only to discover that he'd been duped by the Dragon Gods, who took the Flame for themselves. Upon chasing them, he learned of Lavos' new form, the Time Devourer. Using an anti-gravity device, he used Korcha's boat to rise to Terra Tower and defeat the Dragon God. He then returned to Opassa Beach, where the Ghost Children revealed his unknown history. Project Kid's entire purpose was to endow Serge with the necessary artifact, the Chrono Cross, and the required power to free Schala from the Time Devourer. Everything, including the split of the dimensions, was predestined to bring Serge to that one point in time. The decision to save the world was then ultimately left in Serge's hands, along with a Time Egg that could take him to the Darkness Beyond Time. In the end, with Belthasar's aid, Serge was victorious over the monster, restoring the two divergent timelines into one unified timeline where Serge lived, Schala was rescued, and Lavos was destroyed. Serge supposedly lost his entire memory of the ordeal, but upon waking up on Opassa Beach at a point in time immediately before he traversed to the other world, he said something to Leena about Terra Tower and FATE. It is thus uncertain how much of his memory truly remains, or what the fate of the other characters in Serge's party turned out to be—or certain characters from the original game, for that matter. In a picture shown at the end by Schala's diary, one can see a photo of Serge in clothing similar to a tuxedo and Kid in what is similar to a wedding dress to indicate the two got married. |
General Information
Name: Serge, “Lynx”
Origin: Chrono Cross
Sex: Male
Age: 17
Classification: “Chrono Trigger”, Irregularity, Wielder of the Chrono Cross
Species: Human
Occupation: None
Status: Alive
Alignment: Neutral Good (Throughout the game Serge has shown to be one with a good heart, helping people along his way with whatever troubles they may have, willing to let foes that were previously enemies join his party all with a common cause, and saving people from various dangers. With his penultimate goal ending with him stopping Lavos from destroying the entire multiverse)
Codex Statistics
Key: Viper’s Mansion | Pre-Vortex | Post-Vortex | Pre-FATE | Post-FATE
Grade: B | A | S | S | S
Tier: 9-B to High 6-A | High 6-A to 2-C | 2-C to 2-C | 2-C | At least 2-C, 2-A+ through Merging with the Chrono Cross
Cardinality: Finite | Finite | ℵ0 | ℵ0 | ℵ0
Dimensionality: 3-D
Attack Potency: Wall level (Potency) (Serge can use elements such as uplift to telekinetically pull out a rock formation and drop it on someone hard enough to where it destroys the rocks and the enemies can tank it. Can defeat fake doors and defeat giant robots) to Multi-Continent level (Potency) | Multi-Continent level (Potency) (Fought Lynx, who killed Lucca, who with Crono 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) to Universe level (Potency) | Universe level (Potency) (Can cast moves such as Forever Zero, which sends one to an alternate universe with multiple galaxies in the background that is all completely destroyed into nothingness, with the description for it even saying “all things will become eternal nothingness) | Universe level (Potency) (Far stronger than before and able to defeat a Lynx fused with FATE. Likely not far off from his end-game counterpart before he went to get the Chrono Cross) | At least Universe level (Potency) (Fought Time Devourer Lavos, who exists in the darkness beyond time and was going to destroy everything from there), Multiverse level+ through Merging with the Chrono Cross (Merged all of the cosmology with the Chrono Cross into a new dimension, to where even the real world was merged where even the developers show up)
Durability: Wall level (Can tank falling boulders, can tank enemies using the uplift element on him) to Multi-Continent level | Multi-Continent level to Universe level | Universe level (Can tank ForeverZero) to Universe level | Universe level to Multiverse level+ | Multiverse level+ (Took attacks from Time Devourer Lavos, who exists in the darkness beyond time and was going to destroy everything from there)
Striking Strength: Wall Class (Potency) (Should physically scale to Uplift as Elements are apart of one's power) to Multi-Continent Class (Potency) | Multi-Continent Class (Potency) to Universe Class (Potency) | Universe Class (Potency) | Universe Class (Potency) (Far stronger than before and able to defeat a Lynx fused with FATE) | At least Universe Class (Potency) (Fought Time Devourer Lavos, who exists in the darkness beyond time and was going to destroy everything from there)
Lifting Strength: Superhuman (Can move this gigantic shell out of the way), Class 1 with Telekinesis (Can lift a giant block of stone and drop it on the enemy with the stone being this heavy) | Superhuman, Class 1 with Telekinesis | At least Superhuman, Class 1 with Telekinesis | At least Superhuman, Class 1 with Telekinesis | At least Superhuman, Class 1 with Telekinesis
Travel Speed: Superhuman (Comparable to Poshu who moves as fast as a regular dog) | Superhuman (Can keep up with party members who can keep up with Lynx, a black panther hybrid), Higher with Dash & Slash (Moves so fast he appears as a blur to his enemy) | Superhuman, Higher with Dash & Slash | Superhuman, Higher with Dash & Slash
Attack Speed: Superhuman (Comparable to Poshu who moves as fast as a regular dog), Speed of Light Attack (With Photon Ray, shoots a bright laser beam at the enemy) to Unknown: Undefinable | Unknown: Undefinable (Can tag Lynx who can tag Lucca who can tag Lavos who flew to Earth from a distant star system in around 20 seconds. Lucca can also 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 | Unknown: Undefinable (Likely not fast off from his end-game counterpart) | Unknown: Undefinable (Can move and tag Time Devourer Lavos in the darkness beyond time, a higher dimensionless hierarchal realm beyond the regular multiverse where there is no beginning or end. Can move in the Bend of Time, a plane beyond time)
Reaction Speed: Superhuman to Unknown: Undefinable | Unknown: Undefinable | Unknown: Undefinable to Unknown: Undefinable | Unknown: Undefinable | Unknown: Undefinable
Stamina: Superhuman (Serge is capable of traveling across the world, climbing up the cliff side of viper’s manor while fighting multiple monsters and having boulders fall down on him all the while being pushed back down by water), Limitless with Vigora (Temporarily stops Serge’s stamina from decreasing)
Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Swallow, Varies from Several Meters to Kilometers with Elements (Many elements either beams that can be shot or causing storms from the sky), Universal with stronger Elements (Forever Zero sends the target to an alternate universe and fully destroys it, UltraNova pulls the target into outer space (or possibly an alternate dimension) causing a massive explosion), Multi-Universal with Astral Amulet (Can transfer to another universe through the Astral Amulet, along with lower dimensional realities), Multiversal+ with the Time Egg (The time egg enables Serge to go beyond space-time to enter the Darkness Beyond Time), Multiversal+ with Chrono Cross (Merged all the universes with the Chrono Cross into a higher dimension, to where the real world was merged where even the developers show up)
Intelligence: At least Genius Intelligence (Intelligence and magic are interchangeable in the verse, with Serge being able to use the highest level black element spells in Lynx's body without ever being an innate black element caster. Can use the higher level white element spells), Higher with Elements (Can use elements such as genius to increase his intelligence making his magic attacks more powerful, can strengthen one’s mind with StrongMinded)
Knowledge: Expert level (A capable fighter who could easily break into Viper Manor and take down many of the guards, who are well-trained soldiers, could defeat both Viper and Lynx back to back)
Powers and Techniques
Equipment
| Name | Attack | Hit% | Special Effects |
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| Sea Swallow | + 5 | 29% | |
| Copper Swallow | + 8-10 | 30% | |
| Steel Swallow | + 10-13 | 31% | |
| Silver Swallow | + 16 | 31% | |
| Stone Swallow | + 20 | 32% | Extra damage to Matter type enemies. |
| Mastermune | + 20-23 | 33% | 100% Critical Hit Rate. Recovers a small amount of Serge's HP each turn |
| Spectra Swallow | + 20- 25 | 33% | Imbued with all the Elements. |
Notable Techniques
Techs: A series of abilities unique to every user. Every playable character in Chrono Cross has three different techs that they can use, and the colors of techs correspond to the user's innate element; in Serge's case, white.
- Dash & Slash: Serge quickly slides forward, slashing through his opponent.
- Luminaire: Serge rises into the air and forms an orb of light that causes an explosion on the field that hits all enemies. It may inflict Fatigue, causing the stamina of enemies to decrease at a faster rate than normal.
- Flying Arrow: Serge rises into the air as a magic double appears behind him, then dashes forward with his doppelganger, causing an explosion on impact with the enemy.
Elements: Elements are the foundation of existence in the Chrono universe, and everyone and everything has their own element color. This color determines the nature of the person or object, as well as their innate ability. There are six elements in total, with Serge's innate element being White. This means that he is resistant to white element attacks and receives a bonus when casting white elements, but takes increased damage from black elements.
- Red: The element color associated with Fire and Lava, and counterpart to Blue.
- Tablet: A consumable element that recovers a small amount of HP.
- Turn Red: Turns the attribute of foes and allies red, changing their weakness.
- Fireball: Hurls spheres of flame at an enemy.
- Ointment: A consumable element that heals red status effects, including burns,
- Magma Bomb: Launches a volley of fireballs at enemies.
- FirePillar: Burns the enemy in a pillar of flames.
- Strengthen: Temporarily increases Serge's attack power.
- Weaken: Temporarily weakens the foe's attack power.
- Magma Burst: Makes lava gush out from beneath the foe.
- Red Field: Changes the attribute of the field to red.
- Inferno: Heats the air to a burning hot temperature.
- Blue: The element color associated with Water and Ice, and counterpart to Red.
- Turn Blue: Turns the attribute of foes and allies blue, changing their weakness.
- Cure: Heals a small amount of HP.
- Aqua Beam: Blasts the foe with a high-pressure water stream.
- Medicine: A consumable element that heals sickness.
- Ice Lance: Hurls an icicle spear at a foe.
- Cure Plus: Heals a medium amount of HP.
- Aqua Ball: Hurls a large sphere of water at an opponent.
- Nimble: Increases Serge's speed and evasion.
- Numble: Decreases a foe's speed and evasion.
- Ice Blast: Freezes a foe in a cage of ice.
- Blue Field: Changes the attribute of the field to Blue.
- Deluge: Inundates enemies in icy-cold floodwaters.
- Green: The element color associated with Air and Nature, and counterpart to Yellow.
- Turn Green: Turns the attribute of foes and allies green, changing their weakness.
- Bushwhacker: Slices the foe with a cloud of whirling leaves.
- Antidote: A consumable element that heals poison.
- Heal: Restores a small amount of HP.
- Aero Saucer: Throws out blades of razor-sharp air to slice the enemy.
- Bush Basher: Encases the foe in a cage of thorny brambles.
- HealAll: Restores a medium amount of HP.
- Eagle Eye: Increases Serge's accuracy.
- Ba tEye: Decreases a foe's accuracy.
- Aero Blaster: Shoots a sonic blast at a foe that may inflict Afraid.
- Green Field: Changes the attribute of the field to Green.
- Carnivore: Devours foes with a huge Venus Flytrap.
- Yellow: The element color associated with Earth and Lightning, and counterpart to Green.
- Turn Yellow: Turns the attribute of foes and allies yellow, changing their weakness.
- Uplift: Cuts out and drops a block of stone on a foe.
- Brace: A consumable element that heals sprains.
- Electro Jolt: Shocks foe with an electrical discharge.
- Capsule: A consumable element that restores a medium amount of HP.
- Upheaval: Impales foes with spears of shattered earth.
- Hi-Res: Temporarily increases Serge's defense.
- Lo-Res: Temporarily lowers an enemy's defense.
- Electro Bolt: Hurls a lightning bolt down on opponents.
- Yellow Field: Changes the attribute of the field to Yellow.
- Earthquake: Crushes foes beneath giant stone pillars.
- Black: The element color associated with Shadow and Space, and counterpart to White.
- Turn Black: Turns the attribute of foes and allies black, changing their weakness.
- Gravity Blow: Blasts a foe away with a sphere of pure gravity.
- Black Out: A consumable element that removes black status effects.
- HellSoul: Removes the soul from an opponent's body, inflicting instant death.
- Gravitonne: Crushes foes in a supergravity field.
- Genius: Temporarily increases Serge's magic power.
- Imbecile: Temporarily decreases the foe's magic power.
- Hell Bound: Sends the enemy into hell, preventing them from being revived.
- Revenge: Shifts Serge's status effects onto the enemy.
- Free Fall: Drops a foe from the sky at supersonic speed.
- Nostrum: A consumable element that restores a large amount of HP.
- Diminish: Temporarily halves all elemental damage.
- White: The element color associated with Light and Life, and counterpart to Black. This is Serge's main element, letting him use advanced White elements that others cannot.
- Turn White: Turns the attribute of foes and allies white, changing their weakness.
- Revive: Revives a fallen ally.
- Photon Ray: Shoots a bright laser beam at an opponent.
- White Out: A consumable element that removes white status effects.
- Meteorite: Summons a comet onto an unsuspecting foe.
- Recover All: Heals all allies for a medium amount of HP.
- Anti Black: Seals black elements, preventing foes from using them.
- Photon Beam: Bombards the enemy with an extra-powerful laser.
- Panacea: A consumable element that removes all status effects.
- Purify: Removes all status effects.
- Strong Minded: Temporarily increases Serge's magic defenses.
- Weak Minded: Temporarily reduces a foe's magic defenses.
- Meteor Shower: Hurls several large asteroids at foes.
- Full Revival: Revives a fallen ally and heals all their HP.
- Holy Light: Creates a holy circle which damages foes and annihilates undead.
- Holy Healing: Restores all of an ally's HP and removes their status effects.
- Magnify: Temporarily increases the damage of elements.
- Mag Negate: Temporarily nullifies a foe's magic attacks.
- Ultra Nova: Creates an explosion of high-density energy.
- Unicorn: Summons a unicorn, whose prayer increases the defense and magic defense of all allies on the field.
- Saints: The ultimate White Element. Summons an army of angels that attacks all foes and heals all allies.
Other
Standard Tactics: Serge is generally a wildcard due to being an RPG character, though it should be assumed he’d use his innate elements abilities along with what’s most helpful for the scenario.
Weaknesses: Has an innate weakness to black elemental attacks. Changing the elemental composition of the battlefield will make his elemental attacks weaker. Ozzie’s pants inflict status effects on him.
Note: This is Serge from Chrono Cross, for the Serge from Radical Dreamers click here.
References
- ↑ [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. - ↑ [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.
Explanations
Read here for the in-depth cosmology of Chrono.
Gallery
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Kid’s farewell to Serge
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Serge as he appears in the Menu
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Serge's portrait
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Serge in Lynx's body
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Serge in-game.
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Chibi version from Parallel Navigator.
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Old Chrono Cross artwork
Battle Records
None.
