Frozen Flame
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The Frozen Flame, featured in the Japanese game Chrono Cross, is a mysterious flame shaped stone that acts as a MacGuffin in the storyline. It is said to have mystical powers strong enough to bend the rules of time. The Frozen Flame also appears in the game Radical Dreamers, which Chrono Cross is partly based on.
The Frozen Flame is actually a piece of the alien Lavos's shell, which splintered when he crashed into the planet during the game Chrono Trigger. It is a direct link to Lavos's power, and has become a much-sought item of mythic proportions; legends claim it is capable of granting its bearer eternal life, happiness and "power beyond measure". When primitive humans of a prehistoric age accidently came into contact with the so-called "Flame", they evolved into modern humans, their DNA having been mutated by its power. Several characters, both major and minor, claim to be seeking it throughout the game. Kid is one of those persons. In the Home World dimension, General Viper and his Dragoons embarked on a quest for the Flame, but because the Sea of Eden only exists in a separate dimension, they unwittingly became lost in the Dead Sea, where they were absorbed into the forgotten timeline and became frozen in a temporal stasis.
In Chrono Cross, the Frozen Flame at first appearances is a legendary relic of which its actual existence is not certain. In reality, it is hidden in the central core of Chronopolis and is the source of power for the supercomputer FATE. Following the events of Chrono Trigger, the future was altered and led to a research facility being built in an isolated location where the Flame was excavated, dedicated to performing experiments on time. An attempt to manipulate the timestream went awry due to Lavos, shifting the facility roughly ten thousand years back into the past. Now free from control, FATE ensured that Chronopolis would never interfere with the past history; Chronopolis is protected by three forcefield-generators, and the Sea of Eden, shrouded in mist, is barred from entry. As a result, it is impossible for anyone to breach Chronopolis to retrieve the Flame. Only Serge could enter the Flame's chamber, following an event in which he was designated as its 'arbiter'. Even then, it can only be entered when certain conditions are met.
When Serge finally makes it to FATE's room at the bottom of the lab, Kid supersedes and tries to touch the Flame, but is overwhelmed by its evil aura and lapses into a coma. The Flame is then stolen by the Dragon God and later reappears at Terra Tower.
