Serge (Chrono Cross)
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| Serge | |
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 Serge, drawn by Nobuteru Yūki |
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| Game series | Chrono series |
| First game | Radical Dreamers |
| Character designer(s) | Nobuteru Yūki |
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| Homeworld | Arni (Home World) |
| Weapon | Swallow |
| Innate (type of magic) | White |
| Age | 17 |
Serge (セルジュ Seruju?) is the silent protagonist of the Square Co., Ltd. computer role-playing game Chrono Cross. He is an uncomplicated youth from Arni Village, a small fishing town on the south part of the El Nido Archipelago's central island. Ten years prior to the events of Chrono Cross, Serge's father mysteriously disappeared, and Serge had an unfortunate incident in which he nearly drowned. One day, when searching for Komodo Dragon scales for his friend Leena, Serge is drawn into Another World. At a glance, this alternate dimension is very similar to Serge's own world. However, when returning to Arni Village, Serge discovers that the only Serge that ever lived there drowned ten years ago.
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[edit] Serge's equipment
Serge uses the "swallow", a combination of two wide, curved blades on opposite ends of a pole resembling the tail feathers of a common bird, the swallow. Starting with a sea swallow, Serge can later equip other swallows if the player chooses to forge them.
After beating a secret boss later in the game, Serge obtains the corrupted Masamune. The spirits of it are brought back to consciousness after being defeated, and are joined by their sister, Doreen. To keep out of trouble, the three sprits then combine with Serge's sea swallow to form the Mastermune, the same swallow featured on the CD cover of Chrono Cross and one of Serge's ultimate weapons.
[edit] In other dimensions
[edit] Another World
As mentioned above, in Another World, Serge was drowned by Lynx in the year 1010 A.D. at the age of seven. The Home World was in fact created as a result of Kid traveling back in time after the events of Chrono Cross to save Serge from Lynx. Prior to this event, both the Serge of the Home and Another dimensions were attacked by a panther demon. To save his son, Wazuki, Serge's father, attempted to sail to Marbule to find a cure for the panther's poison. He and Miguel set out during a storm and ended up in the Sea of Eden and entered Chronopolis. There, Serge was exposed to the Frozen Flame and was healed. After the storm passed, Serge was listed as an "Arbiter", the highest security level of Chronopolis and was the only life form able to access the flame, hindering FATE's ability to control El Nido. It is revealed later that Schala sensed Serge's cry throughout all time and used her magic to create the storm which led him to Chronopolis and exposing him to Lavos's Flame. It is for this reason that Lynx sought to take Serge's body, in order to access the flame and stop the prometheus circuit, allowing FATE to have total control over El Nido. In order to do so, the supercomputer, FATE, needed a physical form, and downloaded its mind into Wazuki, as well as changing Wazuki's appearance to that of a humanoid panther, as to facilitate the hunt for Serge, since Serge developed a phobia toward felines after the attack.
[edit] Radical Dreamers
In the Satellaview sequel to Chrono Trigger, Radical Dreamers, Serge is a traveling musician and part of the band of thieves, the Radical Dreamers. This "Serge" however, can talk and shows greater affection for Kid than his Chrono Cross counterpart appears to, as well as carrying a knife as his weapon, rather than the "swallow" used by the Chrono Cross Serge . It is sometimes argued that there is no separate Radical Dreamers world, but that Chrono Cross is a remake of the game (although the band Radical Dreamers is mentioned in Chrono Cross).
| Characters |
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| Harle | Kid | Lynx | Serge |
| FATE | Lavos | List of Chrono Cross characters |
| Other information |
| Chrono Cross Plot & Timeline | Frozen Flame | New Game Plus |
