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Alfric2011-12-14 19:16:16

I guess it is worth noting that in the beta, Saleh's dialogue in his first appearance (which was not in Chapter 5, but rather showing up to autokill beta!Novala-stand in in Chapter 6) implies that Myrrh and the "Great Dragon" were traveling together with Saleh sent to find them, but Myrrh were presumably separated from him like in the main story.

As you probably know, the "Great Dragon" isn't Myrrh, but a character we will meet much later. My guess is that this conversation is mostly unchanged from the original draft, which is why the elder (her name is Dara btw) seems to refer to the two interchangeably.

...I should have brought up the beta stuff sooner, I am sorry.

So, your small but powerful army is in need of some Crests. If my research is correct, then your problem will be partly solved at the end of the next chapter, and completely taken care of very shortly after that. Considering how well you've powered through all challenges thus far, I doubt that waiting another battle or two for an upgrade will be a difficult undertaking.

Best of luck with Chapter 13, and have a wonderful day!

@Otherarrow: Oh, that is quite interesting. I find it funny that Saleh would just waltz on in and own Beta!Novala rather than showing up unobtrusively. I admit to being unsure as to whether Myrrh or the other person was the Great Dragon, but I figured it referred to the other one. I also didn't remember the elder being given a name. Is it in one of Saleh's supports? I admittedly haven't read too many of them, so I might have missed it. And no biggy about not bringing it up. It's always fun to hear about the side stuff that I wouldn't have noticed, and Genealogy was a lot more interesting for having learned it.

@Endark: Yeah, Aias carries a Knight Crest, so Amelia will be good to go from there, and some random goon in chapter 14 has the Hero Crest I need, solving Garcia's problem. And yeah, not much trouble to wait, but I'd like to get started on their new weapon levels more than anything. And a wonderful day to you too!

Yeah, it's mentioned in Saleh's supports. She also has unused data as a Druid (specifically a male Druid, but this is probably because they didn't get far enough with her to consider implementing the female version)

The beta really...doesn't have much. I think most of the completed story scenes were early game, only a handful of portraits are implimented, and most of the bosses are generics.

The only other interesting tidbits (aside from changed names and some characters having portraits that would later belong to others) is that proto!Tana, who is actually proto!Amelia with the name "Tana" belonging to a probably unrelated General, was a Prohibition Flier, basically a Trainee Pegasus Knight. Proto!Cormag was actually closer in concept to Joshua, being a coin flipping mercenary (he was even a Merc and everything) and the role of recruitable Wyvern Rider went to a guy named Nate. I am not sure if Glen existed at this point in the concept though, and Cormag didn't have his portrait yet. (Joshua does appear in the beta as a prepromote Swordmaster btw) Kyle and Forde were a Cavalier and a...Ranger, for some reason. Innes was a...Monk.

The main story bit is that there were apparently seven Grado Gemstone General Guys, and Duessel wasn't going to be Obsidian. Instead, it was a guy named Jude Rubert, who seems like he was planned to be fought, or at least introduced, where Tirado was fought in the main game (but the boss in the chapter where he appears in the beta was a generic)

Oh wow, some of that stuff sounds pretty cool. Seems they played with a lot of different concepts before they reached the final consensus on what was going to be in the main game. Flier trainee class would be pretty cool (it could probably become either peg knight or wyvern rider, and then go on from there, which is a pretty reasonable split). Monk!Innes just strikes me as hilarious for some reason. I wonder who the seventh general would be, assuming everyone still held their positions or had an equivalent replacement, ala Jude Rupert (surprised he has a last name, to be honest).

I don't know for sure, but I don't think the beta omits Duessel, but whether he was one of the Seven Generals at this point is unknown, as according to Serenes Forest, story events stop happening after Chapter 8.

I wouldn't be surprised if Jude was basically proto!Tirado, but this is just me guessing wildly.

I can't help but think that the reason the elder think's Myrrh is the great dragon is because she's too caught up in her own religion to notice. She probably thinks that the two of them are the same being taking different human forms depending on the occasion.