Crono

Crono
Origin	Chrono (Verse)
Aliases/aka	None
Classification	Human Swordsman Time Traveler
Personal Info
Age	17
Gender	Male
Height	Unknown
Weight	Unknown

Summary

Crono is the silent protagonist of Chrono Trigger, first game of the Chrono series. One day, in the 1000 A.C., while going at the festivity of the Millenial Fair, he finds Marle, and becomes a friend with her. While enjoying the party, they found Lucca's teleportation machine, but, because of Marle's strange pendant, she instead gets teleported to a past era, the 600 A.C., completely different from the present one. After saving Marle along with Lucca and figuring out what happened, they discover the existence of the Time Gates, portals which allow the user to travel to the era those gates are linked to. This time the three were at the future, in the 2300 A.C., which was reduced to a total wasteland, later discovering it was from Lavos, an alien parasite which one day will come out from the Earth's insides and destroy everything. Crono and his friends decide that they can't let that happen, so they take on a time travelling adventure in order to save the humanity of the far future.

His preferred weapons are swords, especially katanas, and his personality matches that of the conventional hero archetype and he is willing to place his life on the line for the sake of others.

Powers and Stats

Dimensionality: 3D

Threat Level: Demon- || God+ || At most Mobius+, possibly Omega-

Powers and Abilities:

• Pre-Dimensional Vortex
• Post-Dimensional Vortex
• With Optional Items

• Early to Mid Game
• End Game

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Magic (Chrono has the power of Light Magic, though it can be used even as Lightning Magic), Weapon Mastery, Wind Manipulation (Through Wind Slash), Flight (Type 1), Electricity Manipulation (Can use electric attacks through Lightning and Lightning II), Resurrection (Can resurrect allies through Raise), Holy Manipulation and Light Manipulation (Can attack with holy light with Luminaire), Acausality (Type 1. Remembered Marle despite she was erased from a time paradox, causing her to never exist. Should be the same as Robo and other members of the cast, as they are all his companions in time travelling), Afterimages (Can appear as attacking from 4 directions at once from using Confuse/Frenzy), Fourth Wall Awareness (Along with Lucca and Marle was aware of the game having a plot and an ending), Non-Physical Interaction (Can attack Shadows and Specters, who can't be harmed from physical attacks. Should be the same as Serge), Unconventional Darkness Manipulation (From combining attacks of two different attribues with an ally, the combined attack will result under the Shadow attribute), Resistance to Light Manipulation/Electricity Manipulation/Holy Manipulation (Naturally resistant to attacks under the Light attribute like Marle is with Water), Extreme Heat (Can move in a volcano without any issue) and Pain Manipulation (The playable cast has shown to be able to fully fight even at 1 HP)

Same as before, including Resistance to Black Hole Creation (Should be comparable to Serge and other characters of Chrono Cross who can survive being attacked from black holes due to reaching a similar level as him) and Space-Time Manipulation (Unaffected from moving in the Dimensional Vortex, where space and time are distorted) and likely Resistance to most of Lavos' offensive powers (As Lavos became aware of his defeat from the hands of the Chrono Trigger playable party in the future, he needed a back-up plan as he likely realized that there's no way to defeat them despite the immensely larger amount of abilities, choosing instead to create a branching timeline where his plans were not interrupted from changing history in order to indirectly save himself rather than directly facing them)

Same as before, but also including Self-Sustenance (Type 1), Type 2 Nonexistence Interaction (Able to fight the Dream Devourer), Resistance to Void Manipulation, Time Manipulation (Can fight against the Dream Devourer in the Darkness Beyond Time, which is a dimensional void beyond dreams and time, where everything is reduced to nothing), Mind Manipulation, Dream Manipulation and Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1. Can survive the destruction of thoughts, memories and dreams as an attack, with dreams being what makes the whole of existence)

• Time Egg
• Others

BFR, Portal Creation, Dimensional Travel, Resurrection, Black Hole Creation and Time Travel (From destroying the Time Egg, Serge and Kid have created a vortex which sent them to Zurvan, the Sea of Dreams, then returned. The Time Egg/Chrono Trigger was used from the Chrono Cross counterpart of Serge to travel beyond space and time, to the Darkness Beyond Time, the void beyond Timelines and Dreams. The Chrono Trigger can be used to resurrect beings which were killed from even Lavos, using a doll replica of them which will take their place in the moment the person was supposed to be killed. Is stated that it uses miniature black holes in order to travel across time and dimensions), Cosmic Awareness (Serge could see all the timelines, the beginning and end of time, and dreams themselves in Zurvan after entering in it), Void Manipulation (The Time Egg can also swallow the entire world in darkness itself, destroying everything)

Healing (Through items he can make both himself and his allies recover both HPs and MPs, the latter being the stamina required to use magic attacks), Statistics Amplification (The Shield Sphere increases physical defense of one third when used), Resurrection (On allies with the Athenian Water, automatically on who's equipped with it with Green Dream), Damage Boost (Zanmato increases of x1.5 the damage dealt to magical beings and Suzaku increases x4 the damage of critical hits. Sunglasses and Prism Spectacles increase any damage dealt from the user of x1.25 and x1.5 respectively), Damage Reduction and Absorption (Some of the armor can halve damage or even absorb Light, Fire, Water and Shadow elements), Information Analysis (With Sight Scope is possible to check the enemy's HPs), Limited Creation (Can create coins at victory with Workman's Wallet), Space-Time Manipulation (The Gate Key allows the user to fix space-time anomalies to open gates, which lead to their own era in the timeline. The Epoch allows to freerly time travel across the eras), Possibly Durability Negation ([Within reason] Nu Arcana can instantly lower the opponent's HP to 1), Resistance to Status Effect Inducement (Nova Armor and some of the headgear grants Status Immunity, which protects the user from the Negative and Neutral Status Effects, which include Poison, Blindness, Sleep, Stop, Slow, Lock, Sap, Chaos and Berserk)

Physical Strength: Multi Block Level Striking Strength with Class 5 Lifting Strength (Should be stronger than an Early Game Serge) || Large Planet Level Striking Strength with Class 5 Lifting Strength || At most High Multiverse+ Level, possibly Hyper Dimensional Level Striking Strength with Class 100 Lifting Strength (Immensely above the likes of Ayla)

Attack Potency: Multi Block (Yakra, one of the first bosses of the game, could generate earthquakes strong enough to shake everything, with Crono defeating him with his friends and becoming much stronger since then. Able to also defeat giant robots and a T-Rex. Comparable to Marle and Magus who can create huge blocks of ice with Ice II), higher with Optional Items (Sunglasses and Prism Spectacles increase any damage dealt from the user of x1.25 and x1.5 respectively. Zanmato increases of x1.5 the damage dealt to magical beings and Suzaku increases x4 the damage of critical hits) || Large Planet (Comparable to Lucca, who's far above the likes of Peppor, who can use BlackHole, an attack this powerful, given that Lynx, his boss, had to personally kill her. Able to defeat Lavos with the help of two companions), far higher with the Epoch (One-shotted Lavos' outer shell from crashing the Epoch on it, though it was destroyed too from this) || At most High Multiverse+, possibly Hyper Dimensional (After accepting the challenge of the Steel Shade and absorbing it, awakening his true potential in the Dimensional Vortex, was able to hold his own against the Dream Devourer, though he was still defeated at the end)

Durability: Multi Block || Large Planet || At most High Multiverse+, possibly Hyper Dimensional (Despite being weaker, was still able to take Lavos' dream erasure)

Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ normally (Comparable to his companions, who were able to tag the Epoch while flying, with the it being able to cross the Earth's circumference in seconds. Able to attack using natural lightning), Sub-Relativistic while wearing Haste Helm (It doubles the speed of the wearer) || Massively Hypersonic+ normally, Sub-Relativistic while wearing Haste Helm || Massively Hypersonic+ normally, Sub-Relativistic while wearing Haste Helm, possibly Immeasurable (Can fight against the Dream Devourer)

Intelligence: Genius (Gained an understanding of the swordmanship despite not having any knowledge on it at the beginning of the game, being able to take down the Royal Guard and their best weapon. Crono was also said to be a great swordsman from Frog. Became the king of Guardia after the events of Chrono Trigger. Has also helped the Guardia army to defend the bridge from Magus' troops, despite they were outnumbered)

Stamina: Very high (Able to fully fight even at 1 HP, even while poisoned)

Range: Extended Melee normally, up to Hundreds of meters with Magic and Elemental attacks (Lightning uses an actual thunder to attack from the sky), Universal+ with Epoch and Gate Key.

Weakness: None notable

Key: Pre-Dimensional Vortex (Early to Mid Game) || Pre-Dimensional Vortex (End Game) || Post-Dimensional Vortex

Arsenal

Standard Equipment: His usual sword

• Optional Equipment: Epoch, his other Katanas, Headgear, Armors, Accessories and Key Items (At least those compatible with him)

Noteworthy Techniques and Abilities

• Regular Attacks
• Single Tech
• Double Tech
• Triple Tech

• Sword Slash: Crono runs up to the enemy striking them fiercely with his katana.
• Critical Hit: Crono jumps over to the enemy and hits them twice with his sword dealing devastating damage.
• Counter-Attack: When equipped with certain accessories Crono will counter when an enemy attack him without taking up a turn.

Cyclone: Cyclone is a versatile skill, able to be combined at some point in the game with all of the characters (except Magus). It is used as part of four double techniques and four triple techniques. Crono leaps into a group of enemies, spinning his sword around very quickly, striking them multiple times. It strikes one main enemy (signified by the solid cursor) and nearby enemies in a circle (signified by blinking cursors).

Wind Slash: Wind Slash is Crono's 2nd-level Tech, Crono brandishes his sword, and swings it along the ground, sending an air shockwave along a line of enemies. It strikes one main enemy (signified by the solid cursor) and enemies in a the line formed by it and Crono (signified by blinking cursors).

Lightning: Lightning is Crono's 3rd-level Tech and his first magic one. Crono raises his arms, the wind ruffling his clothes, small golden sparks floating up from him into the sky. The screen goes suddenly dark as a bolt of lightning shoots out of the sky and strikes the target.

Cleave: Cleave is Crono's 4th-level Tech, Crono leaps high into the air, leaving a shadowy after-image. He then brings his sword hard down upon the enemy.

Lightning II: Lightning II is Crono's 5th-level Tech. When cast, Crono leaps into the middle of the screen and small stars gather toward him. When enough have gathered, a spinning windwill of electricity and light emit from his body, striking all enemies for moderate Light damage.

Raise: Raise is Crono's 6th-level Tech in Chrono Trigger. It restores around 300 HP instead of 50 HP (Using an Athenian Water). Crono raises his hands and a bright, yellow light shines upon the player whom he is casting Raise on. An angel then floats in circles down on the target and revives them.

Frenzy: Frenzy is Crono's 7th-level Tech in Chrono Trigger. In it, Crono hits his target 4 times. It is his strongest non-magical Tech. Crono jumps and starts moving quickly around the opponent leaving behind afterimages striking the enemy 4 times in succession.

Luminaire: Luminaire is Crono's 8th-level Tech. It is the most powerful magic spell in the game. Levitating into the air, Crono spreads his arms. A green dome swells from the center of the screen and rises. At its optimal size, the screen flashes white and the dome dissipates, causing damage to all foes on screen.

• With Marle
• With Lucca
• With Frog
• With Robo
• With Ayla

• Aura Whirl: Aura Whirl is Crono and Marle's 1st-level Double Tech. Marle puts her healing Aura around Crono as he begins to spin it around the battlefield restoring a small amount of HP to all allies.
• Ice Sword: Ice Sword is a Double Tech in Chrono Trigger used by Crono and Marle. In the move, Marle slowly floats up into the air, preparing an ice spell. Meanwhile, Crono readies his Cleave technique. Crono then leaps into the air and Marle sends her magic to Crono's blade as he comes down on the target, encasing it in a large ice crystal. The target then receives a large amount of Water damage.
• Ice Sword II: Ice Sword II is a Tech used by Crono and Marle. In the move, Marle slowly floats up into the air, preparing an ice spell. Meanwhile, Crono readies his Cleave technique. Crono then leaps into the air and Marle sends her magic to Crono's blade as he comes down on the target, encasing it in a large ice crystal, immediately after, chrono uses his frenzy technique, cutting the ice crystal into four slices that slide horizontally. The target then receives a large amount of Water damage.

Fire Whirl: Fire Whirl is a double tech in Chrono Trigger, used by Crono and Lucca. Lucca uses her flamethrower on Crono's sword as he does cyclone, doing a cyclone with fire based element behind it, attacking all enemies in a circle.

Fire Sword: Fire Sword is a Tech used by Crono, and Lucca. Lucca puts Crono's sword on fire as he leaps into the air striking the foe with an enchanted blade.

Fire Sword II: Fire Sword II (also known as Fire Sword 2 in the SNES/PS version) is a Tech used by Crono, and Lucca. It is more powerful than Fire Sword. Lucca creates a massive fire circle where Crono then uses Frenzy to circle around the enemy hitting all foes in a circle with a spellblade.

X-Strike: X-Strike is a Tech in Chrono Trigger usable by Crono and Frog. X-Strike becomes available once Crono and Frog learn Cyclone and Slurp Slash, respectively. Although Frog is not officially recruited until after the Masamune is reforged by Melchior and the Hero's Badge is recovered from Tata, this tech can be learned as early as Crono's first visit to the Middle Ages. Both Crono and Frog slash at the enemy at the same time leaving an X mark behind.

Sword Stream: Sword Stream is a Tech in Chrono Trigger used by Crono and Frog. Frog creates a bubble that Crono thrusts into showering the enemy in a massive stream.

Lightning Rod: Lightning Rod is a Tech used by Crono and Frog in Chrono Trigger. Crono invokes a powerful lightning storm while Frog prepares his sword. Frog then jams his blade into the enemy with the pommel and hilt sticking straight up. Following this, a tremendous lightning bolt strikes the sword, electrocuting the target for a strong amount of Light damage.

Supersonic Spin: Supersonic Spin is a Tech used by Crono and Robo in Chrono Trigger. Crono jumps on Robo's shoulder and Robo shoots a laser through Crono's sword that attacks all enemies.

Cyclone Sweep: Cyclone Sweep is a Tech in Chrono Trigger used by Crono and Robo. Crono jumps over to Robo who grabs his legs and starts to spin him around at extremely fast speeds hitting all enemies near him.

Megavolt: Megavolt is a Tech used by Crono and Robo in Chrono Trigger. Both Crono uses Lightning II while Robo uses Electrocute creating a massive lightning screen nuke.

Drill Kick: Drill Kick is a Tech used by Crono and Ayla in Chrono Trigger. Ayla jumps over to Crono who starts to spin her around at fast speeds until she starts spinning like a top and strikes an enemy with an penetrating kick.

Thunder Chomp: Thunder Chomp is a double Tech in Chrono Trigger used by Crono and Ayla. Crono strikes Ayla with lightning and she begins to chomp on the enemy, electrocuting them.

Falcon Strikes: Falcon Strike is a Tech used by Crono and Ayla in Chrono Trigger. This move is especially effective against enemies aligned in a straight line. Crono jumps towards Ayla, who then throws him straight up in the air. Crono then appears on the right-hand side of the screen and crosses it in a straight line. Crono holds his sword out in front of him and appears to go so fast that the wind around him solidifies into a blue shield.

• With Marle & Lucca
• With Marle & Robo
• With Marle & Frog
• With Marle & Ayla
• With Lucca & Robo
• With Lucca & Frog
• With Lucca & Ayla
• With Robo & Frog
• With Robo & Ayla
• With Frog & Ayla

• Delta Force: Delta Force is a Triple Tech that is used by Crono, Marle and Lucca. It combines Lightning II, Fire II and Ice II to create a strong powerful tech. It deals 4000+ damage at its strongest form. In the tech, Crono, Marle, and Lucca slowly rise into the air while focusing their magic power. A triangular force is formed using their bodies as the three points with each of them sending their respective element upward, changing the triangle's colors. The triangle disappears, the trio float back down and the enemies receive a severe amount of Shadow damage.

Lifeline: Lifeline is a Triple Tech in Chrono Trigger. It is used by Crono, Marle and Robo once they learn Cyclone, Arise, and Laser Spin respectively. Similar to the Green Dream accessory, this tech allows the targeted ally to regain all of their Hit Points once defeated in battle. Crono, Marle and Robo focus their power and each send out a star into the sky. The screen turns a light golden hue as three angels descend and give each of them a blessing, enabling them to auto-revive once in that battle.

Frost Arc: Frost Arc is a Triple Tech that is used by Crono, Marle, and Frog in Chrono Trigger. It combines Cleave, Ice II, and Aerial Strike to create a strong powerful tech. During the attack, Marle readies an ice spell while Crono humorously leaps off of Frog's back into the air. Marle grants Crono's sword her magic as he creates one half of a cross coming down on the enemy. Frog then completes the other half. The enemy target receives heavy Water damage.

Final Kick: Final Kick is a very strong Triple Tech in Chrono Trigger. It is performed by Crono, Marle and Ayla. It deals more than 7000 damage in its strongest form. Ayla jumps into the air as Crono and Marle start their spells combining them together into a small orb that Ayla keeps knocking into it to have her powerful kicks supported by Ice and lightning.

Ring of Fire: Ring of Fire is a Triple Tech that is used by Crono, Robo, and Lucca in Chrono Trigger. It combines Cleave, Fire II, and Laser Spin to create a strong powerful tech. In the attack, Crono and Robo begin executing Max Cyclone while Lucca slowly rises into the air and focuses her magic. She then sends a double dose of flames to the boys and ignites their bodies, turning Max Cyclone into a fire-elemental attack as rings of flames emit outward from them. Enemies adjacent to Robo receive a large amount of Fire damage.

Delta Storm: Delta Storm is a Triple Tech that is used by Crono, Frog and Lucca in Chrono Trigger. It combines Lightning II, Fire II and Water II to create a strong powerful tech. In the tech, Crono, Lucca and Frog focus their magic power while slowly rising into the air as the screen becomes dark. From the center of the battlefield, a tremendous triangular prism grows and begins rotating, shifting through the elements of Water, Fire and Light respectively before fading away. Afterward, the trio settles to the ground and the enemies receive a large amount of Shadow damage.

Gatling Kick: Gatling Kick is a Triple Tech that is used by Crono, Ayla, and Lucca in Chrono Trigger. It combines Lightning II, Fire II, and Triple Kick to create a strong powerful tech. It combines Lightning II, Fire II and Triple Kick to form a powerful attack.

Triple Attack: Triple Attack is a Triple Tech that is used by Crono, Frog, and Robo in Chrono Trigger. It combines X-Strike and Robo Tackle to create a strong powerful tech.

Twister: Twister is a Triple Tech that is used by Crono, Ayla, and Robo in Chrono Trigger. It combines Cyclone, Tail Spin, and Laser Spin to create a strong powerful tech. In the attack, Robo starts by jumping toward the center of the screen and begins spinning. Crono then jumps on top of him like he does in Rocket Roll and spins as well. Ayla joins the boys as the top of the tower and all three of them spin around and around, creating a massive black twister which splits into another. Every target present receives massive Shadow damage after the move ends.

3-D Attack: 3-D Attack is a Triple Tech that is used by Crono, Ayla, and Frog in Chrono Trigger. It combines Cyclone, Triple Kick, and Slurp Slash to create a strong powerful tech. Crono and Frog do their X-strike cutting through the enemy as Ayla jumps into the air and kicks the enemy with devastating force.

Quotes

— Crono's only lines of dialogue, in the Memory Lane ending

Gallery

Crono's official artwork

Crono's potrait in the game menu

Crono, Marle and Lucca's presumed ghosts, appearing in Chrono Cross

Chrono Trigger main cast photo

Zoom on Chrono, which is in the animated opening

Ditto but with the name of the game on it

Crono's drawing in Lucca's orphanage

Chrono Trigger - Chrono Trigger

Notable Matches

• Victories
• Losses
• Inconclusives