PrinceWatercress plays Chrono Trigger (Super NES) - Part 20 of 70

In this entry, we finally re-forge the Masamune, then we learn more about Frog.

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The End of Time Map (by Rick Bruns)

World Map (1000 A.D.) (by Rick Bruns)

If your party averages around Level 20 or higher, Spekkio will change form, this time to a blue Ogre with gold hair. Compared to the Kilwala form we faced earlier in the game, this form will tear us apart right now, so I don't even bother with his form...yet.

From here, head back to Medina Village in 1000 A.D. and go west to Melchior's Hut, then talk to Melchior. With both halves of the Masamune and the Dreamstone in hand, Melchior will head downstairs to reforge the Masamune, with either Lucca or Robo (depending on who is in your party) following him to help. You can talk to Melchior or Lucca/Robo as they are doing this, but none of the dialogue you get is remotely useful. Once you see the flash of white light, you'll get the Masamune. You'll now need to take it back to Frog.

World Map (600 A.D.) (by Rick Bruns)

Truce Canyon Map (by Rick Bruns)

Cursed Woods Map (by Rick Bruns)

Once you hand the Masamune to Frog, Frog will have the party spend the night as his place while he looks back on his life ten years ago, when he followed Cyrus to the fight with the Frog King to take back the Hero Medal as well as Cyrus' fateful meeting with Magus, which ends with Cyrus being killed and Frog - then known by his real name, Glenn - being zapped with a spell by Magus.

The next morning, Frog will join the party. If you haven't already, go get a Rock Helm and a Ruby Vest for him back in 65,000,000 B.C. while you equip him with the Hero's Medal. You won't be able to equip the Masamune on him...yet.

Head to the Magic Cave east of Dorino and the Denadoro Mountains. When you get there, Frog will go back even further into his life: all the way back to when he was a kid. It is through Frog's flashbacks that we find out that Frog's was not the most confident and courageous even when he was a child, and that it took Cyrus - who he had grown up with like a brother throughout the years - for him to become a more courageous and confident person, even when Frog was the better swordsman of the two. We also find out for sure that the spell that Magus cast on Glenn ten years ago turned him into a frog.

Magic Cave Map (by Rick Bruns)

From there, Frog channels the energy of the Masamune and splits the face of the Magic Cave in two to open it up. You'll soon go in and have a battle with the two enemies you'll meet here: the Gremlins and the Vamps. The Gremlins attack much like the Rats, and the Vamps attack much like the bat enemies you've faced before. The only difference is that you have to beat them with magic, and when you do that, Frog will ask where you learned magic from. From here, the game reminds you that Frog can learn magic from Spekkio. We do just that before ending the video, where Frog learns the magic of Water as well as the Water spell, which differentiates his magic from Marle's ice-based magic.