| abstract | - So you're in Nisan. Clear the town of guards. There are 5 encounters to complete. I suggest training your 7 AP Deathblows on these guys. You may have to move closer to the center of town to find the last 1 or 2 guards. After that, you'll reach a junction where you need to select a 3rd member for your party. It will be Fei, Bart, and whomever you choose. Select Citan for some additional dialogue. He can't come along. Anyone else is OK though. The choice isn't so important this time. The shop is just to the E if you want to purchase some backup. Save if you like, then go back to the Nisan map out the W or E exits and circumnavigate the path to the Margeoleum (talk to Margie). Descend the stairs! When given the option to prove your worth as a man or to cast aside all faith in your ability to represent, select whichever fulfills you as a person. If you decide to stand up for who you are, you will find a panel in the NE by the curved wall which will open the way forward. Inside that door is a tough battle. If you don't have quick heals, you'll have to rely on your muscle and items to get through it. If you're muscling it, take down the front line soldiers quickly. Keep revived if you lose members and keep hacking at them. It's hard to multitask if you're getting whooped, but trust me, eliminating their offense is the quickest way to recover and finish the fight. After that, head N toward the center of the room and use that console to go up to the second floor. Just follow along until the true nature of the Fatima Jasper is revealed. Afterward, proceed until the junction, then go W to find an interesting room and a save point. There is also a DESERT WORM, a weapon for Bart, in the chest nearby. Whether you go out the N or the S exit, head E and go through the door and up the elevator to get on with it. A tad bit W the path will diverge N or S. Pick one. Really. Either is fine. Just follow the path until it circles around to the opposite direction you took and you'll find a door that goes dead E (position your compass so that N is on the top to easily tell which door goes dead E). Take it E to find a chest with a DEATHBLOWER1, then go back the way you came. So many worthless rooms in this area that you can easily lose a lot of time exploring them. This is the only treasure here. Take the door which goes NE now. Follow the path until you see a door going NW. Inside is another save point and another place to use the Fatima Jasper. Use it and save, then go through the door just SE of that room. You'll be in a huge circular room. Go S and through the SW opening to find something really special. It's named Andvari, and it's here to replace Brigandier! Go under and between its legs to find a control panel and an accompanying cutscene. When that's over, go back the way you came. Out to the hangar, NW to the hallway, SW and through the door, NW to the end of the hallway and through the door to the No. 2 Elevator Block, SE and E to the elevator and down you go. Go W and either N or S, but continue W and enter the control room at the end of your chosen path. The dude in here will sell you the same shit from Nisan. I can't imagine you've run out of anything, but if you have, stock up on it. Use the control panel on the W side of the room to do something important. Save again if you like (or keep being a daredevil, you maniac), and go out one of the 2 doors N or S. There will be guards outside waiting to pummel you, so be ready. Go E and up the elevator. You will encounter more guards, so make sure you healed up. After the fight, go N at the junction and keep following the path E. More battles! Yay! Fight your way to the NE door (we were just here earlier) and go through it. Again, fight through the guards. After the scene with Shakhan and the Fatima Jasper once again (lol Sigurd: We running out of time! All your base are belong to us! lol), save the game (daredevil?), then exit the room and continue E and through the door. You'll eventually fight some Neo Etones. They're easy enough, with 3,000 HP each. Use File:X Button.png attacks and level 1 Deathblows. Hopefully you'll get SEAL BARRIERs after the fight. If not, you have a chance to get one or two in the next battle. They will come in handy soon. Any Seal defense will come in handy soon. After the cutscene, you may switch party members by speaking with them (Bart must remain in the party). Citan is available once again. Take whomever really, upcoming strategy pretty much only depends on Seal defense. I took Elly with a full ether setup (Elly + full ether setup = win). However, if you lose the Shakhan boss battle with Elly, Maria is recommended - her Gear is VERY powerful. You'll want to heal your Gears and save at the shop near the center of Nisan. On the overworld map (outside of Nisan), head W toward a cave. Inside of the cave defeat the 2 Neo Etones however you like, then equip any SEAL BARRIERs you may have accumulated. If you want to be extremely prepared, you can also go back to Nisan, heal your Gears after the Neo Etone fight, and save. Proceed N and through the door when you're ready for the big boss.
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