
Since Marcel is also concerned about an army of goblins mustering near the castle, he sends a promising young participant in the tournament (the player character) to investigate. Deatharte pretends to obey, but instead goes to join the Chaos Knights. King Marcel orders Deatharte to search for her.

Later, a tournament at the Klantol Colosseum is interrupted by news that Princess Camille has been abducted. Driven by curiosity, Deatharte eventually eats the fruit and is corrupted by darkness.

Gillespie then disappears, leaving something called "the forbidden fruit" with Deatharte. A crystal in the possession of King Marcel and Queen Yvonne of Klantol, which throughout the story reflects the current balance of light and darkness, turns from shining to cloudy.Īn alchemist named Gillespie, a member of a dark order, the Chaos Knights, worms his way into the friendship of King Marcel's most trusted knight, Deatharte. However, for the party to progress to another section of a dungeon, all the players must be at the same point on the map or a combination of player(s) waiting and player(s) dead.Ĭenturies after the defeat of Dark Dragon in Shining Soul I, light had become too strong, opening the way to a resurgence of darkness. A character can reach a maximum of 200 levels. When a character gains a level, they are awarded four stat point, which can be used to increase a character's STR(Strength), effects attack and equipment DEX(Dexterity), effects it and evasion rate INT(Intelligence) effects SP and damage VIT(Vitality), effects HP, and one skill point that the player may distribute among the character's various stats and skills they choose.

The storage first offers a shelf, which has a 3x5 grid (15 slots) that player can use to store items and equipment. This allows players to share or drop any unnecessary items. At any time however, the player can drop an item from the Inventory screen, which drops right underneath the character. If a player fills all their inventory slots, they will not be able to pick up any new items. Equipment that isn't equipped to the characters, and all other items take up one inventory slot, with the exception of Gold(which still takes an inventory slot but can stack). The player can equip up to 3 weapons and 3 items at a time on a character that the player can cycle through by pressing the L and R respectively without having to pause the game.Įvery character has a 5x5 inventory grid (or 25 inventory slots). (in single-player or multiplayer mode) they can still get attacked by enemies. Acts as a hub city, offering players access to a variety of different services including shops, identification for items, and storage.īattles take place in real time, even if the player pauses the game to view their inventory, status, and window options.
