Light of the Oracle Iselia, the Village of the Oracles and home to the Mana Clan. On the morning of the Day of Prophecy, Lloyd and his childhood friends, Colette and Genis, were in class with Raine, their teacher. Suddenly, the class was interrupted by a blinding flash from the Martel Temple to the northwest of the village. This was a sign that the Prophecy would soon be given. With Raine outside investigating the situation, Lloyd decided to take advantage of her absence and visit the Martel Temple with Genis and Colette to see what was going on. The Temple At the Martel Temple, the Desians that had broken through the village's defenses came to kill Colette, the Chosen One of the Mana Clan. Lloyd and Genis fought desperately to protect her, but they were no match for the enemy's fearsome power. Just then, a traveling mercenary named Kratos appeared with a shining Exsphere on his wrist and drove away the enemy. colette and Genis were awed by Kratos's swordsmanship, but Lloyd was jealous, considering he had his own Exsphere and still lacked Kratos's popwer. According to Phaidra, Colette's grandmother, the Desianss appeared to be after Colette to prevent her from receiving the oracle. With the Martel Temple filled with monsters sent by the Goddess as a test for those who would seek the prophecy, and now priests left to protect colette, she was unable to visit the Oracle. After a short discussion, Lloyd and the others were elected to serve as Colette's bodyguards in the temple. The Angel When they finally made their way to the altar at the highest level of the temple, the Cruxis Crystal began to shine, and an angel descended from above. The angel named Remiel, Colette's true father, asked her to embark on a journey to regenerate the world. To do this, Remiel said, colette must ravel the world and break the seals that prevented the Summon Spirits from awakening. After hearing the Oracle, colette returned to Iselia with Kratos, leaving Lloyd and Genis. Afterwards, Lloyd and Genis decided to head back to Colette's house. Iselia Forest It was decided that Colette would set off on her quest the next day. Raine and Kratos were chosen to accompany her. Lloyd asked for permission to tag along, but it was summarily denied. Disgusted at the unfairness of it all, Lloyd was about to headhome when Genis asked to follow him, mentioning some place he wanted to visit. The two headed west of the village to cut through the Iselia forest, which was on the way home for Lloyd. It turned out that Genis was going to the Human Ranch, a place taboo to the people of Iselia. There, humans captured by the Desians were herded like cattle and abused. Iselia had agreed to a peace treaty with the Desians that guaranteed the village's safety as long as the villagers did not get involved with the ranch. Genis knew about this, but there was one person he had to tell about the oracle. Afraid to let Genis go alone, lloyd decided to accompany him to the Human Ranch. The Human Ranch Carefully avoiding the watchful eyes of the Desian guards, an old woman approached Lloyd and Genis. It was Marble, a woman Genis was quite fond of. lloyd had never actually met a captive of the Human Ranch before. His attention was drawn to the woman's Exsphere, which wasn't unlike his own but lacked the key Crest necessary to control the Exsphere's power. Without a Key Crest, an Exsphere would bring harm to its wearer, so Lloyd decided he would ask Dirk, his dwarven adoptive father, to make a Key Crest for Marble. Just then, Desian guards began to approach the scene. Marble urged lloyd and Genis to flee, so they hid nearby, only to see her taken away by the Desians and beaten. Fearing for Marble's life, Lloyd and Genis rescued her from the beating. unbeknownst to them, though, the entire event had been captured by a Desian recording device.... Genis went back to the village, and Lloyd took the road into the forest to return to his house. The Exsphere When Lloyd got back home, Dirk scolded him for going to the Human Ranch. He explained that the Exsphere Lloyd wore was a special one -- so special, in fact, that the Desians had killed his mother Anna in an attempt to gain possession of it. By entering the ranch, Lloyd may have brought his Exsphere to the attention of the Desians, putting his life in danger. Dirk warned Lloyd never to visit the ranch again, lest he face death at the hands of the Desians. But Lloyd refused to listen to Dirk. He couldn't just abandon Marble like that.... Under the Moon That night, Colette came to Lloyd's house under the protection of her traveling companions, Raine and Kratos. Genis, having been unable to let his sister go without him, also came along. Lloyd confessed to Colette that he hadn't had time to finish making her birthday present. he once again asked to join her quest, revealing to her that the Desians killed his mother. He wanted to help restore the world -- and he also wanted to wipe out his mother's killers. With that, Colette agreed to let Lloyd join the quest. Lloyd promised to meet up with them the next day with Colette's present. Thus, he set off to finish making the present in time. The Departure The next morning, Dirk gave Lloyd, who had finished Colette's birthday present, a new Key Crest. Knowing Lloyd's mind was made up, Dirk gave his permission for the journey, and the two made up for their previous argument. Just wen Lloyd was ready to set off, Genis arrived in a fluster. Accordding to Genis, Colette and the others left that morning. Stunned that he was left behind, Lloyd rushed off to the village. When lloyd reached Iselia, one of the villagers said that Colette's grandmother, Phaidra, was waiting for him. Lloyd hurried to Colette's house. Upon reaching Colette's house, lloyd was met by Colette's father, Frank, who passed on a letter left by Colette. In the message, Colette wrote that she had lied about their departure on purpose in order to keep Lloyd out of danger, knowing that their journey would be a perilous one. Lloyd was just about to rush off after Colette, but then something happened within the village. The Massacre Iselia was under attack. The Desians had come to teach the village a lesson after lloyd and Genis broke the agreement. Forcystus, one of the Five Desian Grand Cardinals, had transformed Marble into a monster and brought her to the village to kill Lloyd. However, just when things looked grim for Lloyd, the monster gave up her own life to protect him. Marble's sacrifice injured Forcystus, and the Desians called off the attack and fled. The village had taken major damage in the attack. The villagers held Lloyd and Genis responsible for the carnage and drove them out of Iselia. Lloyd was both enraged at the Desians' bararity and disgusted at his own ineffectuality. With nowhere else to go, Lloyd and Genis set off southward after Colette. To the Desert Tracing Colette's footsteps, Lloyd and Genis came to Triet, the Desert Oasis. The Desians, beginning their hunt for Lloyd, had already plastered the town with wanted posters. Taking care to keep out of their way, Lloyd and Genis started gathering information to find out where Colette had gone. The two discovered that Colette went to an oasis that was said to have been destroyed by Efreet's rampage. Before they could leave town, they were attacked by the Desians. Lloyd was kidnapped and imprisoned by the Desians. The Escape Hearing that he might be sentenced to public execution, Lloyd used the Sorcerer's ring he had been left with to escape from his prison cell. Keeping out of enemy sight, Lloyd explored the base, searching for a way out. As he searched the base, Lloyd suddenly found himself trapped in a corner by the enemy. Just then, however, Genis burst in with Colette and the others, rescuing Lloyd from his attackers. After finding their way out of the Desian base, the group decided to return to Triet. The Quest After hearing their story, Colette allowed Lloyd and Genis to join her group. And so began Lloyd's true Journey--a quest to break the divine seals and regenerate the world. The Seal of Fire Lloyd's group began by heading for the Triet Ruins, which lay southwest of Triet. There lay the Seal of Fire, which the angel Remiel had told Colette about. After arriving at the old ruins, the party headed for the lowest level, where they hoped to find and break the Seal of Fire. The Wings Lloyd and the others reached the Seal of Fire in Triet Ruins, where they defeated Ktugach, the seal's guardian, and broke the seal. As Efreet, the Spirit of Fire, reawakened, a pair of angelic wings sprouted on Colette's back. The party was amazed by her transformation. Remiel told them that another seal awaited them across the sea on the Eastern Continent, so the party decided to take an eastern route over the Ossa Mountains. The Metamorphosis After breaking the seal, Lloyd and the others prepared to leave the Triet Ruins. However, as they were approaching the exit, Colette suddenly fell ill. Her transformation into an angel caused sudden changes within her body that were too much for her to bear. Concerned for her health, the group decided to setup (sic) camp for the night. Although her health was quick to return, Colette remained out of sorts all night, for reasons she kept to herself.