Awakening Truth

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Season 2, Chapter 0 | Awakening Truth is a story segment in Echoes of Mana. It serves as the prologue entry for the game's second act.

Storyline

A lone Mousseline is seen standing in a void space, lamenting the state of the withered Mana Tree and the disappearance of the world. She states that a false tree was born in its place, its enormous roots feeding on the echoing memories. All that is left is a handful of memories that will eventually fade away. The faerie disappears, leaving in its place two shadowy figures of Mana Goddesses. The former congratulates the swordsman, claiming her wish has come true and theirs is lost forever. She urges them to enjoy their peace in eternal slumber. The second figure disagrees by saying their adventure is yet to be over, as she tells the protagonist to open their eyes.

The harvester finds themselves in the middle of a grove with a suspiciously similar Mana Goddess. She reveals herself to be Nona, the young girl they met previously in a dream. She's only been recently ascended as a Mana Goddess, but watched ther sister Dema erasing the world's echoes all the while she was unable to intervene. Nonetheless, she is glad to see the protagonist safe and sound in her Sanctuary of Mana. She also mentions there was another friend who helped them escape the calamity, which is revealed to be Mousseline. The young faerie thinks the harvester was foolish to let themselves be manipulated so easily, adding that she was trying to warn them to give up their search for the Mana Sword. Nona quips that Mousseline was mostly teasing the protagonist in her vain attempts, but the faeries replies it was them who refused her advices every time. She then mentions picking up something in the commotion, the object in question turning out to be a sleeping Baashear. The little fluffball seems dazed when opening his eyes, but is nonetheless glad to see the harvester alive. He then turns to Nona, claiming she's bad news telling them their Mana Goddess is a fake. Nona discloses that this Mana Goddess was her twin, Dema, who was about to become the real one. When the fateful day came however, Nona ascended instead of her. She became resentful of this fact and found a way to settle the score by using the harvester and the legendary blade. A false tree that was never meant to appear grew as she became the new goddess. Baashear still cannot fathom how an ordinary child like the player character could do such incredible things, how was they chosen, and what Nona indends to do now. All those questions seem unanswerable for now to Nona, as she is not as gifted as her twin to illustrate details. She also feels she should not be the one answering those questions, as she materializes an echo fruit for the crew to explore. She asks Mousseline to accompany them this time, and the faerie agrees to the request. Nona wants the team to fully visualize the fate of the world by entering the portal.

Objectives

Note: All stats are under normal difficulty.

Nb	Type	Name	Objective(s)	Collect
0-1	Story	Mana Sanctuary
0-2	Story	Land of Fading Memories
0-3	Story	A Rough Restart