Mana Sanctuary (Sword of Mana)

Mana Sanctuary
First appearance	Sword of Mana (2003)
Latest appearance	Sword of Mana (2003)
Background music	Endless Battlefield

The Mana Sanctuary is a important location and a dungeon in Sword of Mana. Despite being in a place between dimensions, it can be reached through Dime Tower's teleport. Since is connected to this area, in the world's map, it's shown at a point further north of the Ishe desert's region, at the westside of the world. Deep inside the sanctuary's forest to the north, it's the place where it remain the Mana Temple.

Story

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The Mana Sanctuary is a sacred place, according to legend as Cibba says, is where the goddess became the Mana Tree, which sends its power to all the world. Moreover, it is said that whoever touches the tree will have its power, however, consequently the tree will wither and die.

The Mana Pendant is the key to this location, that is given to a guardian among the women of the Mana Clan, the people who has the duty to protect this place.

Cibba also describes the sanctuary as a vast and thick forest born in this world and yet, not in this world. Therefore, it can be considered to lie between dimensions.

Despite this, Vandole was able to reach the shrine one day and with the mana power he was able to build his empire causing an age of darkness until he was defeated, and the mana power was restored. As for the goddess, it is says she was forgotten by the people, except perhaps the Mana clan who worship her.

In the sequence of the story after getting the rusty Mana Sword, the heroes are looking for a way to reach the Mana Sanctuary without the key to stop Julius, the reincarnation of Vandole, who seeks the power of mana once more.

It is revealed that they can reach this sacred place through the Dime Tower, a bridge built by Vandole empire's technology created for this purpose, and that it was also Cibba himself who sealed the tower in the Glass Desert, so he can also unseal and raise the tower back.

After passing through the Dime Tower, the heroes finally arrive at the Sanctuary. At the entrance the Hero and Heroine will join forces once more, going to the end of their journey. At a part of the path, Julius' magic starts to affecting even the mana power of the Sanctuary, so the protagonist decide to hurry.

Deep inside the sanctuary, they find Julius' shadow again, after a quick dialogue, he summons Demagon, the guardian of the sanctuary, soon a battle ensues.

After the battle, the heroes now head to the Mana temple.

Later, having encounter Julius's shadow again in the temple, and all of their allied friends and Lord Granz having been summoned there, the Heroes are transported to a deeper part of the sanctuary accessed at the end of the temple. After an encouraging speech to keep fighting the two progress forward to confront Julius in the final showdown.

Spoiler ends here.

Enemies

• Ache Cone
• Earth Basilisk
• Bonny Matango
• Polter Box
• Petit Poseidon
• Wooding (Rare) - only at night
• Demagon (Boss)

Treasures

• GummiFrog (In the first scenery after the hot house scene, go north and west and jumping down into the depression below)
• Dryad Icon (Still in the first scenery, go up the first stairs and go east, hidden between two trees)
• GummiFrog (In the fourth scenery after the hot house, go south and east until reach a small passage going to the north covered by plants)
• Chocolump (Still in this scenery, from the previous one, immediately head west until the end passing by a hidden covered path)
• Spiny Seed (In the next scene after the cutscene, from the two tall columns head west and then south below the fountain)
• Small Seed (From the previous, take the northeast exit, from here, go north to a statue and exit east, near the golden goddess statue)
• Oblong Seed (Go back one scenery to the statue between two pillars, go down to the south and go around the path to the north exit, in the scene of an abandoned building continue along the path)
• Light Coin (From the previous one, keep following the path through the abandoned building to the east)
• Wisp Icon (Heading the west exit near the second fountain, go south and then west to the next scene, and from there go west again)
• Chocolump (Arriving in a big temple-like building, head to west exit, it's between two columns in the beginning)
• Long Seed (In the area with a central tree, in the northeast corner)
• Ash Wood (In the area with a central tree, in the northwest corner)
• Magic Walnut (In the area with a central tree, in the southwest corner)
• Marble (Entering the big temple-like building, in the lower part at the east)
• Crooked Seed (Still in the big temple-like building, go up the platforms and head to the southwest corner)
• Angel Grail (From the previous one, now head the opposite side)
• Pedan Stone (Entering the Mana Temple, go to the basement and take the southeast exit up stairs back to Mana Sanctuary. Exit in the abbandon construction and head east, passing in the third window there is a hidden chest)
• GummiFrog (From the previous one, continue the path east and south)
• Angel Grail (Near the previous one hidden by a wall)