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"Elements are the foundation of all matter." "Stones, wood, even us... All things are made from those four elements." &#8212;Jenna and Garet "Legend holds that the four Elemental Stars contain the purified essence of each element. And now, those legendary stones are before us!" &#8212;Kraden "The Wisdom Stone... the Stone of Sages. This stone dominates everything... It can transmute crude matter into gold, even thwart death itself!" &#8212;Kraden "The Elemental Djinn... They have returned..." &#8212;The Wise One "The world will be exposed to the threat of Alchemy." "Alchemy? A threat?" "It can be a dangerous power if misused... If the Elemental Stars ignite the flames of the four lighthouses, that power will be released." &#8212;The Wise One and Garet "You have endured so much, and now you want to throw your lives away? Fine. If that is your wish, prepare to have it granted." &#8212;Saturos "I have freed a great power that has long been sealed away. Mercury, the lighthouse of water... What a mighty force." &#8212;Alex "Bring it on, whelp! You won't live long enough to regret your stupidity!" &#8212;Saturos "Poor fools... If you think it's over, you are sadly mistaken!" &#8212;Felix "It's so strange... We've been traveling for so long, and yet it feels like we've only just begun." &#8212;Ivan "Ages ago, or so the stories tell, the power of Alchemy ruled over the world of Weyard." &#8212;Golden Sun: The Lost Age's text prologue. "Once, Alchemy was commonplace throughout this world... With its power, mankind worked wonders across the land..." "The lost age of man..." &#8212;Alex and Kraden "Adepts borrow their abilities from the power of the elements... While lycanthropes borrow theirs from the power of beasts..." &#8212;Kraden "Any real scholar would be thrilled to explore a new land full of mystery, huh?" &#8212;Jenna "But surely changing one's shape is not really all that unusual." "What are you getting at?" "Think about the caterpillar for a moment. When the time is right, does it not transform into a beautiful butterfly?"&#8212;Maha and Kraden "But after taking a more objective look at nature... I realized that weaker species have survived by evolving...by transforming. Don't you agree? Think about it for a moment. Without changing their bodies with weapons and armor... Humans would be very weak creatures indeed." &#8212;Maha "Do not belittle the power of the wind! Given time, the wind can grind great mountains down to sand!" &#8212;Sheba "Civilizations thrive by building upon the knowledge of the past. Knowledge gained in one generation should be taken even further by the next. Thus, knowledge and learning continue to grow. This is the natural course of civilization." &#8212;Lunpa the Righteous Thief "Think of Weyard as a living, breathing being, possessing its own life force... The four elements are the nourishment needed to sustain this being." &#8212;Kraden "Wait for the end of the world to come or wind up accidentally triggering it ourselves... What a choice..." &#8212;Isaac "Nothing is certain. There is no way to prevent the world from reaching its natural end. However, we can fight to save the world from withering away due to the actions of men." &#8212;Kraden "There is a powerful force that does not want to see Mars rekindled. You will fail as well...unless you pool your strengths together as one." &#8212;Hama "We have fought for so long to save all the people of our world, and now you would stop us?" &#8212;Piers "If Alchemy is unleashed, mankind may well destroy all of Weyard itself." "But we can combine our strengths, ensure that Alchemy not be used for evil..." "It is inevitable. In time, one man will seek to rule over all. It is human nature, inescapable. And it shall come sooner than any of you think." &#8212;The Wise One and Kraden "So you would have us fight for our future? Fine, then fight we shall!" &#8212;Piers "Have you not learned? One's actions do not always reveal one's true intentions." &#8212;Hama "The lighthouses have all been lit... Does that mean we're going to fall back into war and chaos?" &#8212;Townsperson in Prox "I've been told that lighting the four beacons has set Alchemy free on the world. Now that we can all use Alchemy again, civilization is going to make great strides!" &#8212;Townsperson in Prox "Will we use Alchemy to wage war, to raise armies? Or will we use it to grow wise, to rise above our petty feuds and perform great deeds?" &#8212;Kraden

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