I'm doing research for a fan fiction I'm writing for these two games, and I wanted to know a little more about the relationship between Magic in Chrono Trigger and Elements in Chrono Cross. Magic was easily explained in Chrono Trigger. Magic came about when humans came in contact with a fragment of Lavos. However, magic became lost by 1000 A.D., and the only reason Chrono, Marle, and Lucca were able to learn magic was because they had the ability unlocked by Spekkio at the End of Time. So, what exactly are Elements?
They are something that can be bought in shops and equipped to a grid, like Materia in FFVII, and Spheres in FFX, but how they are made and where they come from isn't explained really. I can't even find any information about it in the wiki pages. Are they some form of magic? Or were they created? How does a shopkeeper obtain Elements to sell at a store? The only relation I see between Elements in Chrono Cross and Magic in Chrono Trigger is that everyone has an innate attribute.
What do you guys think?
They are something that can be bought in shops and equipped to a grid, like Materia in FFVII, and Spheres in FFX, but how they are made and where they come from isn't explained really. I can't even find any information about it in the wiki pages. Are they some form of magic? Or were they created? How does a shopkeeper obtain Elements to sell at a store? The only relation I see between Elements in Chrono Cross and Magic in Chrono Trigger is that everyone has an innate attribute.
What do you guys think?