§ Her Story  Schala first appears in a scene with her younger brother, Janus. They're apparently the Princess and Prince of Zeal. Both of them are troubled because they "feel the black wind", which means someone is going to die. Worried, Schala gives Janus an amulet that has her prayers held inside it. It would protect him since she can't always be with him. They talk about their mother, Queen Zeal, who has changed for the worse. Ever since their father's death, their mother has become obsessed with advancing the kingdom's magical power. Nobody knows the true origins of the new power source she's using but it's so strong that even their old source of power at the Sun Keep was no longer needed. The queen has become fanatical, distant, and cold towards even her own children. It's shown that Janus strongly dislikes his mother in her current state but Schala still has hope for her. A servant then enters and relays Queen Zeal's immediate summon for Schala. After reassuring Janus, Schala leaves and uses her pendant to go to the Ocean Palace. Crono's party follows Schala and then mimics what she did using Marle's pendant. However, when they get to the room before the Ocean Palace, a mysterious Prophet is there and warns the Queen of them. The Queen orders her right hand man, General Dalton to dispose of them. The party then loses to Dalton's golem and they are captured. When nobody is around, Schala and Janus enter the room where Crono's party is held captive in stasis. Janus insults them for being weak but Schala attempts to rescue them. She hopes they can save the Gurus, specifically Melchior at the Mountain of Woe, and eventually stop her mother. Their heroic plan comes to an end when the Prophet enters. Tired of their meddling in his plans, he attempts to get rid of Crono's party. Schala and Janus (and Alfador!) then convince him not to. He spares them but in turn Schala must do as he says. The Prophet orders Schala to send Crono's party back through the timegate which came and seal the gate shut. Schala resists but the Prophet threatens their lives again. She seals it shut unwillingly, and quitely asks for the party's forgiveness when the deed is done. While Crono's party makes their way back using Epoch, they rescue Melchior. Schala is again going against her mother's wishes and shows up at the Earthbound Village, where the rescued Melchior returned to as well. She came to tell Melchior that the Ocean Palace now is operational, and that nearly all is lost. Queen Zeal's, rather, Lavos' plans to awaken itself by bringing the Mammon Machine close are now in place. The only thing stopping the Queen is that Schala herself is needed to activate the Mammon Machine. Schala refused to do so and turned her back on her kingdom and mother, by escaping to the Earthbound Village with Janus. Unfortunately Dalton appears again! Dalton captures Schala and nobody can do anything about it. After some trash talking, he teleports Schala and himself to the Ocean Palace. Now Crono's party can do nothing but go there themselves. Melchior also gives them a Ruby Knife, which is made from the same red stone as the Mammon Machine, hoping the knife can destroy it. Deep in the Ocean Palace, Queen Zeal is ordering Schala to raise the power of the Mammon Machine to its limit. Schala tries to refuse, but since it is her mother, she obeys. There seems to be some kind of feedback as Schala has a hard time doing so. The Prophet is visibly worried about her but holds his tongue. When the power of the Mammon Machine begins rising, Schala has an even harder time using her magic and falls to her knees. The Prophet becomes even more concerned but still says nothing. Some sort of dark force, is awakening and it's frightening her. Both a servant of Zeal and Schala beg the Queen to stop, but the Queen is convinced immortality awaits. Crono's party shows up and Schala calls out to them for help while she stops powering the Mammon Machine. The Prophet finally calls Schala's name but she can't hear, as Queen Zeal is busy screaming at her to resume powering it. Crono uses the Ruby Knife on the machine, and it becomes the Masamune. This isn't enough to destroy the machine, as Schala and the Prophet were aware. It's too late and Lavos is awakened. The Prophet then reveals himself to be Magus and explains his intentions, to get revenge on Lavos. Queen Zeal teams up with Lavos and fights against Magus and Crono's party, while Schala desperately tries to convince her mother this is all wrong. The party is defeated by Lavos, but Crono continues to struggle and begins to cast a spell (seemingly Luminaire), getting killed in the process. Schala then uses the last of her pendant's power to send them all to safety, leaving herself. She again asks the party for their forgiveness in the hopes that they would not hate her, her mother, or their kingdom. Magus, shocked, tries to respond but is transported out before he can say anything to her. Lavos destroys Zeal, and Schala is never seen or heard from again. § back