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Budehuc Castle
Thomas enters Budehuc Castle, and is approached by Cecile. Go towards the mansion after this.

Sebastian comes running down the stairs. He seems to have poor sight. A meeting is called, and Thomas meets the entire cast. All 5 of them. But Juan is not there.

Down the stairs the next day to see Sebastian. You are to find the civilians and speak with all of them. Check out the library for Eike. You probably came across him in Geddoe's Chapter as Eike collects all of your Old Book Volumes.

Check out the basement next, to find Muto the warehouse guard. Go down to the 2nd basement floor and then take the path until you reach a steel door leading outside. Up the hill (south on the map) until you reach the training center, headed by Juan. What a guy he is.

In the main part of town, speak with Martha at the lottery ticket shop. Check out the weird purple tent nearby. Piccolo is inside. Then Cecile of course, guarding the castle. Thomas has a flashback here, of his dad banishing him.

Enter the castle now, to see Sebastian getting worried. You get a Letter to the Knights, and you are to go to Brass Castle with Cecile.

Brass Castle
Having just Cecile and Thomas level 1, you would think this is hard. But the enemies at Yaza Plains take off 1 damage. You will likely gain a level or so as you get to Brass Castle.

You will bump into Leo in town. Make your way to the center building, and go up the stairs. You will see Chris walk away.

Enter the nearby room to meet Salome. He helps you and Cecile out with all important matters. Then leave, back through Yaza Plains to Budehuc.

Budehuc Castle
Back in Budehuc, go up to your room but Sebastian is not around. Up the stairs to your room and Thomas will be tired.

You find Sebastian outside the next day, talking to a lady. The party offers to help look, so take Cecile and Piccolo and go into the castle. Check out the destroyed Elevator, then go up to the library to find that Eike is gone. Back outside and to Juan, who is sleeping of course. He knows where this Thomas from the Village of Nor is. You have to go to Mt Hei-Tou.

Mt Hei-Tou
Travel four screens east, until you reach the save point. East a screen from here to find Thomas. But Thomas the little boy has a Boar ready to gore him. Juan and Cecile rush in and a battle starts. Use the unite attack with Cecile and Thomas. Thomas becomes dizzied for a turn but at least he is not vulnerable to an attack. Piccolo takes a while to use his Lightning Rune abilities but still use Berserk Blow for good damage (near 300). The combo attack takes off 50, and you should only need to do it twice to take out the Boar. The Boar has a good attack, but just use medicine to heal. The party gains a few levels and gets some cash, and saves Thomas the kid. And you get a ? Figurine.

Use Juan's Bujutsu Teacher skill to use up your points for Juan, Cecile and Thomas (obviously, Piccolo's should be used on Lightning Magic). Return to Budehuc to a hero's welcome.

Budehuc Castle
The party talks a bit as the woman and young Thomas go off.

Next day, Thomas wakes up tired and not sure what to do (as usual). Talk to Cecile at the gate. Juan, Piccolo and Martha are not much help for finding Sebastian. Then talk to Muto and go to the front of the mansion. Sebastian comes walking up from the basement. He is depressed, the castle is running out of money.

Thomas calls a meeting in front of the mansion. Thomas decides that the only way to get business here is to lease out the land to shops, but Sebastian is convinced the Zexen Council won't allow this. Go up to your room and start searching for the legal document. Your friends come with you. Eventually Thomas finds it, just like Martha said.

After you regain control, talk to Sebastian. You can organize your party here but Cecile, Piccolo and Juan are the only ones available still.

On the World Map, a ton of locations open up.

Iksay Village
If you have not done a Chapter 2 quest, this should be your first visit. Go straight north to see a lady in blue, Mel. She has a pet, branky. Ask her to come to Budehuc, and Mel will join the 108 Stars of Destiny. Believe it or not, she is powerful in battle.

Go to the appraisal shop to get your Figurines appraised. Gordon is at the item shop. He checks out your party but isn't impressed. We can recruit Gordon later, check out his inventory though. The girl here gives up the Pale Gate Rune, but you might want to get it with a more powerful character (a character who has tougher battles).

Brass Castle
Scott and Waurenhyte at on the left side of Brass Castle. Unless you got them with Geddoe, which you could have. You just need a Deer Antler (from Vinay Del Zexay trade shop) to recruit him.

Check out the tutor shop in Brass Castle. Talk to Ernie in the back room. She asks you a bunch of questions, and you need to answer 5 straight to get her to join you. But they're not easy, fortunately she lets you take the quiz as many times as you like.

Some of the questions are - What has nothing to do with farming? (a quiver) Which of the following phrases cannot be said? (I ate a cactus for dinner) Which is the correct spelling? (Sea Bream) Which of these sounds threatening (Gggrrrr) What is the Duck Clan Chief's Special Characteristic (An amazing tail). These are just 5 questions but you should be able to figure out the rest. Ernie joins the 108 stars and you now have a Tutor at Budehuc.

In the middle-area of Brass Castle, go to the kitchen. Look for a geeky, blue-clad dude named Arthur. He heard about Hugo breaking through the border, and wants the scoops. Tell him you'll help. Go to the back room of the kitchen and look at the oven / fireplace. Arthur and Thomas fall down. Just head north, you've done this with Hugo before. These monsters down here are tough for Thomas' crew though, hopefully you have an overpowered character like Mel with. Arthur will join the 108 stars of destiny once you get to the end.

Speak with Meg's relative, Belle, who needs a ? Screw to get Gadget Z to work.

Great Hollow
Check the Great Hollow. Specifically, go to the southeast path (the one Geddoe took to find Chris) and you will see Twaikin, a miner. He joins you. Take him seriously, he is quite a tank.

Iksay Village
Check Iksay again as you go back to Budehuc. Hopefully there is a Rose Brooch in the rarities of the Item Shop. If not, keep checking back here each time you get out, you need one of these. Sell the Mole Gloves from Cecile if you need to.

Vinay Del Zexay
This is the furthest to reach village, but a trip that Thomas and friends should take. Especially if you found the Rose Brooch from the Rarities at Iksay Item Shop. Take it to Augustine by the port to recruit him.

As you came in, you may have seen Guillaume running after Shabon (unless you did this quest with Geddoe). If so, talk to Nei and Toppo where they perform (north of the Inn). Then go west to the center area to find Guillaume. This duel is obviously much harder with Thomas compared to Geddoe, but Guillaume isn't too hard to duel. Basically, be on guard most of the time unless you can tell he's defending. All of his special attacks he will shout out before using. Once you take him out, suggest Budehuc Castle to these three, and Nei / Toppo / Shabon will be recruited to Budehuc.

North Cave
Heal up, and go through North Cave to the Save Point. Rest up at the SP, because a treasure boss is up ahead. It will be a Magician, which is a joke. Use your Unite attack with Thomas and Cecile to quickly prevent a magic spell. Other than that, use high level Lightning Magic with Piccolo, and you should win easily. Especially if you have studs like Twaikin or Mel in your party.

Plain Amur-North
Speak to the cowgirl Kathy here. She's trying to count horses. I had 18 but you will have to count. Tell her to go to Budehuc after counting the horses and Kathy will be recruited.

Duck Village
Check out the Item Shop / Appraisal shop to see Mamie. She needs a Crab Rice Bowl in Kuput Forest. Might want to check out the Tutor and Rune Shop while you're here.

North Cave
Hopefully you have an Escape Talisman for a quick exit. Head all the way inside to fight the Magician again; it should be even easier, possibly beating it in ONE turn. The important thing is that you generally find a Turtle Tunic your second time in the treasure here, so put that on Juan and he won't be sleeping each turn :). He's quite powerful when awake as you probably already knew. Even if you don't get the Turtle Tunic, you can always transfer Mel's to Juan.

Head back towards Budehuc.

Yaza Plains
In the west-most screen in Yaza Plains (close to Budehuc) you will find a trainer in white and light green. Say all right to Kenji, so you can do some training. Then choose w-water, and Kenji will run off to Budehuc and join the 108 Stars of Destiny.

Budehuc Castle
As you near the mansion, Thomas just goes to bed for the night. Next morning, Cecile rushes in. Eike has been missing for some it seems!

Try to leave Budehuc after this, and Shizu comes in. This quaint lady says she can fix your elevator. It won't be fixed immediately so you will have some time to spare. Shizu joins the 108 Stars of Destiny though.

Back in the middle of town, talk to Piccolo and Martha. They then hear Cecile scream as Geddoe and friends come to Budehuc. They mean no harm and are just passing through.

Put Augustine in your party, and go to Iksay Village Item Shop. And just Augustine, no other members. Right when you walk in, Gordon notices you. Gordon is quick to join the 108 Stars of Destiny, seeing Augustine. Back at Budehuc, you now have an item shop.

Budehuc Castle
Rest at Budehuc Castle, in Thomas' room. Check out the elevator the next day, Shizu got it working. Time for a test trial.

Turns out there is a mysterious third basement floor that no one knows about. Follow the path until you reach a T. The party will split up here. Take the first left path as you continue deeper in, and you'll eventually run into the rest of the group. Sure enough, Eike is up ahead reading. Suiko III Thomas Chapter 1 then ends.