Norah will join your party. You don’t have to complete any side quests for her to be a member of your party. Simply explore the area and sooner or later you will find her. Norah’s skills are useful for boosting the speed of an ally as well as decreasing the speed of a targeted enemy. Her skill Quicken can increase the speed of a party member so you don’t have to use a Quicken Elixir. Her skill Unstoppable allows a party member to be immune from interruption while casting, making Norah immeasurably useful during boss fights. The skill Lull decreases the speed of a targeted enemy, the same effect as that of the Lull Elixir. Norah’s melee attack has a chance to petrify an enemy, paralyzing them for a few seconds. Whatever you do, don’t use a Stardust to permanently upgrade her stats. In a later part of the game, Norah will leave the party for the rest of the playthrough.

7. An Unexpected Reunion, Child of Light

Use Norah’s skill points to acquire at least Unstoppable level 1 and Charm Time level 1. Unstoppable level 1 protects a party member from interruption for four turns, immensely useful during boss fights. Charm Time level 1 is a passive skill that allows Norah to begin at 20% on the timeline. This should allow Norah to quickly use her skills to boost the speed of a party member or reduce the speed of a targeted enemy.

Notable loots:

• Potent Healing Tonic x 8
• Magic Potion x 5
• Potent Magic Potion x 6
• Defense Elixir x 4
• Lull Elixir x 11
• Quicken Elixir x 8
• Revive x 5
• Firefly Elixir x 3
• Antidote x 4
• HP Stardust
• Defense Stardust x 2. One is obtained after defeating the Giant Boulder.
• Magic Stardust
• Strength Stardust
• Rough Ruby x 4. Craft a Faceted Ruby and equip it in the armour slot of Aurora to boost her fire defense
• Tumbled Ruby
• Rough Emerald x 7
• Rough Sapphire x 20. Six are gifted by the Lone Capilli, who is found near the end of the area. Use these to craft a Brilliant Sapphire and equip it in the weapon slot of Golem or another party member.
• Tumbled Sapphire x 5
• Rough Amethyst x 2
• Rough Tourmaline

Most enemies in this area are weak against fire. Equip at least a Faceted Ruby in the weapon slots of Aurora and Golem, if you have him, or a Faceted Ruby in the weapon slot of Rubella. Finn’s magic should only be used as a last resort as you want to conserve his MP for boss fights. The fire-based enemies are weak against water. Equip a Tumbled or Faceted Sapphire in the weapon slot of one party member to deal with such enemies.

You should have picked up a side quest from a Capilli maiden. To advance her quest line, search for Achilles the flying pig. Achilles is found in the area where you collect a Strength Stardust. The area is guarded by a tripod archer. Defeat the archer first, then attempt to grab Achilles.

Giant Boulder

A giant version of the regular boulders scattered throughout the area. This giant version is fire-based and is weak against water. Equip a Faceted Ruby in the armour slot of Aurora and a Tumbled Citrine in her weapon slot. Equip a Brilliant Sapphire in the weapon slot of Golem (or Norah) and a Tumbled or Faceted Ruby in Golem’s (or Norah’s) armour slot. The boss is accompanied by two regular sized, fire boulders. First, get rid of the regular sized boulders. Whenever possible, use a skill that can target multiple enemies. The boss by itself is rather easy.