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Retranslated Scenes - Storytellers of Tristan
| Original text | My Translation | Localization text |
| アークバレーは けがれしところ！ 悪しき力を あつめるばしょなり | Arc Valley is an impure place! Evil power gathers there. | Arc Valley is a dark place where evil gathers. |
| アークバレーを おさめる者こそ 悪魔族の 王の中の王となろう | One who rules over Arc Valley shall become the king among kings to the devils. | He who rules Arc Valley is the King of the Devils. |
| ルシファ・ダークソル・ゼオンは アークバレーを ほっして戦いたり | Lucifer, Darksol and Zeon fought, as they all desired Arc Valley. | Dark Sol, Dark Dragon, and Zeon fought desperately to obtain Arc Valley. |
| 悪魔の王の戦いは そうぜつをきわめ 地をやき うみをそめ そらをさいた | Their battle was extremely fierce, scorching the land, staining the sea, and parting the skies. | The fighting of the devil kings created a mighty storm. |
| 戦いのはて しょうりしたゼオンを すべての悪魔が 王の中の王とよぶ | Zeon was victorious, and all devils called him the king among kings. | Zeon won. And every devil named him the King of the Devils. |
| ねたんだ２人の王は ゼオンをおそい その力を ほうせきにふうじたり | The other two lords envied him, and attacked, sealing his power in a jewel. | The other two kings envied Zeon. They sealed his powers inside the Jewel of Evil. |
| 力を うしなったゼオンは アークバレーの ひのうみにのまれる | With his powers lost, Zeon was swallowed by the ocean of flames in Arc Valley. | When Zeon lost his powers, he fell to Earth, and created a giant crater when he hit. |
| ゼオンのなげきは 山をくだき たには ゼオンとともにうもれる | Zeon’s wails torn apart the mountains, and he was buried along with the valley. | His moan destroyed the mountains and the crater was buried by the debris. |
| 賢き神は 悪魔の戦いをかなしみ ただしき力を つくり上げる | A wise god lamented the devils’ conflict, and created a righteous power. | Grieving over the fight, the God of Wisdom created the Jewel of Light. |
| ただしき力は 貴い人をえらび 貴い人は 賢き神の山で剣をきたえる | The righteous power chose a noble person, who forged a sword at the wise god’s mountain. | The Jewel of Light chose a brave man and gave him a Holy Sword. |
| 賢き神から 力をうけし貴い人は ２人の悪魔王に きたえし剣をふるい | Given power by the wise god, the noble one fought the two demon lords with the forged sword. | With the Holy Sword in hand, the brave man fought against the two devil kings. |
| つるぎの力は きよき光をはなち アークバレーから 悪魔をはらうなり | The sword shone with a pure light, and the devils were driven off of Arc Valley. | The Holy Sword contained holy power. Thus, the two devil kings were defeated. |
| アークバレーのけがれたるばしょは 古えのほこらで ふうするものなり | The impure place of Arc Valley was sealed with the small ancient shrine. | Evil Arc Valley was sealed beneath the Ancient Tower. |
| 悪の大王を よみがえらせたくなくば なんぴとも これをおかすことなかれ | It should never be violated, lest the great demon lord revive. | Never open the door to the tower. A great evil sleeps inside. |
| まんがいち 悪しき力はたらく時 神の力 また貴い人をえらばん | Should by any chance the evil power return, the power of the gods will choose another noble hero. | In the event of Zeon awakening, the power of light will choose another. |
| ただしき力を しんじるがよい！ 剣をとり 悪魔のくちにくらわせよ | Trust that righteous power! Take the sword and strike it into the devil’s mouth. | Believe us. We lie not. Attack the devil at his mouth with the Holy Sword. |
Notes:
- The most notorious localization change here is Lucifer's name being changed to Dark Dragon. Lucifer is relevant in the novel, so it's kinda important to know his name. While I can understand that the localizers might not have had a choice in keeping a biblical demon name in the translation, replacing it with another existing character such as Dark Dragon was unnecessary meddling. Perhaps they were bothered at the mention of a lore character that doesn't show up anywhere in game, but that's no excuse for changing the story.
- The japanese version strongly implies that the god mentioned here is Volcanon, given the mention of him being from a mountain.
- In Final Conflict, it is revealed that the Force Sword was actually the Chaos Breaker from the first game. That feels like a retcon of this lore, where the sword was forged by some older hero. With that said, it's not impossible that "Chaos Breaker" just happens to be a type of sword, first forged in ancient times to defeat the devil kings and Dark Dragon, and that bringing a new version of the sword to Parmecia in Final Conflict was some coincidence/fate that made it possible for Bowie to find it in this game. Very convoluted explanation, but not impossible. Still, between this and the oddities with Hawel's age between games, it's way more likely that Final Conflict was retconning things.
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