

Actor Allusion: Mark Hamill voicing a character named Emperor Griffon.

Action Girl: Monica Raybrandt is a powerful princess and even more capable than Max at the beginning of the game.Absurdly-Spacious Sewer: The very first dungeon, the Underground Channel, is large enough for people and Flotsam's elephant to walk in.Abandoned Mine: The Zemite Mines, the game's Bonus Dungeon.She tells him that the forces of evil (Emperor Griffon and his servants) are erasing things from her time period as well as Max's, but with the power of the Atlamillia (the jewels), they can fix the time periods by recovering their "origin points". She carries the same jewel as Max, except hers is blue and worn as a bracelet. With Cedric's help, Max restores the trains and leaves the town, and quickly runs into Monica, a female knight from 100 years into the future. Upon escaping, he discovers an abandoned railroad, which connects to "the outside world". While attending a circus in the town square, Max is attacked by the ringmaster Flotsam and his goons, who are after the red jewel that Max wears around his neck. Max loves to create a myriad of inventions while working in the local repair shop, run by an old man named Cedric. Maximillian (or just Max) is a boy who resides in Palm Brinks, which is mysteriously cut off from the rest of the world. Dark Chronicle (known as Dark Cloud 2 in North America) is the sequel to Dark Cloud developed by Level-5 and released on 2003.
