Warning: Spoilers to follow.

The original Chrono Trigger ended on a bright optimistic note. Squaresoft being Squaresoft could not let that stand. Radical Dreamers and Chrono Cross noted an event that occurred in 1005 AD, the Fall of Guardia. This event was important enough to Squaresoft that they included animation for it in the Playstation re-release of Chrono Trigger. We see the last defender of Guardia fall, Truce is burnt to the ground, and the Masemune was stolen. One hopes that Chrono Break would have let the players do something about this turn of events but…as that was canceled we will never really know.

Chrono Trigger DS included new content that confirmed that Dalton – the gag boss from antiquity who breaks the fourth wall and has a burp attack – was responsible for the Fall of Guardia. Lucca’s fate in Chrono Cross at the hands of Lynx and Harle was unpopular but generally accepted due to the strength of their characters. But Dalton? A boss who the Chrono Trigger group trounced multiple times? How did Dalton, even with an army, defeat Marle and Crono?

An artist named Maggie Karp offered one theory.

I have my own serious take on this in Chrono Bolt and it starts a long time before 1005 AD. And, yes, the players will have the opportunity to do something about it.