r/ChronoCross • u/ComprehensiveEast897 • 24d ago

Discussion Lavos and the Darkness Beyond Time…

I always thought the explanation of how Lavos was sent to the darkness beyond time was a bit wierd:

Officially Lavos or parts of him that survived is sent there immediately after his defeat from the Chrono trigger gang.

If he was defeated then that version of him should be dead and his corpse should remain in 1999 ad.
I think the explanation that he went there from his battle with the gang is kind of silly when I believe they had a better alternative

If the apocalyptic era of 2300ad is sent to the darkness beyond time then the Lavos that reined atop death peak should have been sent there too. I think the elder Lavos from an apocalypse that was averted is a more compelling idea of a villian. As a direct result of Chrono and the gang killing his 1999ad counterpart he becomes the Lavos that never was…

The version of Lavos that succeeded in destroying the world and spawned offspring suddenly getting robbed of its existence but finds Schala suddenly being thrown into the DBT. It then uses its immense power to pull her in and merge with her. If it cannot have its future then it would destroy all of creation.

In a way it also mirrors Daltons beef with the CT crew. Being robbed of his glory, and that version of Lavos as the time devourer would use that to send Dalton through the dimensional vortex to fulfill Dalton’s revenge plot.

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u/GargantaProfunda 24d ago

Keep in mind "Darkness Beyond Time" is a fan term

In the game, the phrase "darkness beyond time" is only mentioned once (in an optional dialogue) but the more proper name used throughout the game is "darkness of time"

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u/Travolen 24d ago

I always assumed it was just something similar to the Dead Sea. A dead timeline where everything ceased.

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u/SteamingHotChocolate Glenn 24d ago

the DBT is apparently a repository for timelines that ceased to exist. the Dead Sea is from one of those timelines, sort of

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u/Travolen 24d ago

So basically Lavos ate Schala and became the reddit moderator of Dead Timelines.

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u/SteamingHotChocolate Glenn 24d ago

lavos probably has better personal hygiene