Jette's Absolute Fortress (ジッツの絶対要塞, Jittsu no Zettai Yousai) is a location in Legend of Legaia. It holds the largest and most powerful Mist Generator as well as the lair of Juggernaut. The Fortress is the central base of operations for the Mist's henchmen, particularly Cort and Jette.
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"The plan announced calls for Jette to build a new fortress in the northern mountains. I think they call it the Absolute Fortress. That's some name, eh?!"
- Conkram Guard
Twelve years before the arrival of the Mist, Conkram's statesmen announced that they would build a fortress in the northern mountains of Karisto Kingdom. As part of the fortress's construction, a massive wall called the Gate of Hell was created with Seru energy in order to prevent enemies from possibly breaching it. Doctor Jette was placed in charge of fortress's completion, which is how it came to be named after him. Despite the Fortress's incredible size, only a select few know of its existence due to the thick Mist it blows that shrouds it from view.
Story[]
Karisto Kingdom War and the Fortress's Creation[]
After a decade of war between the territories of Conkram and Sol, Sol had gained the upper hand and Conkram found itself in an increasingly desperate situation. Various strategies had been employed to turn the tide in Conkram's favor, and eventually a plan was made to build an impenetrable fortress in the mountains north of Conkram. As the Absolute Fortress was being built, Cort's research into the Mist had reached its testing stage, and King Nebular ordered a demonstration of its effectiveness before permitting its use in the war.
The Mist's demonstration proved disastrous for Conkram, and many of its citizens were killed before the Mist could be dispersed and the territory returned to normal. Though King Nebular ordered the Mist weapon to be halted indefinitely, Cort and the Four Wise Men conspired against Nebular and continued with construction of a large Mist Generator in the Absolute Fortress. Once the fortress and the Mist Generator were completed, Cort turned on the Mist Generator within and spread the Mist throughout the world. Due to the size of the fortress, the Mist Generator built was incredibly large and the Mist it permeated was the thickest created. This Mist enabled a Seru within Conkram to grow rapidly in size and fuse with it and its inhabitants.
Absolute Fortress's lake of Mist
Breaching the Fortress[]
More than ten years after the Mist first spreads out from the Absolute Fortress, the Ra-Seru heroes storm the place after breaking open the Gate of Hell with a Nemesis Gem obtained in the past. Within the first level of the fortress they come across a Mist lake being sourced from above by a spout connected to the Fortress's Mist Generator. After climbing another level, they hear the screech of Juggernaut and discover that it is sleeping within the lake of Mist.
Jette confronts the heroes when they try to use his Rapid Transport System to get to the upper levels of the Absolute Fortress. Noa challenges him and he replies snidely that he would send Juggernaut to silence them with one blow if only it wasn't sleeping to replenish its Mist elixir. He then remembers having met them in Conkram of the past and quickly morphs into his Sim-Seru form. After taunting the heroes a bit by cloning himself and teleporting about the room, he attacks them. Vahn, Noa and Gala defeat him and head to the Mist Generator at the top of the fortress.
Absolute Fortress's Mist Generator
The heroes prepare to destroy the Mist Generator when Noa suddenly holds her head in pain and screams. The pain soon subsides, but as the heroes turn around to the sound of laughter they see Cort standing in front of them. Cort explains his intentions of luring out the Ra-Seru to build more Mist Generators, but never expecting them to get as far as they did. Cort attacks, but upon his defeat he comments that his Seru is connected with the Mist Generator, so upon his death the Mist Generator will be destroyed as well.
The shaking from the Absolute Fortress causes Cort to fall over the railing all the way into the lake of Mist at the bottom, where Juggernaut wakes up due to the debris crumbling on top of it. After the Mist Generator collapses, the heroes try to quickly escape the fortress before it caves in on them, but a series of boulders falls and blocks their escape route. The heroes can either use the Door of Light or wait for the timer to go down. If they use the Door of Light, it will take them inside a ventillation shaft which they are forced to jump down to escape the oncoming explosion. If they wait for the timer, Cara will open a vent within the fortress and beckon the heroes inside, having them follow her down a ventilation shaft before the explosion can reach them.
Layout[]
A large valley leads into the Absolute Fortress, which is blocked by the Gate of Hell. Directly on the other side of the Gate of Hell is a spring of rushing water and branching pathways of rock. In the center of the first level is a large lake of Mist that holds the Juggernaut. Multiple paths are carved into the stone walls that lead to other areas of the fortress. One notable area is Jette's area of research that holds the Rapid Transport System for getting to the upper levels as well as a clear window screen that has a view of the Mist Generator funnel.
The highest level of the fortress has elegant red carpet and shiny purple marble on the floors. White pillars decorate the sides of the room and large double doors at the end that lead the way to the Mist Generator. In the Mist Generator room are floating red cards that blink on and off. A vent on the side wall of the top level leads the way to a shaft that continues all the way to the bottom of the fortress and is one of the areas that the Mist uses to reach the outside.
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Location[]
Location of Jette's Absolute Fortress, indicated by red circle.
Jette's Absolute Fortress is located to the north on Legaia's eastern continent, at the very top of the map behind Conkram.
Musical Themes[]
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Jette's Absolute Fortress Theme
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The prominent musical theme in Jette's Absolute Fortress is an untitled track that is an arrangement of the standard Mist Generator theme "Nest of Mist" (霧の巣, kiri no su).
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