Part 4: Episode IV: Fei Fong Wong and the War Against Nature

Episode IV: Fei Fong Wong and the War Against Nature

Alright, time to go visit Doctor Uzuki to fetch his camera for Alice and Timothys wedding. The sign wasnt kidding about Citan living up a mountain path. The guys house is literally at the top of a nearby mountain range. So...time for the beginner dungeon.


Its not too hard to make it to the docs house. There are even handy signs pointing the way. The western path leads to the Uzuki household. The eastern path leads to

GAH!!!
Music: Stage of Death

Oh yeah... I guess that sign should have mentioned the path is also infested with killer wolves. That would have been nice to know. Welcome to the battle system of Xenogears. The game has the old RPG classic staple of random battles and
Most of the battle commands are fairly sell fairly self-explanatory. Attack, Defense, Items,

The battle system in Xenogears is somewhat similar to the one in Chrono Cross. Battles use an ATB system to determine whose turn is up next. But, we can select commands at our leisure. Actually attacking an enemy involves performing combos as determined by a stamina meter. Light attacks will use one Stamina point, Medium attacks use two, and Heavy attacks use three. Right now, Fei only has three stamina points per round. But, that will expand greatly as we gain levels.
So, right now we could do one heavy attack, a medium and a light, or three light attacks. Theres more to it, but well need a few levels under our belt before the more fun elements crop up. But, thats the gist of it.

TLDR version: Fei Fong Wong defended himself from an ambush by roundhouse kicking the wolf in the teeth.

The other enemy present on the mountain path are Hobs which are...Im not even sure...some kind of sentient animal-plant thing that will suck the blood out of adventurers junk if theyre not careful (13 HP down the drain is no joke at Level 1.)

The other offensive ability we have in our arsenal at the moment is Chi. Unlike Chrono Cross, the magic in Xenogears isnt tied to Stamina. It just has its own


Chi Shot causes Fei to flip the bird so hard it produces a fireball that slams into his targeted enemy for slightly more damage than a Heavy physical attack. Well talk about Ether attacks more later on down the road.

For now, Fei is mostly able to get by with just headbutting fools in the face until dead. He picked up that technique from Dan.

Enemies will, of course, drop items when defeated and (if appropriate) gold. Wolves and Hobs dont carry gold because that would be silly. But, Fei has no problem with headbutting and dick punching a Hob into jerky and consuming it for a 50 HP health boost outside of battle. Fei is pretty hardcore like that.

Leveling up will randomly boost assorted stats. Im not entirely sure what determines which stats are raised at Level Up. I experimented a bit and I got this stats boosted using a Chi attack to kill the Hob that set me up to Level 2. Using a Heavy attack on the same one got me +6 to HP and 1+ to just EP, Attack, and Defense. Using three Light attacks got me different stat boosts too. It was consistent for every re-load of a savestate. So umm...Ill just go with the explanation that it is random. I am pretty sure stats not boosted early on will eventually level out after a few levels.
Anyway, thats battles in a nutshell. Now, lets get this hike underway...


Its a somewhat lengthy stroll up to Citans fancy mountain peak abode. Again...why is the towns only physician living atop a mountain?

Right now, unless you super human protagonist jumping abilities, its not even possible for the average Lahan villager to reach the doctor for aide. And God help you if you try to reach him on a weekend. I hear hell intentionally cause landslides if he sees somebody approaching with a runny nose.

That said, there are a couple of little secrets on the path up to doctors dwelling. The first one is located just above the signpost and save point on the path leading back to Lahan. See that tree there on the left?

If we jump up and click on the thing, Fei will notice a birds nest. Hes then given the option to snatch one of the eggs out of the thing. Basically just as an excuse to get his foot in the door for a free meal out of Yui Uzuki. So, of course were gonna pocket the nutritious bird egg.


It turns out the bird (some manner of flying blue chicken) was in-fact nesting on the egg at the time. But, that doesnt stop Fei. The chicken will squawk wildly and demand its egg back. But screw that! Finders-keepers, says Fei Fong Wong! The pissed mama bird will respond by pecking Feis head for 1 HP of damage and demanding the egg again every ten seconds or so for the rest of the trip. This is pretty annoying. But if we dash straight to Citans house, it will only crop up 3-5 times between all the random battles.

Just before we reach the mountain summit, theres another special tree just to the left of that path that has a gigantic spider crawling up and down it. Well, hell... Weve already got a spiders web in our back pocket...

...that spider will feel right at home back there! Though, I dont think Yui is going to cook that up for supper too...
Fei reaches the top of the mountain...
Music: The Valley Where the Wind is Born

Well, Doc Uzuki looks like hes doing well for himself. I think this house is bigger than half of the buildings in Lahan combined.

The only cure for the undead is either shooting them in the head or decapitating them completely. You dont need me for that. Doctor Uzuki

The backside of the welcome sign shows the intelligence level of anti-vaccination folks is far below par no matter what world youre on.

There are a few things to do around the area. But lets say hello to the Uzuki family first. Fei and knocking before entering a room are foreign concepts, so he just barges in the front door and storms into the familys kitchen.



























Welp, that was enough socializing for now. Lets snoop around the Uzuki property some before tracking down Yuis husband. There are a few fun things to do. You know, the usual...

Raid the doctors medical stash...

Steal his hidden savings from the chimney...


Use his massive telescope to spy on the town below. Nothing unusual about that. No sir!

Midori Uzuki might have snubbed Feis offer to feed the birds outside, but that doesnt mean our hero cant indulge in the leisure activity by himself.

...Or he could just stuff a handful of birdseed into his own mouth. Uhh...

...Yeah, Fei is a little bit of an overly curious spaz sometimes.

In a nearby flower patch, we can locate a ring little Midori seems to have dropped while picking flowers. Well, I bet shell be happy to get it ba

Fei Fong Wong: Kind of a dick. This is yet another item that will rot in the inventory till nearly the end of the game, at which point it becomes useful. For some reason the developers REALLY loved doing this shit with Lahan and its surrounding area.

That about does it. Now, lets go find Doc Uzu




Ah. Theres Citan...working on a giant robotic helicopter crab... That seems perfectly reasonable for a peasant village physician...





Fei wanders into the shed beneath the Land Crab...

Go take a look translates to Fei thoughts as mash random buttons until something interesting happens.




Music: Faraway Promise

The white statue in the box begins spinning in place and flower petals flow in from nowhere as a pleasant music box tune begins playing.




Citan enters the room...

























Fei begins to leave, but turns back toward the music box...







Fei wanders off before Citan can drop some more vague cryptic foreshadowing on him...




The pink hue vanishes and the flower petals cease as the music boxs tune slows down before coming to a stop...




Welp...I think the chance of mecha suits raining death upon Lahan Village in the local forecast just raised to 85% for this evening...


Music: Stage of Death
Music: The Valley Where the Wind is Born
Music: Faraway Promise


Citan Uzuki Artwork He has a PhD in Foreshadowology.