Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and The Lost Ocean - Plot

Plot

The plot in the story revolves around a world made up of a islands floating in the sky. According to the story, an evil god named Malpercio invaded the world and sucked the oceans dry, leaving the islands floating around in the sky. He was defeated by 5 spiritual heroes, who sealed the evil god in the form of 5 "End Magnus."

By the time of the events in the story, everyone living in the sky has grown wings. Enter Kalas, the ill-mannered, selfish one-winged unlikely hero of the story. He awakes in a hospital in a pastoral village on Sadal Suud Frontier. He is quickly joined by Xelha, a good-willed but naive traveler. Together, they inadvertedly release the first of the End Magnus, which is quickly seized by the Empire, a hostile nation on one of the islands.

The two travel to Diadem where they meet Gibari, a fisherman from Nashira, and Lyude, the ambassador to Diadem from the Empire. After lowering the water level of Diadem's Lesser Celestial River, which has recently flooded, they leave with Gibari for the capital where they are welcomed by its King, Ladekahn. Lyude also joins the party at this stage.

They soon learn that the Empire is after the so-called "End Magnus", Magnus cards that have the power of an evil god named Malpercio. Kalas, Xelha, Gibari, and Lyude find one of the five End Magnus in Diadem, but it is stolen from them. They then travel to Anuenue to find the next End Magnus; while there, they confront the emperor of Alfard, Geldoblame, and meet Savyna, an ex-mercenary for the Empire. The group then travels to Mira, Kalas' home nation, where they meet Mizuti, a strange masked being. They are then arrested for the kidnapping of Lady Melodia and lose their only End Magnus. To make matters worse, Mira's End Magnus and Xelha's pendant are stolen by Ayme, a sadistic Imperial soldier encountered at Diadem.

Finally, the group of six heads to Alfard, where they intend to stop Geldoblame once and for all. Unbeknownst to the rest of the party, Kalas has been working for Melodia all along to try to revive the ancient god Malpercio. Melodia takes control of the Empire from Geldoblame, and his former soldiers drive him into the depths of Alfard's Lava Caves. Kalas absorbs the power of the five End Magnus and falls under Malpercio's control. The other members are captured and imprisoned, but Xelha manages to escape and free the rest of her companions.

After this, the party travel to Wazn, an island covered in snow. It is here that the gang learn that Xelha is its queen and obtain the Ocean Mirror, which Xelha believes can snap Kalas out of his trance (though Xelha's nurse states otherwise in a cutscene). They also obtain the White Dragon, which enables travel between the islands.

Xelha and the rest of the group confront Kalas in order to make him return to his former self, but when they were almost being killed by Malpercio, Kalas himself manages to break free of Melodia's influence (possibly through his feelings for Xelha) and help his companions to escape. Malpercio and Melodia refuge themselves into Cor Hydrae, an ancient fortress sealed in another dimension, and while Kalas and the others have some free time to tie some loose ends into their adventure, the forces of all five nations prepare themselves to launch a simultaneous attack on Cor Hydrae by moving the floating islands. This attack manages to give an opening for Kalas and friends to infiltrate the fortress for their final battle against Malpercio.

The party battles through Cor Hydrae until they reach Malpercio and Melodia in the throne room. After defeating Malpercio, the leaders of all the nations join the party in the throne room. Duke Calbren of Mira begs his granddaughter Melodia to come back from the side of evil, but Melodia spurns him, instead becoming one with the corpse of Malpercio and creating a new, more powerful god. The party pursues Melodia/Malpercio to the top of Cor Hydrae and begin the final climactic battle. Malpercio is defeated, and Kalas "dives into" Malpercio and brings out Melodia. Kalas, Melodia, and the Guardian Spirit use their powers, along with the Sword of the Heavens, the Ocean Mirror, and the Earth Sphere, to release Malpercio's spirit from his body.

The energy needed to break the shield around Cor Hydrae drains the energy that allows the five major islands to float in the sky, and the islands fall toward the toxic Earth below. One thousand years have passed since the Earth was spoiled, however, and the Taintclouds covering the Earth part to reveal a lush, fertile land. The islands' fall is stopped by the spirits of five ancient gods who, while holding up the islands, turn into giant pillars of stone, connecting the islands once again to the Earth.

A great celebratory feast is held on Anuenue, and plans for the future are made. During the party, Xelha and Kalas slip away to the spring in Moonguile Forrest. Xelha reveals that the Ice Queens, of whom she is the last, are responsible for holding the long-lost Ocean, and that Kalas and the Guardian Spirit must release it from within her, now that the Earth has been restored. Kalas refuses at first, seeing that he has fallen in love with Xelha, but eventually agrees to restore humanity. The Ocean is about to be released when Geldoblame's spirit, inhabiting the surrounding Earth, returns, claiming the new world for himself. Kalas and Xelha defeat him, but the battle uses the last of Xelha's strength and she dies in Kalas' arms. Before her body disappears, she says that she just wished that she and Kalas could have been like any other couple.

All over the world, a rain begins to fall. People in the five nations comment on how odd this is, and how salty the rain tastes. The rain accumulates into the long-lost Ocean. At the same time, all the world's Greythornes come together and transform into the mighty Whale, with Xelha's Greythorne Meemei becoming the Whale's brain. For a moment, the people of the world regain their lost wings before they disappear in a shimmer of light.

Kalas, the party, and all other main characters of the game all meet in Mira to send the Guardian Spirit home. During the goodbye, a boy gives Kalas Xelha's pendant, saying that he can hear "Xelha's voice" in it. Kalas puts it up to his ear, and Xelha reappears in a flash of water. The Guardian Spirit then leaves the world of Baten Kaitos to a bright new future.