The Salt Pale as it appeared in Trails in the Sky the 3rd.
The Salt Pale (
Background[]
Appearance[]
The object appeared on Saturday, July 1, S.1178 at 05:45.[Note 1] Bishop Alexei of the Haliask Cathedral contacted the High Seat of the Septian Church in Arteria reporting an enormous, cloud-scraping pillar in one of the suburbs of Haliask. The High Seat immediately dispatched two Gralsritter, Dominion No. 8 Barkhorn and his squire, from a neighbouring nation. The object took its name from witness accounts, which described it as a pillar because of its height, approximately hundreds of arge tall and "capable of scraping the clouds".[1] The pillar was surrounded by a hurricane of salt. The hurricane expanded at a steady rate and salinified everything within reach, humans and buildings alike.[1]
Impact[]
After the second day, an enormous evergreen forest was crystallised and destroyed by the salinification process. Bridges collapsed and the foremost highways were no longer usable. The North Ambrian head of state sought refugee in a neighbouring nation whereas citizens were forced to flee south beyond the Graeve River, out of the hurricane's salinification effects.[1]
Although neighbouring countries were not directly affected by the salinification winds, North Ambria suffered major losses. Three out of five governmental districts, the City of Haliask included, were destroyed. One third of the North Ambrian population and many tourists fell victim to the salinification.[1]
Investigation written by Bishop Georg Weissmann.
Investigation[]
The salinification process continued for three days in total. When the hurricane stopped, the Gralsritter in charge of the Pillar immediately started their investigation. They found the 2.5 arge tall remains of the original pillar, inscribed with peculiar engravings.[1]
Since the object still contained its original power to salinify, the Gralsritter carefully removed the object using the Gleipnir, a sacred high water pressure cutting tool, from a distance. They transported the object to Arteria where it was stored in the innermost room of the cathedral.[1] An unknown organisation working with the Imperial Army's Intelligence Division questions whether what remains of the Salt Pale is actually still in Arteria.[2]
Relief[]
In the meantime, the Septian Church immediately offered relief to the North Ambrian people and set about rebuilding the damaged chapels and healing both the physical and mental wounds of the population. Children who lost their parents during the disaster, such as Georg Weissmann, were taken into custody by the church and cared for in gospel facilities until adulthood.[1]
The northern part of the affected area was taken under the control of the Septian Church and was designated a restricted area for unspecified reasons.[1]
Trails in the Sky SC[]
Kevin Graham uses a crossbow bolt with a tip embedded with a piece of the Salt Pale to assassinate Georg Weissman. This method is noted to be particularly effective in ensuring the target is dead and Weissman expresses his surprise that such a thing would be utilised just for the sake of his own self.
Trails of Cold Steel IV[]
Background[]
Bobcat approaching one of the five Salt Pales.
Twenty-eight years after the North Ambrian disaster, on the day before Operation Jormungandr was set to begin, five objects resembling Salt Pales emerged in the Erebonian empire. They emerged in Ordis, Saint-Arkh, the Nord Highlands, the Eisengard Range, and Lake Ebel, near Legram, alongside Tuatha De Danann. These structures appear to have been made from the residue left in the ground from the original pale, but instead of turning their surroundings to salt, they channeled the curse's power to the Empyreal Fortress to create a barrier around it.
Interior of one of the five Salt Pales.
The Radiant Wings carried out Operation Shining Steel, beginning with dispatching five teams to each of the Pales in order to disable them. In the depths of each Pale, the teams found a guardian, and after their simultaneous defeat, the Salt Pales stopped providing protection to the Fortress for long enough for Class VII to infiltrate it.
The teams that infiltrated the Salt Pales consisted of:
- Team A: Estelle Bright, Joshua Bright, Agate Crosner, Tita Russell and Renne
- Team B: Lloyd Bannings, Randy Orlando, Tio Plato and Elie MacDowell
- Team C: Angelica Rogner, Sharon Kreuger, Roselia and George Nome
- Team D: Duvalie, Ines, Ennea, Xeno and Leonidas
- Team E: Aurelia Le Guin, Victor S. Arseid, Toval Randonneur and Vita Clotilde
Maps[]
| Salt Pale A |
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| Salt Pale B |
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| Salt Pale C |
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| Salt Pale D |
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| Salt Pale E |
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Enemies[]
Salt Pale A[]
Salt Pale B[]
Salt Pale C[]
Salt Pale D[]
Salt Pale E[]
Treasure Chests[]
| Pale | Key | Contents |
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| A | A1 |  U-Material ×10
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| A2 |  Tear All Balm
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| A3 | Spirit Incense
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| A4 | Power Potion II, Shield Potion II, Mind Potion II
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| B | B1 |        All Sepith ×200
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| B2 | Brave Seed
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| B3 | Zeram Powder
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| B4 | EP Charge IV
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| C | C1 | EP Charge IV
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| C2 | Zeram Capsule
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| C3 | Celestial Balm EX
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| C4 |  Power Droplet, Fortitude Droplet, Magic Droplet, Spirit Droplet, Vitality Droplet
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| D | D1 | All Sepith ×200
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| D2 | Celestial Balm EX
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| D3 | Brave Soul
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| D4 | Power Potion II, Shield Potion II, Mind Potion II
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| E | E1 | U-Material ×10
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| E2 | Tear All Balm
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| E3 | Power Droplet, Fortitude Droplet, Magic Droplet, Spirit Droplet, Vitality Droplet
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| E4 | Dragon Incense
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Quests[]
Gallery[]
Trails in the Sky the 3rd[]
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.png "Pillar of Salt (Report 2).png (454 KB)")
.png "Pillar of Salt (Storage).png (1.49 MB)")
.png "Pillar of Salt (Comparison).png (612 KB)")
Trails of Cold Steel IV[]
.png "Salt Pale Exterior - Concept Art 1 (Sen IV).png (248 KB)")
.png "Salt Pale Exterior - Concept Art 2 (Sen IV).png (85 KB)")
.png "Salt Pale Interior - Concept Art 2 (Sen IV).png (377 KB)")
.png "Salt Pale Interior - Concept Art 1 (Sen IV).png (1.69 MB)")
.jpg "Salt Pale Exterior (CS IV).jpg (181 KB)")
.png "Fake Salt Pale Photo (Sen IV).png (1.55 MB)")
References[]
Notes
- ↑ In Trails in the Sky the 3rd, it is stated the Salt Pale appeared at 5:45 in the morning;[1] in the Japanese version of Trails of Cold Steel III, however, it is said it appeared at 5:45 in the afternoon.[2] This was corrected in the English localisation.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Trails in the Sky the 3rd, Star Door 2: "The Salt Pale".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Trails of Cold Steel III, The Salt Pale.
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