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Confidential File -Secret Chapters- Directory

Because the content I've translated / scanned from this book is scattered across this blog on multiple pages, I've decided to put together a directory of the content in the book so readers can more easily find what they're looking for. Please note that as I haven't translated the entire book and god knows I probably never will, the unlinked sections below are not (yet?) included on this blog. If anyone's still reading this long-neglected blog, this would be the place to request specific translations in the comments, though! Prologue Q&A For Strangers in Paradise This section primarily teaches how to play the game so it's likely I won't be translating it. Settings File Mission & Battle File Challenge File Secret 1: Story & World Study Character Profiles  View them all in one post at the link above, or individually: Jack Ash Jed Neon Sophia Astos Sarah Bikke King of Cornelia Minister Lagone Queen Jayne Mia Lufenian Darkness Manifest Tiamat Marilith
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Jack Character Profile

The story unravels the truth that the Strangers and people of Cornelia are living in a world that had been reset many times. Because this text contains information that touches on the core of the story, you should read on after seeing the ending of the game.

Age: 32
Height: 181cm
Voice Cast: Kenjiro Tsuda / Mocean Melvin

The Stranger holding the key to the grand scheme

A veteran Stranger dispatched to Cornelia. Under the influence of the black crystal and Lufenian memory manipulation, he forgets even his own name, and fights viciously, driven by a thirst to defeat Chaos. At first, he has no interest in his memories; rather, he sees them as distractions, but at the end of his long journey he achieves the true goal which he had forgotten. 


At the end of the game, Jack appears clad in jet-black armor. Small details of the armor are different from that of Chaos Advent, fought in the Chaos Shrine.


The plan Jack hatched in the past

After being dispatched to Cornelia many times and having his memories erased every time, Jack has realized that the world is but an experiment for the Lufenians to toy with. Trying to fight the Lufenians' tyranny, he devises a plan to become Chaos himself and cut Cornelia off from the Lufenians. He asks his companion, the organic reconnaissance unit Astos, to become his guide in realizing his plan.


translated by Jai from Confidential Files - Secret Chapters -





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