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Phantasy Star: Phantom Cities, also translated as Phantasy Star: City of Illusions, is a comic published by Sega of Japan in the Sega Players Enjoy Club (SPEC), an official fan club magazine and newsletter. The miniseries, illustrated by Phantasy Star character designer Rieko Kodama, began in issue 5 and concluded in issue 7.

Phantasy Star: Phantom Cities is a side story that gives readers insight into Lutz' past.

Characters[]

  • Lutz - A naive 11-year old boy plagued by visions of a pale city with buildings that pierce the heavens. He leaves his home town in order to seek answers about his power from the mysterious wandering minstrel, Euriaude.
  • Euriaude - A bard with knowledge of a power called "foresight." He foretells that the young boy, Lutz, is destined for a heroic future.
  • Lutz' mother - Lutz' doting mother. She reassures her young son that he may live up to the legacy of his powerful father.
  • Lutz' father - Lutz' father who disappeared due to circumstances unknown. He was known among the people as a "white mage."
  • Alis Landale - A headstrong young woman on a quest to avenge her brother. She recruits a makeshift team to someday overthrow the tyrannical king, Lashiec.
  • Myau - An intelligent creature part of the musk cat race. Myau initially searched for comrades to save his petrified friend, Odin, from the clutches of Medusa.
  • Odin - A powerful warrior that travels with his musk cat companion, Myau.

Plot[]

Spec5 child lutz speaks with his mom

Lutz speaks with his mother about his troubling vision.

Lutz, a young and impressionable 11-year old boy, suffers from visions that his mother calls "mirages." These images are views into the future or premonitions of events to come that only the young boy can experience. One recurring vision the child has seen in recent times is an ominous, pale city among the clouds with magnificent buildings that scrape the sky. Unable to sleep, Lutz seeks comfort from his mother who reassures him that he is perhaps gifted with this mysterious power because he is the living legacy of his father, who was a powerful white mage. Since the wandering minstrel Euriaude will be arriving close to town tomorrow, Lutz calms himself down, reasoning that the bard may have the answers to explain his visions. He snuggles in his bed and goes to sleep.

Spec5 lutz and euri chat

The two companions chat.

The next morning, Lutz rushes across the desert lands, excitedly welcomes back the bard in the distance. Euriaude is a young man cloaked in black with long, flowing hair and a broad, brimmed feather black hat. In his arms is a lute with which he uses to accompany his songs with music. After entrusting the minstrel with details of his mirage, Euriaude reveals that the child has the power of a magic called foresight and surmises that perhaps the boy may someday visit this city in the sky. The minstrel then sings a song foretelling destiny...

Spec5 euri sings
A legend of old
passed down through the years
from the sages who spin this world's tale
A song of truth - a prophecy:
the king of darkness, come anew
A kingdom of chaos in the clouds
overrun by the impure
The spire of light, shattered in flame
The sea to desert, the mountains to ice
And so, the old gods' power wanes...
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Although still shaken from the vision of the pale city, Lutz reveals that he has also seen another in his dreams. A boy, about his age, who is very strong and always fighting. Exasperated, Lutz throws himself on his back and lies on the ground. Euriaude listens to the description of his dream and then comes to the conclusion that there is no doubt. Lutz is gifted with a great power, a strong power. The child sits up, informing him that his mother said the same. Although he was too young to remember his father, Lutz says that the man was a white mage with a great power, of which his mother told him he has inherited. Suddenly, the child jumps to his feet. He experiences a vision of a light beneath a darkened sky. Just ahead of them, they now see smoke rising from the child's village...

Spec7 fulfilled

"Children born in an age of darkness who will seal away the dark king and take back the light, return it to the world. ...And one of them, I think, is you, Lutz."

Lutz is now older and growing into the mirror image of his once great father. Adorned on his head is a headdress that his mother once wore when he was a child. He tells the bard about another sinister vision. An age of darkness in which a corruption in the earth, the sky, and the hearts of people brings about ruin to the entire Algol system. Lutz worriedly seeks guidance from the bard. The bard in turn reveals that the song he sang to Lutz was actually a foresight. A warning. Soon, not far in the future, Lutz will be among others born in the age of darkness and he will one day have to seek out his fellow comrades in order to seal away the dark king and bring back light to the world. He will meet the Child of Light who will destroy the darkness and save this world.

Spec7 alis landale birth

The birth of hope

Lutz muses over the information he has learned in solace among nature. In his anxiousness, he remembers the boy from his dreams and then determines that this is no coincidence. Perhaps this boy will be among one of those he seeks. He realizes that these comrades mean something more. They are the brilliant light of life itself. He then approaches Euriaude and tells him that, if the song of legend is true, then his premonitions had meaning. The brilliant light is the birth of hope... the birth of a savior. He sees the image of a child born to a regal mother... Indeed, it is soon revealed that he was correct.

Spec7 foresight come true ending

"We all found each other."

It is present time now. Lutz, remembering his past, loses himself in nostalgia, smiling. A female voice is calling out to him to hurry up or they will leave him behind. Lutz has now seen that his vision was a foresight. He and his companions are living the fate once foretold in the song of legend. The girl then approaches him, worried. It is Alis Landale accompanied by Myau. Lutz continues musing to himself. The children born in the age of darkness have now all found each other. They shall wield the light of hope... and vanquish the dark king.

Trivia[]

  • This side story officially reveals Lutz' full name, Mizerith Lutz Iysa Lanai.
  • The headdress that Lutz' mother wears eventually gets passed down to her son following her untimely demise. He is seen wearing it in his teenage years and in present times.

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Phantasy Star
Playable Characters Alis Landale - Myau - Odin - Noah
Antagonists Dr. Mad - Medusa - King Lassic - Dark Falz
Planets Palma - Motavia - Dezoris
Locations Camineet - Parolit - Scion - Palma Spaceport - Eppi - Gothic - Bortevo - Loar - Abion - Drasgow
Motavia Spaceport - Paseo - Uzo - Casba - Sopia - Skure - Twintown
Dungeons Camineet Warehouse - Medusa Cave - Naula Cave - Iala Cave - Paseo Palace Passage - Maharu Cave
Gothic-Spaceport Passage - Triada Prison - Bortevo Cave - Abion Warehouse - Dr. Mad's House
Casba Cave - Drasgow Warehouse - Forgotten Island Tower - Medusa's Tower - Baya Malay Gate
Baya Malay Passage - Baya Malay Tower - Lassic's Castle - Tarzimal's Cave
First Ice Passage - Second Ice Passage - Third Ice Passage - Ice Passage to Twintown
Guaron Morgue - Aeroprism Cave - Fourth Ice Passage - Dezoris Cave
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