Chronomon (Time Stranger)

Chronomon
Kanji/Kana	クロノモン
Dub Name	Chronomon
Organization	Titans
Family	Aegiomon (biological son; creation)
Voice Actor	Kanuka Mitsuaki (かぬか 光明)
	Bill Butts

Chronomon is the main antagonist and the true leader of the Titans in Digimon Story: Time Stranger.

Evolution

Baby I	?
Baby II	?
Child	?
Adult	?
Perfect	?
Ultimate	Cherubimon (Vice) Giant Slayer Chronomon: Destroy Mode (Robot) (with Giant Slayer)

Profile

The fallen ancient guardian of Iliad who was sealed off by Homeostasis a long time ago, he is the mastermind of all events in the game.

Likely because he is directly tied to Iliad's Akashic Records, this Chronomon seems to be capable of multiple unusual feats such as borderline omniscience, collectively warping the memories of other Digimon, hijacking man-made constructs and possessing other Digimon, exacerbating their negative qualities, all of which he uses to fulfill a complex scheme spanning across more than eight years.

In the game proper, Chronomon usually takes the form of Cherubimon (Vice). His Cherubimon (Vice) form is never referred to by name and is only referred to as a "mysterious Digimon". When he possesses the Giant Slayer, it is also considered a direct extension of his will.

Appearances

Video Games

Digimon Story: Time Stranger

According to a legend, Chronomon was known as the "Great Hero" who once governed over Iliad alongside the Wise Warden Homeros. He supposedly defended it against the Titans and banished them under the cost of sacrificing his own life. Before he perished, he created Aegiomon's Digitama and entrusted him as Iliad's next Great Guardian.

In actuality, this legend was heavily implied to be fabricated by Chronomon himself; he was the fallen Guardian of Iliad who realized that he was still bound by the laws a higher being known as Homeostasis. As a result, he rallied the ancient warriors of Iliad, the Titans, to a rebellion against it, but him and his legions were easily defeated, and he was chained into the very system he attempted to rebel against while the Titans are banished into the Dark Field where the Energy Vein does not flow.

After a long period of imprisonment, he seeks death and thus created Aegiomon's Digitama in hopes of the resulting Digimon would slay him, preferably if Aegiomon also fell into the very same despair he once suffered from. To motivate Aegiomon further, Chronomon deceived the Titans, the humans and the pro-human Digimon in a complex scheme spanning over eight years; this almost always leads to the guardians of Iliad dead or powerless so they cannot stop Aegiomon from colliding with his vessel to save his human partner Misono Inori from the robot. The collison creates a large impact that destroys the world and resets the timeline in an event dubbed as the Shinjuku Inferno, locking the world in a time loop. Aegiomon inherited his powers through absorbing his treasure, and by extension, Dan/Kanan, a being created by Homeostasis using one of Aegiomon's shadows and his desires to fulfill Chronomon's wish, was able to harness the same powers as well.

To further his goals, Chronomon initially possesses Plutomon using his resentment of the higher beings and the false Chronomon legend that he spurred to mobilize the Titans. Under his influence, Plutomon ordered the Titans to compromise and destroy the rest of Iliad, but all of the assaults were successfully warded off. Some time during the eight years after the Titans were accidentally summoned into the human world by an enraged Junomon, he (through Plutomon) ordered a series of successful attacks against Iliad that left its guardians dead or powerless, then turned Plutomon into Zombie Plutomon and moves onto possessing Junomon by exploiting her attachment to Aegiomon. He also poisoned the human's minds with hatred against Digimon through influencing Ranamon into assassinating head of Public Security Kuremi Kodai, something that he exploited to make them unwittingly create the anti-Digimon robot Giant Slayer; on activation, the robot will be hijacked instantly and be used as a vessel to force Aegiomon's hand. To this mean, Chronomon, through Junomon, tricked Dianamon into delivering Digimon to the human world as emissaries; the Digimon sent by Dianamon would then be captured by Digimon-hating humans and their Digicores extracted to fuel the Giant Slayer.

Chronomon was first encountered personally in the form of Cherubimon (Vice), when Dan/Kanan was alone helping Mercurymon reclaim Central Town. He speaks to Dan/Kanan with a cryptic allegory before summoning a Titan Venom Vamdemon to test their strength. After it was defeated, Chronomon confirms everything is going all according to plan, and he will be meeting them in the Akashic Records. Dan/Kanan then encounters him in the Dark Field while traveling back in time to save Plutomon, where he told Plutomon that he is no longer of any use and was about to turn him into Zombie Plutomon. Upon seeing Dan/Kanan, he escapes, allowing Plutomon to be saved. Despite saving Plutomon, Chronomon continues to take control of the Titans that do not directly serve Plutomon and use them to attack the real world; it was heavily implied that he used Junomon's power to open portals to the human world to deploy them. After they defeat Junomon in her Hysteric Mode, Chronomon's avatar can be seen emerging out of Junomon's body.

Eventually, all of the Apostles of Iliad were saved from their tragic fates and they formed a guardian group known as the Olympos XII led by Aegiomon, who combined with Dan/Kanan to become Jupitermon. Jupitermon goes to fight the Giant Slayer again, but unlike the previous time loops, the Apostles of Iliad kept his destructive impulses in check and he was able to halt the Shinjuku Inferno by ordering Apollomon and Dianamon to fuse into Grace Novamon and contain both him and the Giant Slayer in a pocket dimension so they cannot destroy Shinjuku in their clash. Jupitermon managed to destroy the Giant Slayer and its components managed to save Inori in the end of time, and the now-reunited party was dragged into the Akashic Records alongside numerous other Digimon from various areas and Kuroi Shota.

Seeing that the party has finally arrived, Chronomon greets them and fuses with the Giant Slayer to reform himself into a towering, robotic version of Chronomon: Destroy Mode. As the keeper of time itself bound to the Akashic Records, he is instinctively driven to repel all intruders in spite of his desire for death. To this mean, he erased entire areas from both Shinjuku and Iliad, and turned them into zones defended by fake versions of the Seven Great Demon Lords he conjures. Once the party transverses all of these areas, They end up on Ceresmon's back and drop down from it to confront Chronomon.

The battle against Chronomon is divided into multiple phases. Out of these actions, he randomly uses his signature moves (mostly physical), Rune Forest III, Lunatic Gate III, Ocean Wave III, Earthquake III, Tempest III, Shine Burst III, Nightmare III, Attack Charge and Critical Charge. He initially has 2 actions each turn, but it later becomes three. He has neither weaknesses beyond attacks that deal increased damage against enemies with the Evil, God and Dragon Genes, nor any resistances.

All Cross Arts are sealed at the start of the battle, and CP cannot be gained.

• At the start of the battle, Minervamon appears as a guest party member, and Chronomon is protected by a barrier that renders the attacks of any native of Iliad ineffective. This is represented by multiple Strong barriers that cuts the party's damage output to 10%, effectively rendering him nearly impervious to damage. A couple of turns later, Chronomon will use Annihilation Miracle to cut the party's HP by 90%. A cutscene will then occur, where Yggdrasill orders Omegamon to cut down the barrier (if the player cleared all of the Royal Knights sidequests, all of the knights will appear instead), deeming him to be a traitor of the system.
• Second phase: Chronomon is still heavily resistant to attacks, but can be damaged normally. Several guest Digimon appear to replace Minervamon as guest party members. After dealing 25% damage to him, he will rewind time to fully restore his HP, then use Annihilation Miracle. If his HP is under 25% in the previous phase, the first phase automatically ends on the next turn. This repeats three times.
  • At the start of this phase, Venusmon, Mercurymon and Neptunemon appear.
  • After Chronomon restores HP for the first time, Venusmon, Bacchusmon and Neptunemon leave, and is replaced by Marsmon, Bacchusmon and Vulcanusmon.
  • After Chronomon restores HP for the second time, Plutomon and Junomon appear.
• Third phase: Chronomon's first HP bar disappears, but still cannot be killed. Plutomon and Junomon leave, and Chronomon uses Chrono Devolution to devolve all of Yuki's Digimon to their Baby or Baby II forms. Apollomon and Dianamon appear as guest allies, and all of the party's stats are boosted for three turns. The player loses direct control over Aegiomon; he will automatically cast Safety Guard on himself on his first turn, then use Aegiomon's Prayer to evolve Yuki's Digimon back one stage every two turns. If Aegiomon is knocked out at any time during this phase, Dianamon will use X-Revive to revive him. This phase ends when all of Yuki's Digimon are restored to their final forms.
  • While Yuki's Digimon are devolved in this phase of the fight, their stats do not change. They are locked out from their signature moves, however.
  • The evolutions used in this sequence is fixed depending on species and is unaffected by the Digimon's actual evolution history (for example, the evolution line used for Apocalymon is always Pagumon > Pico Devimon > Bakemon > Fantomon > Piemon > Apocalymon, even if the player evolved a Snimon into a Fantomon to obtain it). This is likely to prevent complications with individual Digimon that have convoluted evolution histories.
  • Any Digimon that skips Generations are restored much faster than other Digimon. For example, Agumon -Yuki no Kizuna- is fully restored in two usages of Aegiomon's Prayer, and Lucemon: Satan Mode will be fully restored in three.
• Final phase: Chronomon will use Loathsome Fate, triggering a cutscene where Ceresmon sends Minervamon back to the battlefield and intercepts the attack. Apollomon and Dianamon leave and is replaced by Minervamon. The player regains control over Aegiomon. Minervamon will evolve into Mervamon on her second turn, and Chronomon can be defeated normally. If his CP turns 3, he will charge a huge attack that can be interrupted by striking his Core. The Core has no weaknesses or resistances. If the party fails to interrupt this action, he will use Loathsome Fate, dealing massive amounts of damage and inflicting Disease to all targets. The Cross Arts tab will lighten up in a rainbow color after Chronomon's HP drops to 0. The player is barred from any action other than using Cross Arts here; doing so ends the battle instantly.

Throughout the battle, Chronomon has dialogue between turns introducing himself and speaking to Aegiomon. After he devolves all of the party's Digimon and Aegiomon restores them, he became bewildered that Aegiomon will not fall into despair despite all that happens, which he rebukes that this is because he met Inori and actually forged bonds with people. After a long and grueling battle, Chronomon was successfully slain by Dan/Kanan and Aegiomon, who combined into Jupitermon once again to finish him off. His final words were thanking Aegiomon from freeing him, and telling him that he felt free in his death.

Now with the keeper of time slain, the time-space continuum collapses in its absence. Jupitermon volunteered to replace Chronomon and become the keeper of time himself. He created a new timeline where the destruction caused by Chronomon never happened.

Image Gallery

Taking the form of Cherubimon (Vice)	Chronomon as the Giant Slayer
Using Chrono Devolution	Using Loathsome Fate	Perishing
Chronomon's shadow puppet	Chronomon is restrained by the higher being	Shadow puppet representing Chronomon's grudge

Digimon Card Game (BT-26)

Additional Information

References	Notes