Created by xShonnen
Things to know beforehand
The tri battle system of Vash-Leanne-Zeph works around two different types of damage: the Scratch damage related with submachine guns and the Direct damage related with hand guns and grenades
Similar to FF13 stagger mechanic, the Scratch damage will be the one in charge to increase the total damage output that will be converted by the Direct damage
Direct damage is very powerful by itself from Prologue to Chapter 4. After Chapter 5 we completely rely on using the submachine gun except on Chapters that use Electro Grenades EX
Scrath damage is represented in blue and Direct damage in red
The main difference between hand guns and grenades is that grenades deal a higher Direct damage total output in a one shot blow while hand guns give a multiple shot with minimum Direct damage
Character's stronger power is the invicible dash called "Hero Action" (HA). 1 HA consumes 1 Ruby (bottom middle of the screen). Destroying an enemy barrier gives 1 Ruby back. Killing an enemy recovers 1 Ruby. Clearing a room replentish the entire Ruby bar. There are rooms that can be cleared by killing the mob with the "Leader" title next to its HP bar. HA do not consume Rubies in empty rooms. Running out of Rubies put the party in Critical Condition where they can easily get killed and barely shoot
When a HA is performed in between the other 2 characters you get 1 Resonance stock to perform a triattack that can be clockwise or counterclockwise at will (I use Vash as reference so I will reference left/right regarding Vash's position), the higher your resonance stocks, the longer the duration of the triattack (1 stock means the character will perform a HA until it reaches the first character position and so on...)
The overworld map is locked with gray and colored cells that can be unlocked by placing pieces named hexes with the same color
The most particular case is that colored hexes will leave marks with the same color on the ground when unlocking a colored cell. This can be used to keep chaining the same color of hex until you are done
We also want to avoid picking up not useful chests while unlocking the overworld
If you escape hex while traveling inside a dungeon you will exit to the overworld
The following items will be equipped during the run: · SMG (Scratch dmg): Vashyron/Zephyr · PWD (Scratch dmg): Vashyron · Magazine case (allow us to select different bullets to target enemy weaknesses): Vashyron · B (Direct dmg): Zephyr/Leanne · Auto (Direct dmg): Zephyr/Leanne · Grenade case (Direct dmg) (allow us to select different types of grenades: Leanne/Zephyr/Vashyron · First Aid kit (Support) (allow us to use different status items, we will use Escape hexes to flee extra battles or exit dungeons): Zephyr/Leanne
Each character can carry 2 different items as long as their current weigh carry level allows it
If you see that we use an item that we did not buy it is because we got them from overworld chests, I am not going to enter in placements detail since watching VODs is better
Route Watching some of my VODs will help you while reading some set ups here
PROLOGUE Unequip: · Vashyron: Auto · Leanne: First Aid Kit
Equip: · Leanne: Auto · Zephyr: B, First Aid kit · Vashyron: SMG, Magazine case
Talk to NPC, check the board, talk to NPC, to back alley. You need to fight an encounter and get 3 gray lvl 1 hexes to advance. If you don't get three keep fighting until you do (1min of time loss each time, it is a reset)
Go to Chelsea café > Elevator to Level 3 > Pater's Manor > level 4 > Base
CHAPTER 1
Go to Razzle Street and enter the shop. · Sell all First aids and Perfect aids · Buy 11 Escape Hex, 9 Rookie Sights, 1 MG Rookie Barrel, 2 HG Rookie Magazine, 1 MG Rookie Magazine, 9 Custom Kit Set · Tinker 4 Top Sights, 1 MG Magazine +3, 2 HG Magazine +2 · Equip B with HG Magazine +2, Top Sight and Rookie Sight. Auto with HG Magazine +2, Top Sight, 2 Rookie Sights. SMG with MG Magazine +3, MG Rookie Barrel, 2 Top Sights, 2 Rookie Sights
Go to Elevator level 3 > Teresa's Manor > level 4 > level 6 > Lucia
Room 1: HA to exit Room 2: Push Leanne with Vash so she gets targeted and escape with Vashyron Room 3: Escape with Vashyron by walk Room 4: Vash HA, 2 shoots Fat Gangster, 2 shoots Fat Gangster. Leanne clear drum and gangsters. Leanne HA, clear gangster and dweller. Leanne HA clear Dweller. Leanne Pick up chests (red hexes). Leanne HA clear Dweller. Vash HA to exit Room 5 BOSS Tar Man: Zephyr walk to the left facing in between both structures until the Tar Man targets Zephyr. Vash HA x1 shoot at the end of the HA. Zephyr HA when the external barrier of Tar Man aligns with the HA trace, jump, x1 shoot. Triattack to the left x1 circle Vash, jump Zephyr, x2 circle Vash, x1 circle Zephyr
Continue > Escape hex > level 4 > Base
CHAPTER 2
Go to Hughes Power Station
Barrage: Leanne HA and kill all twice Room 1: Zephyr HA to exit Room 2: Vashyron HA to exit Room 3: Zephyr HA, shoot barrel, exit Room 4: Vashyron HA to the line in the middle of the barrier, x3 circle gear, x1 circle dog, x1 circle dog (if it takes time to target, jump). Leanne finish gear and dogs. Triattack to the left with Metal Coated bullets on Vash, Vash x3 circles gear, Leanne shoot, Vash x3 circles, Leanne shoot, Vash x3 circles, Leanne shoot, Vash x2 circles, Leanne shoot. Room 5 BOSS Tesla Tortoise: Vash HA to right jump when you fill 1 circle and x3 circles twice. Leanne HA x2 circles. Triattack to the right, Vash x3 circles, Zeph jump, Vash x2 circles, Zeph shoot.
Escape Hex and to the Base
CHAPTER 3
· Change Auto on Leanne for Grenade kit and equip Hand Grenades
Level 4 > level 3 > level 2, take some chests > level 3 > Garigliano's Manor > level 4 > level 5 > Forest of Idols > Bronze Forest Barrage: Leanne hand grenades all Room 1: Leanne HA to exit Room 2: Zeph HA and shoot a barrel Room 3: Vash walk to exit Room 4: Leanne HA to exit Room 5 BOSS Caligula: Vash HA, x3 circles, x3 circles. Zeph HA shoot until a barrier breaks. Triattack to the right, Vash x4 circles, Zeph shoot, Vash x4/5 circles, (maybe extra shot on Vash), finish with Zephyr or Leanne. You have to adapt to this battle depending on which barriers you break
Escape hex > Forest of Idols > Open Air Studio > Escape hex > level 4 > Base
CHAPTER 4
Go to level 5 > Forest of Idols > Open Air Studio
Barrage 1: Leanne grenade all Barrage 2: Unequip Metal Coated, Vash HA, x4/5 circles Dwellest, x4/5 circles Dwellest, Triattack, Vash x4 circles Dwellest, Zeph finish all Room 1: Cancel Leanne, Equip Metal Coated, Vash x5 circles experiment, x6 circles experiment. Zeph HA clear experiments. Zeph HA. Triattack to left x5/6 circles experiment, Zeph finish, Vash x5/6 circles experiment, Zeph finish Room 3: Leanne equip Molotov Cocktail +, Molotov all Room 4: Zeph HA, stop, carry the barrel and wait for misiles, HA Room 5: Leanne equip Grenade +, HA and grenade all Room 6: Zeph HA shoot barrel. Room 7 BOSS Caligula: Vash walk forward, HA x6 circle, x3 circle. Vash HA x6 circle (maybe extra x1/2 shot). Zeph HA shoot.
Escape hex > level 4 > Base
CHAPTER 5
level 1 > unlock top level and start attaching the terminal, it will be our main dmg resource in the last chapter > level 2 > Barbarella's Manor > level 3 > level 4 > level 6 > level 7 > Cranktown
· Unequip all from the SMG · Scrap all alfas, gammas, betas, metal coated and metal coated + · Sell all recovery items except escape hexes, meats, manequin parts, dusty mass and chips · Buy 3 Custom Kit Set and 11 Escape Hex · Tinker 5 High-Mount Shit, 2 Prototype Mount, 1 MG Expander Barrel, 1 MG Multi-Barrel, 3 Flash Sub-Barrel, 3 Short Sub-Barrel, x50/60 Hollow Points + (at least x30) · Equip the Auto with 1 Prototype Mount, 1 Top Sight, 1 High-Mount Sight · Equip the B with 1 Prototype Mount, 1 Top Sight, 1 High-Mount Sight · Equip the SMG with 1 MG Multi-Barrel, 3 High-Mount Sight, MG Magazine +3, 2 Flash Sub-Barrel, 2 Short Sub-Barrels
Go to Silver Canyon
Barrage: Zeph move for aggro. Vash Hollow points + HA x 6 circles Walker, HA x6 circles Walker. Zeph clears Room 1: Zeph HA at NPC shoot, exit Room 2: Zeph walk and when outcast retargets HA, exit Room 3: Leanne small move for aggro, Vash walk HA x5 circles dog, x5 circles dog. Zeph move, HA clear dogs and break 1 barrier of outcast. Vash x8 circles outcast xMax circles dog. Triattack to the left, Vash x5 circles dog, Zeph swipes all. Room 4: Zeph walk, HA, break barrier, exit Room 5: Zeph walk, HA, break barrier, exit Room 6: Vash walk, HA to exit Room 7: Leanne move forward for aggro, Vash HA, x6 circle Walker, x6 circle outcast, HA x6 circle Walker. Zeph swipes all
· Change Zeph and Leanne's position, unequip Aid Kit from Zeph and equip a gun and the Aid Kit on Leanne, go to Refridgia
Room 8: Vash HA, x9 circles Walker. Zeph HA to slightly the right of the outcast. Leanne HA kill Walker, break a barrier of outcast if aligns well or try to stun. Vash HA x5 circle Gremlin, x8/9 circle outcast. Triattack to the left, jump with Vash, kill outcast, jump with Vash and xMax circle dog, kill dog, kill Gremlin, Vash x6 circle Walker, kill Walker. Room 9 BOSS Yeti: Leanne move for aggro. Vash change to Incendiary rounds, walk forward, HA, full scratch. Leanne finish.
Escape hex > Le Chit-Chat Noir > level 6 > level 4 > Base
CHAPTER 6
· Change Zeph's outfit to B · Equip a gun and First Aid Kit on Zeph
Go to the secondary missions board Barrage: Vash change to Hollow Points +, HA, x12 circles Outcast, xMax circles Outcast. Vash HA x6 circles Outcast. Zeph swipes
Level 4 > level 3 > Garigliano's Manor
· Unequip MG Magazine +3 and equip Drum Magazine
Level 3 > Level 4 > Level 6 > Level 7 > Silver Canyon
Barrage: Vash HA x4 circles Gremlin, x4 circles Gremlin, xMax circles dog. Vash HA x5 circles dog, x4 circles Gremlin. Zeph kill all Room 1: Zeph walk, HA, break a barrier, exit Room 2: Zeph walk, HA, break a barrier, exit Room 3: Zeph walk, HA, break a barrier, exit Room 4: Zeph walk, HA, break a barrier, exit Room 5: Vash, HA, exit Room 6: Vash, HA, exit Room 7: Zeph walk, HA, break a barrier, exit
· Change Zeph and Vash position, go to Chemist's Closet
Room 8: Zeph move to the left for aggro. Vash move, HA on hit from Walker, x3 circles outcast, x4 circles Gremlin, xMax circles dog. Zeph kill Outcast, Gremlin and Dog. Vash move and HA, x6 circles Walker, x6 circles Walker. Zeph kill Walker. Room 9 BOSS Cannon Colossus: Zeph move for aggro. Vash go to the right, HA, xMax circles, x2 circles. Zeph kills
Escape hex > level 7 > level 6 > level 4 > Base
CHAPTER 7
Level 4 > level 6 > level 7 > level 8 > level 9 > level 10 > level 11
· Change Zeph and Vash positions, gun on Leanne
Barrage: Vash HA x6 circles gangster, x6 circles gangster. Leanne HA kill gangsters. Triattack to the right, Vash x6 circles gangster, Leanne kills, Vash x6 circles gangster, Leanne kills
Go to Mine 24 You need to get 1 Scrapped Missile TK, 1 Scrapped Arm TK and either another Scrapped Missile TK or 1 Scrapped Vulcan TK from the Highway Hunters, the more barriers you break, the higher the possibility of you to get these drops Room 1: exit Room 2: Zeph HA to exit Room 3: Leanne HA to exit Room 4: Leanne walk, cancel all. Leanne walk to exit Room 5: Zeph walk until covered by the barrier. Leanne HA to silver chest (MC Electrified +). Leanne pick the chest. Zeph exit the room Room 6: Vash MC Electrified +, HA x14 circles Hunter. Triattack, Leanne shoot until all barriers are out, Vash x3 circles, Leanne kill Room 7: Leanne HA on shoot to exit Room 8: Vash HA x14 circles Hunter. Zeph HA and shoot until every barrier is wiped. Triattack, Vash x3 circles Hunter, Leanne kill Hunter, Vash x14 circles Hunter, Leanne shoots until all barrier are out, Vash x3 circles Hunter, Leanne kill Room 9: Zeph move to the barrier. Leanne HA to exit Room 10 BOSS Gelsey: Vash change to HP Electrified + HA x15 circles, x8/9 circles. Leanne kill
Escape hex > level 11 > level 10 > Albona
· Scrap all Hand Grenades ++, all Scrapped Vulcan TK, all Metal Coated ++ · Tinker Expander T Sub-Barrel, Adapter Handguard, Hollow Points ++ (40/50/60 is nice, 3Xish is tight) (Optional)· Buy 10 Escape hexes · Equip SMG with Adapter Handguard, Expander T Sub-Barrel, Flash Sub-Barrel and Short Sub-Barrel
Level 10 > level 9 > level 8 > level 7 > level 6 > level 4 > Base
CHAPTER 8
Level 4 Barrage: Vash change to Hollow Points ++, HA slightly to the left, x3 circles gangster, xX circles when both align properly for double scratch. Vash HA x3 circles gangster. Zeph clear all
Level 4 > level 6 > Patertopolis Barrage: Same as before Room 1: Vash HA, xX circles when guards align, x5 circles guard. Zeph swipes Room 2: Vash HA to exit Room 3: Vash HA to exit Room 4: Vash change to MC Electrified +, HA xMax circles Jugg as soon you jump, xX circles Plough when ATB is in between the red mark and the end (precise because you want both shots to have especific Vash animations so the bullets hit properly. Zeph kill Jugg and Plough. Vash change to Hollow Point ++, x5 circles Officer, xMax circles Officer. Zeph kill Room 5: Vash HA to exit Room 6 BOSS Tri-Stamp: Zeph move to the right for aggro. Vash walk forward, HA, x18 circles, (might need an extra shot or not). Zeph kills
Escape hex > level 6 > level 4 > Base
CHAPTER 9
Level 4 · Equip gun on Leanne
Barrage: Vash HA x3 circles gangster, x4 circles gangster, xMax circles gangster. Triattack to the left, Vash x4 circles gangster, Zeph kills, Zeph kills, Zeph kills, Zeph kills, Vash x3 circles gangster, Zeph kills
Level 4 > level 3 > level 2 > Antourion's Manor > level 2 > level 3 > level 4 > level 6 > Lucia
Barrage: Vash HA slightly to the left, x1 Circle mimic, x3 circles gangster, xX circles gangster when aligned for double scratch. Leanne HA, clear all scratches. Triattack to the left, Leanne jump shoot, Vash scratch everything, Leanne swipes Room 1: Leanne HA to exit Room 2: Vash push Zeph for aggro and exit Room 3: Vash walk to exit Room 4: Vash HA, x16 circles. Vash HA, x16 circles. Leanne HA kills Room 5: Leanne HA twice to the exit Go to the Parkway Room 6 BOSS Jalopy Golem: Vash walk to the barrier, x3 circles. Zeph HA shoot until the barrier breaks. Vash HA xMax circles, x8 circles. Leanne kills
Escape hex > level 6 > level 4 > Base
CHAPTER 10
Level 4 (Optional) · Equip Aid kit on Leanne Barrage: Vash HA, x9 circles gangster, x9 circles gangster. Vash HA, x9 circles gangster. Leanne kills
Level 4 > Level 6 Barrage: Adapt to this battle. Vash x9 circles default target. Leanne kills. Vash walk to barrier. Vash x10 circles gangster targetting Leanne. Leanne kills. Vash x10 circles each gangster approaching and Leanne kills
Level 6 > level 7
Barrage: Vash Unequip HP++, HA x5 circles Gremlin, xX circles gear. Vash HA xX circles gear. Leanne kills
Level 7 > Crank Seminary > Level 7 > Level 6 > Level 4
Base
CHAPTER 11 · Equip SMG and Grenades with Molotovs on Zephyr
Barrage BOSS Lagerfeld: Every shoot counts. Zeph HA shoot on the back to avoid the teleport. Zeph move to trigger first shot without hitting you, now shoot only when he shows the swords, HA x3 circles, x5 circles, x5 circles. Zeph HA, x6 circles, x7 circles, x4 circles. Zeph HA x8 circles, x8 circles Zeph HA x1 circle molotov.
CHAPTER 12
Level 4 > Razzle Street > Shop · Scrap Molotov Cocktails ++, Incendiary Rounds, MC Electrified +, HP Electrified +, HP Subzero + · Tinker 8 Electro Grenades EX, 22 HP Incendiary + · Equip grenade kit with Electro Grenades EX on Vash
Level 4 > level 1 > level 3 > level 2 > level 1 > Square Garden Room 1: HA to the right Room 2: HA to silver chest and pick it (Hand Grenades EX), HA to exit Room 3: walk, HA to exit Room 4: walk, HA to exit Room 5 BOSS Dragonfly: walk until your HA is under the Dragonfly, HA x3 shots
Level 1 > level 2 > level 3 > level 4 > Base
CHAPTER 13
· Remove grenades from Vash · Equip grenade kit with Electrified Grenade EX and gun on Leanne · Aid kit and gun on Zephyr
Level 4 > level 3 > level 2 > level 1 > Square Garden This place is so inconsistent with kid paterns and hitboxes. Adapt to what you get. Only the first actions are consistent. As Leanne is dressed as Santa kids are more excited to get a present from her, so 1 present from Leanne = 2 presents from Vash or Zeph. Idk if this is true, I just made that up lol
Room 1: Leanne walk, HA gift all Room 2: Vash HA to exit Room 3: Leanne HA gift kids. Leanne move slightly to the right, HA gift kids Room 4: Leanne HA gift kids, Leanne move to the back, HA gift kids. Leanne move to the left, HA gift kids Room 5: Leanne HA gift kids Room 6: Leanne HA gift kids x3 Room 7: Leanne HA gift kids x2 Room 8: Leanne move forward, HA, gift kids. Leanne move back, HA, gift kids. Zeph HA gift kid alone Room 9: Leanne move to the back right, HA gift kids. Leanne HA gift kids. Leanne HA gift kids
Level 1 > level 2 > level 1 > link the terminal to Basilica, this is very important as this particular terminal will duplicate our incendiary passive dmg for the last chapter which is our main damage resource
Basilica > level 1 > level 2 > level 3 > level 4 > Base
CHAPTER 14
Level 4 > level 3 > level 2 > level 1 (pick the armor piercing) > Aetersyl
Room 1: Leanne walk, HA to exit Room 2: Leanne HA x2 to exit Room 3: Vash HA x2 to exit Room 4: Zeph walk pick gold chest (PDW) and exit Room 5: Vash walk forward and HA on shot Room 6: Vash HA to the lever, activate it, walk, HA to exit Room 7: Vash HA x2 to exit Room 8 BOSS Storm Turret: Leanne walk, HA x2 grenades
Escape hex > level 1 > level 2 > level 3 > level 4 > Base
CHAPTER 15
· Remove accesories from SMG · Add MG Multi-Barrel, 3 High Mount Sight, 1 Rookie Sight, MG Drum Magazine, Adapter Handguard, Expander T Sub-Barrel, 3 Flash Sub-Barrel · Equip PDW and Magazine Case with HP Incendiary + on Vashyron
Level 4 > level 3 > level 2 > level 1 > Outer Wall Room 1: Vash HA xMax circles Sniper. Zeph kills
Go to Sullivan's Manor Room 1: Leanne HA to exit Room 2: Leanne HA x1 grenade each Shotgun
Level 1 > level 2 > level 3 > level 4 > Base
CHAPTER 16 RNG fiesta, you rely on getting the incendiary passive and residue dmg afterwards on bosses
Level 4 > level 3 > level 2 > level 1 > Basilica Room 1: Leanne HA to exit Room 2: Vash move back around Zeph, HA x9 circles Fog, xMax circles Striker. Zeph swipes. Room 3 BOSS Garigliano: Vash HA xMax circles, xMax circles. Zeph move around, HA and kill Room 4: Zeph HA to right exit Room 5: Vash move back and spin, HA x7 circles Blade, xMax circles Raptor. Zeph HA clear. Triattack to the right, Vash xMax Rifleman, Vash xMan Aegis. Zeph kills Press switch Room 4-2: Zeph HA on shoot, walk to left exit Room 6: Vash move to the back right. Leanne equip Hand grenade EX, walk forward and HA when you hear the missiles xX circle grenade when missiles are going to hit Smasher. Vash HA x1X circles Fencer. Vash HA x2X circles goliath. Leanne gun shoot all Press switch Room 4-3: Leanne HA exit forward Room 7: Vash walk forward, HA to exit Room 8 BOSS Antourion: Vash HA to the far right, xX circles on the side, xMax circles. Triattack to the left (you need a precise shoot to level up and heal Vash) Vash xX circles side, Vash xMax circles. Zeph walk around and kill Room 9: Vash HA to the left corner, change to armor piercing rounds and exit Room 10: Leanne HA on shoot and exit Room 11: Zeph move to the right back. Leanne HA behind the switch. Vash HA to the far right and shoot when the godhammers align. Vash HA back and xMax circles the right godhammer, xMax circles on jump the left one Zeph kills all Press switch Room 10-2: Vash HA to exit Room 9-2: Leanne HA and jump to the right of the farthest white block when they start shooting, exit the right Room 12: Zeph move to switch. Vash move to the right of the barrier, change to HP Incendiary +, HA, shoot on the empty point of the barrier on the first god hammer. Vash HA to the far right and shoot the same way with the second godhammer. Zeph kills Room 13: Move Vash back left and HA, xMax circles goliath. Triattack, change to armor piercing, Leanne shoot goliath until kill, Vash xMax circles on Launcher Press switch Room 12-2: Vash move and HA to exit on hit Room 10-3: Zeph HA to exit forward exit Room 14 FINAL BOSS Rowen: Vash HA to the far left and shoot on the back. Leanne HA with Hand Grenades EX and break both barriers. Triattack to the left, Vash xMax circles, xMax circles, xMax circles, xMax circles. Leanne walk around and finish with gun shot
OPTIONAL TO READ - TL;DR Lore
Lifespan is determined by quartzs in Basel's world which are controled by god. The so called Prelate from Basel is the person in charge of preserving the faith in god from humanity as it is believed that this faith is correlated with the lifespan of each individual.
After the Prelate dies and Sullivan meets Rebecca (the only known person to survive in the polluted outside world of Basel) which developved demonic powers due to this exposure, Sullivan shows Rowen the true face of god. A machine called Zenith is the one in charge of the quartzs. After this revelation, the leader of the cardinals and succesor of the Prelade, Rowen, enters on an anger state cursing the lie of faith.
Nevertheless, Rowen accepts Sullivan's proposal to experiment with Zenith as Rowen was in deep love with the Prelade and wants to bring her back to life, while Sullivan seeks for the immortality Rebecca posseses.
Different quartzs were created with predeterminated lifespans by Sullivan. Every human died after the quartzs were broken except for subject number 20, Leanne which was very special for Juris, one of Sullivan's investigators who begged to Sullivan to let her live.
Leanne finds out about this situation and decides to suicide by falling from a high building in the same day her quartz was going to break, but she is saved by Zephyr.
At this point, Leanne joins the mercenary group with Vashyron and Zephyr. Vashyron is a renegade from the Cardinal's Soldier forces as their team died on an expedition where Rebecca went on a rampage. Vashyron survived due to Zenith deciding it was not the time for him to die.
After this event, Vashyron decides to leave the corps and live life with the money he can get from missions of different people, including the cardinals. One of these missions was to kill one of the kids of the Seminary that survived another one of Sullivan's immortality experiments. This time instead of manipulating Zenith, he injected Rebecca's cells on those kids who died after except for Zephyr, who entered on a demonic state similar to Rebecca's and killed everyone around him.
Vashyron single handles the battle and shoots Zephyr twice in the head but he survives due to Zenith interfering once again. After Zephyr calms down, both Vash and Zeph decide to team up together.
While the first chapters of the game can look like mere objectives to complete with filler chapters in between, chapters 10 and 11 shows Zephyr desire to die as he cannot forgive himself for what he has done in the past and goes to fight Lagerfeld to pay for his actions, being saved this time by Leanne shooting Lagerfeld from the back. Chapters 13, 14, 15 and 16 can be interpretated as Leanne's battle against her Fate with the support of Vashyron and Zephyr against the desire of the Cardinals to finally kill her and preserve faith from humanity since her existence is the prove that god does not exist, meaning that all the previous missions on the different chapters were a set up from the cardinals to eliminate the party.
At the end, all Cardinals from Chapter 15 and 16 survive thanks to Zenith.
In the last cutscene you can see Zephyr with Vashyron calling Leanne as she is distracted in the outside world gathering to the sky while she whispers that "All she really needs, is within her grasp", revealing that her quartz was all the time inside her right hand
This can be interpretated as Leanne was always in control of her own fate and no matter how hard the Cardinals tried to look for her crystal (Chapter 7) they will never reach it.
There is a theory that implies that experiment #20's crystal was never destroyed in the first place (as Leanne's shows in the last cutscene) so the crystal that was broken was the Prelade's one. Meaning that Sullivan started with the experiments way before Rowen knew anything about Zenith.
