Unlike other games in the SaGa series, Romancing SaGa 2 is a game that tells the story of an empire rather than focusing in on a single cast of characters. As part of the mechanic to support this concept, every so often after certain events, the game will move forward in time by several decades, leading to a new generation. More @Wikipedia
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