The Tree of Mana (マナの木 Mana no ki), or Mana Tree, is a recurring element in the Mana series. It is featured in every game in the series, and is the source of Mana in the world. The tree is often at the centre of an area of holy land usually known as the Mana Sanctuary.
Watching over the world from its sanctuary, the Mana Tree is the embodiment of the Mana Goddess. The tree's life cycle is a little different in each world, but always requires a humanoid female to sacrifice herself to be reborn as the new Mana Goddess to nurture the tree.
Chronology[]
Adventures of Mana[]
The Mana Tree lies in the Mana Shrine, beyond the Temple of Mana, at the top of Mt. Illusia, from which the Great Waterfall flows that is the source of all water in this world. After Julius brainwashes Fuji into using her Pendant to reverse the waterfall's flow, Sumo follows after obtaining a rusted Excalibur, which is restored by Fuji's mother as Sumo approaches the Tree. After Julius is defeated, the Mana Tree is lost, but Fuji sacrifices her life to become the new Mana Tree, with Sumo as her guardian.
Sword of Mana[]
The Mana Tree lies in the Mana Sanctuary which can only be accessed by crossing dimensions in Dime Tower. Julius beats the hero and heroine to the Sanctuary where he absorbs the power of Mana to become all-powerful but is soon quickly defeated. With the Mana Tree dying, the Heroine fulfills her destiny as a member of the Mana Tribe and becomes the new Mana Tree to restore balance to the world.
Secret of Mana[]
The Mana Tree is located in the Pure Lands. After battling through the guardians, the party meets the Mana Tree who is revealed to be Randi's mother. The Mana Tree is destroyed at the hands of Thanatos and the Mana Fortress, just as Randi and the others reach her to ask her to revive the Mana Sword. With no other member of the Mana Tribe to take its place, the Mana Tree is lost forever and Mana disappears from the world after the Mana Beast is slain.
Trials of Mana[]
Legend has it that the Mana Goddess literally turned into a tree after sealing the Benevodons and thus creating the world. The party eventually reaches the Mana Sanctuary and the Mana Tree, and the main character claims the Mana Sword, but their villain kidnaps the Faerie and demands the Sword in exchange for the Faerie's life, which they are forced to accept. After the Benevodons are defeated, the final boss is prevented from corrupting the Mana Sword and destroys the Tree, killing the Mana Goddess. After the final boss is defeated, the Faerie is resurrected as the new Mana Goddess, and will spend the next thousand years restoring Mana to the world.
Legend of Mana[]
The Mana Tree is located in the Mana Sanctuary. one of the last Artifacts the player is given. A Mana Sapling asks the player character to rid the sanctuary of all the monsters and demons draining the Mana from the area. Once this is completed, the Mana Goddess, corrupted by evil and hatred, challenges the player to a battle. With her defeat, she is cleansed but at the cost of the Mana Tree being destroyed. In the ending, the Mana Sapling has taken root where the old tree was and suggests the hope that a new Mana Tree will be born to take the old ones place.
Children of Mana[]
The Mana Tree is located on Illusia Island where the story begins. As the heroes uncover the mystery behind the Mana Surge and the Mana Lord's intentions, they free the Benevodons whom in the game's ending, send Illusia Island and the Mana Tree into another dimension, creating the Mana Sanctuary.
Dawn of Mana[]
In Dawn of Mana, Keldric and Ritzia are the two chosen for the game. Ritzia being the tree maiden (Mana Goddess) and Keldric being the one from the same tribe to protect Ritizia/Mana Tree from harm.
Heroes of Mana[]
The Mana Tree is only seen briefly as Roget's crew catches a glimpse of Mana Sanctuary while Esina's Mirror absorbs Mana.
Echoes of Mana[]
The true world beyond the Mana Sanctuary is on the verge of death, and only the Mana Tree remains, albeit severely weakened due to the actions of an as-yet-unknown antagonist. In response, the Mana Goddess summons a boy and a girl to restore the fractured world from memories known as Echoes, encapsulated within the magical fruits and vegetables grown on the Tree. The heroes, together with a flying ram familiar named Baashear, are given the power to enter the Echoes sealed within the borne fruit and interact with the people, places, and creatures that make up each memory as well as to correct any anomalies within it. Once they resolve the anomalies, the Goddess calls them back to the Sanctuary to discover the next fruit to be plucked, while the previous Echo is inscribed upon their souls. The ultimate goal is to retrieve the Mana Sword from one of these memories, that it may restore the Goddess, the world, and the heroes themselves to their fullest splendor.
Although waylaid on several occasions by the dark figure known as the Ebon Knight, the chosen hero is able to restore six memories of different worlds, reporting back to their sovereign after each of these visits. They also dive into the past of Her home world to reinforce the importance of their mission. After recovering memories of a climactic last stand, the hero is abruptly pulled into a darkness between worlds and is forced to relive the horrors that haunted every prior world before taking on the Ebon Knight in a brutal duel. He is defeated; but this time, when the Mana Goddess calls Her charge back, She asks them to kill Her. The hero begrudgingly complies, unknowingly revealing the False Mana Goddess, Dema, who then becomes a golden negative-image of the Mana Tree as she declares her intent to erase all existence in order to halt the cycle of mana and save her sister; once She does so, she plans to rewrite the universe as one free of the cycle and controlled only by herself. To accomplish her plan, Dema sends her roots across several new Echoes, creating also her own corrupt servants and drawing upon the strength of past great evils.
Fortunately for the lone remaining hero, the true Mana Goddess, called Nona, has pulled them into the real Sanctuary of Mana as their friends are scattered across the new Echoes and are recovered one-by-one. The hero is also on a mission to re-power the Mana Sword in order to halt Dema's plot; and to do so requires assistance from all eight Mana Spirits. However, Dema's minions have among their ranks Anise, who created the so-called Hollow World and the heroes by granting Dema her powers; and Gossamare, Anise's brother with the power to absorb the Spirits as his own.
Following a gauntlet of intense battles, the hero is forced to confront their darkened half and strike them down before obtaining a complete Mana Sword and engaging Dema with all of their friends in tow.
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Trivia[]
- The Mana Tree is most likely inspired by Yggdrasil, the World Tree of Nordic Lore. It was said to be the center of the universe and by performing rituals for it, the tree would bestow great knowledge and power to the person.
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