Transformation: June's Plane

Transformation: June's Plane is the first alternate world of the Transformation story mode in Shadow Fight 3. The player takes the role of the prince/ss of Dynasty. Being an alternate world, the player will meet many familiar characters, with different roles and personalities.

List of Main Quests
June's Plane consists of 45 main quests, of which boss fight occurs at every 5th quests. Currently, only 30 quests are available.

Prologue
Nightmares haunted the Dynasty prince/ss mercilessly. But, this particular nightmare is the worst. A woman in shadow form accuses the prince/ss to have murdered June and took her place. Her world will make them suffer; they will lie, cheat, and steal just to survive. The woman dares the prince/ss to walk in June's shoes and get her power, as it is the only way to prevent both the end of the world and the prince/ss own end.

Suddenly, a Stranger speaks to the prince/ss, who then tests the prince/ss' fighting capability. The Stranger explains how this world rejects them like a foreign object and informs them about Stability. After he tells the prince/ss that their father is waiting for them, the Stranger bids them farewell, saying that he know they will meet again.

The Cultists
The Emperor tells the prince/ss to stop daydreaming and stay focused as this is the finale of the Alliance tournament, a very important event for the Alliance between Dynasty and Legion. The Legion's Ambassador who is present also wishes the best of luck for the prince/ss. They manage to defeat the opponent in the finale, a Sarge. The sergeant commends on the prince/ss' skill, calling it an epic fight and wishes for the Alliance to last forever. The Ambassador then informs the Emperor that the Legion Queen wants to know about their progress on the Sphere. The Emperor reveals that they had a major breakthrough last month and the Sphere will be destroyed, hopefully this year. Phang, the captain of the coast guard, then joins the conversation and asks for the prince/ss to come with him for a minute.

Phang reveals that this is an urgent matter, which he cannot just say out loud in front of the Legion's Ambassador. The Palace is under attacks of cultists known as Heralds, who worship shadow energy. Deng Rao, the captain of the guard, is currently handling the situation, but he may need helps. After the prince/ss beat a Herald, he suddenly vanishes from their sights. Phang informs the prince/ss that Heralds love doing that after they are defeated. These cultists appeared out of nowhere only recently, about one year ago. Deng Rao, who is just done as well, tells them both that some Heralds escaped, but most are dead. When they are searching for witnesses around the Palace, Phang says to the prince/ss how disgusted he is at Heralds. Having shadow abilities is alright, even though many Legionaries hate it. But, he considers people who outrightly worship shadow energy as stupid.

They find the people in the capital bazaar to be acting weird, as if they were sleepwalking. Phang has a guess that this is another Heralds' doing, while Deng Rao has captured a cultist girl. Phang then decides to try a nonviolent approach to make her speak, and he asks her some questions. The cultist outrightly shoos them away, as she is in a hurry. Phang introduces the prince/ss to the cultist, in hope of making her speak, only for her to sarcastically comment that she does not care and vanishes. Phang and Deng Rao are irritated by this, but Phang quickly regains his calm and suggests that they return to the Palace. He also comments that the cultist girl looks familiar to him.

The prince/ss and Phang return to the Palace, only to find the Emperor nowhere insight. Instead, there are only a Herald named Itu and a ferocious shadow beast there. Itu asks them to keep calm and defeat the beast, causing Phang to yells at him and accuses him of having done something to the Emperor. The Herald then responds by warning them that this shadow beast is the Emperor. This is all happened because the Sphere started talking, it has awakened and caused all the shadow energy to go mad. The prince/ss then fights the beast and they succeed, the beast reverts back into the Emperor, just like what Itu has said. Emperor speaks to the prince/ss, saying that he never want them to see him in that form, it was all because of the Sphere. Itu suddenly interrupts their conversation, convincing the Emperor to tell him the Sphere's whereabouts because Heralds need it. The Emperor refuses to tell him, causing Itu to responds rudely by calling the prince/ss a murderer as said by the Sphere and the Emperor's life is an illusion, before claiming he never want to see their faces again and vanishes.

It takes some times for Itu's words to be digested: Emperor simply calls Heralds insane and Itu was talking nonsense, while Phang fears that what Itu said might be true, as the Emperor turned into a beast after all. Before they can plan anything further, Phang notices a Herald priest is hiding this whole time. The prince/ss detains the priest, but they get poisoned in the process. They lose consciousness.

The prince/ss is having a dream of June, who does not even know who she is, attacked by a murderer. The shadow woman from their earlier nightmare is present as well, telling June that she is dead, Shadow's Descendant has killed her and taken her place.

The Mad Master
Two days later, the prince/ss regains consciousness. The Emperor is relieved to see this, but sadly they have no time to rest. The Sphere is missing from the Temple, and if the Legion finds this out, they are doomed. They also have tortured the priest and obtained an information that he had an appointment with The Mad Master, head of the Mixed Martial Arts school. They need to find out the connection between this man and Heralds.

The prince/ss arrives at Mixed Martial Arts school, where Phang is waiting for them. He then fills the prince/ss in about his plan: because the prince/ss hasn't visited the capital for a long time, no one knows what the prince/ss looks like, even though they have heard about them. Prince/ss and Phang will pretend as spoiled aristocrats who offer their sponsorship to the school. If the prince/ss can beat The Mad Master's best students, he will see them personally, and Phang will do all the talking. As they defeat the students, Phang admits that he was never good at Legion fighting style, and that would be useful. More Legionaries moved to the Dynasty last few years. The Sarge the prince/ss fought at the tournament finale has a Dynastian wife. The Mad Master spent a lot of times in the Legion, but Phang does not know any details, as he is a private person.

Xiang Tzu, The Mad Master, finally shows himself. He knows they are from the Palace and instantly refuses them from being his students, as he does not like how the prince/ss looks. Phang then speaks to Xiang Tzu, telling him they meant no disrespect and they have walked a long way here. Xiang Tzu asks what Phang wants, as he does not want nobles in his school, it is bad for other students and he cares about this place. Phang convinces Xiang Tzu that his school has potential - mixed martial arts are the sweetest fruit of the Alliance, maybe the only sweet one. Xiang Tzu is still not interested, so Phang offers investments and more students, as well as someone who can watch his back from the Palace. Xiang Tzu then agrees, only if the prince/ss can beat him. The prince/ss emerges victorius, and Xiang Tzu likes that they know how to fight madly. After Phang mentions the secret pass phrase, Xiang Tzu is finally convinced and he will take them both to his master.

Resistance
Xiang Tzu takes the prince/ss and Phang to the Resistance camp, located on a fortified bamboo grove. The Mad Master then introduces them to his master, General Marcus. The general welcomes them both and takes them into the camp. Inside the camp, a Resistance member named Yukka asks Xiang Tzu his progress with Heralds. He tells her that the priest did not show up at all, but thankfully they have new benefactors here. Yukka comments that the Heralds travelers they captured have shadow energy, which she refers as superb weapons and she has given it to her Insusceptibles group. Marcus states that he does not need these things, which he refers as demonic weapons. After Xiang Tzu showed Marcus the shadow energy capability by having an Insusceptible warrior fought the prince/ss, Marcus is impressed by both the prince/ss fighting prowess and the shadow energy. Yukka then suggests that they return a old Herald captive - whom they assume to be the leader of Heralds - back to Heralds and unites with them to end the Alliance. Marcus disagrees with her, as he does not fully trust Heralds, although he indeed sees no points in keeping this old captive anymore. Xiang Tzu agrees with Marcus' last point, suggesting the old captive to be done away for good, while wondering what they should do about the prince/ss and Phang. Marcus reminds him they will not decide anything without the Guardian's opinion, who is currently questioning the old captive. Everyone pay the Guardian a visit, who turns out to be Deng Rao. Both Phang and Deng Rao are surprised to see each other - Phang cannot believe that Deng Rao is one of the leaders, while Deng Rao tells everyone the two benefactors' real identity. Xiang Tzu makes an excuse that they know the Resistance pass phrase. Yukka is delighted by this - with this old Heralds leader and Dynasty prince/ss, they can make the Emperor negotiate on their term.

Suddenly, the time stops. The old captive has stopped time for everyone but himself and the prince/ss, and he greets them, challenging them to fight him as he want to know who they really are. After the prince/ss defeats the old captive, he is convinced that this prince/ss is Shadow's Descendant. He then reveals some informations to them. He cannot stay in this plane for long, so he makes it quick. Everything was destroyed as Shadow wanted, he saw it coming. The old man had sent the Descendant into the past thrice to make three copies of them, the prince/ss is one of those, and they have replaced someone else in this world. That someone was erased, but he cannot remember who that person is as his Dimensional Rectangle (which is actually a cuboid) is damaged and he lost some memories as a result. Time will move on soon, and the captive ends his talk by warning the prince/ss to not trust anyone, as this world is their enemy. He tells them to find the Sphere before disappearing, leaving the prince/ss startled and confused.

The time returns to normal. The Alliance troops are breaching towards the Resistance camp. Deng Rao makes a guess on who informed the Alliance of this location, in which Phang rebutted. There are too many of them, causing Yukka and the Insusceptibles to retreat from the area. The Emperor who is coming with the troops confronts Deng Rao and Marcus. Deng Rao finally admits everything. He is indeed one of the Resistance leaders, and he has no regrets whatsoever. He had seen enough of the Emperor's reign, and he is disappointed that the Emperor sold the Dynasty to the Legionaries and sacrificed their science to please them. He is upset because the Emperor beheaded the Dynasty's shadow energy research and forbid it, taking away this treasure of their nation to fill up his own buddies' pocket. Deng Rao also claims the prince/ss is probably a Legion spy already as they have not set foot in the capital for ages and no one will even know. The Emperor replies that the prince/ss is a loyal subject of the Dynasty and they will detain Deng Rao right now. The prince/ss then battles Deng Rao, who fights back. After he is defeated however, the prince/ss suddenly vanishes, along with Marcus and Phang. Deng Rao makes another claim that the prince/ss might even be a Herald. Emperor orders Deng Rao to be arrested for plotting against the empire, in which Deng Rao replies with an insult, saying he prefers to rot in prison than to guard the Arrow of Cowardice. Emperor also orders his men to search for the prince/ss.

Saving Heralds Leader
The prince/ss, Marcus, and Phang have been teleported into the camp entrance by Itu. Marcus then thanks him, although he can tell that this Herald may need something from them and immediately asks him about it. Itu introduces himself, commending on Marcus' perceptiveness, and speaks what he needs. The Heralds leader is now a prisoner in the Legion capital, and he need their help to rescue him; turns out that the old Herald captive is not their leader. Suddenly, an Emissary spots them and tries to detain them. After the prince/ss beat him, Phang tells him that they are merely investigating the Sphere's problem, in which the Emissary believes. Hearing this, Itu informs them what he knows. The Sphere's voice makes all the shadow energy in the world go mad, day by day. Only the leader knows how to stop it, and if the Legion kills him, he will take this secret to his grave.

The party is reaching close to the gates of Legion Fortress. Marcus is not convinced that Itu really knows what he is asking. He tells them how the war ended. The Emperor of Dynasty traded Marcus' head with Bolo's, the shadow energy researcher. Marcus does not know how the Dynasty treated this bargain, but the Legion Elders did not keep their promise, and Marcus was secretly imprisoned instead. Phang confirms that Bolo was killed and he understand now that if they know Marcus is alive, it will be an excuse to break the Alliance. Marcus hopes the queen will listen to them and he takes them to the throne room through the secret passage. On their way, Phang says the Sphere seems to be awakened right after the prince/ss returned to the Capital. Itu also says that their leader was captured not long before that. The Heralds hoped the Sphere was in the Dynasty Palace, which was not the case. Phang then realizes that the Legion Ambassador who was present in the tournament said no words about this leader. Marcus says that this Alliance thing is just a decoration covering mutual distrust, everything stays the same.

The party reached the throne room and they speak about the urgent situation of the Sphere and their intention to Queen Moira. The queen is angry when seeing Marcus, accompanied by the Dynasty prince/ss and a Herald. Phang speaks to the queen with all due respects that if she kills Marcus now, her popularity will drop dramatically. The queen answers by saying the Elders are on her side, they have all rights for a closed trial of any enemies of Legion. Phang replies by saying Marcus also has the right to challenge any Elder, if he or his champion wins, Marcus can replace that Elder in the Council. Marcus never thought he will need to appeal to this custom called Law of the Strongest, and he chooses the prince/ss as his champion. As the prince/ss fights an Elder, Itu wonders how a Dynast like Phang is well-informed in Legion inner customs. Phang explains that it was because his uncle, Shadow gave them the Sphere because they promised him the Sphere would be destroyed. Phang says the Dynasty is trying their best to fulfill Shadow's percepts. Marcus cuts this talk, and he repeats Itu's request, as the prince/ss has defeated the Elder. Phang also tries to convince the queen that Itu is telling the truth, as he can tell that shadow beasts and diseases are rising again. The queen simply says they already have Liquidators and Abdicators handling the situation, they do not need helps from cultists. Itu is triggered by this, correcting the queen that they are researchers, and stating it is the Legion who acts like thick-headed zealots. Marcus then threatens to kill Itu if he continues badmouthing the queen. They are then taken by Queen Moira to see the leader, who is about to be executed. The prince/ss manage to prevent the execution, and Itu then rescue the Heralds leader, Master Okada. Itu informs Okada the Dynasty has lost the Sphere and they have to find it quickly, and they then use this opportunity to vanish from everyone's sights. Queen Moira demands an explanation about what she just heard about the Sphere. The prince/ss and Phang go to catch up with the two Heralds while Marcus tries to speak with the queen.

They find Itu and Okada near the gates. Itu then fights the prince/ss while the Heralds leader vanishes. He is defeated, but the fights has bought enough time for Okada to be safe. Itu then exclaims that stubborn fools like them Dynasty will never understand the importance of Heralds research. He calls them blind puppies who follow government that has messed up their own heads, as they make money out of shadow energy and its forbiddance. Itu vanishes, but not before he wishes them good luck while calling them idiots. Marcus arrives at the area, he informs that the queen is furious about the Sphere. Nobody is ready for a war, Phang says they have to inform the Emperor and asks Marcus to come along.

Shady Shadow Business
The prince/ss and Phang are being searched by everyone in the Capital, so getting to the Palace is not easy. Although Phang is optimistic that this will be over when the Emperor and Queen Moira come to an agreement. Marcus asks Phang to not be that naive, as this conflict has festered for years. They are approached by a strange-looking mercenary. After the prince/ss takes care of the mercenary, Xiang Tzu finds them. He says he has been searching for Marcus, and tells them this mercenary is from Prefect's school, many of his students left to join this school. Nothing special about this school for years, so Xiang Tzu feels something is wrong. Phang reminds them that they have more important things to deal with. Marcus thinks the Sphere might be involved in this, Itu also mentioned a dirty shadow energy business in the Capital.

They then investigate this by heading to the school. There, the cultist girl that was captured by Deng Rao earlier is present. Xiang Tzu says they know each other, and she helps him investigating this place, her name is Kibo. Phang wonders why she ran away when they asked her questions. Kibo states that asking questions is an understatement, while rhetorically asking them what she is supposed to do. But, since the Mad Master trust them, she will help them. Kibo informs that the Prefect is here, but he overdid it with the shadow doping. The prince/ss manages to calm him down, although he falls unconscious, so they cannot get anything from him now. Marcus deduces that this guy used raw shadow energy to boost his powers, and it destroys one's body and mind, that is why the one and only Legion Shadow Squad was terminated. Kibo says that a man comes to this school on certain days, he brings along a large bag with him. He is often seen in the bazaar, so they head there to find him. The prince/ss detains the guy, and he tells them where he gets those shadow energy, which he then delivers to the school.

They arrive at the aforementioned place, which has many shadow energy stored inside. Phang has never seen so much shadow energy before. They check one of the many supply notes, which lists the name of customers along with how much shadow energy they ordered. Xiang Tzu spotted someone on the cellar, and the prince/ss quickly detains him. Phang recognizes the guy as the bodyguard of the Legion Ambassador, although the Ambassador himself is nowhere to be seen. The bodyguard manages to flee, and Phang is panicked, as there are hundreds of ways to get to the north. Marcus quickly deduces that if the Ambassador follows the old protocol, then it is by water. Marcus commands Xiang Tzu to search for more clues in this place, while he, the prince/ss, and Phang will try to capture the Ambassador. He also orders Kibo to come with them. They manage to reach the pier before Ambassador takes off. The prince/ss then fights the Ambassador, who boosted himself with shadow energy similar to that Prefect. The Ambassador is defeated, and Marcus then arrests him, while insulting him for fighting using shadow energy. The Ambassador says that this Alliance is at its end anyway, as the queen was waiting for the chance to terminate the pact. The Emperor has to know this, as the fate of Dynasty hangs on this information.

The Emperor is enraged when he hears Queen Moira knows about the missing Sphere. Marcus also informs him that the Legion Ambassador illegally traded raw shadow energy for the last few years. He suspects some Dynast is supplying him with shadow energy, and he asks the Emperor if he knows something. The Emperor however, is mad that the prince/ss is betraying him by conspiring against the Alliance. He blames Marcus to be the one who clouded the prince/ss' mind. The Emperor then fighst Marcus, and he fights back. Marcus wins the fight. The Emperor is too old to fight, and he is exhausted by this. They both recall the time when they fought like this back then, and Marcus respected the Emperor as a fighter. But he regrets that the Emperor is too soft for an emperor. Emperor agrees with him, but it is too late to think about it now, he himself is tired and disappointed. Emperor then suggests them to find Ling, their only shadow blacksmith, along with Bolo back then.

God of Time
They arrived on a temple in the mountains, and Phang wonders what is a blacksmith doing in some temple. Kibo explains that Ling was a spiritual person, unlike Bolo. Galen has told her much about Ling. Phang then realizes this is why he thought he had seen Kibo elsewhere: Kibo knew Galen. Suddenly, they are surrounded by Heralds mechanical warriors known as shadow bots. They repel these bots, causing Ling to appear in person. He is glad that Kibo finally made some friends, though he will appreciate it if they do not destroy temple property. Kibo then asks Ling to help them, the prince/ss of Dynasty is searching for the Sphere. She can tell Ling knows where it is, as he always sensed shadow energy, something even Bolo could not beat him in. Ling starts blabbering, he says Bolo always wanted to dig into shadow energy with his logic, as if it was solvable like a puzzle. Ling once said to Bolo: it is only Bolo that needs to be solved, so Bolo was supposed to sit down in silence and let the energy itself solves him. Kibo questions Ling if he is talking about the Sphere's voice, but Ling says it is wrong. The Sphere became insane already long ago, its voice got stronger recently in the past few weeks, but they should not pay attention to its nonsense. What he is really talking about is the god's voice. Ling will soon meet his end, so this Sphere business and their politics do not concern him much anymore. His time is precious, and he spends it trying to get at the heart of his nation, the balance. Ling knows this person is the prince/ss of Dynasty, but he wants to know how much they know about the balance. Phang has enough of this riddles, and he asks Ling to just tell them already. Ling answers that they will not find it, the Sphere only seeks the worthy. They do not recognize each other because the worthy one is not worthy enough, not yet as the god said. Phang questions Ling what is this god, in which Ling explains that he is the one hidden beyond time, their history is an open book for him. Ling kept silent for a year, and then he talked to him. Ling suddenly calls the prince/ss, who always stays silent. He asks if they hear the god, his voice.

The prince/ss then gets a vision, similar to the dream they saw when they were unconscious after they got poisoned by the Herald Priest. June questions herself if she is dead. The Stranger ponders what it is to be. He says that there is always a chance to be, June might be. This chance is close to zero now, but it is always there. The Stranger knows this feeling, an insignificant probability of one's existence, a spark in the darkness. He then wishes for June to stay brave. June was afraid of the Blizzard Master when she was a child, Kibo said that he would freeze her father. As soon as her father found this out, he took June to meet this old dragon. That day, June met her fear face to face. June does not understand, she asks if the Descendant really murdered her. Stranger confirms it is not the case, the world itself got rid of June when the Descendant traveled in time. Bolo told them that they should sacrifice a bot - that was a lie. Bolo knew it definitely would not be mere bots, it could only be someone as important as the Descendant. Bolo did not know that someone is June. She gets even more confused, and she then questions if he is Bolo; he talks like a scholar, and his suit looks exactly like his. Stranger corrects her: it is Bolo's suit that looks like his. He then wishes June to be brave like a child, and to believe in the Descendant.

The prince/ss' consciousness returns to the real world, and Ling can tell from their face that they have heard his voice. Marcus is surprised to see the temple's pool to swirls in shadow energy. Ling says that it is a rift between worlds, the god is coming. He then tests the prince/ss if they are ready; the worthy one is stronger than everybody else, stronger than Ling, the Sphere, Shadow, and stronger than even time. The prince/ss fights Ling in a tricky fight to prove they are worthy. They emerges victorius against Ling, and it does not take long after that for the god to show himself: the Stranger. He says he was right, it is Shadow's Descendant instead of June. Marcus asks who is June, as he never heard that name. Seeing Marcus makes the Stranger happy, as he is by the prince/ss side. Again. This proves that their bonds are deeper than the end of the world. But, he lost someone, and they need him back. Stranger tells both Marcus and Captain Phang that they need to accompany Shadow's Descendant in this dangerous travel. He then convinces them to enter the portal, he will protect them. Stranger also thanks Ling for making the prince/ss even stronger.

Characters Introduced in This Plane

 * Shadow Mind
 * Stranger
 * Emperor
 * Ambassador
 * Sarge
 * Captain Phang
 * Deng Rao
 * Kibo
 * Itu
 * June
 * Xiang Tzu
 * Marcus
 * Yukka
 * Captive
 * Emissary
 * Queen Moira
 * Master Okada
 * Ling

Locations Appeared in This Chapter
Below are the fight locations used for main quests, training, duels, and survival.