Lumen Spring

Lumen Spring is a location in Tales of Legendia.

Geography
The Spring is located west of Werites Beacon on a hill. The actual spring has a ruined statue with several trees and plant life surrounding it as well as a nearby shoreline. The path leading up to the spring has many waterfalls and also gives a breathtaking view of Werites Beacon.

Main Quest
Senel Coolidge and Shirley Fennes are washed ashore near the spring after being hit by a wave. Senel notices that Shirley has a fever after being drenched in seawater. A man sees the pair and asks what is going on. Senel asks him if there are any freshwater areas nearby and the man points to Lumen Spring. Senel hurries Shirley over while the man examines the boat, and thinks that Senel is a member of the Holy Alliance Marines after some deduction. As he heads over to the spring, he sees Shirley in the water and thinks that Senel is drowning her until he starts seeing her hair glow brightly. The man thinks that Shirley is a Shining One after hearing of the symptoms from Senel. While questioning Senel who she is, he just gives him the silent treatment. After asking why he has come here, Senel explains that he had been drawn ashore here, and the man tells them that they are on a giant ship, the Legacy, a relic from an ancient civilization. Suddenly, Shirley screams as a mysterious man approaches her. Senel and the youth begin fighting it out when Shirley gets kidnapped by Moses Sandor, a notorious bandit. He takes off with Shirley and the mysterious youth flies after him. The older man says that the bandit may be taking him to his hideout. He introduces himself as Will Raynard with Senel doing the same.

Along the way, they run into Mimi Baker, who gives them a recipe for making bread and then runs off. As the two make their way to town, Senel is surprised that an entire town is onboard a ship. Will asks if the term "Merines" means anything to him, and Senel answers no. Will begins explaining to Senel about the Kingdom of Terises and how it was ruled by the Merines. Senel asks if the Merines is connected to the Legacy and Will answers yes because the Merines was able to control it through will alone, and the reason people are after Shirley is because that people believe that she is a descendant of the Merines. He also tells them that a pillar of light was shining at Raging Bay around the time Senel and Shirley came onboard the Legacy. He recalls an old legend saying that when a pillar of light rises, a new Merines shall appear. Senel says it is just a coincidence, and Will thought so too until he saw Shirley. He says that Merines means "Shining One", and that the Legacy was discovered only 15 years ago and is shrouded in countless mysteries. He goes on to say that if a descendant of the Merines should appear, many would consider her a valuable asset.

Introduction
The group comes to Lumen Spring at the request of Madame Musette to investigate the epicenter of the recent quakes. Norma Beatty realizes that this is the first time that all nine of them are traveling together, and that includes Moses' partner Giet. Shirley is glad to be part of the team, although she is still nervous around Moses since she remembers how she got kidnapped by him when she and Senel first arrived on the Legacy. Along the way, Norma decides to test the Sorcerer's Scanner the group received from Isabella Robbins, and it works perfectly as she finds both treasure and a rare monster. When the group arrives at the shoreline, they find nothing of interest. Suddenly another quake occurs and an Egg Bear appears behind them. Black Mist rises from its body and then turns into another monster, which it merges to the first one and forces the group to fight it. After defeating it, the monster changed into its original form and suddenly gets back up. Moses and Giet attack it again and it goes down for good. More black mist rises from its body after another quake occurs. After Will examines the monster, he says that it is one of the normal species of monsters found on the Legacy. Jay deduces that the black mist, the monsters, and the recent quakes have something in common. As the group heads back to Werites Beacon, A mysterious shadow appears in front of Grune and disappears quickly. Shirley came to check on Grune, but Grune wonders if she was able to remember something important but says she lost it.

Jay's Quest
Everyone comes for a relaxing picnic at the spring. Will and Harriet Campbell begin preparing lunch while Shirley and Grune plant seeds near the spring. After everyone comes forward, Chloe Valens and Shirley begin talking with each other and Norma decides to join in on the conversation. After seeing how the two get along so well, Norma starts getting a little jealous. After giving Norma her nickname, "Gnorma" is now part of the club. At first, Senel wanted to find out what the two were talking about, but the problem sorted itself out. Will explains that some responsibilities are best left staying quiet about it. After the talk, the guys start eating the prepared lunch by Harriet. Will explains that it is better than last night's cooking, and Moses is amazed on how Will can eat Harriet's food without batting an eyelash with Senel saying the same about Grune.

Moses notices that Jay is acting too quiet and starts getting in his face. Pippo, Poppo, and Quppo notice that Jay is starting to look more lively now thanks to Senel and everyone else. Moses also notices that he seems more human than he did in the old days, but those two words started to bring back bad memories for Jay. Prior to the game's events, Jay was undergoing extremely harsh training from his foster father in order to better himself and to work for him.

Moses asks Harriet for some of her food when he sees Jay staring off again. After feeding him some of her cooking, Jay finally reacts and gets Harriet mad before Norma calls everyone. Norma shows everyone a leaf and Will realizes that today is the annual Star Festival. He explains that is when people write their wishes on a leaf and if they let it flow down rivers and streams, their wishes would come true. Senel thinks that this was a way for people to entrust their wishes to Nerifes. Jay politely declines and walks away, while everyone else writes their wishes on nearby leaves. Jay secretly wrote a wish of his own on a leaf, and the Oresoren brothers try to convince Jay to be together with everyone else but Jay says that because he is the only one who is different, it is hard to be around them.

Trivia
The background music of Lumen Spring is "Melfes - Shining Blue", composed by Go Shiina. It is track 2 of the original soundtrack. The background music in Fallingwater is "The birds chirp, I sing", composed by Go Shiina. It is track 12 (Disc 2) of the original soundtrack.