Taban Ashtear (タバンアシュティア Taban'ashutia?) is an inventor, the husband of Lara Ashtear and the father of Lucca in Chrono Trigger.
Storyline[]
Chrono Trigger[]
Taban resides in Truce with his wife Lara at their house. He even helped Lucca create the Telepod that sent Marle to Middle Ages Era.
When Lucca was a child, Lara wanted to dust one of Taban's inventions despite him telling her to stay away from it. However, her skirt gets stuck in the machine's conveyor belt and can't pull it out. The machine then activates and the conveyor belt starts pulling Lara into the machine. Lara tells Lucca to input the password to stop the machine, but Lucca does not know it. As a result, Lara loses her legs due to Taban's invention.
Taban also creates four pieces of equipment for Lucca – Taban's Vest, Taban's Suit, Taban's Helm, and Sunglasses.
In the many endings of Chrono Trigger, he makes a guest appearance. During the Moonlight Parade, he can be seen drinking "Soda" on the ledge of the fountain in Leene Square. If Lara's Legs are restored, she begs him to dance with her. If not, she sits on the ledge of the fountain while he stands. Additionally, in another scene, Taban strikes the Sun Stone with his mallet to produce fireworks, while King Guardia XXXIII hangs the Nadia's Bell.
Chrono Cross[]
Taban and Lara's statuses are unknown during the year 1020 AD because they're never seen in any flashbacks related to the burning of Lucca's orphanage nor are their fates mentioned. Taban is only mentioned during Kid's coma if the player checks one of the diary entries, which reveals that Lucca eventually replaced the code for his machines with a new one.
Trivia[]
- Taban and Banta are anagrams of each other.