A Note From The Archivist - 4.29.2021
Hello!
In 2016, the website Zarathustra, which was the only way to read the English translation of Xenosaga: Pied Piper, was unceremoniously removed from the internet. Luckily, it was archived via the Wayback Machine, but I still had my own concerns. This is a vital, moving part of the Xenosaga story, and with more people interested in the series I wanted to ensure it was easily accessible. Outside of the addition of this little note, nothing on this website has changed - it should be exactly as it was following the final update in 2006. This does mean that the mailing list portion is just for show and will give you an error. Here's to a new generation of Xenosaga fans discovering this wonderful series.
By the way, once you're done here and before you play Xenosaga Episode III, be sure to watch the entirety of Xenosaga: A Missing Year! It bridges the gap between XSII and XSIII and is essential viewing. You can check out the playlist on YouTube here or if you prefer I've hosted it for viewing and download at archive.org here. Enjoy, and keep hope alive.
Love, Erin.
Last Updated 9.14.06 - Names updated, site redesigned
Welcome to Zarathustra. This is the home of the complete unoffical translation of the script of Xenosaga: Pied Piper, an RPG that came out for mobile phones in Japan and bridges the first two episodes of the Xenosaga series for Playstation 2. The game is currently unavailable in English, and unfortunately may never be. Still, it's an amazing story and I feel that Xenosaga fans of all kinds should be able to appreciate it.
Pied Piper takes place 100 years before the events of Xenosaga Episode I, and follows Jan Sauer (eventually known as Ziggurat 8, or Ziggy) in his investigation of a U.M.N. cyberterrorist by the name of Voyager. Essentially, it is comprised of the series of events leading up to the end of his human life.
If you'd like to be notified via email when updates are made, please enter your email in the form to the left and join the mailing list. Whenever I make a major update I'll send a notice out to the list.
Other than that, just enjoy, and read the disclaimer at the bottom of the page. Just for emphasis, this project is completely not for profit and I do not hold the copyright to the original script. The translation is licensed under a Creative Commons share alike license, which basically means that you're free to redistribute it as long as you attribute me, and you can make alterations of it (including translations into other languages) as long as you offer the same terms of use on your work.