North Corel

North Corel is a town at the foot of Mt. Corel in Final Fantasy VII. It was built by the survivors from Corel, which was destroyed by Shinra Electric Power Company. Since it is a relatively new settlement, North Corel is just a collection of crude dwellings, with little of the advanced technology that makes up human civilization on the Planet. It serves mostly as a stepping ground for the resort of Gold Saucer.

Story
Cloud Strife and his party pass through North Corel on their world-wide hunt for the elusive Sephiroth. One member of the party, Barret Wallace, was once a resident of Old Corel. The surviving townspeople blame him for the town's destruction, but Barret refuses to argue with them, and the party continues on to Gold Saucer.

Later when Meteor has been summoned and Cloud is lost in the Lifestream, Cid Highwind takes up the reins of acting leader to fight Shinra and steal their Huge Materia. There is a Huge Materia in the Mako Reactor on Mt. Corel and the party heads to grab it before Shinra can. The Materia is taken on a train before they get there and the party jumps on a small pump-cart and races to catch up with the train.

They fight their way through the Shinra forces to take control of the train; to get the train to stop, the player must press Up and ([MENU] in the PC version), then Down and  ([CANCEL] in the PC version]) in a repeating pattern until the train stops. If they fail to stop the train in time, the runaway train destroys North Corel and the Huge Materia is lost. If they succeed, North Corel is saved and the townsfolk recognize Barret as a hero, and no longer blame him for the loss of Old Corel.

Location
North Corel is located to the North on Gaia's Western continent.

Items Found

 * Huge Materia - Only obtained if the train is stopped.
 * Ultima Materia - Given by a little boy for free if the train is stopped; if not it costs 50,000 gil. It is also possible to completely miss this Materia if the player fails to catch up to the train altogether.
 * Catastrophe - Given by a woman after the Huge Materia event, regardless of the success or failure of stopping the train. It is the manual for Barret's Level 4 Limit Break.
 * Ether - Inside the rightmost tent. The player must go through the people in the tent and check the back part of the upper-right corner of the room.

Shops
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Tool Shop

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(*) General Store

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(*) This shop disappears for ever if you not save to Core of the train.

Mountain Path

 * Cokatolis, Needle Kiss x2
 * Grangalan, (Grangalan Jr., (Grangalan Jr. Jr.))
 * Needle Kiss x2
 * Needle Kiss x2 (Back attack)
 * Needle Kiss x2 (Side attack)

Grassland

 * Grangalan, (Grangalan Jr., (Grangalan Jr. Jr.))

Beach

 * Beachplug x3
 * Beachplug x3 (Side attack)
 * Beachplug x4
 * Grangalan, (Grangalan Jr., (Grangalan Jr. Jr.))

Skies

 * Ultimate Weapon (Boss)

Musical Themes
The music that plays in North Corel is "Mark of a Traitor".

Trivia

 * There is a map of Japan in one of the residences.

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