Quote Originally Posted by Mercen-X
Marcus is not a "chosen one", obviously.

The trance occurs after taking several turns with each character. Unfortunately, the Trance gauge (near the HP) resets after each battle so it doesn't carry over. I'd like to obliterate the guy who came with that limitation.
It only resets if the character was in Trance at the end of the battle. If you hadn't noticed, the Trance bar goes up when a character takes damage. Their desperation and pain becomes power, incurring Trance.