Chrono Cross--Technically a game but there's a lot of text and I want to point some things out

As Chrono Trigger is a legendary Role-Playing game, Chrono Cross is it's oft-ignored sequel. I can't see why, though, as pretty much everything about it is gorgeous and well thought-out.
But this is not the place to talk about the amazing music, the unique combat system, the metric arse-load of party members-- well, not all of them, anyways-- or the incredibly unique designs for six signature bosses.
No, this is the place where the words are looked at, the tale as told through what the characters say.

A bit of context, though. This game takes place across two different dimensions, one in which the protagonist, Serge, died as a child and one where he did not. In the alternate dimension, he encounters a few people of note, mainly Kid-- a thief who perpetually speaks in an Aussie fashion and who's main phrase appears to be "I'll kick your arse so hard you'll kiss the moons!"-- and Lynx, some sort of anthropomorphic puma.
It's with Lynx that things get interesting, when the plot starts developing besides 'hey how the hell do I get back to my home dimension and why am I dead in this one?' He has a cutscene where he slowly advances towards Serge, demanding that he comes with him. He ends up calling him the 'Assassin of time, the Chrono Trigger!'
But, what is the Chrono Trigger? Things are horribly vague, with no information being explained at all. It's only after climbing through Fort Dragonia that plot advances again, as Lynx takes over your body and shoves you into his. You're then unceremoniously punted to a place where time makes no damn sense, and after a short dungeon where you talk more with Harle, Lynx's former associate, a few more things become known.
For some reason, Lynx needs your body to complete his plan. Miguel, the lone resident of the Dead Sea, tells you that whatever happened fourteen years ago caused the split in dimensions, not necessarily your own death. In his speech, fate, something previously brought up on multiple occasions, is all capitalized, as FATE. He also states something about a system, something that FATE uses to control humans.
To get to Lynx, you need to beat the six dragon gods, in order to regain your form and follow him to the Sea of Eden, the Dead Sea's other-dimensional counterpart. Most of them mention something about breaking the chains of Fate. And here, Fate is capitalized, as though it were a person or a living entity. Could FATE and Fate be related? At this point, I'm saying yes, they could be. Things completely capitalized are normally acronyms for something, after all. Maybe this Fate is in control of the 'FATE' system?
If the 'FATE' system can control humans, the Dragon Gods line of 'A human seeks to break the chains of Fate?' makes a bit more sense. By defeating this Fate, and the potentially human-controlling 'FATE' system, chains of control over humans could be broken, letting them choose their own paths again.
But something else is bugging me. The Sea of Eden was supposedly sealed millenia previously by the Dragon God. Yet, there are six dragons. Did only one do it, or is there some amalgamation of all the dragons existing as one being?
As each Dragon God controls one of the game's six elements, I wouldn't be surprised if somewhere a mix of all the dragons did exist. Perhaps as the Dead Sea held a ruin from the future, the Dragons are living ruins from the ancient Dragonians that supposedly existed in the El Nido archipelago?
If so, then that just raises more questions rather than answer the few that I started out with. But I want to find out, so I'll just keep plunging ahead in this game until I find the answers. After all, why is Serge the 'Chrono Trigger'? And why does Lynx need his body to complete his plan?
...And, why is Fate capitalized in the Dragon Gods speech boxes...?