Garamsythe Waterway



The Garamsythe Waterway (ガラムサイズ水路 Garamusaizu Suiro) is a location in the land of Ivalice in Final Fantasy XII. It serves as the sewer system for the Royal City of Rabanastre.

Sage Knowledge
"An underground waterway running deep beneath the Royal City of Rabanastre. Built and rebuilt over the centuries, no one alive knows all of its labyrinthine ways. Some are said to lead even to the royal palace. There are stairs leading down to the waterway in Lowtown, but they are normally barred to keep unwelcome visitors down in the sewers where they belong."

Profile
The Garamsythe Waterway is located underneath the city of Rabanastre. It can be easily accessed via Lowtown. After the Esper Zalera is defeated, deep within the Barheim Passage, if one continues through the passage, one will find a zoning point to the waterway. Note that one can only go this way after the Esper falls and one have gone through via the passage side.

The waterway is a labyrinth of water and passages, with monsters roaming the pathways, attacking anyone they see. The water here can have its level adjusted to reveal lower pathways through the opening and closing of the sluice gates. The Sluice Gate Key can be obtained from Sorbet after completion of the White Mousse hunt.

Story
Vaan enters the waterway having heard from Old Dalan it holds a hidden entrance to the Royal Palace. Whilst in the Palace Vaan runs into two sky pirates, Balthier and Fran, and they end up crashing into the waterway as the piece of nethicite Vaan stole from the palace drains the power from the sky pirates' hoverbike. Escaping from the Imperial Troops through the sewers, they come across a woman, Amalia from the Resistance and team up with her. However, the group is cornered by Rabanastre's new Consul Vayne Solidor and separated, Amalia taken by the Empire and Vaan and the sky pirates thrown into the Nalbina Dungeons.

Musical Themes
The Garamsythe Waterway has the eponymous track "The Garamsythe Waterway" playing as its background music.

Monsters

 * Dire Rat
 * Steeling
 * Ichthon (Docile)
 * Gigantoad
 * Lizard
 * Malboro Overking
 * Gespenst
 * Ghost
 * Garchimacera
 * Water Elemental
 * Baritine Croc
 * Foobar
 * Imperial Swordsman (Event Boss)
 * Flan (Event Boss)
 * Firemane (Boss)
 * Cúchulainn (Esper)
 * Gavial (Rare)
 * Razorfin (Rare)
 * Drowned (Rare)
 * Wraith (Mark)
 * White Mousse (Mark)
 * Orthros (Mark)