Saronia

Saronia, also known as Salonia, is a sprawling kingdom in Final Fantasy III. The city has four sections, with the castle at the north end. The party meets Prince Alus here.

The inns charge 320 gil.

Story
After being mind-controlled by Gigameth, King Gorn causes the Saronia Civil War by splitting his army in half and ordering them to fight each other. He also exiles his son, Prince Alus Restor, from the castle, and imposes a curfew that shuts down all businesses except for one weapon shop in the northeast that operates secretly.

When the Warriors of Light fly over Saronia in the Enterprise, the Saronian military shoots them down, trapping them within the city walls. They save Alus from some thugs in a pub in the southwest area and he joins them to try and stop the civil war and figure out what caused King Gorn to start it.

They go to the castle to speak with the King and Alus is released from his exile; they are subsequently invited to be guests. During the night, Gorn enters the bedchamber to attack Alus, but turns the knife on himself at the last second. Gigameth's mind control is revealed; it was broken by the order to kill Alus. Gigameth transforms into Garuda, but the party defeats him.

King Gorn's wound is mortal, but he is able to reconcile with Alus before his death. Alus is crowned as the new king and the war ends, returning life in Saronia to normal. In thanks, Alus gifts the party with the airship Nautilus.

Northwest Saronia
Northwest Saronia is home to the large library, which contains some interesting background information on the game. There is also an inn and a magic shop, though the player cannot enter the latter until completing plot events in the castle. This is also where the player first finds the Legendary Smith.

Northeast Saronia
Northeastern Saronia has an inn, two weapon shops, and two magic shops. The smaller weapon shop in the northwest section is the only non-item shop open in all of Saronia when the party first arrives.

Weapons Shops
Located in the northwestern corner:

Located in the northeastern corner:

Magic Shops
Located in the northwestern corner:

Located in the southeastern corner:

Southwest Saronia
Southwest Saronia has an armor shop, the tavern where the party eventually meets Prince Alus, and a chocobo researcher's house, where the Fat Chocobo can be summoned to hold items and the player can find eleven Gysahl Greens in a secret room. Speaking to the two old men with Alus in the party the player is awarded with a Wind Spear and a Dragoon Mail.

Southeast Saronia
Southeast Saronia is home to the Dragon Spire, an optional area that contains equipment for Dragoons at the top, as well as two Phoenix Downs.

Southwestern Saronia

 * Gold Knight

Saronia Castle

 * Garuda

Final Fantasy XIV
One of the original servers in Final Fantasy XIV was named Saronia. It was merged into the Sargatanas server along with the Lindblum server.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Saronia Castle appears in the background during the Field Music Sequence of "Eternal Wind".

Music
"Salonia" or "Megalopolis Saronia" is the background music that plays throughout all of the areas of Saronia. After the defeat of Garuda, the background music of the town areas changes to "Return of the Warrior".

Trivia

 * In Final Fantasy Tactics, Saronia is mentioned in the description of the Artefacts, Black Materia, White Materia, Red Materia and Blue Materia, being an ancient magical city and that its residents, the Saronians, depend on the power of these materia for magic.
 * One of the Saronian soldiers mentions that he is skilled with cannons, and is implied to be the one who fired down the party's airship.