Raid on Narshe

The Raid on Narshe is a small yet significant clash between the Gestahlian Empire and the stubbornly independent mountain city of Narshe in Final Fantasy VI.

Battle
Armed with Magitek Armor, Biggs and Wedge are sent to Narshe to capture a recently discovered frozen esper, Valigarmanda. They are accompanied with Terra Branford, whom they control through a slave crown she is wearing.

Shocked by the sudden appearance of Imperial Magitek armor, the Narshe guards rush into action, but they are no match for the superior high tech Imperial armor. The Imperial soldiers enter the Narshe Mines where they face Narshe's trump card, the Ymir. Once having defeated the beast, the team approaches the frozen esper that reacts to Terra's presence and starts flashing, presumably killing Biggs and Wedge. Terra is knocked unconscious and rescued by Arvis.

Aftermath
Furious over the unexpected attack, the Narshe guards refuse to listen to Arvis who tries to explain Terra was being controlled by the slave crown. She tries to make a run for it, but falls and blacks out again. She evades captivity with the help of Locke Cole and 11 moogles who kill a Guard Leader and several Megalodoths and Silver Lobos in the process of saving her.

Despite the Imperial aggression, Narshe insists on remaining neutral in the war between the Returners and the Imperials. The Gestahlian Empire is not prepared to give up the frozen esper, and pays little respect to Narshe's policy of caution. Not long after the failed raid, a larger force is sent under the leadership of Kefka Palazzo initiating the Battle for the Frozen Esper. In this engagement, the Elder of Narshe accepts help from the Returners to stand against the Imperial invaders.