Royal Palace of Rabanastre



The Royal Palace is a location within the city of Rabanastre in Final Fantasy XII.

Story
New Consul, Vayne Carudas Solidor, has been appointed to the city of Rabanastre, and to commemorate the event a grand fete is held. A local thief, Vaan, full of hatred toward the Empire that has taken everything from him, wants to sneak inside the Palace during the fete and rummage its treasure rooms to "take something back for the people of Dalmasca."

Vaan finds his way to Old Dalan who knows a hidden way inside the Palace from the Garamsythe Waterway, but Vaan will need to use the Sunstone to get in. Vaan completes a quest on the Giza Plains to get the required stone, and heads down to the sewers.

Once inside the Palace Vaan sneaks past the Palace guard. With the Sunstone Vaan opens the way to the secret treasure room and finds the Goddess's Magicite inside, but is caught by two sky pirates, Balthier and Fran, who demand he hand it over. Vaan refuses and makes a run for it, but right as he is escaping through the Palace grounds the Resistance attacks the Palace. Amidst the fighting Vaan is rescued by the sky pirates, but the magicite Vaan is holding drains the pirates' hoverbike's power, and the trio crashland in the Garamsythe Waterway.

After the events, the Royal Palace of Rabanastre can never be visited again.