Old Dalan

Dalan, or Old Dalan, as people in Rabanastre like to call him, is one of the characters in Final Fantasy XII. He lives in Lowtown, Rabanastre, and gives advice to his long-time friend Vaan.

Old Dalan only makes a major contribution at the beginning of the game. It is him who tells Vaan how to break into the Royal Palace of Rabanastre, by giving him the Crescent Stone. Afterwards, when Vaan returns from Nalbina Dungeon, he gives Vaan a sword, to deliver to Captain Vossler. This is his last story appearance.

However, visiting Old Dalan near the end of the game will start the quest needed to get the Esper, Chaos.

Old Dalan is also cause of the naming dispute of Vaan. During the first time Vaan visits him, Dalan used the nickname "Vaan Ratsbane" (literally, "Vaan, killer of rats") because of Vaan's job of clearing out the waterway by killing the rats that had infested it. Some fans, however, erroniously belived "Ratsbane" to be Vaan's actual last name, which is not the case.