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 here charge 320 gil.

Story
Upon being cursed by the demon Garuda, disguised as Gigameth, King Gorn gives rise to the Saronia Civil War, which turns the Saronian army against itself. As the Light Warriors arrive to Saronia aboard the Enterprise, it is caught by the crossfire and crashes in the battlefield before Castle Saronia.

On foot, they head to the Southwest section of the city, where at the inn they meet a kid being bullied by grunts. After protecting him and defeating the grunts, they meet Prince Alus of Saronia, heir to the kingdom, who has been driven away of the castle by his father. Alongside him, they head to the castle, so as to meet his father and understand the reason of all this confusion.

They are asked to spend the night at the castle, but during the night, King Gorn is manipulated by Gigameth into killing his own son. However, he stabs himself, in order to break Gigameth's control. Gigameth then transforms into Garuda and attacks the Warriors of Light. After defeating it, the Warriors of Light watch Alus' coronation ceremony, and are awarded 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.

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
Located in the northwestern corner:

Located in the northeastern 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 11 Gysahl Greens in a secret room. This is also where the player first finds the Legendary Smith.

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

Music
"Salonia" or "Megalopolis Saronia" (巨大都市サロニア Kyodai Toshi Saronia "Giant Metropolis Salonia") is the background music that plays throughout all of the areas of Saronia. However, after the defeat of Garuda, the background music of the town areas changes to "Return of the Warrior".

Trivia

 * One of the servers of Final Fantasy XIV is named Saronia.


 * In Final Fantasy Tactics, Saronia was 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.