Bran Bal

The entrance to Bran Bal.

Bran Bal, the city of Genomes.

Why are you not happy? You have returned to the place of your birth.

Mikoto

(Bran Bal, ブラン・バル?, lit. BuranBaru) is the village where the Genomes live, on the planet of Terra in Final Fantasy IX. This is Zidane's place of origin, and the source of the blue light from his dreams. It is also the birthplace of other Genomes, such as Mikoto and Kuja.

Story

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When you received the gift of life in Bran Bal, Kuja could not bear it. He could not bear to see a Genome with more power than his own; he felt threatened... He dropped you onto Gaia, the world he would destroy.

Garland to Zidane

Immediately before Zidane and company enter Bran Bal, Garnet sees the eye on the underside of the Invincible, recalls the destruction of her hometown, and faints. The remaining party follow Mikoto inside Bran Bal and attempt to search for a curative to revive Garnet.

Underground laboratory where the Genomes are kept.

They are shocked upon discovering the Terran village is comprised entirely of Genomes, Zidane's brethren and vessels for Terran souls. Eiko locates Mikoto, and is told the female Genome will wait for Zidane in an "underground laboratory". The rest of the party comforts Garnet, who has just recovered from her vision. Eiko finds the group and relays the information to Zidane, who runs off to find Mikoto.

In Bran Bal's basements, Zidane is confronted with multiple Genomes held in test tubes and the truth Mikoto reveals to him: Zidane is a special Genome intended to assist his creator, Garland, in absorbing Gaia into Terra. Garland had created Zidane as his Angel of Death.

Concept art.

Confused, Zidane wanders into the Pandemonium, where Garland appears to him. Garland builds on the revelation that Mikoto began: Kuja was the original Angel of Death, however, Garland had deemed him a failure because he could not naturally enter Trance, so he had constructed the perfect Genome: Zidane. Kuja had abducted a young Zidane and fled to the planet he intended to destroy. Garland shows Zidane an image of a dying Gaia and its harvested souls, held in stasis by the Iifa Tree. Distraught over his intended fate, Zidane attempts to attack Garland, but is instead captured and jailed in the Pandemonium. His friends immediately strike out to find and rescue him.

After Kuja goes berserk and destroys Terra, Bran Bal is destroyed along with it, but the player party manages to save the Genomes and escape through a portal back to Gaia with all the Genomes on-board.

Spoilers end here.

Treasures

• Wing Edge
• Elixir
• Flash Hat
• Angel Earrings
• Minerva's Plate

Shops

Moorock's Mogshop

Item	Price (gil)
Dagger	320
Mage Masher	500
Mythril Dagger	930
Gladius	2,300
Zorlin Shape	6,000
Orihalcon	17,000
Defender	9,340
Holy Lance	11,000
Avenger	16,000
Mythril Racket	2,250
Bistro Fork	10,300
Rising Sun	500
Dragon Wrist	4,800
Defense Gloves	6,000
Coronet	4,400
Flash Hat	5,200
Adaman Hat	6,100
Platinum Helmet	4,600
Demon's Vest	10,250
Minerva's Plate	12,200
Platina Armor	10,500
Hi-Potion	200
Phoenix Down	150
Echo Screen	50
Soft	100
Antidote	50
Eye Drops	50
Magic Tag	100
Vaccine	100
Remedy	300
Annoytment	150
Tent	800

Stiltzkin

Stiltzkin will sell the party a Diamond, Ether, and an Elixir for 2,222 gil.

Music

Template:Listen Bran Bal's music is "魂無き村　ブラン・バル" (Tamashīnaki Mura Buran Baru) lit. "Soulless Village Bran Bal". It appears on the original soundtrack as the seventh track on disc 4. A piano arrangement of the theme appears on the Piano Collections: Final Fantasy IX album.

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