Return to Rabanastre
PASSAGE ENTRANCE > SAND-SWEPT NAZE > YARDANG LABYRINTH > OUTPOST > THE STEPPING
PASSAGE ENTRANCE
Save and then head to the next zone.
SAND-SWEPT NAZE
Check the map and proceed towards the red X that is located in the southern edge.
OUTPOST
You can find some glinting gil in the sand and chocobos to rent. Just continue south. When you reach the final field...
THE STEPPING
Go to the gate, it leads to Rabanastre. If you see a T-Rex named Saurian, do NOT attack it, it will still kill you.
Cut scene: They arrive back in town and Balthier advices Basch to lie low because he is a traitor. Basch says that “The resistance will find me soon” – especially if you are running around wearing a cod piece like that. Basch tries to reassure Vaan that he did not kill his brother by awkwardly saying “I would pay my respects to your brother.”
Vaan asks Balthier if he still wants the stone - probably to remind Balthier that he is a good pirate. Balthier does not want it because it is “ill-favored.” Ill-favored eh? Vaan decides to give it to Penelo instead.
Save at the stone then proceed through the gate that leads to Lowtown.
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SOUTHGATE > SOUTHERN PLAZA > EAST END > SOUTH SPRAWL > NORTH SPRAWL
SOUTHGATE
Head back to Migelo’s to see if Penelo is there to show her that you “got something.” Kytes is there instead and tell you to see Dalan. Return to Lowtown to talk to Dalan.
Cut scene: Vaan shows Dalan the stolen stone but Dalan seems to feign interest in it. He then asks Vaan to take a sword to Azelas. Vaan recognizes it as a sword of the old order – an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. Dalan whispers something about “reminding someone about what the order once meant.”
SOUTH SPRAWL
Proceed to the marked X.
NORTH SPRAWL
Talk to the boy sitting on a crate. He is wearing Capri pants, a corset and his name is Balazac (sorry about the name dude, Jr. High must have been rough). The kid lets Vaan through.
Cut Scene: A group of resistance fighters debate Basch’s twin-brother-kill-king story. One of the men surmises that if it were true that a Judge killed the king, then Basch (the Captain) would be a brother to an Imperial stooge. Basch comes walking in having cleaned up a little. And I do mean a little. He looks like a homeless George Washington. I bet still smells like dungeon. And really, if all you can grow is that pathetic puberty beard just shave it all off.
Basch asks the men if they will fight with him and against the Empire. They don’t trust him. Someone mentions Reks and of course Vaan gets all butt-hurt about it. Basch defends Vaan’s brother by explaining that Reks was killed because he was a witness to the king’s killing. The Empire could not frame Basch if Reks knew the truth; so he was killed.
The clan leader, Vossler, does not believe any of this and decides not to talk to Basch any more. Vossler can’t trust anyone because he suspects there is a mole in the resistance. Basch says “you going to hold me here in chains?” Quick cut to the two of them staring at each other for a LONG time. It gets awkward so Vossler does the only thing he can think of: tossing a sword to Basch. Vossler lets him leave warning him that everyone in the resistance thinks he is a king-killing spy.
God these Rabanastrians are gullible. First they bought Vayne’s I’m-on-your-side speech and now Vaan trusts Basch after he says just one positive thing about Reks. Now Vaan has a total man-crush for Basch and agrees to take him to see Balthier.
NORTH SPRAWL > EAST END
NORTH SPRAWL
Leave Lowtown through the Gate to Rabanastre. Balthier and Fran-bacca went out for dinner at The Sandsea. It is in the EAST END of Rabanastre and identified by the bottle and cup icon.
Cut Scene: Vaan and Basch see some kids and Vaan talks about how he is an orphan and that he lived with Penelo’s family. Vaan comes full circle and trusts Basch and blames the Empire for his brother’s death.
EAST END
Enter the Sandsea and head up the stairs. Migelo is urging Balthier to rescue Penelo because a ransom note said “We have Penelo, send Balthier to rescue her.” Vaan offers to save her but I have a feeling that he just wants to see Balthier’s airship. Basch offers to join in the adventure and Balthier assumes that it is to see someone called the Marquis. Vaan offers the crystal as payment. Fran growls “god’s are toying with us” – easy Chewie. Notice the mention of god’s controlling their lives - think FATE.
Levels: Most characters should be at 10. Head out into the eastersand if you need more experience.
While you are leveling up you should also use this opportunity to earn Gil by picking up loot dropped by beasts. To get the best loot you should do something called “Chaining.” Chaining is a bit like racial profiling in that you are only attacking creatures of a certain species. The more species you kill of one type the higher your chain will get. As the chain gets higher more valuable loot is dropped which will fetch a higher price when sold in the shops. If you kill another species while you are chaining your combo will drop back down to zero and you will not get the valuable stuff until you build it back up again.
Stock up in the various shops, make sure have all the gambits that are available in town.
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