Royal Palace of Rabanastre The Royal Palace is an unrevisitable location within Rabanastre in " Final Fantasy XII " . The player can access it via a secret entrance in the Garamsythe Waterway , but it can never be visited again . Treasures . The Cellars area has many treasures , but one of them is a forbidden chest ( labeled in red ) that , once claimed , prevents the player from obtaining the Zodiac Spear in Necrohol of Nabudis . When sneaking into the palace there are several chests in the Cellar . The forbidden one is among the two chests in the southeast corner . The forbidden chest contains an Elixir , while all the others have common items like Potions and Antidotes , so the player can easily reset the game if they take the wrong treasure . The concept of forbidden chests was removed in the " International Zodiac Job System " version . No chests respawn in this location . Lower Halls . This treasure only appears in the " International Zodiac Job System " version . Story . In the manga version , Lord Rasler of Nabradia came to the palace as the kingdoms of Dalmasca and Nabradia wished to secure a political alliance by having their heirs wed . To everyone ' s surprise Rasler declared he couldn ' t marry Princess Ashe , and she stormed off . She overheard members of Neo - Rozarria Faction conspiring to kill her father , King Raminas B ' nargin Dalmasca , in a closed - off area of the palace that was under construction , as the faction wished to stop the marriage from going forward so Nabradia would ally with Rozarrian Empire instead . Ashe was almost spotted but was saved by Rasler who had followed her . Thinking Rasler was in on the plan Ashe protested and fell through a weak flooring into the Garamsythe Waterway . Rasler jumped in after her and explained he was not part of the plot , on the contrary , he refused the marriage to protect Ashe from assassins . The two made their way back to the palace and to the King ' s bed chambers where the Neo - Rozarrians were about to kill the King . Captain Basch fon Ronsenburg jumped from under the king ' s bedsheets and the Order of the Knights of Dalmasca stormed the bedroom to arrest the conspirators . Ashe was embarrassed to find she was the only one unaware of the plot . Some years later , Dalmasca has been occupied by the Archadian Empire . The new consul , Vayne 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 invaded his homeland , 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 stone and heads to the sewers . Once inside the palace Vaan sneaks past the guard . With the Sunstone he opens the way to the secret treasure room and finds the Goddess ' s Magicite 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 as he is escaping through the palace grounds the Resistance attacks the Palace . Amid the fighting Vaan is rescued by the sky pirates , but the magicite Vaan is holding drains the pirates ' hoverbike ' s power , and the trio crash - land in the Garamsythe Waterway . The manga version expands on the events . Vaan almost gets arrested when he steals from an Imperial soldier and Penelo asks him to accept work from Migelo to stay out of trouble . Vaan decides to sneak into the palace to steal from the treasury and take back some of Dalmasca ' s money . Vaan poses as one of Migelo ' s workers and helps unload food to get into the palace , but is caught by the soldiers and flees into a hidden passage when he sees a specter of Reks walk through a wall . Meanwhile Vossler and a band of Dalmascan insurgents attack , having snuck weapons and troops into the castle the same way Vaan had gotten in . Vaan discovers piece of magicite in the treasure room and is confronted by Balthier and Fran . An explosion distracts them and Vaan escapes . An airship bombards the palace , and as Vaan evades the soldiers he finds Vayne talking to Gabranth . Vayne reveals that through a spy in the insurgents he knew of the attack and kept security lax to bait them into an attack to trap and destroy them . Vaan is discovered , and is brought before Vayne . Vaan attempts to attack him but is blocked by Gabranth . Vayne orders Vaan executed , but Vaan is saved by Balthier who throws Vaan over a balcony and leaps after him , Fran catching the two on her hoverbike . Vaan vows to one day be strong enough to successfully strike Vayne . The bike crashes in the Garamsythe Waterway , and the three form a temporary alliance to locate an exit . Musical themes . The theme that plays during Vaan ' s visit to the palace is called " Clan Headquarters " that also plays at the Clan Centurio base of operations . Map . The map for the palace is found in an urn in the Cellar Stores area . If the player misses the map it can still be acquired by purchasing from a cartographers ' moogle in Old Archades ' Alley of Low Whispers for 100 , 000 gil .