Lindblum Castle Lindblum Castle , also known as the Lindblum Grand Castle , is a castle located to the southwest of the Mist Continent in " Final Fantasy IX . " It is home to Regent Cid Fabool IX , ruler of Lindblum . Lindblum Town itself is located within the castle ' s walls . Story . Zidane and his group arrive at Lindblum after narrowly escaping from Alexandria . Thanks to Garnet ' s relations with the Lindblum royalty , they are welcomed inside the castle where they learn Regent Cid has transformed into an oglop . While Zidane , Steiner and Vivi explore the town , Garnet remains in the castle , feeling helpless as to the rising tension between Alexandria and Lindblum . Zidane discovers her atop the castle , musing , and attempts to cheer her up by promising her a date if he wins the upcoming Festival of the Hunt . The celebrations after the festival are cut short by the arrival of a heavily wounded soldier from the nation of Burmecia . Blinded and dying , he informs Cid of a black mage attack on Burmecia before keeling over , dead . Zidane and Vivi decide to venture out to Burmecia , accompanied by Freya , a Burmecian citizen and old friend of Zidane . Garnet wishes to go too , but she is opposed by her uncle and her friends . In retaliation , during the feast , she slips sleeping weed into everybody ' s food but hers and Steiner ' s , and flees the castle with him in the hopes of returning to Alexandria to speak with Queen Brahne . When the party awaken , they assume Garnet to have left for Burmecia . Both groups fail in their quests , and after the destruction of both Burmecia and Cleyra , Queen Brahne turns her sights on Lindblum Castle , hammering it with a barrage from her seafaring fleet hidden beneath the Mist . She teleports armies of black mages directly into the city before ending the battle by summoning Atomos with one of the several jewels stolen from Garnet . Not long after , having witnessed the attack , Zidane , Garnet , and Vivi return to the stricken city to regroup and plan their counter attack . They devise a plan to defeat Kuja , Brahne ' s weapon supplier , who is said to have appeared from the north on a silver dragon . After coming back from the Outer Continent , Garnet is made Queen of Alexandria , but after Alexandria is decimated by Kuja ' s Bahamut , Garnet , Zidane and the rest of their group are brought to Lindblum . Zidane searches for Garnet in the castle and finds her by the telescope , but she has lost her voice . The upper level is restricted , as it is where the Regent resides . It consists of a conference room and the throne room directly above . The throne is mechanically operated and can ascend or descend to either room as the Regent sees fit . A staircase near the elevator leads to an observation point with a telescope . The middle level of the castle comprises the airship workshops and the guest rooms . The player can also enter the airship dock from here , and enter Lindblum town via the cable car . The Base Level has fallen into disuse as it lies below the Mist . Two gates , Serpent and Dragon , lead to the harbor and outside respectively . Beyond Dragon ' s Gate is a moogle and a merchant , and the " Blue Narciss " can be boarded at the harbor . Used to navigate throughout the castle , it can take the player to all three castle levels . Zidane finds Garnet here , and together they look through the telescope at the landmarks and surrounding area of Lindblum . Six locations have to be located in order to proceed : Quests . Mognet . When the party first meets Mogki at the the guest room , he has received a letter : He also gives a letter for the party to deliver to Atla at Burmecia : When the party return to Lindblum from the Outer Continent the party delivers a letter from Mogki to Moodon : After the party has saved Hilda and returned her to Lindblum to Cid , Mogki at the castle sends a letter to Kumool at Ipsen ' s Castle : Musical themes . The theme that plays in Lindblum Grand Castle is " Cid ' s Theme " , named after Regent Cid .