Red and Rotten in the Desert
Check your map and head for the red X. When you get to the gate, the guard stops Vaan.
Vaan lies up the guard about how he is getting some food for the consul. The guards are scared about making the consul mad so they let him through the gates. On the other side, there is a group of people waiting to get in. Hit the save crystal.
Venture off and into the desert. It is your typical desert where T-Rexes chase wild tiger-wolves. Walk straight ahead to the cliff. If you see that T-Rex, run, and do not fight it. The tomato is under the tree at the end of the cliff. Start attacking it. When it is low on Hit Points (HP) it will jump down. Follow it then finish it off.
Cut Scene: Vaan sess some flowers and picks them. He says that these "Galbana Lilies" will make a make a nice souvenir. And that was it - anticlamactic end ot fighting na animated tomato beast. Go back the way you came to Rabanastre Proper.
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Talk to the Kytes to start a cut scene about getting back into Rabanastre. A white Chocobo comes up and the guards let it pass because the birds are parade grade. Vaan’s flowers get smashed. Note the metaphor, at this point I am guessing they mean hope – which is smashed by the empire. Miguelo comes out of the gate and starts talking up the guards. He is one of those close talkers. The guards let everyone back in through the gates probably because they don’t want to talk to Migelo any more.
Cut Scene: Daniel day Lewis in full Mohican mode rides through Rabanastre atop a parade ship. He smugly looks down at the people – who all look like they just got back from their government forced workout at the gym. Penelo holds Vaan’s arm, I hope she is not his sister because that would be real creepy. Side note though to the girls: hold a guys arm like that and he will be yours. An armored guard introduces the new Councilor from Arcadia. His name is Lord Vayne – how Dickens. He jumps from the ship and goes down to mingle into the monochromatically well-tanned crowd. The Councilor asks why people hate him. The crowd says stuff like “spit on your Empire.” Vayne references the slain King to show his sympathy. The camera switches to the sky cam. Lord Vayne says lets make peace just like your King would have wanted. He tells them that you can hate me all you want but that is fine as long as you welcome peace. Oh and he used the phrase “Slings and arrows” –what a bard. He shoots off typical political lies/promises that he “will defend Dalmasca.” I guess the two years of oppressive Empirical rule were not so bad because after a two minute speech the crowd starts clapping. How naive are these citizens if they can be lulled into approval by a few sentences spoken in iambic pentameter? I think I heard someone yell out “CHURCH CHURCH.”
Satisfied with his speech, Vayne turns from the crowd. He says to one of his advisors that the cathedral there is magnificent. I would call it gaudy, but looking at his armor, I have a feeling there is very little that he finds overindulgent. 
Migelo comes up to kiss ass but Vayne is all “hey man we are on the level, just call me dude and lets go get some beers.” The Councilor sounds like a decent guy but if you have played any Final Fantasy game before you will know that any guy with long hair always turns out to be evil.
The camera then turns to Penelo and Joan Rivers sitting on the steps. Oh wow, my mistake that is Vaan. Vaan wants to try to get into the Fete. I looked it up, and a Fete is a “day of celebration; holiday” (www.dictionary.com). Vaan says that he will sneak into the palace and get all the treasure. With the loot he is sure to acquire, Vaan offers to buy everyone dinner and Penelo teases by saying that he would just buy an airship. She runs off. Did she just turned down dinner?
Follow the map to the gate that leads to Lowtown. Lowtown is implied to be the slums of Rabanastre. However, it looks about as rough as the red-light district in Salt Lake City. It actually looks like what would happen if you took Rabanastre proper and titrated out everything that looks like it came from the Aladin Hotel and Casino. I like Lowtown much better. Pull up the map and head for the red X – which is Old Dalan’s place.
ZODIAC SPEAR WARNING: The Zodiac Spear is a special weapon that is not required AT ALL to beat this game. It is, however, super-secret and super-difficult to obtain because it spawns only 1 out of 1000 times. Furthermore, it will only spawn if you DON’T open certain chests. I will tell you which chests to avoid so that you can have a shot at this weapon. Here is the first chest to avoid.
ZODIAC CHEST: Do not open the chest that is right near Dalan’s place.
Cut Scene: Dalan looks like the Maharishi. You know he is exotic too because there are rugs behind him. Vaan asks him how to get into the palace because he wants to steal all the treasures. Dalan smokes a hooka and his accent migrates from East Indian to Jamaican. He says there is a secret passage to the Palace that can only be accessed with a magic crescent stone. The camera focuses on a book - that looks like the one at the beginning of the story – does that mean he was the narrator? Or maybe it is just a script. Or maybe that is just the book from the Never Ending Story. Dalan tells Vaan that he need to charge the sunstone to make the crystal work. So to charge it, go to the Nomads of Giza Plains.
Leave, and make a quick right outside of Dalan’s and go to the gate to get out of Southgate. Get a map of Giza by going through the main gate and back into town. From the SOUTHERN PLAZA go to the Northwest to find a little Moogle that will sell you a map to Giza for 30 gil. Buy it, and then head back to the south gate and into Giza Plains.
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You should also activate the clan provisionar at this point so that you can earn extras as you defeat bosses.
- Go to the bar that is located in EAST END of Rabanastre. That is the same spot where you read about fighting that tomato.
- Go to the balcony to talk to Tomaj he will give you 300 Gil for killing the tomato and will tell you to see Bangaa, he is in Rabanastre’s NORTH END. The face icon on your map indicates where it is.
- Go inside and talk to the moogle at the top of the stairs: named Montblanc
- After he gives you the proper papers, talk to him again. He will give you a prize for each big boss you defeated.
- The clan shop in MUTHRU BAZAAR will now be open to you. The actual shop is indicated with the pot icon.
- As you finish posted hunts you will be given marks. The more marks you get the more stuff will be available at the Clan Provisioner. Here are the levels of the items you need.
- As you beat bosses in this game come back to Montblanc because he will give you additional rewards.
