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Zidane climbing the ladder of the Black Cat Synthesis Shop in the Black Mage Village. Note how it's considerably vacant....
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The wise Black Mage No. 288 explains the situation: all the Black Mages except for 3 left the village to work for Kuja, who promised them a longer lifespan. Fairly gullible, they are. No. 288 then informs Zidane of Kuja's secret hideout: the Desert Palace.
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Zidane and co. try breaking into Kuja's Desert Palace....and fail miserably, being trapped in seperate jail cells.
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Zidane goes to answer Kuja's ultimatum, while Regent Cid stays behind to watch the others.
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Zidane, Steiner, Amarant and Freya accept Kuja's ultimatum, by travelling to Oeilvert, a city on the Forgotten Continent, to retrieve the Gulug Stone for him. In the meantime, they have to fight a pair of Grimlocks near the exit of the Desert Palace.
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Zidane lays the verbal smackdown on Zorn and Thorn as they travel to the Forgotten Continent. Note that the airship they're flying on is the Hilda Garde 1, which was lost to Cid when his wife, Hilda, fled the castle with it. Both were never seen again...until now. Where could Hilda be?
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The group fights an Adamantoise while heading to Oeilvert on the Forgotten Continent. Another of the many past-FF enemies making a return appearance!
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The group sees multiple holograms in Oeilvert. Here, they witness one of a strange Planet, which appear to be one other than Gaia...
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Zidane crossing some sort of strange, extra-terrestrial walkway inside Oeilvert.
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The group fights Epitaph, an enemy which can create clones of their allies...even themselves! How odd. O_o
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Several faces carved into a wall recite the story of the rise and decline of "Terra".
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Ah, there it is! Zidane finally finds the Gulug stone that Kuja was looking for. Time to head back to the Desert Palace.
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Meanwhile, in the Desert Palace, Kuja proves how much of a rat bastard he is by deciding to kill everyone, ignoring the agreement with Zidane! This looks like a job for.....Regent Cid!!!
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Regent Cid rescues everyone, and they escape their jail cells, led by Eiko.
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Eiko enters the Desert Palace, a strange and tedious place...
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Solving the riddles of the Desert Palace: extract the stone and get a fancy-schamancy item of incredible value and power.
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