Saronia(サロニア,Saronia?), also known as Salonia, is a sprawling kingdom in Final Fantasy III. The city has four sections, with the castle at the north end. The party meets Prince Alus here.
Upon being cursed by the demon Garuda, disguised as Gigameth, King Gorn gives rise to the Saronia Civil War, which turns the Saronian army against itself. As the Light Warriors arrive to Saronia aboard the Enterprise, it is caught by the crossfire and crashes in the battlefield before Castle Saronia.
On foot, the Light Warriors head to the southwest section of the city, where at the inn they meet a kid being bullied by grunts. After protecting him and defeating the grunts, they meet Prince Alus of Saronia, heir to the kingdom, who has been driven away of the castle by his father. Alongside him, they head to the castle, so as to meet his father and understand the reason of all this confusion.
The Light Warriors are asked to spend the night at the castle, but during the night, King Gorn is manipulated by Gigameth into killing his own son, but stabs himself, in order to break Gigameth's control. Gigameth transforms into Garuda and attacks the Warriors of Light. After defeating it, the Warriors of Light watch Alus's coronation ceremony, and are awarded the airship Nautilus.
Northwest Saronia is home to the large library, which contains some interesting background information on the game. There is also an inn and a magic shop, though the player cannot enter the latter until completing plot events in the castle. This is also where the player first finds the Legendary Smith.
Northeastern Saronia has an inn, two weapon shops, and two magic shops. The smaller weapon shop in the northwest section is the only non-item shop open in all of Saronia when the party first arrives.
Southwest Saronia has an armor shop, the tavern where the party eventually meets Prince Alus, and a chocobo researcher's house, where the Fat Chocobo can be summoned to hold items and the player can find eleven Gysahl Greens in a secret room. Speaking to the two old men with Alus in the party the player is awarded with a Wind Spear and a Dragoon Mail.
"Salonia" or "Megalopolis Saronia" (巨大都市サロニア,Kyodai Toshi Saronia?, lit. "Giant Metropolis Salonia") is the background music that plays throughout all of the areas of Saronia. After the defeat of Garuda, the background music of the town areas changes to "Return of the Warrior".
In Final Fantasy Tactics, Saronia is mentioned in the description of the Artefacts, Black Materia, White Materia, Red Materia and Blue Materia, being an ancient magical city and that its residents, the Saronians, depend on the power of these materia for magic.
One of the Saronian soldiers mentions that he is skilled with cannons, and is implied to be the one who fired down the party's airship.
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Saronia as seen on the world map (NES).
Southeast Saronia (NES).
Southwest Saronia (NES).
Saronia Castle (NES).
Saronia Castle's engineer room (NES).
Saronia Castle's left room (NES).
Saronia Castle's left room B1 (NES).
Saronia Castle's B2 (NES).
Saronia Castle's B3 (NES).
Saronia Castle's broken path to the Saronia Catacombs (NES).
Saronia Castle's main tower first floor and treasure room (NES).
Saronia Castle's main tower underground level (NES).
Saronia Castle's main tower's second floor (NES).
Saronia Castle's throne room (NES).
Great Library of Saronia (DS).
