Vaan has snuck into the Royal Palace to steal something valuable however inside the treasure vault he meets two sky pirates, baltheir and fran who are also after the same thing he is. Although Vaan escapes with the Dusk Shard, the Imperials are everywhere due to the attack by the resistance. Vaan is caught up by Baltheir who asks for the stone to be handed over, Fran moves in from the other side to pincer attack Vaan but before anything happens the Imperials show up. Baltheir grabs Vaan and the two jump off the side of the platform and Fran catches them on her hover. However the power of the Dusk Shard causes the ship to crash into the Garamsythe Waterway.