Final Fantasy V/Valley of Dragons

Val Castle
The soldiers at the castle know Galuf as King Galuf, something he never got around to mentioning before. Once back in his throne room, Galuf receives updates on the X-Death situation; no activity from X-Death's castle but X-Death's monsters have been attacking Val Castle with many resulting casualties. Bartz makes a big deal about having to call Galuf "King Galuf" but Galuf wants to known as just Galuf to his friends and that includes Bartz. (Bartz didn't really seem to care about Reina and Feris being royalty; after all Feris is presumably Queen Salsa of Tycoon now. But then Bartz seems to just teasing Galuf a bit about the "King" busuness.)

You are now in the King's Hall in Val Castle. There is a lot to explore here since the castle is also part village. Start by going to the west end and getting the treasure there. Now exit south the the 1st Floor. Go to the east side of the room and down the stairs to B. 1 Floor. Make note of the save point here but don't go any further down since it's a dead end and there are random monsters there's no point in fighting yet. Go back and exit south to the castle grounds.

The gate to the south is locked for now but there are two other buildings. The one in the center has an inn where you can rest for 50GP, and an item shop which has the same selection as the one in Lugor. The building to the west has the Weapon, Armor and Magic shops, but the selection is the same there as well with the exception of a new accessory. From here, go up two floors, across the roof to a stair hidden by a tower, then down two floors to get to a small room with treasure.

Now go back to the King's Hall and up the stairs to the east. This leads to the 3rd floor with Galuf and Krile's quarters. Follow the corridor in the middle and go up to the 4th Floor, then south to a balcony where Krile is tending to the dragon.

Talk to her to learn that the dragon was still sick after all and the last trip to Moogle Village and back has left him so weak that he won't get better without help. Reina knows all about sick dragons though and quickly recommends Dragon Grass. Galuf thinks you can find some in the Valley of Dragons, but it will be a dangerous trip. In addition to the normal monsters, X-Death has surrounded the castle with his own monsters. You decide to brave the dangers, not only because the dragon needs help, but also because there's no other way to get into X-Death's castle.

Go back to the basement to save, then to the gate on the south side of the castle grounds. Galuf orders the guards to open the gates and seal them again once you're through. The guard obeys reluctantly and you go out, then monsters approach and a battle begins.

When you win you can leave the castle grounds and start your journey.

Kelb Village
Go north until you reach a town in a mountain pass; this is Kelb Village. When you arrive you'll notice it seems to be deserted except for a few sheep. All the doors are locked except for a house toward the north; enter, cross the room and try another door which is locked as well. When you try to leave though, werewolves appear and block your way.

Kelga, the leader of the wolves comes in through the far door; he seems to be a friend of Galuf but he and Bartz are very suspicious of each other. A kind of dual begins. (You don't actually fight, just watch it take place in the cutscene.) Kelga executes a complicated move called the Pine Attack and Bartz manages to block it somehow. Kelga over exerts himself and is resting in bed when it is revealed that the only one to ever block the Pine Attack was Drogan, whom Galuf and Kelga knew as one of the dawn warriors in the original fight against X-Death, and who was also Bartz' father. So it finally comes out that Galuf knew and fought alongside Bartz' father without either Bartz or Galuf realizing it until now. Galuf goes into the story in detail and there is a flashback. The original dawn warriors were Galuf, Drogan, Kelga and Zeza. All four warped to Bartz' world 30 years ago to find X-Death. Realizing that they could never actually defeat X-Death, they used the power of the crystals to trap him. When the other three went back to their own world, Drogan stayed behind to make sure nothing happened to the crystals.

Kelga order the other villagers to open the north gate so you can continue your journey. But with the village open again you should explore a bit first. Rest at the inn near the village entrance for 60GP. The item shop is here as well and has the same selection as the others in Galuf's world. Visit the Weapon, Armor and Magic shops to the west; the Magic shop has the same spells as before, but the Weapon and Armor shops both have new items in addition to the ones in Val Castle.

Be sure to talk to the three villagers in the northeast corner; one of them teaches you the song Requiem. when you are done, exit the north gate to continue your journey. Also before going, if you're going to use the Trainer job then talk to the villager next to the well. He says something about sounds coming from it and if you check the well an old man jumps out begging for a frog. Leave the village temporarily and catch one of the toads in the random battles. Take it back to the village, make the man pop out of the well again, and trade the toad and 10000GP for KornagoGourd. When equipped this allows you to Catch enemies with much higher health than otherwise.

Valley of Dragons
Go north and enter the cave at the base of the mountain; you are now in the Valley of Dragons. The terrain here is very similar to that in the Northern Mountain as there you alternate between ledges on the outside and caves. The undead creatures here will be much easier to deal with if you have a Bard and use Requiem on them.

The first cave to the north is a dead end except for some treasure; grab it and continue to the next cave. This is just a passage to the second ledge. Go up a level to the next cave and follow the passage, grabbing the treasure on the right, to the third ledge. Cross a bridge here, then enter another cave. About now you may start getting random encounters with Golem. If it's alone it will do a hit and run and it's unlikely you can do anything about it. But it also appears with two other monsters that quickly turn on it, and it starts to call for help. Do not ignore its call! Start attacking the other two monsters and heal the Golem when you can. If you defeat the other two monsters before the Golem is defeated, then just defend for a while and eventually it will ask to join the party. You win the Golem item which, like the Ramuh item, turns into a summon spell when you use it. You will only find Golem outside, not in caves. Though optional, this is a very useful summon so don't leave the mountain without it.

Follow the cave to the fourth ledge, you'll notice dry dragon bones scattered around. Head down the slope here and go into the next cave. This appears to be a dead end but if you explore it completely you'll fall through a trap door toward the far end. You land in a small room; grab the treasure here then go through the door in the lower left end. This takes you to the lower level of the previous room where you can reach a switch. Press it and a bridge forms outside. Go back, then through the previous room and find yourself back where you fell through the trap door. Go back outside where you can cross to the right and enter a new cave.

You can go left or right here and both passages are dark so you can only see a short distance around you. Start by going left to collect some treasure. Go back and follow the right passage, there is treasure here as well. There are two ways out at the bottom of the passage; start with the door on the right first which takes you to a small room with a save point.