 Two years later , Vaan , a Rabanastre street urchin , ignores his friend Penelo 's objections and infiltrates the palace during a dinner celebrating the appointment of Archadian prince Vayne Solidor as consul . In the treasury he finds a piece of magicite , a powerful magical crystal . He is discovered by Balthier and Fran , a pair of sky pirates looking for the magicite . The three escape as Dalmascan Resistance forces assault the palace , and in the sewers they meet the Resistance leader , Amalia , before being captured by Archadian forces . Detained in the Nalbina dungeons , they meet Basch , who was imprisoned but not killed , and who claims his twin brother Gabranth was the one to kill the king . The four escape together with the help of Penelo , and flee to the floating city of Bhujerba . 
