The airship flies down the hole easily enough, reaching a massive cave with oceans of magma. There's a bit of a problem, though....

Sure enough, the Red Wings are here, fighting a group of tanks. The Enterprise, unfortunately, is caught in the crossfire.

Cid accelerates, but it doesn't seem to help much.

Fade to black.

The Enterprise is unusable for now. Fortunately, there's a castle nearby.

There's an item shop here with more supplies than ever, but most of the castle is blocked off by security dwarves.

The only NPC of any particular interest is the little girl dwarf in the entry room.

They party goes in to see the king.

Remove Cid's equipment now, and also put him in the back row. You'll see why soon enough. Also swap any fire armors you may have equipped for something neutral, since Flame weakness is going to be a liability.

Yang steps forward abruptly.

Something moves behind the wall. Yang continues to look toward the (rather obvious) secret door.

The dwarves open the door, and the party files through to find... dolls? The door shuts behind them.

The creepy dolls do a creepy dance.

Calcabrina is a demon from Dante's Inferno. The name literally means "brine-walker".

Now for one of the stranger boss battles in the game. The three Brina (in front) are considerably weaker than the three Calca (in back), with 369 hit points instead of 1369. Kill off either group, and....

Calcabrina might as well be a whole new battle. It can hit fairly hard, but at least there's only one of it. Attacking with Flame, Ice, or Thunder magic of any type will trigger nasty counters, but you're not likely to do that anyway since there's no black mage in the group. Physical attacks don't trigger anything, so go wild, and feel free to cast Berserk if you like. Other than the counterattacks and an occassional Glare (Confusion) and Hold spell, it just uses boring physical attacks, so there's not much to worry about.

The dolls may eventually unfuse...

...which gives back the original three Calca and three Brina, effectively resetting the battle. However, it's not time based, but rather a counter that occurs when the big doll goes under 100 hit points without dying, so consider yourself unlucky if you see it happen.

It's also possible to win by killing all the little dolls. Take out two of each type to avoid triggering the fusion, then be ready to take out the last Brina immediately after the last Calca goes down. I think it's more trouble than it's worth, though.

None of the dolls has any elemental strengths or weaknesses, so attack with your strongest weapons. And make sure that Cecil survives the battle....

Golbeza appears in the room and walks up to Cecil.

It's not quite the Tower of Babel, but the name does appear to be based on it.

Golbeza attacks. Hey, we just had a boss fight! This is going to be one of those unwinnable ones, right? Sorry, but no. It is highly scripted, though. Golbeza is initially absolutely invulnerable to everything, and before you can even try to do much of anything....

Golbeza uses Spellbind Chill, paralyzing everyone.

Golbeza summons a Black Dragon. It uses Black Fang on Yang, then Cain, then Rosa, instantly Incapacitating them... but Cain can avoid this by being in midair. The timing is a bit tricky, since he'll land before the event starts if he Jumps too soon, and won't get the chance to Jump if you wait too long, but it's quite possible, and helpful if you can pull it off.

Also note that if Cain doesn't get out of the way, Cecil MUST survive the previous battle. Otherwise, everyone's dead and it's game over.

But before he can do anything, the patry fades out to be replaced by a strangely familiar misty dragon, which sprays Golbeza and his Black Dragon, damaging both. Golbeza is no longer invulnerable, and the Black Dragon is slain.

The party is cured of paralysis, with the animation including the empty spot, oddly.

A green-haired woman in a green dress steps into the empty space in teh party formation. The status bar names her as Rydia, but wasn't Rydia about ten years younger...? Now's not the time for that, though, since Golbeza is still here, and he's upset. Too bad for him he can't take much of a beating.

Golbeza will cycle between Bio, Thundaga, and Fira, each cast to a single random target. The damage isn't especially high, so your only potential problem is the fact that half the party is lying motionless on the ground. Revive them if you like, then give Golbeza a beating. Heck, if Cain survived, they could be up and running even before Golbeza starts attacking. Golbeza is weak against Flame and Holy for this battle, so use the Flame Sword and Flame Claw for wepaons. Rydia can cast Fira or summon Ifrit, which hits harder but takes longer to cast. About 4000 damage later....

Now that it's official that she's the same Rydia... Number of times someone has survived apparent certain death: 3. Anyway, as noted, Rydia no longer has White Magic, but she's learned the Dragon, Ifrit, Shiva, Ramuh, and Titan summons, plus the Black Magic spells Fira, Blizzara, Thundara, and anything else that she would normally learn by whatever level she is when she rejoins the party.

The party starts to leave, but....

Golbeza turns into a gauntlet (huh?), grabs the crystal, and disappears.

The party reports to King Giott in the throne room.

His daughter Luca is here too.

Anyway, there's an abusable glitch here. If Rydia casts Dejon before leaving the throne room, it warps to the crystal room, where you can take the Dark Crystal, which lets you skip the entire annoying Sealed Cave dungeon later on. This is averted in the EasyType version by disabling Dejon inside the castle.

The rest of the castle is now accessible, with treasures including a Black Belt (good for Yang) in the west tower, and a Dwarf Axe (powerful and ranged, but inaccurate) and Power Wrist in the east tower. Useful weapons to buy include the Flame Spear, and also get Darkness Arrows if you need ammunition. The armor shop sells more flame armors (but don't bother with them), and more importantly, Preist Robe and Hats and Rune Bracelets, useful upgrades for your mages.

Then there's the pub hidden between the weapon and armor shops. In the NA and EasyType versions, you'll find only a very drunk dwarf here, but the JP version also has a hidden passage in the corner that leads to the Development Room, a strange place where you can "meet" the developers of the game and find the completely pointless Lewd Magazine! Be careful, though, since some of them appear as random monster encounters.

Head downstairs and through the secret passage once you're prepared.

There's a recovery pot right by the exit. Enjoy, and consider doing some level grinding.