Gittish Empire (region)

Gittish Empire
Japanese name	ガナンていこくよう
Type	Region
Game	Dragon Quest IX

The Gittish Empire is both an evil faction and region in Dragon Quest IX. The empire is controlled by King Godwyn at Gittingham Palace. The Gittish Empire serves as the chief antagonist in Dragon Quest IX.

History

300 years prior to the story of Dragon Quest IX, the Gittish Empire attempted to conquer the world after allying with the evil dragon Barbarus. Believing themselves to be superior to the rest of mankind, they conquered and burned down countless lands and demanded money and women from those they conquered. However the entire empire was eventually destroyed by Greygnarl and his allies.

During the events of the game, they are ironically resurrected by one of their victims, Corvus. Now an empire of undead monsters, most members of the empire are unaware they they have died and continue with their conquest as if they were still human.

Notable Locations

• Gortress
• Gittingham Palace

Collectable Resources

Dragon Quest IX (DS)
Item	Location
Flintstone	Northeast corner
Rockbomb shard	Southeast platform
Manky mud	East side of southwest poison puddle
Gleeban guinea	North platform over a poison puddle

Monsters in the Area

Dragon Quest IX (DS)
Enemy	Gold	Exp	Drop Item
#171 Stenchurion	122 G	1380	Manky mud Partisan	1/8 1/128
#172 Gloomy gastropog	118 G	1400	Toad oil Spiked armour	1/8 1/256
#173 Dark skeleton	162 G	1780	Evencloth Smart suit	1/32 1/128
#174 Killing machine	168 G	1880	Iron nails Seed of agility	1/16 1/256
#175 Dreadful drackal	180 G	2000	Magic beast hide Magic beast horn	116/ 1/32
#176 Lethal armour	164 G	1680	Magic armour Seed of defense	1/128 1/256
#177 Freezing fog	120 G	1360	Ice crystal Sage's elixir	1/16 1/128
#178 Stone guardian	182 G	2040	Resurrock Reset stone	1/16 1/256

Notable Monsters

#177 - Freezing fog Elemental Family
	HP	MP	Attack	Defence	Agility
	126	10	126	156	162
	Exp	Gold	Drop	Ice crystal Sage's elixir
	1360	120 G
	Note: Has high evasion rate, sometimes hard to hit.

Other notable attributes

      This location contains poisonous marshes/swamps.

Trivia

• Gittish Empire is a play on British Empire.
  • Similarly, Gittingham Palace is a play on Buckingham Palace.
  • An important item that is used to solve Quest #141 Encyclopaedia Gittanica is a play on Encyclopaedia Britannica
• The Japanese name "ガナンていこくよう" is named after the Ghana Empire.
  • The religion of the empire involved the Ougadou-Bida, a mythical water serpent of the Niger River. This is probably the source of Barbarus