Gittish Empire (region)

For the faction, see Gittish Empire (faction).

Gittish Empire
Japanese name	ガナンていこくよう
Rōmaji name	Ganan tei koku yō
Type	Region
Game	IX

The Gittish Empire is an old stretch of land that was once controlled by an evil empire of the same name in Dragon Quest IX. The empire was controlled by King Godwyn from Gittingham Palace.

History

300 years prior to the story of 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.

While they were still active, the Gittish Empire controlled a vast region of the world after their military expansion, where they constructed a new royal palace, Gittingham Palace, as well as hellish prison for its enemies, the Gortress; However, most of this new territory was left uninhabited following their destruction, while their original territory restructured itself after the deaths of its leading figures, creating the kingdom of Coffinwell.

However, centuries later, during the events of the story, the old forces of Gittish Empire, including its leading figures, were resurrected as monsters by one of their past enemies, Corvus, a Celestrian the Empire had managed to capture and torture for many years before they were wiped out. Now an empire of undead monsters, most members of the empire were unaware they they have died and continued with their conquest as if they were still human, reoccupying their previous terrory and continuing their campaign of world conquest like no time had passed at all, before bing stopped by the actions of the Celestrian Hero.

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

Other languages

Other languages
French	Empire Klenfer
German	Großbrutalien
Spanish	El Impío Imperio
Latin American Spanish	Unknown
Italian	Impero di Dimun
Dutch	Unknown
Norwegian	Unknown
Greek	Unknown
Portuguese	Unknown
Russian	Unknown
Chinese	Unknown
Korean	Unknown