Garvelt Bridge

The Galvert Bridge (ガルベルト鉄柱橋) is a large structure that connects the lower sectors of the Tower of Harvestasha to the Kniehar Signal Station. It's mostly a long succession of bridges and stairs, which are what partly gives it its name. There are also several elevators from moving through the place. Its bottommost areas are a graveyard for disposed weapons and Guardians, which make it an extremely dangerous area.

The Galvert War
Several years ago, the Archia Think Tank and Clustania waged in this place the most violent and bloody wars recorded in the last 700 years of Sol Cluster's existence. This war was caused by the cruel and coercive politics established by the Chairman of the Archia Think Tank at the time: Dian, who ordered the mass production of Reyvateils just for the purpose of spreading Reyvateil genes, setting up the groundwork for the Human Evolution Project. However, these Reyvateils were programmed with a Telomere count of 20 years, so after they began dying, Clustania began looking up into the matter, and once they discovered the cause, the were outraged.

The Think Tank, on the other hand, retorted that they had the right to configure their "products" as they wished, and that they had done this to cut-off their production costs, which enraged the Clustanians to the point of exploding into yet other of the conflicts that were so common in this region. The war began in 3233 AD and took a total of four years, in which both factions attacked each other with all their available resources, but over its course, the conflict ended stagnating due to both factions using guerrilla tactics, and both had to plan counter-measures against the other.

The war finally ended when one of the Think Tank's researchers, Clart Serbia, led a coup-d'etat staged by the own unsatisfied members of the Think Tank, which deposed Dian from his position as Chairman the year right after the Think Tank's own founder, Archia Charen, had passed away. Once this happened, he claimed the position of Chairman, and initiated negotiating the peace with Clustania. Both parties put their conditions to close off the conflict: the Think Tank would completely cease producing Reyvateils, while Clustania would remove its troops from the 1000 Ston special administrative area that belonged to Archia.

Although the war ended several centuries ago, remnants of it can still be seen in the present due to the abundant presence of abandoned weapons and war equipment in the area.

Events during Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel
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Layout
The Galvert Bridge is mostly a vertical structure due to the large number of stairwells, and the fact that most of the transportation are the elevators that lead from a floor to other. The place is mostly straightforward and can be navigated without much problem, although some of the treasure chests may be somewhat tricky to reach. Besides this, there is also the fact that two treasure chests can't be claimed until after a certain boss battle in Phase 4, given that the player is forced out from the area and has to walk all the way back to the place where the boss was faced.

Treasures
Number of Treasure Chests in this Area: 11
 * Supermove Notebook
 * Soul Charger
 * R2 Solvent
 * ?Drill Blade?
 * Burning Launcher
 * ?Purifier?
 * ?Leaf Box?
 * Rare Metal
 * Platinum Material
 * ?Ultimate Material?
 * ?Ultimate Liquid?

Enemies
Number of Random Encounters in this Area: 10
 * Thunderbird (until Phase 3)
 * Zuu (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Type 1 (until Phase 3)
 * Type 1: Failure (until Phase 3)
 * Type 3: Crimson (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Furia Model I (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Furia Model I-B (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Advanced RT A (until Phase 3)

Encounter Probability: Low

Bosses

 * MYU Mk.2 (during Phase 4)

Talk Topics

 * Defective Device?

Party Topics

 * Abundance of Friends (after encountering Gengai in this area but before Jack and Krusche flee from the Kniehar Signal Station)