The Age of Myths
The
Gods worked upon the world of Ivalice. In their efforts they created the twenty four
Scions based on zodiacs, with the scions split in half as scions of Light and Dark, tasked with very important purposes. Some believed there is a
Thirteenth Scion based on discoveries of ancient texts. The scions of Dark, as the tale goes, rose against the gods and were bound to the world, hence why only half the Scions appear as espers. The creation myths of Ivalice are many, but one of the better known ones is as follows:
Before Ivalice was created, there exists two warring tribes of gods, the Fabar and the Danan. The war lasted for thousands of years, until the Prophet Matoya predicts the death of the Danan god-king Xabaam in the hands of his trusted blade. Xabaam fears his trusted General Ahnas to be the death of him, and imprisons him and his loyal followers into the darkest labyrinths. Ahnas implores the death-god Heth to free him in exchange for his own life. Freed along with his followers, Ahnas sought revenge.
Now Ahnas the Holy, he and his followers appeared millenia later upon the Fabar and battled against the Danan triumphantly. The Fabar god We'aka was intrigued with the strength of his vengeance and swore an oath to fight alongside his men. Battles raged on for countless millenia until Ahnas finally confronts Xabaam and defeats him.
While We'aka sought the head of Xabaam, Ahnas wished the Danan god-king pay for his misdeeds and immortalized Xabaam's body, transforming it into a great land and named it Ivalice. Now Ahnas the Shining, he and his followers then withdraw into the heavens, watching as Man lived and thrived upon Xabaam's eternal body.
The Age of Gods
Thousands of years before the
Galtean Alliance was ever established, the Occuria ruled over all of Ivalice. While Man was just starting to thrive, the Occuria has built imposing structures such as the
Pharos at the
Ridorana Cataract. However, for reasons unknown, the Occuria withdraw from their command into hiding in their own city
Giruvegan, causing mass confusion throughout the world until a new age finally dawned.
Some believed that this happened because of the
Thousand Years War incited by the twelve Espers, led by the corrupt Holy Seraph
Ultima. Eventually the Espers were defeated, and the Occuria, wanting to ensure that the Espers will not rebel once again, tied their very existence into glyphs and banished them to the dark reaches within Ivalice.
At the same time, the
Aegyl Feolthanos, defied the Occuria and sealed himself and his people on the
Purvama of
Lemurés to evade their wrath. But in secret, Feolthanos married a
Viera, creating a subspecies known as the
Feol Viera.
Time of the Glaciers
Ivalice is covered in ice, much like the ice ages of earth. During this period many creatures adapted well to a land based way of life. Some creatures, such as the
Croakadile, had a hard time surviving through the colder temperatures and their population dwindled. Eventually over all of Ivalice, glaciers begins to melt as the climate's temperature rose, flooding the planet. The sudden change in sea level killed many of landed species, and a number of surviving creatures, such as the
Coeurl, were forced to adapt.
Magick enters Ivalice
Vague records claim that magick was brought over Ivalice from an unknown continent, and into the hands of the Man. It is unknown if the Occuria had a hand in this or not.
The Galtean Alliance
The light of
Kiltia is founded. This religion proves relief for some people of Ivalice.
Later, Ivalice is at war. The Occuria, fearing Ivalice will be scarred even more, give the
Garif a large piece of
Nethicite, a weapon to set everything straight. The Garif are unable to use it however. Angered at the Garif's incompetence, the Occuria came to learn of
Raithwall's victory over Belias. Amazed, they gave the Nethicite, and a
Sword, to him. Taking only three shards off the larger Nethicite, King Raithwall unites all of Ivalice. He would now be known as Ivalice's first
Dynast King, and the founder of the
Galtean Alliance. During this time, the Empires of
Archadia and
Rozarria rise. Both are great nations, who expand very quickly.
King Raithwall later dies. He is buried with the
Dawn Shard, and his tomb is guarded by an Esper he had defeated in life,
Belias. The
Dusk Shard goes to the
Kingdom of Dalmasca, while the
Midlight Shard goes to the
Kingdom of Nabradia.
In
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, the
Ruins of Delgantua are described as dating back to the Galtean era. This is further evidenced by the ancient stone architecture that composes the rooms and halls of the abandoned ruins.
The Age of Technology
Centuries pass, and the Empires of Rozarria and Archadia are at war. Eventually, a truce is signed. The son of
Emperor Gramis Solidor,
Vayne Carudas Solidor, kills his father and takes over the Archadian Empire. He hopes to start a war with Rozarria and Archadia, and become Ivalice's new Dynast King. It is revealed he is being led by the rogue Occuria,
Venat, who suceeded in shattering the control its kind had over Ivalice.
Vayne is eventually stopped, and killed, by Princess
Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca, along with the Sky Pirates
Balthier and
Fran, street urchin
Vaan and his friend
Penelo, and
Basch fon Ronsenburg.
A year later, the
Purvama of
Lemurés is revealed to Ivalice, along with the mysterious
Aegyl race. This sparks a great treasure hunting spree among
Sky Pirates that a maddened Feolthanos attempted to take advantage of. The party that stopped Vayne Solidor, along with some new friends, manage to defeat Feolthanos and restore peace to Ivalice.
The Age of Ajora
At some point, a great catastrophe hits Ivalice, wiping out many landmarks and even taking out the race of the
moogles. The other races disappear in this time. Man starts refering to the previous era as the Golden Era. He starts building again from the ground up.
In an age where airships and robots are commonplace,
Pharism became the dominant religion of the
Holy Ydoran Empire. At this time, a man called
Ajora is born, and at the age of twenty starts to preach about the coming of Paradise. His influence caused unrest among the Pharist priests, and eventually, Ajora is caught and hanged by the Empire. After the execution, an earthquake happens, wiping out Ydora from the map. Some people take this as a sign from the gods, and start praising Ajora as a child of the gods. Over the next few decades, Ajora's tale would be twisted to make him seem even greater. The
Church of Glabados was founded by Ajora's disciples, with Saint Ajora as its main focus. Pharism eventually fades away, with the Church of Glabados now the main religion.
Ivalice is now at war again, between two men after the throne. This war would become known as the
War of the Lions. In reality, the War is simply a means for a greater evil. The Espers, now calling themselves
Lucavi, have returned, and want to rule all of Ivalice. To this end, they possess people, and use them to do their bidding. Even the great Ajora was being possessed by one, their leader,
Ultima. It is unclear why the Espers have changed their name to Lucavi, or what their final ultimate agenda was. Using the War of the Lions, the current leader of the Lucavi,
Hashmal, hopes to revive Ultima. In order to do so, they need a lot of bloodshed to revive Ajora, Ultima's last host. They manage to revive Ultima, but a young heretic called
Ramza stops them. Ramza is considered a heretic, and his old friend,
Delita Heiral, is remembered by history as the man who ended the War. The only man who knows the truth,
Orran Durai, is found and executed by the church as a heretic. Several decades on, Orran's descendant
Arazlam Durai finds his writing and decides to write his story.
The Post-Kiltia Age
Previously, a Kildean priestess named Müllenkamp founded the city of Leá Monde. Her followers began to create a cult after her. As time passed, a man called Saint Iocus was born, and began prohibiting the use of magicks. The influence of the Iocus priesthood increases, and followers of Müllenkamp were hunted down in the Inquisition. Later, the prosperous city of Leá Monde is struck by a great earthquake, turning the city into a concentration of dark energy and lost souls. Riskbreaker
Ashley Riot of
Valendia goes to Leá Monde to stop
Sydney Losstarot, a Müllenkamp cultist leader with an unknown objective to achieve in Leá Monde. Eventually, Ashley finds that the real dark threat is
Romeo Guildenstern, who wants the power of the
Gran Grimoire. Stripping Sydney of his power, he reveals that the entire city is the Grimoire. Ashley stops Romeo, and in turn is granted the dark powers of Leá Monde. Ashley continues on to become the vagrant, eternally saving lost souls who have become the undead.
The Modern Age
Several centuries later, magic has completely vanished from the world, replaced by technology. There exists a small town by the name of
St. Ivalice in the cold regions. A young boy called
Mewt Randell bought an ancient book, in reality a grimoire called the Gran Grimoire. Looking at it with his friends
Marche and
Ritz, along with Marche's little brother
Doned, the book recreates a dream Ivalice following Mewt's designs, who in turn is inspired by a
Final Fantasy game and the grimoire's illustration. Marche eventually reverts the world back to normal, knowing it isn't healthy to live in a dream world.
Ten to twenty years later, a young boy called
Luso finds the Gran Grimoire himself. Unlike Mewt's experience, this time the Gran Grimoire actually sends Luso back in time, to the real Golden Era.
It is possible that the presence of
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance in Ivalice itself is a retcon, as material related to FFTA noted the existence of a civilization that was destroyed by Noah's flood; this implies that St. Ivalice is of our world, and considering Marche's former home, the large presence of automobiles, and the wide temperature difference between north and south, it could very well be situated in the United States.
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