Oh Gabranth...

[KEFKACIOUS]

Hey everybody, I just had FFXII finished and man i'm proud of it
Had to leave the game in a frozen state for a year or so after i got stuck on the Third Ascent at the Pharos
Well anyway, i just wanted to share some thoughts and propably someone will fill my questions with answers cause i can't recall the Storyline really good.

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What's the deal with Gabranth?
An amazing character full of agony, hatred, honor[?], guardian, regret [?]...

As

Spoiler

Basch's

brother He's the one who slayed Princess' Ashe's father the later king of Dalmasca, killed Reks and had his brother considered a traitor and cast-away.
He reveals all that information to the Top of the Pharos at Ridoranna.

So my point is...what the hell goes on to the end?

Gabranth regrets his past doings, HELPS the Party getting rid of Vayne and asks for his brother (wich he apparently holds nothing against like being considered a traitor and living in prison is an everyday thing) to take care of lord Larsa?

Look my point is one: What did i miss?

Was Gabranth's murder of the Dalmascan's King he's own will?
And how come he was the fine and Trusted Protector of Larsa the one's who stood against his Father, his Brother and any kind of war?

I look forward for an answer cause this thing has confused me a little and a deep explanation about his character will be much appreciated!

 

[Totoro]

My view of that is this:

Gabranth did what he thought was right at the time, him and Basche chose different sides in the war, so understandably he thought what he was doing was for the good of people, I dunno maybe to unify a warring country. He then got put in charge of protecting Lord Larsa and saw how good he was. Then decided to never waver from his path with regards to that. He probably did regret what he did, the setting up of his brother, but wanted to uphold his honour and made Basche promise to continue where he left off with Larsa.

Think that makes sense, I've only played through it once

 

[KEFKACIOUS]

Well those were exactly my thoughts about that story, but i sure can't understand why Gabranth is ripping on his brother that "He couldn't protect our homeland and such..." when he was in fact...alongside with the people that destroyed his homeland?

 

[Davey Gaga]

We actually found out that Gabranth was King Raminas' true killer in the Barheim Passage, after Basch is freed from his cage, so you've definitely been missing some obvious facts. xD

Gabranth was ashamed of the defeat of Landis and abandoned his brother by joining the Archadian Empire. Throughout the game, he is charged with protecting Larsa at all costs. When he reaches the top of the Pharos and meets the party, Cid releases him of his duty - Gabranth was originally sent there to "ajudge Lady Ashe's intentions" and see whether she was ready for war or peace and promised to do this for Larsa. By instigating a fight with your party, after being overcome with rage, he broke his promise to Larsa and even Cid saw this - at this point, Gabranth is no longer a Judge of the Archadian Army.

When he meets your party upon the Bahamut, he is still blinded by rage. Upon defeating him, Basch addresses him as Noah and, presumably, his past feelings of being Basch's brother finally surfaced - all he wanted was to reclaim his honour by erasing the ties to the failed past (Basch, basically). Basch makes him realise that fighting makes no difference and he should reclaim his honour in a different way.

I believe that Gabranth witnessed the first fight with Vayne, where Larsa bravely stands up to his brother and bears his sword against him. Knowing how to reclaim his honour, he fights on Larsa's side (not with the party, but with Larsa, who happens to be with your party). By aiding Larsa's cause, he is attempting to put an end to the war in Ivalice and prevent Vayne from dominating the land, basically.

The simple answer about why he killed King Raminas is because he thought that it'd lead to Basch's death.