Final Fantasy 12 Insider for you all that don't have it yet or can't get it because it isn't out in your country yet
***SPOILER!***
DO NOT READ this if you want to find out things about the story yourself, I am not even half way through the game yet but I will be SPOILING the begining parts.
THE BEGINNING!
the story takes place in the land of Ivalice where their are two main Kingdoms that rule the Rozarria and the Archadia, The Rozarrians want peace and the Archadians seem to want to rule it all. Now in the kingdom of Dalmasca the Princess named Ashe just got married to a man named Lord Rasler who would one day become king of Dalmasca, Dalmasca is ruled over by King Raminas and is in favor of the Kingdom of Rozarria. So the evil Archadia Kingdom attacks Dalmasca a great war is fought their and Lord Rasler along with two might Generals help defend the city. the two Generals were Basch and Vossler, During the battle Lord Rasler was killed by an arrow and the enemies of Archadia were heading towards the throne room Basch and Vossler couldn't let that happen so they rounded up the remaining troops they had and headed to the throne room, one of the troops Basch stumbled apon was a 17 year old boy named Reks, Basch showed great honor in the boy for fighting at such a young age and they team advanced to the throne room Bacsh was teaching Reks a few new fighting skills on the way. half way to the throne from Reks and Bacsh got split up and Reks had to fight a few Archadian soldiers by himself, Reks was victrous and headed to the throne room but what he saw in there haunted him all the Dalmascian troops were dead along the King Raminas but who killed them? Reks turned and ran for the door but ran right into Basch's blade Basch told him he had killed him own King and everyone else because he didn't want to risk the King Signing the Kingdom over to the Archadians and now he had Killed Reks to. the Archadian troops stormed the throne to see what had happened and the Comander of the Archadian attack was a man named Vayne he was one of the sons of the King of Archadia, the King's name is Gramis. well Vayne through Basch in jail and the search for the next hire to the throne needed, Lady Ashe was needed for the Archadian to sign a peace treaty so the Kingdom of Dalmasca come be ruled over by Archadia will it was rumored the over that sadden loss of her Father and Husband he killed herself (But she really escaped with Vossler for she wouldn't sign anything) 2 years later....Dalmasca became over thrown by Vayne and he ruled it in the Princesses loss, the people hated the fact that Archadia just walked in a took the Kingdom but Vayne spoke infront of the whole city the war was about bringing peace not taking over anything, Vaybe proved to the people he had a kind heart, but still there was a few people who didn't trust Vayne, a street rat thief named Vaan hated Archadia, Vaan was a orphan because his parents were both killed in the war and so was his older brother.....Reks, Vaan grew up living with a girl named Penelo and her family all his life till he was 17 and moved on his own, It was Vaans dream to one day become a Sky Pirate and live free, Penelo is like his sister, his best friend, Vaan then had a great plan to enter in the Castle of Dalmasca and steal something of great value and sell it gaining riches to give back to the people of Dalmasca, he managed to sneak in and steal a stone from the hidden treasure from, but then was caught by two Sky Pirates looking to steal some treasure as well the two Pirates were Balthier and Fran, even more problems arose when the alarms went off but not because of the three thieves but a Reisistance group led by Vossler attacked the Castle and they theives were trying to make an escape unoticed, as they escaped the bumped into lady Ashe trying to make her escape as well, when she first met the group she gave a false name, so know one knew she was the princess the four of them main it out ok through the city sewers but ended up being caught by a Judge of Archadia (there are 5 Judges of Archadia who up hold the Archadian laws, they are said to be very powerful) This Judge was named Gabranth and he took lady Ashe away and thrown Vaan, Balthier, and Fran in prison. The three tryed to make an escape but was stald buy a group Bangaa(Lizard-man) bounty hunters and Judge Gabranth, the leader of the bounty hunters was a Bangaa named Ba'gamnan, he was telling Gabrenth he needed Balthier for a bounty, the group hide and followed the bounty hunters and Judge to find a way out and the group bumped into Bacsh in his cage, Basch told the group he knew of a way out and they needed to set him free to save Dalmasca, Vaan was raged for he knew this was the man who killed his brother but the Sky Pirates Balthier and Fran told him now is not the time for personal affairs so they released Basch and the group found a way out of the prison, Vaan insisted on knowing why Bacsh killed Reks and Bacsh said he didn't kill Reks or the King it was Bacshes twin brother who was loyal to Archadia who dress up as Bacsh and killed the King to make it look like he did it, at first Vaan didn't believe him but over time he saw Bacshes passion on saving Dalmasca much like Vaan passion to as well. so Vaan and the Sky Pirates joined the Resistance(Sky Pirates only joined because they wanted to be rewarded of course) the first mission was to rescue lady Ashe from one of the Archadian airships the group left to rescue her with the help of Vossler, once they rescued her they were confrunted by another Judge, his name was Judge Ghis, Ghis noticed the stone Vaan had stole and asked for it in return they would be set free, well Vaan gave up the stone and Ghis lied and was ready to fight them, the group managed to defeat Ghis and escape, Ghis was still alive though and sent a searching party after them.
There is alot more story to be told in the game I am farther then this point but I don't want to spoil to much now! I think in this long begining summary you can get an idea on what Final Fantasy 12 is all about.
Characters:
Vaan
Street rat thief, who dreams of becoming a Sky Pirate.
Penelo
Vaan's best friend, like a sister, all she wants is peace.
Balthier
Quick witted Sky Pirate, Motives remain mystrious.
Fran
Balthier's Partner, Master of Weapons and the Magic form called Mist.
Bacsh
A noble Soldier who was branded a traitor.
Ashe
A Princess who will never give up hope.
The Races
The Hume(Or Humans)
Viera(Human/Bunny ears race, the race that Fran is)
Moogle(Any FF fan knows want a Moogle is)
Bangaa(Lizard-man Race)
Seeq(Fat Pig-Man Race)
Garif(little is known, seem to be agile, claws on hands and toes, but always wear masks)
Baknamy(Seem to be a canine Race)
Nu Mou(short stocky furry people with massive tails)
Urutan-Yensa(Sand people, also wear many layers of clothes and masks covering their true looks)
The Judges!
(From left to right)
Judge Zargabaath, Judge Bergan, Judge Babranth, Judge Ghis, Judge Drace.
Espers
The summons in the game! will post them and more Characters later on!