Final Fantasy XII
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http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/top10/2526.html Before Gabranth(previously known as Noah) became Judge, him and his twin brother Basch separated when Landis was attacked by the Archadian Empire. Basch joined Dalmasca while Gabranth went to live with his mother in Archadia, her native homeland. He adopted the surname Gabranth in honor of his late mother who passed away and ascended very quickly up the ranks of the Archadian military and eventually became Judge Magister which is a rank reserved for only the most prestigious members of the military. Gabranth works for the Emperor primarily in the gathering and dissemination of information. In the beginning events of Final Fantasy XII's story, Gabranth personally had a hand in killing King Reminas of Dalmasca while inpersonating his brother Basch because of the orders of Vayne Solidor. As a result, Basch was branded a traitor and then inprisoned for two years under the accusation of regicide. Vaan's brother, Reks, witnessed the whole event but was killed during the scene. Two years later, Rek's younger brother Vaan happened to become tangled with the affairs of the Dalmascan resistance lead by Ashe at that time and wound up getting locked up in Nalbina along with the Sky Pirate duo Balthier and Fran. The three freed Basch and escaped Nalbina Fortress together through the Barheim Passage. Basch explained the truth about what happened with King Reminas and Gabranth's intentions to strip any resemblance of soverignty from Dalmasca. It was during the later portions of the game that Gabranth makes a reapparance, and this time he questioned Vayne's ulterior motives which are unknown to the Emperor and the Senate. The Emperor assigned Gabranth to protect Vayne's younger brother, Larsa, in fear that Larsa will soon end up as vicious as Vayne. Vayne, fearing that his chance to become Emperor may be slipping from his grasp, secretly killed his own father, framed the Senators for murder and dissolved the Senate. Judge Drace called Vayne out on his actions and was sentenced to death by him with Gabranth acting as the executioner. With her dying breath, she made Gabranth promise that he'll protect Larsa to which Gabranth agreed before she died. --- Proud designer of Chip, the Runner Up Megaman Legends 3's Mascot Contest! http://tinyurl.com/3r6wb4u | |
Fearing that the resistance from Dalmasca will trigger another catastrophic war with Rozzaria, Larsa then pleaded with Vayne to negotiate with Ashe in order to save Archades. Vayne ordered Gabranth to meet her at the very top floor of the Pharos where the Sun Cryst, a resourceful bounty of magickal energy, rests within and he sent Gabranth there because he knows that Ashe will visit it in order to cut a piece off of the Sun Cryst to use for her power. It was there that he confronted Ashe's group and revealed that he was the one who had killed King Reminas, and he strongly urges her to cut the piece of the Sun-Cryst to avenge her country and her father. Ashe thought about it at first but decided against using it for that revenge could do nothing but cause further strife and she wanted peace without resorting to using the Nethicite powers. Gabranth attacked the group but then Cid came to the scene and dismissed Gabranth. Furious, Gabranth tried to strike against Cid but he was thrown against the wall by Venat and then forced to retreat. Gabranth is encountered again at the near conclusion of the story when the party boards the Sky Fortress Bahumut to take on Vayne. This time, he pleaded to ask Basch about what purpose he still has left after abandoning his homeland and also letting Dalmasca go to ruin, but Basch answered that he still has Ashe to protect and so he lives on even with the shame of failing to be a guardian in the past. After the fight, Basch encouraged his brother to reconsider being loyal to Vayne and join for the sake of Larsa and Gabranth agreed. When the party started fighting Vayne's second form, Gabranth intervened and declared his treason to Vayne at last. He tried to kill off Vayne with his sword but he was stopped by Vayne and Larsa saved Gabranth from being killed by Vayne as he retaliates. Vaan then took Gabranth's sword and injured Vayne to the extent that he had to transform into the Undying in order to unleash his greatest power. After he has been destroyed in his final form, the Sky Fortress Bahamut started falling and Gabranth made Basch promise that he will look after Larsa. In one of the concluding cutscenes, Basch can be seen staying by Larsa's side. Although Gabranth was originally seen as an enemy and servent of Vayne, the player could witness his change of heart throughout the story and then later on to let go of his past and give his life to protect Larsa, the one person he could truly feel that's worthy of protecting. Gabranth siding with the party against Vayne during the last battle makes it onto this top ten for Gabranth's change of heart and reconcilating of his past. Seriously. How can one say that XII lacks character development? Also, this is only ONE example of the many conflicts and events from XII. Not only the story is very mature, it is very believable, realistic, and on the top of that, written in incredible dialogue with amazing cutscene direction and art. Makes me wonder if people are too lazy to actually think and reflect on the plot, and just rather to have easy to get and one dimensional characters (that happens a lot in RPGs, featuring the pure or angsty hero, the bright and gentle girl, the evil badass...) and overly emotive scenes as sacrifices, ham-filled "I gonna protect you with my new powers!" and things like that. It is just as movies that only feature explosions and guns. There are people who will defend those movies as the best ones ever to death, because they are shallow and evoke primitive feelings only. If you are a fan of XII, congrats. Because you have an good critical thinking and knows to appreciate a good plot. Not that you can't appreciate others, tough. --- Proud designer of Chip, the Runner Up Megaman Legends 3's Mascot Contest! http://tinyurl.com/3r6wb4u | |
Basically Darth Vader... --- What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us? -Dune | |
Mr Hangman posted... Basically Darth Vader... Except actually interesting, unlike Star Wars. --- Currently Playing: GameFAQs. (I seem to be losing) | |
Mr Hangman posted... Basically Darth Vader... I'm probably the only person in the world who doesn't see the similarity between FFXII and Star Wars in terms of plot and characters... You can't really say two characters are similar because of one thing they both have in common (which in this case would be the change of heart). | |
ChaosBeelzemon posted... Mr Hangman posted...Basically Darth Vader... Nope...I don't really see the similarities either..... TacticalWarrior Vaan's brother, Reks, witnessed the whole event but was killed during the scene. I thought Reks died after the "stabbing" I clearly remeber Vaan talking to him in a hospital type setting(or perhaps their house) Or maybe I was just extremely high, and thought that up. But I could have sworn there were galbana(spelling?) lilies or something involved with it. | |
OhhhSnakes posted... ChaosBeelzemon posted...Mr Hangman posted...Basically Darth Vader... I always looked at that scene as a dream, something surreal, poetic... --- Proud designer of Chip, the Runner Up Megaman Legends 3's Mascot Contest! http://tinyurl.com/3r6wb4u | |
I always thought the scene at the hospital was real. I figured he survived the assassination and was able to serve as a witness for "Basch's" betrayal and then later died in the hospital from his wounds. --- "Oh, I never leave home without my party cannon!" -Pinkie Pie | |
Moomba33 posted... I always thought the scene at the hospital was real. What didn't make it real to me was how he faded away and how Vaan wasn't shocked. It was like a memory, a recording of the moment where Vaan actually broke down. It was a beautiful scene. --- Proud designer of Chip, the Runner Up Megaman Legends 3's Mascot Contest! http://tinyurl.com/3r6wb4u | |
^ Mmmmm...Good. Then it wasn't a drugged induced fabrication of my mind.....That's.....That's nice! |
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