However, fearing the influence such an appointment would give the queen, the Council refused to back him. The queen's brother, Duke Larg, had seemed the obvious choice for the regency. Too young to rule, the prince requires a regent, who would be king in all but name.
The prince, though but two years of age, has ascended the throne, his father having been claimed by sudden malady. Sustained by Lord and Light, the twin-headed lion reigns over the kingdom of Ivalice.Ī year has passed since the loss of the Fifty Years’ War.
