Story:Conquest

Welcome to Conquest of Ivalice. (working title; please suggest alternatives on the comments section.) First started: August 27, 2011.

Story
CoI takes place in a ragged and war-torn Ivalice, specifically in the Merchant City of Dorter. The Fifty Years War is in full swing, and Ivalice is reeling from the death of it's king, Demanda II. Many warriors, young and old, are eager to join the fight against Ordallia.

Between this chaos and excitement, heroes are born... and die.

Setting
The fanfic takes place in Ivalice. It has the exact same geography as Final Fantasy Tactics, with the same cities, etc, etc. It takes place about 80 years before FFT, so it has almost nothing to do with it.


 * The "hub" of the story takes place in the Merchant City of Dorter. A huge metropolis nestled on the epicenter of two important trade routes, it lies home to hundreds of thousands of people, living or roaming, common or noble. Beneath its exterior of fat cat merchants and brave knights lies a tough underworld of poverty and crime.
 * Dorter Academy is as it sounds - a school not far from the outskirts of Dorter. Hastily built weeks before the War started, it has continually been expanded to hold all the nationwide Ivalician recruits eager to take the fight to Ordallia. It is primarily run by the von Dieter noble family, of which there are plenty strong sons and knights to train the hapless thieves, snot-nosed teenagers and middle-aged farmers it gets. It is well-known for both its efficiency for training strong knights and its rigorous training.
 * Another place of note is La Mancha, an original holdfast outside the border of Zeltennia and not far from Mt. Germinas. It is the home of the Mancha noble family of Ordallia. Nestled high up on the Germinas mountain range and very close to a large nearby oasis, it is a booming city with lots of trade, considering it overlooks the Germinas pass to get from Ordallia to Ivalice. There are lots of Ordallian soldiers here to enforce the border on this side. The Mancha Castle itself is high on a nearby mountain to further increase defenses, while the pass is guarded before it tunnels into the side of Mt. Germinas.

Protagonists

 * Victor von Dieter: The son of a judge who is more of a child at heart than his adult body lets on. Hopelessly naive and surprisingly immature, he enters the war in hopes of finding glory and women, and is shocked to find out just how the world really works.
 * Meagan Porter: A fledgling, extremely impoverished thief with little family and a good heart. After the war takes away her last living relative and she understands just how badly they've been sleighted, she sets out to steal from the rich, but finds herself targeting some dangerous people.
 * Kaliriya Diva: The sheltered daughter of a renowned singer, her beautiful face and enchanting voice hide her hate-filled nature and lust for blood. The war provides her the perfect stage to show off her bloody talents.
 * Leos Starbucks: A wandering minstrel with a knack for magic tricks. He takes an observer's point of view to the war, yet can fight with the best of them. Has a startling ability to piss off the worst people and get involved with the strangest affairs.

Antagonists

 * Oayce de la Mancha: An arrogant, abused young prince of an obscure Ivalician province. After gaining glory and infamy in the war, he begins to set his sights on bigger goals - and will stop at nothing to achieve them.