Skyblade
07-24-2009, 07:54 PM
While going through FFTA, you can't help but notice the legend of the Aisen 13. Thirteen knights, including the Hero Gaol, owner of the Ayvuir Red and the Ayvuir Blue. His story is a quest item, and following in the footsteps of some of his adventures make up a chain of quests in FFTA. Gaol's partner, the moogle Lini, also appears and is a recruitable character, though with little additional story.
In FFTA2, Aisenfield returns, and the descriptions of it once again mention the legend of the thirteen heroes of Aisen and Gaol, and his blades appear once again, though the legend is not mentioned more than that, and the details of the adventures of these legendary heroes remains a mystery.
However, one cannot help but notice the repetition of the number thirteen. Thirteen being the number of the Espers of FFXII (and the Scions of FFTA2), and the number of the Lucavi of FFT. And there was another group of legendary heroes in the world of Ivalice, who numbered twelve, those being the Zodiac Braves. The Zodiac Braves fought in an age before Ivalice was united, defeating and banishing a great demon.
Was there some connection between the heroes of Aisen and the Espers? Could the Aisen 13 have been the Zodiac Braves spoken of in the legends of the church of Glabedos, with one of their number having been forgotten in the mists of time since the cataclysm? Mayhap the heroes of Aisen fought alongside the Occurians in ending Ultima's initial rebellion? Alas, with so much of Ivalice's history lost with the end of the Galtean era and the destruction of the cataclysm, we may never know the truth about these heroes, but if anyone can shed some light on these forgotten legends, it would be appreciated!
-Skyblade, Curious Historian
In FFTA2, Aisenfield returns, and the descriptions of it once again mention the legend of the thirteen heroes of Aisen and Gaol, and his blades appear once again, though the legend is not mentioned more than that, and the details of the adventures of these legendary heroes remains a mystery.
However, one cannot help but notice the repetition of the number thirteen. Thirteen being the number of the Espers of FFXII (and the Scions of FFTA2), and the number of the Lucavi of FFT. And there was another group of legendary heroes in the world of Ivalice, who numbered twelve, those being the Zodiac Braves. The Zodiac Braves fought in an age before Ivalice was united, defeating and banishing a great demon.
Was there some connection between the heroes of Aisen and the Espers? Could the Aisen 13 have been the Zodiac Braves spoken of in the legends of the church of Glabedos, with one of their number having been forgotten in the mists of time since the cataclysm? Mayhap the heroes of Aisen fought alongside the Occurians in ending Ultima's initial rebellion? Alas, with so much of Ivalice's history lost with the end of the Galtean era and the destruction of the cataclysm, we may never know the truth about these heroes, but if anyone can shed some light on these forgotten legends, it would be appreciated!
-Skyblade, Curious Historian