Taken from the XII Ultimania...

Map of Ivalice.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...alice-time.jpg


So yes, they are connected. XII takes place before FFT (about a 1000 years according to the Ultimania Timeline) and its located in the east. It's separated by a Jagd and the Kingdom Of Rozzaria. Vagrant Story begins in Valendia, which is the name of the region where the Archades Empire is located. Auracite, the stones used to summon the Espers, is the same named used for the Zodiac stones in FFT:WotL.

Ivalice, is being explored like the world of Suikoden, in that we only see part of the world with each new entry. Hell, FFTA2 takes place in Ordalia, which is the kingdom that fought the FFT Ivalice during the Fifty Years War. Yes, their are some discrepancies, but this is what happens when you start building on something 10 years after the original.


Skyblade: I agree, and this is why I feel their is a chance she was involved with the Great Cataclysm, though she may have fallen during the days of St. Ajora as well, seeing as St. Ajora used the Auracite and the tale of the Zodiac Braves to gain power among the masses. Perhaps Ultima is to blame for the "miracle" at Ajora's death.