.:summary:.
Set in the world of Ivalice, Final Fantasy XII: Polemistis, Iroas, Oloi (Greek for Heroes, Legends, All!) is an crossover novelization of the newly releaed Final Fantasy XII. In fan fiction community terms, crossovering is when an author 'merges' cast members from seperate franchises. In this case, FF XII: PIO merges six characters from Final Fantasy VII, VIII and X, and brings them into the world of Ivalice just as we gain control of Vaan. Thus, PIO is a retelling of the videogame in a written format, but with characters from the previous games in the Playstation generation.
You can find out who the characters are by clicking on the 'characters' link to your left.
.:story:.
In the world of Ivalice, there has been only war. The great kingdom of Archadia has been going through nation after nation, conquering all of them in the name of Emperor Gramas. For many months, the nations of Nabradia and Rabanastre had managed to resist the Archadian war machine. But after mere days after the wedding of Princess Ashelina of Rabanastre, and Prince Rasler of Nabradia, Rabanastre's neighbor was conquered. Lord-General of Order of the Knights, Basch, leads a defensive maneuver.
It is a failure.
When the King goes to sign a treaty that practicly hands over Rabanastre to the Empire, Basch kills him.
He was promptly executed.
That was two years ago.
In a realm where a power company rules, Cloud Strife is returning home, but not under circumstances that he would wish. Even though his best friend, Zack Isimi is beside him, Cloud would rather be dead. He has failed to be the grand hero he promised Tifa Lockhart he would be, and once again, he would be looked as a failure.
They would go the makon power plant to investigate rumors of monsters attacking the workers there. It would be there that the legendary Sephiropth would see something horrible.
And everything will change forever.
At that same time, a great battle is taking place in a world very similar and different. Squall Leonhart, gunblade user and student of Balamb Garden, is sparing with his fierce rival, Seifer Almasy, another gunblade user. But this is no duel - this is a battle to the death. Only one of them will walk from this fight alive, and it will be done so with him holding onto it with all his will.
They will both be scarred from it.
But they won't awaken on the island of Balamb.
In the realm of Spira, Rikku Olbaurn is searching through an ancient temple. Her fellow Al'Bhed warn her that they have a bad feeling, but what do they know? So, she continues to mess around with the controls, trying to get a machina to move out of the way.
She gets it to work. It moves slowly, with a blue liquid slowly bleeding out of it. But, suddenly, a great light explodes from it.
None of them are harmed.
But Rikku is no longer there....