![]() (Note: Answers have been edited for clarity and remove redundancies) The People Who Brought Vagrant Story to Life Smith over email on their breakthrough early work in the field and to reflect on the rise of localization as a craft that truly mattered. I recently had the opportunity to interview localization editor Richard Amtower and famous translator Alexander O. A taut, lean story of dark medieval intrigue and magic, it was a game with a depth of language still uncommonly used to this day. Released that May in North America, Vagrant Story was a significant step forward for English localization. The beginning of the new millennium, though, was going to change all of that. Subsequent translations were exponentially better, of course but though they were certainly Square's breadwinner, they weren't their only property. But for everything that made Final Fantasy VII forward thinking, it would also put a period at the end of a long-standing problem with not only Square, but most other Japanese developers and publishers: its translation.Īs a company that released very long and equally verbose games, this was a problem needed to be addressed, and quickly. An unqualified smash, it's practically useless to go over the details yet again of a game that's so widely remembered and endearingly adored all these years later. Just three short years earlier, the developer had finally broken American audiences of their widespread RPG ambivalence with the release of Final Fantasy VII. Things were looking pretty good for SquareSoft in 2000. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team. ![]() Romeo Guildenstern - Father Duane - Father Grissom - Lady Samantha - Lady Neesa - Sir Tieger - Cardinal BatistumĪ.J.This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Its imperial castrum was Castrum Valnaini before being destroyed in a fire.Ĭallo Merlose - Jan Rosencrantz - Grand Steward LeSait - Inquisitor Heldricht Valnain is a port city on the southern coast of Dalmasca and was the base of operations for Garlemald's IVth Legion. Leá Monde is the capital of Dalmasca Inferior, one of two regions that the kingdom was divided into when it was conquered by the Garlean Empire. Counterparts of Valendia's cities Valnain and Leá Monde exist in the kingdom of Dalmasca in Final Fantasy XIV.Valendia is mentioned as part of the vast territory Raithwall subjugated in Final Fantasy XII.The kingdom of Valendia is mentioned in Vanguard Storm.Leá Monde The dark city of Kildean priestess Müllenkamp. Here, Ashley Riot meets with the high command of the VKP. Valnain The capital city of Valendia, this is where the intro of the game took place. There are three prominent locations within the game. The kingdom's capital city is Valnain, an elegant Parisian city where the King's Palace, the Parliament building and the Valendia Knights of the Peace, or VKP, headquarters are located. ![]() House Bardorba became a strong and influential voice in the rulings of the Parliament. Valendia was known as the New Valendian Kingdom. The government then shifts from despotic monarchy to constitutional monarchy, with the Valendian National Council, or Parliament, formed to assist the King. It is during this war that House Bardorba rose to prominence for helping House Nalzarc and the other noble houses win against House Gurunas two years into the war. Other noble houses could only watch helplessly as corruption and misery spread across the kingdom, wishing that rule be returned to House Nalzarc.ģ6 years BGI, the noble houses banded together, sparking the Valendian Civil War. Under the regency, Valendia suffered as corrupt politicians of House Gurunas squandered over resources and practiced cronyism and nepotism. It is a city-state founded 1,500 years Before Graylands Incident (BGI) by King Nalzarc the First.įor 1,200 years, the House Nalzarc continued to rule the kingdom peacefully, until the power shifts to the Regency of Gurunas. Valendian Kingdom) is a kingdom in Vagrant Story.
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