.: Final Fantasy XII - Ivalice's History
When you kill beasts in Final Fantasy XII, their information is added
to the Beatiary in your Clan Primer. Kill enough, and additional
information about the history of places, people, great events and tales
are revealed. This page contains all those texts.
Select a "category" to view the texts from.
| The Dragon's Game (#1)
[From enemy: Garif Warrior] |
Dragons.
The most feared of all creatures, yet, beyond mention in ancient tomes of their servitude to the gods in antiquity, little is known of the ecology and development of the great wyrms.
I have in my studies, come across a certain fable concerning a god and a dragon. The stone tablet upon which it was written was only recently discovered, and though there are surely some embellishments as might be found in any fable, I wonder with no little surprise at its simple elegance. Perhaps, I find myself thinking, this tale has the germ of truth in it.
- Lecluse, Exegete of Tales |
| The Dragon's Game (#2)
[From enemy: Garif Warrior] |
In times now ancient, a Dragon was born, stronger than anything that had been before, and in time he thought himself superior to the God that had created him.
One day he said unto Him, "I am stronger than you, God."
"Very well," replied the smiling God, "then let us play a game, and we shall see which of us is the stronger."
So began the Dragon's game. |
| The Dragon's Game (#3)
[From enemy: Garif Warrior] |
Dragon and God agreed to three tests to see who was the strongest.
"See yon mountain?" asked the God, "can you carry it here to me?"
"As easily as an ant might carry a blade of grass," the Dragon replied, and a moment later he had brought the mountain to the God's feet.
"Next," the Dragon said, "it is your turn."
"No," said the God, "I am not stong enough to move a mountain."
And so did the Dragon win the first test. |
| The Dragon's Game (#4)
[From enemy: Garif Warrior] |
The next test was also one of strength.
"See there yon rock?" asked the God. "It is of the strongest stone in the world. Can you pierce it?"
"As easily as a sparrow might pierce an apple in search of the worm," the Dragon replied, and a moment later he had opened a gaping hole in the stone.
"Next," the Dragon said, "it is your turn."
"No," said the God, "I am not strong enough to pierce such a stone."
"And so did the Dragon win the second test. |
| The Dragon's Game (#5)
[From enemy: Garif Warrior] |
And so they came to the final test.
"See there yon magickal ring?" asked the God. "Can you pass through it?"
"As easily as the ferret scampers through the warren-hole, in search of the hare," and a moment later, the Dragon's neck was through the ring.
Yet the ring was too narrow for the dragon to pass through entirely.
"You have tricked me," the Dragon said.
"I am cleverer than you," replied the smiling God.
Thus did the God win the final test, and thus did the Dragon become lesser than the God in all things. |
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