Editing Final Fantasy (section)

===Ivalice===
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The other major fan favorite of the settings, Ivalice is a broad world with many locations, and peoples. Races are described in the section dedicated to them below.

Unlike most other Final Fantasies, the games that take place in the Ivalice world (collectively known as the Ivalice Alliance) not only take place in multiple locations, but also at different times and realities:
*'''Final Fantasy XII''': The earliest playable point in the Ivalice timeline, and even this period has prior history that strongly influences the events of the game. Set at the conjunction of three major continents of the world, follows a princess leading a Resistance to retake her throne. Notable across all the major Final Fantasy games to heavily emphasise nations and politics in its themes, a sharp contrast from the other run-of-the-mill heroes-save-the-world concepts prevalent across the franchise.
*'''Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings''': The game was exclusive to the Nintendo DS and was among the few true real-time strategy titles on the platform. Taking place one or two years after the events of XII, it follows the protagonists of the original game as they explore an unknown floating continent.
*'''Final Fantasy Tactics Advance''': The one divergent reality in the timeline, since the world itself was created by the wishes of its main characters. It is unclear where exactly FFTA lies on the timeline but it is generally agreed to take place before A2 and after XII, but does not inhabit the main timeline itself. Despite the cutesy and colorful characters, it had just as serious a story as XII, involving the protagonist trying to return to the real world while all his friends attempt to stop him.
*'''Final Fantasy Tactics A2''': Returning to the main timeline by synthesising many of the characters and ideas from both XII and FFTA together into a true sequel, A2 takes place on the western fringes of the original world, in a region called Jylland. Had a considerably lighter story but was tempered by darker subplots. 
*'''Final Fantasy Tactics''' (including ''War of the Lions''): Jump forward several centuries and the original world is no longer recognizable - after an age of calamity that wiped out most of the non-human races, the world has regressed into a feudal society with little hope for change. Follows a convoluted plot of dynastic marriage, demonic conspiracy and shadowy heroes in possibly the bitterest plot of the franchise. The game itself isn't actually part of the Alliance due to being released in 1997, but is considered the main ancestor for the whole Alliance.
*'''Vagrant Story''': Technically not even a Final Fantasy title but it gets a special mention because it is by the same director as Final Fantasy Tactics and dropped several hints that it takes place far into the future after Final Fantasy Tactics. It's about an agent investigating a Duke's involvement with a cult.
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Ivalice is never explicitly defined as being the official name of the entire world, but the manner in which it's referenced by in-game characters make it de facto the title for the world that encapsulates all the locations across all the games in the setting, with the possible exception of FFTA. 

Major land regions featured across the Alliance include:
*'''Valendia''':
*'''Ordalia''':
*'''Kerwon''':
*'''Jylland''':