The Tragic Role of Princess Ovelia
Being surrounded by high covenant walls and high priests do not make a strong and willing princess as such with the case of Princess Ovelia. She enters the opening scene of Final Fantasy Tactics praying for Holy Guidance – Ovelia appears to be one of the franchise’s demure and coy Final Fantasy girls due to her blanketed royal lineage which were falsified by addled upbringing and stature.
Princess Ovelia was part of Duke Goltanna’s attempt to become regent of Ivalice. Her kidnap at the hands of the mercurial Delita clearly gave her that much sobering role in the game. Final Fantasy Tactics was a game of great significance towards the approach to war – you can always use a peasant to become a tool for the power to usurp control over a region or kingdom and henceforth, the likes of Goltanna and Larg represents how greed can take over one’s mind just for the sake of authority.
The poor princess wasn’t even Ovelia. The girl was cradled until she was ready to be released from her safe castle walls, kidnapped and handed over to the Black Ram for protection. Delita, her knight in shining armor, vowed to remain at Ovelia’s side swearing at her dead sister’s name as proof of her unwavering loyalty. Such folly that words could bring.
In one of the most surprising endings in Final Fantasy history, Princess Ovelia died a dog at the hands of a very manipulative king who, was once part of Ramza’s anti-rebel squad who, has his own tale of betrayal to share. The only bar that she could put her hands into was Delita. The tug-of-war for power ended with a knife stuck in her chest killing her until Delita questions his motives upon knowing that Ramza accomplished his end of the bargain of cleansing Ivalice of its evils.
As emotional as it gets, I’ll always remember Princess Ovelia Atkascha as the primary suspect to why I mastered all the jobs and skills for Tactics. She was the X-factor why I played the game almost seven times now and, I will never forget that scene where Ramza taught her to play a monotonous tone from a wilting leaf blade.
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