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Concept art of Fortress' final boss fight. Since the man he lost to was long dead, Loemund would have to settle for the descendent of his slayer-Ashelia B'Nargain Dalmasca, the Queen of Dalmasca and a main hero of Final Fantasy XII. At the time he was slain, and after being resurrected he vowed to kill his killer. Loemund had lost his magical helmet in the fortress the last time he attacked it, thousands of years ago. Camped out at this fortress, players were tasked with fending off the sea king and his forces, orchestrating attacks and defending the massive structure from being overtaken. Only one man believed this ancient story, and so he traveled north with an army to meet Loemund head-on.
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In Ivalice, the sea king, named Loemund, would rise every 10,000 years and try to make landfall, but the titular fortress had power to stave him off. In the game world, nobody believed in the seriousness that he would show up until he did." If he ever passed the gate, then he would be unstoppable. "The fortress was an abandoned but very magical and ancient place that had been defending the world from the king of the sea he rises up and tries to invade the world and they had to defend it, and the only thing that can stop him is that actual fortress," Andersson explained. Ulf Andersson, who penned most of the story, remembers details of Fortress quite vividly and shared them with GameSpot. Concept artwork of the titular fortress under attack. What that character did, who that character was, and what the overarching plot was were never discussed at length. A majority of the game took place in a fortress in a northern section of Ivalice-one of the Final Fantasy series' many worlds-with players controlling a single character. Interviews with former studio heads Bo and Ulf Andersson and snippets leaked to press described an action role-playing game set some years after the events of 2007 Nintendo DS title Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings. Codenamed Fortress, the project would serve as a sequel to, and likely the final chapter of, Final Fantasy XII.Īfter its cancellation, details about Fortress beyond news of its existence were scarce. Months later, reports surfaced that at the time of closure, the studio was working on a Final Fantasy spin-off. In 2009, Swedish studio Grin shut its doors. Be sure to check out part one, a look at how the project started and why it was canceled, and our exclusive gallery featuring five dozen pieces of concept art from Fortress. This is part two of a three-part story about Fortress, the canceled Final Fantasy XII spin-off in development with now-defunct studio Grin in the late 2000s.