Dynast King

Dynast King is a phrase used in the game Final Fantasy XII. It is a title given to people by the Occuria, and it is up to the Dynast King to set the course of history straight.

Purpose
When the Occuria decide that Ivalice's history has become too wayward, they decide to pick an individual to do their bidding, and straighten history to the way they see fit. To this end, they choose a person of great power, usually a king, and give them an item of even greater power, the stone of the gods, nethicite. With this nethicite, the Dynast King will unite Ivalice, and do what the Occuria bid, usually without knowing it.

King Raithwall
King Raithwall was the Occuria's first Dynast King. First, they gave the King the Sword of Kings. With this, he went to the Pharos at Ridorana and cut off three pieces of the Sun-Cryst; the Dawn Shard, the Midlight Shard and the Dusk Shard. With these three shards of nethicite, he managed to ally all the great nations of the world. This period was called the Galtean Alliance, and during this period, many great Kingdoms and Empires rose. He then gave two of the nethicite shards away, to the Kingdoms of Dalmasca and Nabrdia, and kept the last shard with him, until his death. Ivalice was united, and war was no more, so the Occuria were happy.

Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca
7 centuries later, war had broken out, between the Archadian Empire and Rozarria. Many smaller Kingdoms had fallen in this war, and many people were losing their lives. The Occuria decided they needed another Dynast King to set things straight once again. They chose Princess Ashe, the true descendant of King Raithwall, their previous Dynast King. However, in order to do so, they tricked the princess by using an image of her late husband, Lord Rasler. Using this image, they led her everywhere they needed her to go, and prevented any unwanted actions, like the destruction of the Dawn Shard.

When Ashe reached the Occuria at Giruvegan, they gave her a new sword, the Treaty Blade, with which she would carve new shards of nethicite off the Sun-Cryst. They also deduced that the only way to straighten history's weave would be the complete destruction of Archadia. Reluctant, Ashe went to the Pharos at Ridorana and reached the Sun-Cryst. However, she eventually realises that mankind never needed the nethicite to help himself, that it was always working together that got them by, so she decides to destroy the Sun-Cryst. As a final resort, the Occuria begged Ashe to reconsider, by using Rasler. However, she sees throught the facade, and strikes them down. Finally, the sky pirate Reddas takes the Sword of Kings and destroys the Sun-Cryst for Ashe. Now, without the Sun-Cryst, the rule of Dynast Kings is over.