Kazushige Nojima left Square Enix in 2003 and founded Stellavista Ltd, a freelance scenario company. He wrote the story for "". He also contributed some story concepts to the script of "Final Fantasy XIII". While developing the scenario for "Glory of Heracles", Nojima took inspiration from the Fall of Troy and the Battle of Thermopylae. Not many actual Greek locations were used, but locations derived from Greek mythology were.