Dynast King Dynast King is a title used in the game " Final Fantasy XII " , given to people the Occuria have chosen to set the course of history straight . The Occuria commonly refer to the person they have chosen as the Dynast King as " Saint " . Purpose . When the Occuria decide that Ivalice ' s history has become too wayward , they select an individual to do their bidding : guiding history along a path 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 so - called " stone of the gods " , nethicite . With this nethicite , the Dynast King will unite Ivalice , and do what the Occuria bid , usually without the awareness of their manipulation . Dynast Kings . Dynast King Raithwall . King Raithwall was the Occuria ' s first Dynast King . Upon his anointment , the Occuria gave Raithwall the Sword of Kings . With this , he went to the Pharos 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 Nabradia , and kept the last shard with him , until his death . Ivalice was united , and war was no more , so the Occuria were content . Ashelia B ' nargin Dalmasca . Seven centuries later , war had broken out between the Archadian Empire and the Rozarrian Empire . Many smaller Kingdoms had fallen in this war , and countless people were losing their lives . Furthermore , the rogue Occuria Venat had taught the Archadian Empire the means to create their own nethicite . Enraged by these iconoclastic turn of events , the Occuria decide to christen a new Dynast King to set things straight once again . They choose Princess Ashe , the direct descendant of King Raithwall . However , in order to do so , the Occurian king Gerun tricks the princess by using an image of her late husband , Lord Rasler . Using this image , it leads her everywhere they need her to go and prevent any unwanted actions , like the Dawn Shard ' s destruction . When Ashe reaches the Occuria at Giruvegan , Gerun gives her a new sword , the Treaty - Blade , with which she would carve new shards of nethicite off the Sun - Cryst and use it to destroy their common enemy to straighten history ' s weave . Reluctant , Ashe goes to the Pharos at Ridorana and reaches the Sun - Cryst . However , she eventually realizes mankind never needed the nethicite , that it was always working together that ensured a bright future , so she decides to destroy the Sun - Cryst . As a final resort , Gerun appears as Rasler and begs Ashe to reconsider . She sees through his guise , and strikes the false image down . Finally , the sky pirate Reddas takes the Sword of Kings and destroys the Sun - Cryst , sacrificing himself in the process . Vayne Carudas Solidor . While Ashe and Raithwall were both chosen by the Occuria , Vayne ' s claim to the title of Dynast King was completely by his own power . Judge Bergan , Vayne ' s loyal follower , proclaims Raithwall to be just a pretender of the title . Since the original Dynast King was simply a puppet of the Occuria , he could not be called the true leader of Ivalice . Vayne saw his ascent to throne of Dynast King as the only way for Ivalice to know true order . However , Vayne ' s rise to power is cut short when he is killed by his rival Ashe , her party and Judge Gabranth at the Battle above Rabanastre . Ultimately , neither Ashe nor Vayne become Dynast King . After Vayne ' s death and Ashe ' s destruction of the Sun - Cryst , the rule of Dynast Kings is over and the Occuria leave world affairs to the hands of man . Other appearances . The Dynast King , Dorgalua Oberyth , is mentioned in the backstory of the " " remake for PlayStation Portable . Dorgalua ' s unification of the Valerian Isles echoes Raithwall ' s unification of Ivalice .