Ashelia B ' nargin Dalmasca Ashelia B ' nargin Dalmasca , otherwise known as Ashe and by the alias Amalia , is a playable character in " Final Fantasy XII " and " " . She is the former Princess of Dalmasca and the only daughter of King Raminas . She is the last true descendant of King Raithwall , the Dynast King . She also appears in the manga version of " Final Fantasy XII " that delves more into her background . While Vaan is the game ' s designated protagonist , the bulk of the party ' s actions in " Final Fantasy XII " hinge on Ashe , and the main story is her drive to accumulate the power she needs to avenge her kingdom . Profile . Appearance . In " Final Fantasy XII " , Ashe is 19 years old with a small build and slender frame . She has sandy blonde hair cropped above her shoulders , and she is variably depicted with blue , brown or gray eyes . Ashe is seen in four different outfits . Her main attire comprises of a white and gold cropped shirt over a leather waist swath and a bright pink miniskirt secured by a thick light - blue belt . She wears metal thigh - high leg - guards and a pair of gold metal open - toed shoes with darker pink stockings . Her wedding gown is similar in design to her white and gold shirt , with a long , fitted white skirt and a feather - adorned white veil . She is briefly seen in a black mourning gown , and in the final scenes , seen dressed in a peach gown with loose sleeves . In " Final Fantasy XII : Revenant Wings " , Ashe wears her standard " Final Fantasy XII " outfit . Personality . Ashe is fiercely independent and driven and will stop at nothing to restore her family to its rightful place . She is proud , indignant , determined and loyal . Her façade can be broken by memories of Lord Rasler , reminding her of the joyful and easier times of her youth . Ashe ' s true strength is the ability to turn down great power even while being faced with that same power backing her adversary , realizing it would corrupt the ideals she has lived her life by . Story . Ashe was raised as the Princess of Dalmasca , the ninth , last and only daughter of the Dalmascan royal family . Her eight older brothers had died of illness or fallen in battle making her the sole heir of her kingdom by the time of her marriage . She was raised with the duties and responsibilities of her rank and , besides being raised in royal etiquette , Ashe was no stranger to the defensive arts . In the year 704 Old Valendia , King Raminas and the king of the neighboring Kingdom of Nabradia arranged a political marriage between their children . Both Ashe and Lord Rasler were understood that the marriage was to cement an alliance between Dalmasca and Nabradia against the conquering Archadian Empire . Ashe was nervous to see Rasler again , as the two had met since early childhood . Upon their first meeting for years Rasler surprised everyone by claiming he cannot marry Ashe . Embarrassed , Ashe stormed out to be consoled by Marchioness Argas , her caregiver , whom the Princess regarded as an older sister figure . While pondering over her pending marriage upon a balcony , she overheard Rasler and Sir Forz , General of Nabradia , discuss plans concerning Ashe ' s father . Ashe followed Sir Forz into a Neo - Rozarria Faction meeting in the part of the Royal Palace of Rabanastre under reconstruction . The faction believed the proposed political allegiance to Dalmasca to be better placed with Rozarria to avert war with the Archadian Empire . The faction conspired to assassinate King Raminas to prevent the royal engagement from going ahead , and pin the murder on Archadia to send both Dalmasca and Nabradia into Rozarria ' s hands . Ashe wondered if her future husband led the faction and inadvertently drew attention to herself by knocking over some boxes . Before Sir Forz and the rest of the faction could discover her , Rasler hid her behind a column . Ashe tried to escape but fell through the weak floor . Rasler jumped down after her into the Garamsythe Waterway . Rasler explained his reason for refusing to wed her was because he knew of the Neo - Rozarria faction and thought by preventing the marriage he would protect Ashe from assassination attempts . Ashe forgave him and healed his wound , and they made their way to King Raminas ' s bed chambers before the Neo - Rozarria faction attempted to assassinate the sleeping king . The faction leader was revealed to be Marchioness Argas , the woman Ashe treated as a sister . Ashe refused Argas ' s offer to join them and she and Rasler attempted to fight off the faction . When Argas was going to stab Raminas , Captain Basch fon Ronsenburg of the Order of the Knights revealed himself from under Raminas ' s bed sheets and chopped off Argas ' s arm . The Order of the Knights stormed the room and arrested the faction members , and Sir Forz was revealed to be an undercover member of the Order . Ashe was embarrassed everyone knew of the plan except for her , but her shame was quelled by Rasler ' s admittance that her actions had proven he loves her , and he was glad they were to be wed . Ashe was married at the age of seventeen to Lord Rasler of Nabradia . Despite the political nature of it , the two genuinely cared for one another . Ashe was widowed when Rasler was killed at the Battle of Nalbina Fortress , devastating the princess and fueling her hatred toward the Archadian Empire . Not long after Archadia made a full - scale assault on Dalmasca , Raminas intended to surrender to save his people but was killed by Judge Gabranth posing as his twin , Basch fon Ronsenburg , after signing a peace agreement with Archadia . Ashe disappeared and Bhujerba ' s ruler , Halim Ondore IV , announced her suicide . Now unable to seek Ondore ' s aid , Ashe retreated underground and assumed the name Amalia . Vossler , a captain in the former Dalmascan army , joined her and they formed the Resistance to reclaim Dalmasca ' s independence and recruited many former members of the Dalmascan army . The Resistance moved slowly , not winning any major victories or causing enough unrest to be notable until Vayne Solidor travels to Dalmasca to assume his position as consul in the year 706 . The Resistance plans to attack the royal palace in Rabanastre unaware the opportunity is a trap . A street thief Vaan and two sky pirates , Balthier and Fran , infiltrate the palace to loot its treasures and when the Archadian forces break up the Resistance attack , Ashe is separated from her companions and forced to retreat through the sewers . In the manga , Vossler sees they have walked into a trap and calls for a retreat , but Ashe is unwilling to admit defeat . Vossler has Ashe taken to safety via the sewers , but the Resistance members he sends her with are Imperial informants aware of her identity and turn against her . Ashe fights them off but is trapped on a ledge . Vaan spots her and calls for her to jump down , catching her . Ashe and the thieves make a temporary alliance , but are captured by Archadian soldiers and Judge Ghis takes her into custody on the Dreadnought " Leviathan " , discovering she is indeed Dalmasca ' s princess . Vaan and his new companions — Basch , Fran and Balthier — eventually join her in captivity aboard the " Leviathan " . When they are brought to the bridge Ashe slaps Basch , outraged the man believed to have killed her father is still alive . Ghis plans to execute Ashe as an " impostor " since , without the heirlooms Dynast - King ' s heirlooms , she has no means to prove her lineage . When Vaan reveals he holds the Dusk Shard he had looted from the palace earlier — a piece of deifacted nethicite the Dynast - King once wielded — it reacts to Ashe ' s presence . Ghis claims it , again removing the means for Ashe to prove her identity . Vossler and the Resistance have infiltrated the " Leviathan " with Ondore ' s help , and Ashe and Vaan ' s parties are set free . During their escape they run into Vaan ' s friend Penelo and Vayne ' s younger brother Larsa Ferrinas Solidor who extends an offer of allegiance to the Princess despite being a member of the Archadian Empire ' s ruling family . Ashe accepts his offer before Balthier pilots them on a stolen carrier ship out to safety . Ashe reaffirms her determination to free Dalmasca , and returns to the Skycity of Bhujerba to speak with Ondore . Ondore tells Ashe it is impossible for Bhujerba to openly join Dalmasca in resistance without proof that Ashe is queen . Ashe attempts to commandeer Balthier ' s airship , the " Strahl " , to seek out another of Raithwall ' s treasures , the Dawn Shard , but he catches her in the act . Ashe implores Balthier to " kidnap " her and take her to the Tomb of Raithwall , promising him the treasure of the Dynast - King ' s tomb in return for passage . Ashe , Balthier , Fran , Basch , Penelo and Vaan cross Jagd Yensa on foot . Vossler rejoins the party , having escaped the " Leviathan " . He questions the loyalty of sky pirates , but Ashe defends Balthier and Fran . At Raithwall ' s Tomb , they fight the Esper Belias and Ashe reveals to Balthier the Esper is Raithwall ' s treasure , much to his disappointment . In the manga version , Vossler , Basch , Fran and Balthier fight the Esper while Ashe , Vaan and Penelo go for the Dawn Shard . Vaan wants them to help the others , but Ashe claims Dawn Shard takes priority and that Basch and Vossler would die to see Dalmasca restored . Vaan is dissatisfied and leaves Ashe to get the Dawn Shard for herself , but she returns and protects Vaan from Belias ' s attack , and the party defeats the Esper together . In the treasure chamber , they find the Dawn Shard and an apparition of Ashe ' s late husband , Lord Rasler , halts her path . No one else can see the figure except for Vaan , who thinks it resembled his late brother , Reks . Ashe vows to avenge Rasler ' s unjust death . As the party exits the tomb , they are ambushed by the Archadian Empire and imprisoned on the " Leviathan " . Vossler is working with the Empire to restore peace to Dalmasca , and the party is transferred to the " Shiva " , where Ghis tests the newly retrieved Dawn Shard by placing it in the ship ' s engine . The Dawn Shard exudes Mist , and the engine overheats . Fran , being a viera , is sensitive to its effects , and her Mist - induced frenzy frees the party . Vossler refuses to let them leave , forcing Ashe to fight her old ally . He is wounded in the melee and asks Basch to protect Ashe in his stead , explaining everything he did , he did for Dalmasca . Ashe and the party flee the " Shiva " before it explodes , leaving Vossler behind . The Dawn Shard ' s Mist explosion destroys the entire fleet , but the party spots it hovering at the explosion ' s center and turns back to recover it . In the manga version , Vossler hands the Dawn Shard to Ghis on the " Leviathan " and reveals Vayne has agreed to restore Dalmasca with Ashe as ruler in exchange for the shard . Ghis has the shard tested while Vossler takes the party to their quarters . He tries to explain himself to Ashe , but she refuses to listen . Fran goes berserk from the Mist spewed by the Dawn Shard , and the group incapacitates their guards . Basch and Vossler duel as the party flees to the airship bay . When a group of Imperial gunners halts them , Ashe summons Belias , entering a trance - like rage . Basch bests Vossler , who entrusts Ashe ' s protection to him , claiming she ' s currently too weak to hold the throne , and Basch must aid her in her mission . The Dawn Shard ' s reaction causes a chain of system failures throughout the airship . Ashe awakens from her trance and sees her arm where Belias ' s glyph appeared has grown bulbous and deformed . She dismisses Belias , causing her arm to be cut to a stump below the elbow . The airship explodes as Ashe and her friends flee in an airship back to Dalmasca . The ending narrates that Dalmasca has taken the first step on its road to revival . Because the manga was cancelled , this serves as the ending to the adaptation . While Ashe may wish to wreak revenge on Archadia using the Dawn Shard now that she has witnessed its power , she doesn ' t know how to use it . Fran suggests they head to Jahara , land of the garif , to learn how to wield the nethicite . Ashe implores Balthier and Fran to accompany her and Balthier agrees if she gives him a ring of hers as a down payment . Ashe is reluctant to hand over Rasler ' s wedding ring , but does so knowing it is her duty to reclaim her throne . In Jahara , the garif tell Ashe they do not know how to use the stone , and that it lost its power in the explosion , making it useless as a weapon . Vaan reveals to Ashe that he , too , can see Lord Rasler ' s ghost , though he thinks it looks like his brother . Ashe meets with Lord Larsa , who has followed her out to Jahara , to discuss meeting a political ally in Mt Bur - Omisace , and Larsa temporarily joins the party on their passage . Before leaving , Basch questions Balthier ' s intentions , fearing for Ashe ' s safety . On their journey across the Ozmone Plain , Basch and Ashe discuss the possibility of a truce between the Empire and Dalmasca . While Basch supports the idea , Ashe remains uncertain . At Bur - Omisace they meet with Al - Cid Margrace of Rozarria who wishes to see Ashe ally with the Empire , and she may have no alternative if she does not want to see Dalmasca destroyed in a war between empires . When news arrives of Emperor Gramis having been murdered , this possibility disappears ; Vayne , the new Emperor , would never allow Ashe to reclaim the throne . Ashe ' s goal becomes to destroy the Empire ' s nethicite with the Sword of Kings to rid them of their strongest asset . Claiming the Sword of Kings , another of the Dynast - King ' s artefacts , from the Stilshrine of Miriam , Vaan asks Ashe to test its power on the dormant Dawn Shard , but as she tries Lord Rasler ' s apparition shaking his head stays her hand . When she later asks Vaan about it , he says he didn ' t see it . Refusing to travel to Rozarria with Al - Cid to talk the Empire out of war , Ashe intends to head to the Draklor Laboratories in Archades and confront Doctor Cid , the empire ' s leading nethicite researcher . On the way , the party stops in the Phon Coast Hunters ' Camp , where Balthier questions Ashe ' s intentions with the nethicite , comparing her drive to that of his father ' s , Doctor Cid . He implores Ashe to not allow the stone ' s power to consume her . The party reaches the Draklor Laboratories and apprehends Doctor Cid , but he escapes with the Empire ' s nethicite , saying he is headed for the ancient city of Giruvegan . The party ventures to the Balfonheim Port with the sky pirate Reddas , who they met at Draklor and who is on a quest similar to theirs . At Reddas ' s mansion , they discuss the current political situation and the possibility of the Resistance going to war against the Empire . Reddas has spoken to the Marquis concerning the situation , but hesitates challenging Vayne , who still wields the nethicite . As long as it is Doctor Cid who holds the nethicite and not Vayne , the party sees they have a chance of deterring the war . The party decides to follow Doctor Cid to Giruvegan while Reddas stays in Balfonheim , asking Ashe to remember the devastation of Nabudis before making her decision to use the nethicite she plans to reclaim . In Giruvegan , the party discovers Dr . Cid tricked them and never went there , and instead meets with the Occuria , the beings who manipulate world events and steer history to their desired direction by granting certain individuals powerful shards of nethicite . The Occuria have chosen Ashe as the new Dynast - King and grant her the Treaty - Blade to cut a new shard of nethicite from the Sun - Cryst . They task her with destroying Venat , the rogue Occurian responsible for teaching Doctor Cid how to manufacture man - made nethicite , and in turn , the Archadian Empire . Now accompanied by Reddas , Ashe and the party travel to the Pharos . Ashe is torn with indecision : whether to destroy the Cryst and rid the world of nethicite , or to carve out a new piece to take revenge on the Archadian Empire as the Occuria wish her to . Atop the Pharos , Gabranth ambushes them and tells Ashe she should wield the Treaty - Blade and avenge her father ' s murder , which the Judge Magister admits to being responsible for . Ashe attempts to use the sword to defeat him , but Rasler ' s apparition comes to stop her . Ashe realizes her visions of him have been an Occurian illusion to keep her fixed upon their determined path . Ashe refuses to be an Occurian puppet as taking revenge isn ' t what her late husband would have wanted . The party defeats both Gabranth and Doctor Cid , but Cid ' s plan has been realized : after reintegrating the shards of deifacted nethicite to the Sun - Cryst , the effusing Mist has roused the Sky Fortress " Bahamut " , the Empire ' s new warship . Ashe attempts to destroy the Sun - Cryst with the Sword of Kings , but it is too volatile , so Reddas takes the sword from her and sacrifices his life to destroy the Cryst while she and the others escape . As the Resistance fleet engages the Sky Fortress " Bahamut " and the 12th Fleet in the Battle above Rabanastre , Ashe and the party infiltrate the " Bahamut " . Although Ashe and Vayne ' s goals — to determine their own history without Occurian interference — are near identical , Vayne is still set on war . Gabranth joins their cause after seeing Vayne is willing to harm Larsa to have his way , but is mortally wounded . Vayne merges with Venat to become The Undying , but is defeated . Returning to the " Strahl " , the group contacts both sides . Impersonating his brother , Basch orders the Archadian forces to cease fire . Larsa , now Emperor , declares the Imperial fleet to be under his command . Ashe declares the war over and Dalmasca finally free . When Balthier contacts the group from the descending " Bahamut " , Ashe pleads with him to escape , but Balthier fixes the " Bahamut " < nowiki > ' < / nowiki > s glossair rings in time , saving Rabanastre , and the Sky Fortress crash - lands outside the city . A year later Ashe is to be crowned Queen of Dalmasca , and her duties force her to distance herself from her former companions . Penelo believes Ashe misses Basch and , in a letter to Larsa , expresses a wish he would someday return to serve her . Balthier returns Ashe ' s ring , which he encloses with the message he leaves for Vaan and Penelo after reclaiming the " Strahl " , implying that he has found a more valuable treasure . Ashe arrives to Vaan and the others ' aid with Basch and Larsa beside her in the new Dreadnought " Leviathan " , which is now under her royal fleet . She no longer fears the Empire and sees it as a " thing of the past " . After the auralith s have been destroyed , the aegyl regain their anima and , filled with anger , attack Ivalice , which prompts Ashe to join her former comrades to defend against the new threat . Ashe assists the party in search for the Judge of Wings , eventually tracking her down and killing her , and revealing the truth about Feolthanos . Gameplay . In " Final Fantasy XII " Ashe is both as a support character ( as Amalia ) and a playable character . She has among the highest MP and Magick Power growth , with average Speed and Vitality , though her HP is low . Her Strength is average in the original release but high in Zodiac Job System releases . Her overall Strength and Magick Power make her useful in both magic oriented and physical oriented jobs and abilities , and make her ideal for equipping weapons reliant on Magick Power and Strength stats . She has the most initial licenses available , which provide her early licenses in armor , swords and White Magicks . In " Final Fantasy XII : Revenant Wings " Ashe is a Time Mage and equips as weapons , as armor and as accessories . She has several Time Magicks for skills both offensive and supportive . Her , Empyrean ' s Edict , stops the enemy team from summoning Yarhi for a set amount of time . It can be obtained by defeating the Esper Famfrit . Creation and development . According to two " Famitsu " interviews , Ashe ' s face was based on that of the French actress with her features altered to look more Japanese . Voice . In the English release of " Final Fantasy XII " , Ashe is voiced by Kari Wahlgren , the same actress who voiced Shelke the Transparent in " Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII - " and Ovelia Atkascha in " " . She is voiced by Mie Sonozaki in Japanese release , who has also voiced Jihl Nabaat in " Final Fantasy XIII " . Ashe , along with Basch and Balthier , speaks in formalized English in contrast to Vaan and Penelo ' s more casual style . In Japanese , Balthier , Ashe and Basch use an older , more formal style of Japanese than Vaan and Penelo . Wahlgren was not someone the casting director Jack Fletcher was looking for , but when she was discovered , Fletcher thought she was perfect . Musical themes . " Ashe ' s Theme " is a piece mainly driven by a dark brass melody , stringed and percussion accompaniment . It draws from many motifs heard throughout the . Unlike most character themes it is not played during Ashe ' s central scenes , rather , it is heard at the gates of Giruvegan , and in the Penumbra of the Subterra . A piano arrangement of the theme is included on the " " album . Other media . Games . Users in Square Enix Members Virtual World community can make their character appear as Ashe . Ashe ' s hair costs 100 crystals and her clothes cost 480 crystals . Merchandise . Ashe ' s Play Arts action figure was released in 2007 in Japan and includes an extra pair of open hands , the Treaty - Blade , and a display stand . Ashe ' s ring has been also released as merchandise , made of sterling silver . Ashe appears on the cover of the first issue of the " Final Fantasy XII " manga . Etymology . Ashe ' s alias is Amalia .