Scriptures of Germonique The Scriptures of Germonique , also known as the Germonik Scriptures , is a book from " Final Fantasy Tactics " . It is a biography of Saint Ajora Glabados , who is hailed by the corrupt Church of Glabados to be a child of the gods , when in fact he was an ordinary man . The book portrays Ajora as he truly was in his original life . It is never clearly stated what Ajora ' s connection to the Lucavi demon , Ultima the High Seraph , truly is , since the book never mentions Ultima . Whether or not Ajora was a disguise used by Ultima , served as a host for the demon , or Ultima chose to use Ajora ' s image and form for its own ends after Ajora died is never made clear . The Scriptures of Germonique also contain a set of rituals , one of which opens the portal between Orbonne Monastery and the Necrohol of Mullonde . Initially the Scriptures of Germonique are part of the library at Orbonne Monastery , but following Isilud Tengille ' s attack on the monastery to recover the Virgo Zodiac Stone , the scriptures fall into the hands of Ramza Beoulve , who is later tricked into handing them over to Loffrey Wodring , a servant of the Lucavi . Loffrey uses the scriptures to allow Folmarv Tengille , who is really Hashmal , to pass through the portal . After he is mortally wounded by Ramza , Loffrey recites the incantation once more , drawing them both into the Necrohol . Ramza ' s Thoughts . Below chronicles the thoughts of Ramza when he first read the Scriptures of Germonique : " I opened the Scriptures of Germonique , entrusted to me by Elder Simon , and began to leaf through the pages . The words before my eyes were writ in a holy script of the ancients . Several illustrations were scattered throughout , but many pages were missing or damaged , and the script was exceedingly difficult to decipher . I was deeply curious as to what knowledge lay within . " " As I was turning pages , faintly penned letters in modern Ivalician script occasionally caught my eye . Notes of an explanatory nature had been added here and there throughout the book . I wondered who might have written them . " " Judging by the faded ink , some entries were more than a decade old , while others seemed to have been penned only in the last few days . As I touched my finger to one of them , the writing smeared . The ink had yet to fully dry . Every note was written in the same hand - - - Elder Simon ' s , I suddenly realized . he must have devoted a significant portion of his life to deciphering these Scriptures , line by painstaking line . " " I relied heavily on his fragmentary notes as I continued reading . " " Apparently the holy script had been recorded by Germonique , a disciple of Saint Ajora . Germonique . . . The name struck a familiar cord . Half - forgotten history lessons rose unbidden in my mind . " " And then I remembered . Germonique was the disciple who had betrayed his master , turning him over to the Holy Ydoran Empire . I was astounded that a libram penned by the same Germonique from my history lessons now rested in my very hands . " " I could hardly contain myself as I turned the pages . And then I was assaulted by a shock far greater than the realization that I held a priceless historical artefact . " " Originally I had thought the book to be no more than a collection of Saint Ajora ' s teachings , as recorded by Germonique . How unprepared I was to learn what it truly contained . The tome served as an account of Saint Ajora ' s life . The Saint Ajora described within was of a considerably different nature than the man about whom we have all been taught . " " I had always known that Saint Ajora was no ordinary mortal . My faith in the Church of Glabados was not as profoundly complete as that of my lord brother Zalbaag , yet I did believe that Saint Ajora was a child of the gods , descended from the heavens to deliver humanity from its self - inflicted chaos . Or should I say , I had believed . All I had thought immutable was shattered upon reading the Scriptures . " " Saint Ajora ' s birth came in the midst of a golden age of technology , when airships yet plied the skies . " " He was born in Lesalia , in the city of Bervenia . Moments after his birth , he rose to his feet and approached a well . Upon reaching its base , words of prophecy poured forth from his infant lips : " A calamity shall soon befall this well . Seal it up at once , that none may drink of it . " " " Some days later , the visited the town of Bervenia , and all those who drank the well ' s tainted water succumbed to the plague and perished . Only those families who heeded the prophetic words of Saint Ajora were spared from death and malady . After the incident with the well , the people came to revere Saint Ajora as a portent of miracle and child of the gods . " " But it was not until he reached the age of twenty that Saint Ajora would become the savior of Ivalice , and take his place among the gods in Paradise . " " Ivalice was not always united as it is today . Long ago , the realm was divided into seven kingdoms : Fovoham , Lionel , Limberry , Lesalia , Gallionne , Zeltennia , and Mullonde . Each warred with the others in a never - ending struggle to expand its own territory . " " The conflict had continued for centuries , until an ambitious young king rose to power in Mullonde . This young monarch dreamt of uniting all of Ivalice under his hand , but the road to victory was a difficult and dangerous one . The king turned to ancient tomes and the dark magicks found within , summoning a demon from the netherworld to do his bidding . But once unleashed , the demon slew the king and set out to destroy the very world itself . " " To combat this monstrosity , a great hero set out on a quest . Together with his twelve disciples , he collected the Zodiac Stones that had been scattered throughout the world , and the Zodiac Braves were born again . The Zodiac Braves soon defeated the creature ' s minions and banished the demon back to its infernal plane , for this becoming known as the saviors of our world . " " The story is now a well - known legend . The Zodiac Braves have since appeared whenever the world balanced on the brink of catastrophe , only to vanish just as quickly once the crisis has been averted . " " Similar catastrophe threatened the world in the time of Saint Ajora . The king of Limberry summoned a demon in hopes of seizing control of all of Ivalice , and once again plunged the world into chaos . And just as in the legend , Saint Ajora collected the twelve Zodiac Stones . And once again the Zodiac Braves rose to defeat the marauding demon . " " However , the sovereigns of any age have small tolerance for the interference of well - meaning " heroes . " " " Fearing the charismatic saint ' s growing influence , the Holy Ydoran Empire dispatched soldiers to capture him and his devoted followers . Pharism was the prevalent religion in that day , and its priests feared Ajora ' s growing influence . Ultimately , Germonique , the thirteenth disciple , was tempted by sordid coin , offering vital information that led to his master ' s capture . The saint was executed upon the gallows of Golgollada soon thereafter . " " But lest we forget , Saint Ajora was a child of the gods . The wrath of the heavens was swift and terrible . Immediately following the execution , Mullonde , the center of Pharist teaching , was visited by a terrible cataclysm and sank into the sea . " " Saint Ajora then ascended to Paradise to take his rightful place among the gods . This was the legend with which I was familiar - - - the very same tale told to every child of Ivalice . But the Saint Ajora described within the Scriptures of Germonique was a different man altogether . " " Ajora was no child of the gods . He was a mere mortal , no more divine than you or I . He was a revolutionary , who fought to realize his own ambitions . He was no lover of peace - - - no hero who would sacrifice himself for the good of humanity . " " Germonique wrote this of him : " As the founder of a new religion with a rising number of followers , Ajora was seen as no more than a nuisance to the empire . But Ajora was apparently more than just a religious founder . He was a saboteur who infiltrated enemy states to collect information and sow disorder . Ajora was a spy , dispatched to the Holy Ydoran Empire by a rival state . " Whatever he claimed to be , it was fact that the empire began to fear this upstart ' s growing influence . Germonique was employed to collect evidence that would allow the empire to arrest Ajora as a spy . The thirteenth disciple was in reality no more than the empire ' s instrument in a play to uncover Ajora ' s true intentions . " " It seems that Ajora indeed attempted to reassemble the Zodiac Braves . Germonique confirmed in his writings that Ajora even discovered some of the Stones . But what was his purpose in seeking them ? " " I do not know if the young king of Limberry actually summoned a demon . At the very least , I have failed to encounter even a single line within the Scriptures that records the event . Yet catastrophe did indeed befall Mullonde at the time of Ajora ' s death . According to the Scriptures , the bulk of the city sank into the sea . " " The footnotes provided further enlightenment . They expressed a different view , no doubt the personal opinion of Elder Simon . " " Although many spoke of their existence , none had ever set eyes upon these Scriptures of Germonique . Some might say they are fraudulent , written with the sole purpose of discrediting Saint Ajora . But I know this tome to be authentic . " " When I served as an inquisitor for the Church , many others in the Holy Office feared the existence of this work . And the same is no doubt true for the High Confessor . They were all fearful of these writings , for everything contained within them is fact . " " After Saint Ajora ' s death , the Church , which has capitalized on his considerable influence to seize power for itself , had only one task : to conceal his true nature as a human being . This one fact has to be erased from the annals of history . They needed to ensure that Saint Ajora be remembered as a child of the gods . " " Their use of the Zodiac Braves , a legend believed throughout Ivalice , was a stroke of genius . It was a simple feat to convince the people that Saint Ajora had led the Zodiac Braves to defeat a demon . A demon that never existed . . . " " I realize now that I had lost my faith the moment I began to read these Scriptures . And yet I feel no sorrow . Thinking back , I now know that my desire to know the truth was stronger than my faith had ever been . " " But I have committed one great sin . I failed to condemn the Church for lying to our flock all these years . And why ? I knew that if I were to share this book with the world , my precious library would be taken from me . " " And to me there could be no pain greater , for this library is the only means of slaking my endless thirst for knowledge . My curiosity eclipsed my will to do what was right . " " Elder Simon wrote that Saint Ajora ' s demon never existed . But I have seen the dark power of the Zodiac Stones with my own eyes . There is an evil presence at work - - - something much more sinister than even the High Confessor and his twisted plots . "