Sword of Kings The Sword of Kings is a sword in " Final Fantasy XII " that belonged to the Dynast King Raithwall and has the power to cut nethicite . Story . The Sword of Kings was given to King Raithwall centuries ago by the Occuria , self - appointed gods of Ivalice who wish to steer the land ' s history to a direction they deem appropriate by meddling with the mortals ' affairs . The Sword of Kings was given to Raithwall so that he may cut off nethicite from the Sun - Cryst , a powerful crystal and the source of all nethicite power . He traveled to the Pharos and cut three shards off the Cryst , and wielded the nethicite to unite all of Ivalice in the Galtean Alliance . He gave the Sword of Kings to the Gran Kiltias of the Light of Kiltia faith to keep it safe . The Gran Kiltias did so , by sealing it in the Stilshrine of Miriam . Seven centuries later , Princess Ashe arrives Mt Bur - Omisace looking for a power that can counter nethicite . A rogue Occurian Venat wants to undermine the other Occuria ' s influence in Ivalice by instating his own " Dynast - King , " Vayne Carudas Solidor of the Archadian Empire , and has spurred the empire to steal the pieces of deifacted nethicite Raithwall once cut from the Sun - Cryst from the kingdoms of Ivalice , as well as taught the Archadian scientist Cidolfus Demen Bunansa how to manufacture manmade nethicite . Vayne and Venat ' s conquest of Ivalice threatens Princess Ashe ' s kingdom of Dalmasca , and Gran Kiltias Anastasis tells her of the Sword of Kings . The party travels to the shrine , and finds the sword . Ashe ' s traveling companion Vaan urges Ashe to test the sword ' s might against the lusterless Dawn Shard , a piece of deifacted nethicite that has lost its power . Ashe attempts it but her hand is stayed by an apparition of her late husband , Lord Rasler . Rasler ' s ghostly visit convinces Ashe the sword is genuine , and the party heads for the Draklor Laboratory in Archades to destroy the empire ' s nethicite with it . They fail at their quest , as Cid escapes with the nethicite in hand . Cid lures Ashe to the Ancient City of Giruvegan where she is spirited away to the realm of the Occuria , who wish to make her their new Dynast - King to oppose Venat and Vayne . The Occuria gift her the Treaty - Blade , a " sister sword " to the Sword of the Kings that likewise can cut though nethicite , and task her with carving her own pieces of deifacted nethicite from the Sun - Cryst to lay waste to the empire . Upon reaching the Sun - Cryst Ashe must decide whether to destroy it , or use its power to defeat the empire like the Occuria ask her to . Upon realizing she has been manipulated by the Occuria to do their bidding via illusions of her late husband , she decides to destroy the Cryst and rid Ivalice of nethicite . Wielding the Sword of Kings and the Treaty Blade , Vaan and Ashe attempt to destroy the Cryst , but it has grown too volatile for them to get close , spilling Mist over Ivalice . Reddas , a mysterious sky pirate traveling with Ashe , takes the Sword of Kings from her and destroys the Sun - Cryst while Ashe and the others escape . Reddas is killed in the explosion , and it can be assumed the Sword of Kings was destroyed along with him . With the Sun - Cryst destroyed nethicite loses its power , and the Occuria lose their means of manipulating human affairs to their own ends . Gameplay . The Sword of Kings is a two - handed greatsword with an Attack power of 30 and an Evade of 30 with a 25 % chance to perform multiple hits . It requires no license to equip . Stat - wise , it is identical to the Treaty - Blade . All greatswords have 2 . 47s charge , and 1 . 2s action time , making them average what it comes to attacking speed . Despite being able to cut through nethicite , Sword of Kings is a fairly weak weapon . Its only special quality being a high combo rate and that it can ' t knockback opponents even if other greatswords can . In the " International Zodiac Job System " version , it has an Attack Power of 50 and can be equipped by all jobs . Other appearances . " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . The Sword of Kings appears as Vaan ' s second exclusive weapon , with ATK + 63 and EX Core Absorption + 20 % . " Final Fantasy Explorers " . Vaan wields the Sword of Kings , even if he wasn ' t associated with the weapon in " Final Fantasy XII " , as the player can assign any weapon to any character , and thus character - specific ultimate weapons do not exist .