Raminas B'nargin Dalmasca

King Raminas B'nargin Dalmasca is a non-player character in Final Fantasy XII. King of Dalmasca, he was loved by his people and lived in the Royal Palace of Rabanastre. He is the father of Princess Ashe. He tries to keep his small kingdom safe amid strifing empires.
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
As the king of a desert kingdom, Raminas dresses lightly in ornamental golden armor pieces and teal cloth. He is bald and has a white beard and brown eyes. He wears an elaborate diadem with tassels hanging to frame his face.
=== Personality ===
King Raminas was devoted to keeping peace and steering Dalmasca as a neutral party between the warring empires of Archadia and Rozarria, though he seems willing to sacrifice sovereignty for the sake of saving his people from further harm. Ashe looks up to him as a role model for what a good ruler should be like, and ultimately abandons her quest for power after realizing that Dalmasca had never used its Dusk Shard as a weapon for conquest, instead opting for peace and diplomacy.
==Story==
King Raminas led the people of Dalmasca for many years and ruled his kingdom peacefully. He had one daughter, Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca, and eight sons. His sons perished from illness and warfare, leaving Ashe the only surviving heir to the throne. Raminas and Marquis Ondore of Bhujerba are sworn friends, and their closeness has led to Ashe calling the Marquis "Uncle Halim".Studio BentStuff, ed (2008) (in Japanese). Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Character Ultimania. Square Enix. pp. 456. ISBN 978-4-7575-2206-0.
When the Archadian Empire started its advance towards Dalmasca and its northern neighbor, Nabradia, Raminas married his daughter to Lord Rasler of Nabradia to secure an alliance so that the two kingdoms could stand together. The move would eventually prove a failure, as Archadia invaded Nabradia before her new ally could react, destroying its capital city Nabudis during an experiment with the Midlight Shard, a Nabradian royal heirloom and national treasure. Later it turns out the Midlight Shard was actually a piece of deifacted nethicite, and the true reason for the invasion.
Raminas put Rasler in charge of Dalmasca's army, at the Nabradian Prince's request, but he perished in the Battle of Nalbina Fortress. After Archadia took Nalbina Fortress, King Raminas surrendered and signed a Treaty of Peace proposed by Emperor Gramis of Archadia. Despite the name "treaty" the document was mostly an offer of surrender. The treaty-signing was a trap, since with the document signed the Empire had no more need for Raminas. Having Gabranth kill him in an elaborate ruse, and framing Basch fon Ronsenburg as a traitor and murderer, Archadia was able to take over the small kingdom of Dalmasca.
==Other appearances==
===Final Fantasy XIV===
Raminas B'nargin Dalmasca was the king of Dalmasca, and the father of the twins Prince Rasler and Princess Ashelia. He died 30 years prior to the events of the game, shortly after surrendering to the Garlean Empire, as the news of his children's death took the fight out of him.
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
King Raminas appears as an NPC only during the events of the Record Dungeon series. Like his original appearance in Final Fantasy XII, he is slain by Basch fon Ronsenburg on the night of the treaty signing at the Nalbina Fortress. 
==Gallery==
FF12 - Raminas Model.png|Raminas's in-game model.
Raminas and rasler.jpg|King Raminas makes Lord Rasler the commander of Dalmascan Army.
Dalmasca-Military-Strategy-FFXII.png|Dalmascan military strategy meeting.
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