| Ivalice | |
|---|---|
| Final Fantasy location | |
 Ivalice concept artwork for Fortress | |
| First appearance | Final Fantasy Tactics |
| Created by | Yasumi Matsuno |
| Genre | Role-playing video game |
| In-universe information | |
| Type | Kingdom, region |
| Locations | Nabudis, Rabanastre |
| Characters | Vaan, Balthier, Ramza |
Ivalice (イヴァリース, Ivarīsu) is a fictional universe setting primarily appearing in the Final Fantasy video game series. The world was created by Yasumi Matsuno and has since been expanded upon by several games as the Ivalice Alliance series. Ivalice is described as a complex world with a very long history, and the stories of Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story, and Final Fantasy XII take place in it.[1]
Though described often as a world, this was only physically true of Ivalice in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, in which Ivalice was created parallel to the real world. The 'true' Ivalice, as witnessed in the remaining games, describes two distinct locations; a geographical region,[2] and a smaller kingdom, both of which belong to a larger, unnamed world. Generally, however, the term Ivalice is also used to refer to the conceptual setting, rather as one might say the Medieval world of Europe and the Mediterranean.
- ^ FFWorld Staff (2004). "Interview - Yasumi Matsuno". www.ffworld.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11.
- ^ Ivalice (Sage Knowledge 29 of 78), Clan Primer Bestiary Square Enix (2006-10-31). Final Fantasy XII (PlayStation 2).