The game's plot is then portrayed through the eyes of Ramza Beoulve, who is the player character of the story. His exploits in the war introduced him to a number of characters, each with their own roles and agenda concerning the war and the fictional world, Ivalice, that they inhabit. The most prominent factions at the beginning of the story are those of Prince Goltana and Prince . Both are nobles seeking to gain control of the throne by being the guardian to the monarch's young heir and are thus engaged in a war. The story progresses to include characters from the Glabados Church, which has been controlling Ivalice silently and engineering the war in question.