I am Alazlam Durai, author of The Brave Story and the truth of Ramza Beoulve, whose name is now known across the land…
Have you ever heard of the "Heretic War"?
Neither had I. Neither had any who had come before me, so completely were the events of the war concealed by the Glabados Church.
Immediately following the Lion War, another conflict immediately arose, driving the country back into civil war. This time, the fight for the throne of Ivalice was more direct, targeting King Delita himself.
Again, none of us know about this, because it was never recorded.
Except for one manuscript.
I discovered this long lost record during a thorough search of the now skeletal remains of the Orbonne Monastery in the province of South Lesalia. It was written by a previously unknown Scholar by the name of Gabriel Folles, the son of a Touten Knight from the city of Zaland. He chronicles the events following the Lion War from the perspective of the young Divine Knight Meliadoul Tingel, the last of the famed Tingel Temple Knights and friend of Ramza Beoulve. The story doesn't end there, however.
In this detailed manuscript, I discovered a piece of history that has heretofore gone unknown to the entire world, of a war fought between the King's Army, and the once recognized Church of St. Ajora.
The following account I have written according to events recorded by Gabriel Folles, in a record I have called "The Heretic Story".
Won't you join me on one more journey into the "truth"?