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The story of Final Fantasy IX revolves around a boy named Zidane Tribal, a member of a band of thieves called Tantalus. Tantalus has received an order from Regent Cid, the ruler of the kingdom of Lindblum, to kidnap his niece, Princess Garnet from the kingdom of Alexandria. To accomplish this task, Tantalus went into Alexandria disguised as a theater troupe to perform a play for the Queen and other nobles. Luckily for them, kidnapping the princess was a piece of cake because the princess just so happened wanted to escape from the castle!

Through a dramatic escape from Alexandria followed by a near death trap in the happily named Evil Forest, the team finally arrives at Lindblum where Regent Cid informs his dear niece about Queen Brahne's sudden madness for power. Garnet becomes understandably upset that her hunches about her mother were correct.

Queen Brahne chooses to launch attacks at kingdoms Burmecia and Cleyra as well, and eventually, she destroys herself when the party realizes that the true evil was not Queen Brahne, but a man named Kuja who had been manipulating her.

Final Fantasy IX is not that good ol' saving the world, but more like saving the kingdom, complete with princesses, dragons, and villians in thongs. It's not without some old school romance between the two main protagonists as well. It's my favourite Final Fantasy of all time, and once you play the game, it's hard to see otherwise.