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| - While it is unknown when Vayne first met Venat and Dr. Cid and began conspiring with them to "put the reins of history back in the hands of Man," it is known that he masterminded the invasions of Nabradia and Dalmasca to gain the Dusk Shard and the Midlight Shard, two pieces of deifacted nethicite critical for Cid's research at Draklor Laboratory, using the uprising of the Neo-Rozarria Faction in Nabradia as a pretext for invasion with the excuse of restoring peace and order to the country. After the Dalmascan counterattack at Nalbina Fortress, Vayne concocted the plot to fool the people of Dalmasca into thinking that Captain Basch fon Ronsenburg was a traitor and responsible for killing their King, Raminas B'nargin Dalmasca. Using Basch's twin brother, Gabranth, who works for Archadia, the two played out a scenario in front of a wounded Dalmascan soldier, Reks, who would serve as a witness. Two years later, Vayne is appointed Consul of Rabanastre, making him the de facto ruler of Dalmasca. He delivers a speech to a skeptical crowd gaining their reluctant acceptance, and organizes a fete at the former Royal Palace of Rabanastre. The fête is a trap set up for the Resistance that storms the palace only to find soldiers and an Imperial battleship Ifrit awaiting. As Princess Ashe, a member of the Resistance, and her allies of circumstance are cornered by Vayne, Ashe is taken away to Judge Ghis's care on Dreadnought Leviathan while the sky pirates and a street thief named Vaan are sent off to the Nalbina Dungeons. In the manga version, Vaan runs into Vayne on the palace grounds overseeing the battle between Resistance and Imperial forces, and Vayne invites him to strike him when Vaan yells at him for the death of his brother, Reks. When Vaan lunges at Vayne his attack is blocked by Gabranth and Vayne orders Vaan executed for having attacked an Archadian official. He is saved by the sky pirates Balthier and Fran. Later on, Vayne and Gabranth loot the palace treasury looking for the Dusk Shard, unaware it had been stolen by Vaan. Later still, when Ashe has acquired the Dawn Shard but Vossler's betrayal has the group captured by Ghis, Gabranth notifies Vayne, who in turn tells the Occurian Venat they now have all three shards. Despite much pomp and ceremony, Vayne's tenure as Consul is short-lived. The Imperial Senate, favoring Larsa as a puppet Emperor over his ambitious and ruthless older brother, recalls Vayne to Archades. When Vayne confronts Gramis on this decision, his father explains Archadia is moving in the wrong direction, and that only Larsa can put them on the right path. Vayne reminds the Emperor that Archadia's power was built on military might over peaceful negotiation, a fact Gramis acknowledges, but declines to comment on further. Vayne states that ruthlessness at this point would be necessary, both to ensure that House Solidor retains power and remains sovereign, and that his brother Larsa would be protected from the schemes of the Imperial Senate. Gramis appears to have little power over the Senate at this point. Shortly afterwards Gramis is found dead in the throne room, supposedly poisoned by Chairman Gregoroth who has committed suicide. Vayne has the senators arrested for supposed regicide, and "temporarily" dissolves the Imperial Senate. Knowing that Judge Bergan would support him out of loyalty and Judge Zargabaath out of a wish to avoid internal strife, Vayne begins acting as the new Emperor of Archadia. Judge Drace sees through the façade and attempts to place Vayne under arrest. Despite pleas of mercy from Zargabaath, Vayne tries Drace for high treason, and Bergan, happy to serve his ruthless new Emperor, strikes her down. Knowing that Judge Gabranth personally reported to Gramis on Vayne's schemes, the latter decides to test the "hound's" loyalty and orders Gabranth, a dear friend of Drace, to administer the killing blow, which he delivers reluctantly. Vayne proceeds with his plan of becoming Ivalice's new Dynast King and putting history's reins back into the hands of man and out of the Occuria's, mysterious otherworldly beings that deem themselves the Gods of Ivalice. He sends Dr. Cid to the Pharos where he uses the Sun-Cryst, the motherlode of nethicite in Ivalice, to spill forth Mist over the world. The unleashed Mist is absorbed by and powering up Vayne's new Sky Fortress Bahamut, the largest aerial battleship ever built. The Sky Fortress plays a central role in the Battle above Rabanastre, during which Vayne plans to obliterate the Resistance forces led by Marquis Ondore and have the city of Rabanastre follow on the battle. Princess Ashe's party infiltrates the fortress and confronts Vayne with Larsa's aid. He is defeated, but by using the power of manufacted nethicite that had knocked Larsa out, Vayne transforms into Vayne Novus. Judge Gabranth turns on his former master upon witnessing him harming Larsa, and when Vayne is weakened, Gabranth plunges his sword into Vayne's chest. Vayne retaliates but is stopped by Larsa. While Vayne is still shocked by Larsa's actions, Vaan wounds Vayne. Escaping to the deck Vayne can't help but laugh at his current state. The rogue Occurian Venat offers comfort, saying they had succeeded in releasing the control of history from the hands of the Occuria as the Sun-Cryst was destroyed, giving Vayne its power as a way of thanks. Vayne uses his newly-gained power to fuse parts of Bahamut unto his body to become a mechanical dragon, but he is still defeated and explodes into a cloud of Mist taking Venat to the grave with him.
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