world as a whole and of Ashe, rather than Vaan's individual problems, with his character instead used as a narrative device to allow the player to follow the events as an outside observer. During the course of the game, Vaan comes to understand he has spent his time running from his problems and blaming the Archadian empire for them, rather than moving on with his life after his brother and parents' deaths. Vaan ends the game as a sky pirate, traveling the world along with Penelo. During the events of Revenant Wings, Vaan becomes captain of the Airship Galbana and uses it to travel to Lemures, meeting old friends while making new ones. He is given the title of the "leading man" formerly held by Balthier, and other characters suggest a teacher/student relationship between them, though Balthier denies this. In the aftermath, Vaan and Penelo, now a couple, take their leave from Rabanastre to have their own adventure, sporting a shirt over his outfit by the time of Final Fantasy Tactics A2. Although Basch was originally considered for the role of the main character, that focus was shifted to Vaan after "taking into consideration the target demographic". With the casting of Kouhei Takeda for the voice acting and motion capture, Vaan became a little less feminine and more "active, upbeat, bright and positive" than originally planned. He was designed by character designer Akihiko Yoshida to look Asian. Vaan was voiced in Final Fantasy XII by Bobby Edner in English and by Kouhei Takeda in Japanese. Vaan also made appearances in other video games; despite having been created for Final Fantasy XII, Vaan was first introduced in the 2004 crossover board game Itadaki Street Special for the PlayStation 2. He also appears in Itadaki Street Portable for the PlayStation Portable. He also appears in the PSP game Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, where, as in Final Fantasy XII he is voiced by Bobby Edner in the English version; however, Takeda was unable to reprise his role as Vaan and he was replaced by Kensho Ono in the Japanese version. Ashe or Ashe, is a 19-year-old Hume princess, fighting to liberate her kingdom, Dalmasca, from the Archadian Empire. The only living child of King Raminas and the sole heir to the throne, she married Rasler Heios Nabradia shortly before Archadia's invasion of Dalmasca. Her husband died in the battle to protect Nalbina Fortress