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The building you see in the above picture is the very well known Balamb Garden. It's a school
to educate, as well as train soldiers. Squall is one of the students there. The Garden is a
private school for kids between the age's of six and nineteen. It a student passes their
graduation exam, they will be able to try out for the legendary SeeD. Only the best trainees
have a chance to try out for SeeD. Squall is one of the students trying out to become a member
of this group.
Magic is only used by Garden graduates that have studied how to use it. Even then, only the
best from the Garden will be able to use it effectively. Regular people aren't able to use this
special power.
From the outside this world seems very peaceful and prosperous, but as you look more closely
you can notice many small problems. One of which is a situation where a war could break out at
any time. Normally this is where the Garden would come into play. The Garden soldiers don't
work for any particular country, but are located around the world to help quiet the disputes.
This approach worked to keep the world in order for quite a while. All the evil powers of the
war were being destroyed and the military powers were balanced. Then one day a sorceress
known as Edea appeared.
As a celebration for everyone that makes it into SeeD, a dinner party is thrown for all the new
members. It is at this dinner party that Squall meets Rinoa. Later in the evening when Squall
and Rinoa encounter eachother, he discovers that she is the leader of the Forest Owls, which is
a rebel organization fighting against the nation of Galbadia. Unfortunately the Forest Owls
are losing their battles against Galbadia, even though they have been assisted by members from
SeeD. That night when Squall goes to sleep, he has a very strange dream in which he is a man
by the name of Laguna Loire, and he is a Galbadian soldier that would rather be a journalist.
In the dream, Laguna is on a mission accompanied by Ward and Kiros.
To make things even more complicated, Galbadia has annexed neighboring Dollet, and has declared
war on the rest of the world! You later find out that the actions taken by the Galbadian
President, Vinzer Deling, weren't his own. He was assisted by Edea. Since it is suspected that
Edea is behind these actions, Squall is sent out on a mission to assassinate her, with the
help of Irvine Kinneas.
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