Clive... it doesn't sound like the name of a man who would help reshape history... but it is.  Well, the history of a fictional world at least.

Without Clive Beckett, the revolution that freed Ishtaria would never have been won. Who knows if Arris the Sage could have truly won if Beckett had not been allied with him.

He also founded and ran the Security Defense Forces of Ishtaria, the one true source of justice in the new Republic.  Through his position he enforced the laws with honor, and not the iron fist of the Crimson Guard.

Clive also mentored Ash Lambert.  And without Ash, Ishtaria would have been wiped from existence by the Flames of Judgement that had been unleashed by Dolf.

Clive Beckett is at the center of everything that occurred in Ishtaria... but he is often forgotten.  Well, not anymore.

Vandal Hearts is a Strategy RPG released by Konami back in 1997 for the Playstation.  It is very much in the same vein as Ogre Tactics, and Final Fantasy Tactics.