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Ulf Andersson, who penned most of the story, remembers details of Fortress quite vividly and shared them with GameSpot.
"The fortress was an abandoned but very magical and ancient place that had been defending the world from the king of the sea; he rises up and tries to invade the world and they [the heroes] had to defend it, and the only thing that can stop him is that actual fortress," Andersson explained. "You had to beat him from that fortress. If he ever passed the gate, then he would be unstoppable. In the game world, nobody believed in the seriousness that he would show up until he did."
Within the fortress, players had the opportunity to interact with other characters and make important decisions that would determine the flow of things. Failing or succeeding at certain tasks during combat and making certain choices in dialogue-driven events had an impact on everything from the cutscenes shown to the resources available. Resource management was a big part of the equation, with players frequently venturing onto land outside the fortress in order to scavenge for materials, go on hunts, and fight the odd random encounter.
The story played out in seasons, with the fortress itself visually changing over time. Andersson described battles that wrecked pieces of the fortress, maybe crumbling towers or bringing down a wall. As the seasons passed from summer to fall to winter, you saw these same fallen set pieces still where they fell, blanketed by leaves and then by snow. If certain set pieces contained resources, like if the aforementioned tower contained food, its destruction cut into your supplies, forcing you to go out and hunt more often.
"We wanted it very non-linear storytelling-wise," Andersson explained. "But it would still carry that drama that Final Fantasy needs."
