I discovered the hard way it's best not to overthink the opening bits of Final Fantasy 12. I was playing it and enjoying it thoroughly back in the day, and found myself explaining things to a visitor. I started with my favorite guy, Basch. This is what I ended up saying:
So, that's Basch- he was a knight of Dalmasca, but got blamed for killing the king- he didn't do it though, it was his evil twin brotheroh my god- I SWEAR it's not that dumb in the game! I SWEAR!