Quote Originally Posted by Frederick22 View Post
Yea on the past, or that's what it seems to be. Ishgard 's first leaders were kings, but now the Holy see ( is the church, right? ) has the total goverment control. What did change? When it was desided that the church have that kind of power?
Likely when the first king died from dragon-mind-powers and his son took to war against him. Halone led the people there, and likely the people turned to a more religious doctrine with the loss of their king. Haldrath probably became the first Archbishop, leaving the other four houses to be the royal houses for the new city.