It is nineteen years into the Fifty Years' War. Cidolfus Orlandeau, future Thunder God, is but twenty-two. He has survived battles, commanded knights, and is ready to make his mark upon the history of Ivalice. But now, fresh off battle and stuck in a tavern with far too much alcohol, he must brave a challenge beyond anything he's ever faced: Enduring a drunk Barbaneth Beoulve.