Vana'diel is a world of magic, chivalry, and technology.
This beautiful land was once engulfed in a great war between armies of enlightened people and the dark hordes of the beastmen.
It was a fight for survival from which the victor would emerge in control of the crystals-- physical manifestations of the primordial elements.
The beastmen mercilessly destroyed city upon city, turning the land and water black with their foul presence.
But the people united in solidarity, and seized victory from the claws of the ravenous beastmen. At last, peace had come to Vana'diel.
More than twenty years have passed since the end of the war. But as memories of that conflict begin to fade, evil lurks in the shadows once again, biding its time...
And it hungers for the power of the crystals.