The treaty held with kings of old is but a mem'ry, cold and still. With you we now shall treat anew, to cut a run for hist'ry's flow. Gerun

Many thousand years ago, all-powerful beings looked down upon the land, and their rule was absolute. They commanded all things on the earth. All was done according to their will. Then one day they withdrew behind the walls of a great city of their own making, disappearing from history's stage. In the vacuum left behind, Ivalice fell into chaos, until the march towards a new age finally began. The Age of Gods, Sage Knowledge

Occuria are concerned with controlling the course of Ivalice's history and created the Espers as their servants. The Espers came to believe themselves as powerful as their creators and tried to destroy them. The revolt was led by the Esper Ultima, with the only Esper not included being Zodiark. The Occuria threw them down and bound them with glyphs.

The Occuria tried to influence the garif and granted them deifacted nethicite. The garif could not wield or control the magickal stones and would only worship the Occuria. The Occuria tried again, successfully this time, to influence the world of Ivalice by offering the nethicite to a man who would destroy or subjugate other nations as they directed. This man was King Raithwall, who would become the Dynast King.

At some point in the intervening time, one of the Occuria went rogue, disagreeing with the Occurian philosophy as well as perhaps the apparent Occurian leader, Gerun. Venat concocted a plan to create nethicite that was not under the control of the other Occuria: manufacted nethicite. Venat accomplished its goal with the aid of Dr. Cid of Archadia, with the Emperor's son Vayne Carudas Solidor aiding them by setting up the Empire's war against Rozarria and taking the shards cut by Raithwall from the locations they conquered. Enraged at Venat's heresy, Gerun and the other Occuria decide to bring forth a new Dynast King to destroy Archadia and restore the status quo they had created.

The Occuria's choice is Ashelia B'nargin Dalmasca, whom they manipulate by creating an image of her late husband Lord Rasler, which she mistakes for his spirit. She meets them in person after traveling to Giruvegan, an ancient city implied to have been built by the Occuria. It leads to the Great Crystal, a colossal magickal labyrinth that appears to reach deep to the inside of the planet itself. After finding a way stone in its depths, Ashe is spirited away to meet the Occurian council in a celestial plane where the Occuria appear to her from elaborate statues set on a floating disc. The Occuria reveal their intent of controlling Ivalice's history, though they explain it to her by claiming that if history is not in their control it would lead to disaster.

To ensure she does what they intend, the Occuria give Ashe the Treaty-Blade to cut a new shard of nethicite from the Sun-Cryst, the motherlode of nethicite, tempting her to use its power to take revenge on Archadia and restore her kingdom of Dalmasca. When she reaches the Cryst, however, she realizes Rasler would not want her taking revenge, and realizes what she thought was his spirit was just an illusion created by the Occuria. Though the Occuria try and convince her to take the nethicite, Ashe informs she will not be their pawn and destroys the illusion as well as the Sun-Cryst, ensuring the Occuria will never crown another Dynast King.

Venat accompanies Vayne aboard the Bahamut. During the battle above Rabanastre Vayne uses the power of the nethicite to transform into Vayne Novus, but is mortally wounded by Vaan. Venat protects Vayne as he stumbles out onto the superstructure of the Bahamut's Mist cannon. Vayne apologizes to Venat for not being a true Dynast King, but Venat tells Vayne their goals have been fulfilled as the Age of Stones is over, and that they will walk the path of death together. Venat fuses its powers with Vayne, transforming him into The Undying, but Ashe and her friends defeat him regardless.



The aegyl, this land—all only pawns to the Occuria. Fran

When Balthier explains the origins of Lemurés, an image of the Occuria appears. When the Occuria tried to control the aegyl like the other races, the aegyl fled to the floating continents. Angered, the Occuria used the auraliths to create a barrier around Lemurés to trap those who would not follow them. Over the years, the aegyls' resentment towards the ones who chased them out their homelands grew.

Imprisoned above the clouds, the aegyl leader, Feolthanos, became consumed by his vindictiveness. Associating the Occuria's meddling with the wills of the entire Ivalician land, Feolthanos plots a crusade against the "underworld" from his Keep of Forgotten Time. The destruction of the Sun-Cryst and repudiation of the Occurian mandate dissolved the barrier around Lemurés and allowed Feolthanos to send the Judge of Wings to wreak havoc on the world from which the Undying exiled his people.

