Six years ago Dr. Cid traveled to the Jagd Difohr and discovered Giruvegan, the place where mortals can access the Great Crystal, home of the Occuria. He met Venat who took Cid as their pupil. Returning to Draklor Laboratory, Venat guided Cid to create manufacted nethicite, granting the Archadian Empire vast new power they began to use to conquer Ivalice. Venat often accompanied Cid, but was invisible to others and could not be heard by them, making it appear Cid was speaking to himself, and thus it appeared he had gone mad.