A famine had struck Gristol, and the nobles' solution to dealing with the problem is to host a gala for Empress Emily's 27th birthday because of course it is. Daud thinks this is a horrible idea, and there is no way that this can go well. Surprise, surprise, he's right. After all, the world is ending, and no amount of alcohol can fix that. Alcohol can, however, fix this need for Daud to beat everyone senseless for not listening to him sooner. Set eleven months after the events of As Above. A sort of interquel between As Above, and its eventual sequel, told from Daud's perspective, and thus contains mature language.