Bahamut

Bahamut, the eldest of the Brethren by virtue of his emerging first from the chaos, believed that he ought to be the leader. His younger brother Avandra, however, was the strongest and fastest of the three. So one night after a particularly mighty battle with the Shadowfallen and the Sacred Heart -- in which, it should be noted, Avandra performed admirably -- Bahamut hatched a scheme to "borrow" some of his brother's power. The Brethren drank well into the night and after they were all good and drunk, Bahamut proposed the idea of a game of chance. The brothers agreed, thinking it a bit of light-hearted folly, and Mercador, the youngest, dealt the cards.

[see Avandra for a continuation of the story]