Once, mankind lived amongst nature as an equal and worshipped the gods of wood, water and stone. In time men began to cut down the trees and harness the water ways to cultivate the land and build cities of stone and wood. From these cities a prophet arose who taught that the spirits of the land were wicked and that a celestial Creator was responsible for the world and all within it, and that mankind, his chosen creation, should bow down in unrivaled obeisance and worship. At great expense to themselves, they raised enormous churches to this Creator, and gave power to his priests, persecuting those who still followed the old gods of wood, water and stone.

The Alder-King - one of the old gods and a mighty spirit of the dark woods - turned against his apostate disciples, and in his vengeful wrath opened the gates to the Outer Dark, unleashing demonic entities from the void into the world. A hellish horde soon swept across the lands, possessing mortal bodies and corrupting their souls. The Alder-King shed his skin and took on the dark form of Araun the Horned God. Rising from the ranks of the damned from the Outer Dark came the dread Wytchlords, who ruled and made pacts with the wrathful forest spirits, subjugated the mortals, and reshaped the world to satisfy their endless desires.

Five centuries past, a war of gods and mortals reshaped the world. The battlefields where the forces of Light broke the chaotic armies of the demons and dark fae are known now as the Scaithlands: a scarred landscape born from the wounds of infernal war. The Wytchlords were defeated, but their exile is ending. A dark shadow rises, and the ancient enemy slowly awakens with the aid of their servitors and allies.

Symbol of the Wytchlords