| The tale of Darksbay is older than most of the Empire, and indeed most of the
landscape of this world. The legend begins in what is remembered only as the
War of Evernight. Stories of this war, passed on by mouth from generation to
generation, tell of when the forces of Chaos first set upon the land, and in
that time nearly wiping out the races of this world. Great battles that defy
imagination waged across the land as the might of Chaos surged across the land.
Finally the War became a stalemate, both sides locked together, but neither
giving any ground.
At one of the most hotly contested areas between Chaos and those of this world
the humans and their allies constructed a mighty fortress which became home to
an order of noble warriors. In time this fortress became known as Darksbay, and
those who resided therein the Knights of Darksbay, for they held here in this
fortress for many hundreds of years, keeping back the tide of darkness.
Finally a terrible Demon Lord, determined to destroy Darksbay and the Knights
within, entered into a dark pact with a group of necromancers. On a clear,
fateful day the demons fell upon the castle, as they had countless times
before, but this time the necromancers invoked their powerful evil magic, and
it began to work among the Knights of Darksbay, killing them to a man.
However deep within the stones of Darksbay an even more powerful magic was set
into motion, striking back at those who destroyed the Knights. An explosion of
magic radiated forth from Darksbay, catching the demons and necromancers alike,
and trapping them within the walls of Darksbay to remain there for all
eternity. They are said to still reside here, driven far beyond madness by
their inescapable prison, and haunted as they are by the spirits of the Knights
of Darksbay who remain to torment the forces of evil.
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