In a world of magic and prosperity,
the once beloved king and his kingdom fall into despair when the king’s wife suddenly passes away under mysterious circumstances. Determined to revive her he uses all resources at his disposal resulting in a kingdom in decay. His betrayal of the people led to their betrayal of him and ultimately to his death.

Because of these events, one young scholar set out to find a cure for the violence and greed that ravaged the lands. Years pass and a crystal with the purpose of absorbing void energy in peoples hearts was created. Peace and prosperity would from now on reign, or so he thought.

During what later became known as The cleansing, the crystal becomes unstable and shatters into a million pieces. Each piece flies in a random direction, with unimaginable speed. Any creature, living or dead, hit by such a shard is however not instantly killed. Instead, all greed and violence crystallised in the crystal shard would instead be infused into its host. And so begins the wars over the lands, led by the people corrupted by the crystal.