Legends & Lore

Seven Gates: One of three passes through the Cloudspine, so named for its seven chokepoints. Has been a recurring battle-ground for millenia.
The Nine: Powerful sorcerors and strategists of the light. The avatara who led the Legion during the Great War.
Balor: Leader of the dark and incarnation of the Leveler. Once known as Connacht, the great hero of the Wind Age.
Soulblighter: Balor's most brutal general and master of the dark arts. Has learned to prolong his life through self-mutilation and human sacrifice.

It’s spring again, and after five months of rest the Legion is once more on the move. Last week we passed through Seven Gates into the eastern lands over the Cloudspine. The Fallen seem to have abandoned the mountains, but for what reason we cannot tell.

The Legion is here alone, camped on the edge of Forest Heart and dangerously far into the territory of the enemy. Two of the Nine are with us, Cu Roi and Murgen, trying to make contact with the forest giants who live in this place, to beg their help against the Dark.

No man has seen one of the giants since the first battle for Seven Gates thirteen years ago. They helped contain the fury of Balor himself for three years, but on the fourth they did not return and the pass was lost.

One of our scouts just came crashing through the brush, winded, and a crowd of excited men has gathered around him. Someone hurrying out of the group paused beside me long enough to say, “Soulblighter is here. Put that in your journal.”