History

When a group of heroes from Talrand sought to thwart a horrible prophecy, they did so by banishing a great evil and his herald in a ritual which caused the loss of the whole party, three armies, several artifacts, a protean godling, and an extremely powerful undead. The result of the ritual was not quite what was intended.

Arjuna, the Mad Death Knight, shattered in his banishment. His armor, an artifact of insanity and warping corruption melded with the dispersed energies of the protean godling, creating a realm locked in the curse the artifact once held. Thus were born the thirty eight lords of the Onyx Plate - the undying lords of Sisälläith.

The Seitsmal, the seven most powerful of these lords, rule over a dark and horrible feudal society. Locked in battles of will against each other's factions and vassal slaves for supremacy, each of the Seitsmal wishes to reunite elements of Arjuna’s regalia, hoping that the reunification of the artifact will release them from their curse of undeath.

These cruel undead lords rule over a sparse populace, born of the remainder of the armies banished in the creation of the world. Most of the free humanoids are travelers - members of the elven clans of the Blue Fox.

Peace is sparse, and cruelty abounds in this twisted world. Will the players enkindle the flame of hope against the overwhelming darkness, or succumb to the twisted will of the undead lords of the realms?