0- The end of Mages

For centuries, battlefields belonged to mages.

Kingdoms blessed with powerful battle mages expanded their borders through conquest, reducing castles and armies alike to ash beneath torrents of arcane power. They were celebrated as heroes.

Then everything changed.

Deep within the mountains, miners uncovered a strange black stone: Skart. A mineral capable of nullifying magic itself.

Almost overnight, the age of battle mages came to an end...

And for some, the only path left was into the darkness.