Blight zone

• Levels: 35-50
• Danger: deadly
• Author: Stile
• Translation: Fiorine
• How to get there: 6e10n2e7nw (from the Market Square)

Long ago, in the distant epoch before the Great Inter-Racial War, far to the north-east beyond the mountains of Moria, lay the kingdom of Malkiri. The land took pride in its splendid necklace of a thousand lakes and in its seven great towers no less than in its heroes.

Then came to these lands the ancient Black Lord Satan, one of the heroes of the First Epoch, founder of the Cabal of Invaders. His cursed soul he had long since surrendered to the dark gods, and his power was beyond measure. In Malkiri he wove the Invaders' clan-spell -- a malevolent spirit meant to serve him. But the spell proved so strong that it slipped his grasp, and in a single hour devoured Malkiri itself. The echo of the catastrophe reached Moria, and the clans of dwarves, drained by the inter-racial war, were forced to leave for the south, abandoning their ancestral halls.

Today, where Malkiri once stood, lie only boundless wastes peopled by bloodthirsty creatures and poisonous plants. The nameless Evil, once Satan's spell, walks here still.