• The domain of Darkon is slowly melting away in the mists. Across the land, ageless monuments and magical wonders crumble before the Shroud-the Mists turned hungry.
• Azalin Rex, King of Darkon, vanished during the Hour of Ascension. Since then, an unmoving golden star called the King's Tear hangs in the sky. The sun and moon pass behind this star daily.
• The Kargat, the nation's secret police, is particularly active in Darkon's largest cities: Martira Bay.
• The night after any Humanoid dies, its corpse rises as a mindless Undead that shambles into the night. Locals swiftly burn bodies to prevent this.

Necropolis: At the hour of Ascension, a big necrotic explosion happened in the capital Il Aluk. Instantly thousands of people die, and returned as the undead that remain inside the city. Most of these are mindless and keep doing whatever they used to do in life. A few however are more intelligent and very agressive against the living.