With operations ceasing at the Blackened mines, the Archaen brothers headed south to find work.

Not 3 days into their journey, they were viciously set upon by a group of bandits.

Believing they had killed the 3 men, the bandits took what they wanted and left.

Awakening from the attack, one of the brothers tracked the bandits and waited until they were fast asleep before using his axe to slay all but one of them who escaped and told the tale of a ravaging monster in human form who had killed all his companions!