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The armies of men, dwarf and elf banded together in a last bid attempt to stop the forces of Sagoth the fallen god.
The orcs had awoken Sagoth in a bid to conquer the world of man. Still weakened from his battle with his brother god Ristus. Sagoth means to use the power of the Black Heart Gem.
But the mages of this world sent forth their greatest and wisest Elazar to aid the combined armies, and together they were able to drive the fallen god back to the bowels of hell.
But as Sagoth fell he laid a curse on the human King, that the blood line of Degarre would bear a child marked for sacrifice.
On the death of that child the gates of hell would open and Sagoth would return. The Black Heart gem lay upon the floor of The Dark Fortress its power emanating out.
Elazar used his powers to split the gem into four pieces entrusting each race a part of the gem to be its guardian, in hope that they might prevent the return of The Dark God.