The Broken Gods disappeared from Evrand long ago, leaving a chaotic and violent world in their wake. Over time, the races picked up the individual pieces, forging empires in blood. Such has been life for almost ten thousand years, but something has changed. Terrible creatures have emerged from the South, emerging from the DeadLands. They wreak havoc on isolated villages and the Iron Legion; at the behest of their mysterious and malevolent God, Mezrum.  Worse still, something new has awoken across the world, granting godlike powers to a select few. The Heralds believe the Broken Gods have been reborn. Come to bring order back to our world, but there are those who suspect: something much more sinister is at hand.