The City of Malaise was once a grand and powerful city, full of mages and magicks now lost to time itself. One day a courier arrived from the Capitol City and met with the leaders of Malaise. They gave to the leaders a task. Find a way to destroy the Terois that threatened the land. The Elves and Dwarves of the city met and discussed for many years, sending adventurers out to gather many components and ancient relics. The Wizard Balmethis had taken charge of the research and once everything was gathered, begun his experiments. Contact with other dimensional creatures was made and fel magics learned. The first test of the plague he created was successful. it wiped out every single plant within a hundred miles of the city and twisted the smaller creatures into strange amalgamations of themselves, destroying anything even vaguely Terois in nature. Unfortunately it also weakened the city terribly and during the War of the Dark-blades, Malaise fell into ruin. The city was ransacked and its occupants scattered to the four winds. A curse lays upon the land now, one that corrupts absolutely anyone there. The dwarves and elves that still inhabit the land hold on with a tenuous grasp and would deny the very corruption that is written upon their souls. No gift from there is safe.