These northern farmlands were originally established as the breadbasket for the burgeoning city of Emberfield. However, their history is far deeper and darker than their serene appearance suggests. In the city's early days, the excavation of fields unearthed strange artifacts from the time of the Shadow War, relics that were quickly spirited away into the private collections of Emberfield's elite.

For centuries, these discoveries fueled local folklore, which speaks of misaligned ley lines beneath the soil. These anomalies were said to cause spontaneous magical surges and birth uncanny creatures that stalked the ever-present mists. While city dwellers dismissed these as mere rural superstitions, the farmers knew better.

They whispered tales passed down through generations, stories of a time before Emberfield. Their fields, they recounted, were once a bloody battleground in a devastating war against horrors from the Shadowfell, leaving the land irrevocably scarred and haunted. This ancient conflict embedded a dormant darkness deep within the soil.

Now, with the ominous return of the lich queen Ariel from Stonewatch Island, the old tales are proving terrifyingly true. Her necrotic influence seeps into the land, awakening the festering darkness that has lain dormant for centuries. What was once dismissed as folklore now manifests as a growing supernatural threat, leaving the lands ominously quiet.