"Ancora" the Thanatosian Monastery in Galvas is one of the last bastions of the
divine powers situated under the veil of black smoke gathering over the land.
Though the divine powers are now more difficult to access due to the corruption,
which is thriving under this dark shroud, the Gods have taken a special interest in
restoring the old balance in the world.
When the nightmares of the underdark emerge from one place on the Belly of Iawat,
they have to be stopped at all cost, or they will corrupt everything around them.
The lands that have traditionally been under the control of the Thanatosians, mainly
south of the monastery, have always been a sacred place. The lands are riddled with
cemetaries, both civilian and military. Since the rise of a mysterious Lich in the area,
there has been a major shift in power. The dead here have all been laid to rest by
divine rituals, so that they can never rise again and turn on the living. However, this
has changed when Lord Hartman passed away from a mysterious disease about a year
ago. He was guarding one of the seven ruling stones of Galvas, that had once adorned
Queen Ravnica's crown.
Because the general had no legitimate heirs, there came a powerstruggle about which
of his adjudants would command the southern legion. The priest that arranged Lord
Hartman's burial thought it would be wise to burry the stone with him, just until the
struggle for dominance had provided the next heir.
However, when the stone was to be unearthed, the stone, along with Lord Hartman's
remains, had dissappeared.
Now the dead walk these darkened lands, building fortifications for their growing
armies. They seem to have no interest in invading other lands, but neither do their
seem like they would give up these lands without going to war.
