In the wake of the Old Empire’s fall, the world was shattered. The Cataclysm left the land scarred, its survivors scattered and struggling to rebuild amid the wreckage of a lost age. From the ruins, new powers emerged, some seeking dominion, others merely survival. The Azerai Church emerged from within the Sunlit Citadel, forging the Penitent Crusade to subjugate the shattered world. But they were not the only force to rise in the chaos.

Calden was one such power, a fortress-city that stood defiant amongst the ashes of Cataclysm. Beneath the blue and silver Wolf Banner, its armies carved a bloody path across the lands, rivaling even Azerai’s early conquests. Its Lord ruled over his new kingdom with an iron will, a dominion built upon fear and brutality. Here, loyalty was measured in blood spilled, and power was claimed through violence. Such crude mechanisms of rule were doomed to fail though.