Before the young prince Yeron became king, his father Geras was known to be a cruel leader. His cruelty came in many form, one that is kept secrets were his biggest fear, constant nightmares that slowly consumed his sanity. Once were a beast that threatened to destroy everything on its path, all clans had to join forces to take it down, they gave them the name Nocstruma.



Since the beast was slain, King Geras feared another beast like it to emerged, thus created secret plans to take down the home of the beasts itself, Xiridai the west section of the land. It is a region known for its deadly creatures, no proud knight would dare venture this dangerous nightmarish forest filled with toxic mist changing the sky from its welcoming blue, to a threatening red.



Thus The king gave prisoners a chance to live outside of prisons, they were tasked to keep the creature numbers from spreading higher, and kill anything that could become a great being. What first started as a punishment disguised as an ultimatum, soon became the home of any outcast who either wanted to live away from civilization, or were craving violence, the smell of blood and the thrill of the hunt.




Known as the exiles, these strange individual have created a community of hunters, with the aid of a town near the western forest, the exiles could craft weapons and armor to their liking, to standout or being normal looking. Weapons were also far from what would be considered normal use, these exiled would put pride in creating strange and unique ways to kill beast and boast about it.


All would wear a mask with filtration capability to prevent inhaling the mist all the time as it could slowly consume your mind, and turn you as wild as the beast you hunt. Some food would also cause such reactions, hunters against hunters in this land of violence.


Wearing a mask would keep you safe from the mist but with time, many would forget who they were, their own reflections as they embraced a world of nothing but killing . Which explain why some would join the west sane and timid, but with time become more childlike in behavior, or purely psychopath behavior.



No one knows of their existence but those with nothing else to lose, thus most hunters live a lonely life, and their only interaction could be with other hunters to kill a beast. just like this picture where a few hunters join force to kill a Xiridan spike hopper, beast capable of jumping high ( for its size) while turning itself to shoot airborne spikes at a high speed to the ground. While taking cover can aid you, it is best not staying against cover in case the spike pierce through and impale you.

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Wanted to flesh out more the western region, introduce a new faction and later introduce a new character to the story. The one closest to the viewer is the one i am speaking about, with the double bladed sword.



art made by me



nevrean agudner and sergal race  mick39