The Blights

The Blight is a Corrupted area, dating back to the Age of Chaos. The majority of the Corruption was removed after the Final Battle but some remained across Renicia's continents. During the Blight Wars, a few smaller areas became Corrupted with the Blight in parts of Noraedor and Mardor.

What is the Blight?
The Blight is an area which has been Corrupted. Not much is known about how an area is targeted as the Chaos' Corruption is a random infliction in magic and it cannot be predicted. However, it is thought that magic in the Blighted areas was very strong and thus more vulnerable to the Chaos' Corruption.

In the Blighted Areas, magic is very volatile. The landscapes can be very alien to what Humans are used to and both the native fauna and flora in those environments can be Corrupted too, making them both magical and dangerous. However, not all Blights are ugly, although they are stereotyped to look evil and grim. Some areas are very beautiful and colourful, such as parts of Mardor's Great Blight, which are famous for its glowing, fluorescent flora and forests.

During the Age of Chaos and the Blight Wars, the Blight areas were usually used as the strongholds for the Chaos forces, specifically the fiends, the Chaosfriends and the Chaos factions.

Noraedor's Blighted Mountains
In the north eastern parts of Crywren lie the Blighted Mountains. They are as big as one of Noraedor's countries and was the primary stronghold for the Chaos forces in the Blight Wars. The ancient stronghold of Nor'Hull (lit. North Crown), a glowing blue fortress, is located in the Blighted Mountains and has existed since the Age of Chaos. It was once surrounded by a vast city called the Clenran, allied to the Chaos, but was destroyed in the Final Battle and is simply ruins now. Only the fortress survived.

The Blighted Mountains are located in a vast mountain range. There are parts of flatter lands in between the peaks. It is very difficult to travel to from Crywren and the border is guarded by the Watch Guard, an elite and independent military force that has watched the Blighted Mountains since the Blight Wars.

The area itself is renowned for its cold, bitter climate, but also its strange alien apperance. Parts of the mountain defy gravity and float above the surface. Parts of the land actually glow blue, green and purple, adding to the cold landscape's bitter and eerie appearance. In the heart of the Blighted Mountains is the great volcano, Vapellvir (lit. Fire Tower), and its lava glows a variety of different colours and can defy gravity also.