It began with the first war of the gods. [[Mortifer]] rose against [[Valpurus]] for supremacy, and they were joined by other gods. [[Legifer]], chosen by Valpurus, and [[Atavus]] were the first to aid Valpurus. [[Infuscor]] and [[Cruentus]], though they weren't agreeable, joined Mortifer. [[Loricatus]], though he would have liked to join Valpurus, was forced to stay neutral, forging weapons and armor for all. It was at the height of this war, that the artifacts came to be, for the gods soon found themselves in a stalemate, so they got underlings to battle for them. These underlings were weak, puny mortals, so they gifted them with artifacts and aid when they prayed. Valpurus elected a High Priest, and gave him the [[Justifier]]. Legifer asked for an explosive mace to be forged. Cruentus, to spite Loricatus, suggested to Mortifer that he create a deadly mace himself, because Valpurus had Justifier and Mortifer had nothing. So, calling upon Infuscor, Mortifer imbued the [[Neerc Se-ulb]] with the destructiveness that was his very nature. The Justifier was still very mighty though, so the chaotic gods sought various ways for their underlings to defeat the High Priest. Infuscor came up with thunder hammers. [[Cleptia]] got [[Saal'thul]] and whips of thievery. [[Scabies]], chameleon whips. When [[Sophos]] asked for [[Vermis]], Infuscor asked for [[Mjolak]]. All this kept Loricatus very busy.

The present Grand Master Dark Knight, [[Golgor Dhan]], is a man of unknown age. His birthplace is unclear, but it is known that he was originally a guard of Attnam. He maintains a guard's appreciation of large swords, and is an expert with the largest swords in existence - two-handed scimitars. He has trained with those to the point of wielding them single-handedly, and delivers slashes with a zealous ferocity also carried over from his guard days. Of the First Masters, he is most like Xinroch. Although he disdains anything but straight forward one-on-one combat, he sees the usefulness of the mages.