When the first Oni emissary from the eastern kingdom of Tau 'Shi arrived in Nerath, most thought it would be a new era of prosperity. The Empire had recently ended the Greenbriar War and new trade with Tau'Shi would provide enormous wealth to any involved. The followers of the Dark Triumvirate, Executor Taash of the Banites, Herald Usseling of The Temple of Tiamat, and Chief Diabolist Khaine, were ordered to hunt down and kill all devotees of the other gods and destroy their places of worship.