Not much is really known about the the Shadow Court, only that hundreds of years before the Hero of Bowerstone was born, the Hero of Skill that calls himself Reaver made a deal with The Shadow Court for immortality, sacrificing his lover and his hometown for it. Oakvale merges with a nearby region under the control of The Court as Wraithmarsh which is known today as a place of evil and is most famous for it's Banshee. It is theorized that there is a connected between it and The Court due to their similar names and that they are all shadow beings.