Deveney had once been a pretty little village until Deveney suffered under four years of Orcish occupation, then was taken by Tinare forces and sacked and terrorized by Nár's Hackers, the mercenary company left behind to defend it.When the Warlord Ardagor led a counterattack to retake the village in October 1640, the villagers did not aid the Hackers; Captain Nar was killed, and most of his soldiers were slain or taken captive by the Orcs.The survivors of the debacle were reorganizing in Halnen, and they planned on murdering the survivors of Deveney, if the village was retaken.