Witherhold does not stand alone in its battle against corruption. The lords and ladies of other realms know only too well that Morghur’s taint will spread all throughout Athel Loren if it is left unchecked. Therefore, Elves of all the forest’s domains can be found in the glades of Anmyr, fighting running battles with rampaging Beastmen. Yet the blight upon Witherhold cannot be fought with blade and bow alone. The doom overtaking Anmyr is as much spiritual as physical, for the Beastmen are the Children of Chaos, and their deeds are fuelled by the will of the Dark Gods. Nothing short of divine intervention will see Witherhold’s peril finally ended and its former glories restored, but the gods of the Elves are weakened - perhaps too weak to intercede.[1a]