The Arxanti had lived on the planet before Ba'al brought his slaves to this world, but had subsequently been driven off to various cities on other continents when Ba'al's slaves claimed the world for themselves. When the Kinahhi, centuries after driving Ba'al away, attempted to claim an Ancient city called Lindah for themselves, they accidentally activated what appeared to be a biological defense system designed to kill anyone who was not an Ancient or at least possessed the Ancient gene, causing the Kinahhi government to dub the Arxanti the Mahr’bal literally "upholders of Ba’al" and establish the sheh-fet as a means of maintaining order. However, after a decade passed with no sign of further attack or conflict, the government began to stage false terrorist attacks to justify their contin