Some seven hundred years ago, the Skyfire annihilated the surface world, destroying its civilizations and turning to ash any creature that walked, swam or flew in the so-called “Overland.”

Deep under ruined Melanelos, the heart of the once mighty empire that is said to have caused the disaster, a patchwork community prepares to celebrate Remembrance Day, when their ancestors fled to the safety of the earthen depths.

In the old empire’s tongue, Melanelos had a different name: Blackmoor.