Thousands of years ago, there was a man named Agonir. He was born with the strength of ten regular men. As he grew, he protected his village from all sorts of threats, goblins, gnolls, beasts, orcs, and even dragons.

One night, Agonir dreamt of a terrible storm that would ravage all of Midgard. In an attempt to prevent this, he prayed for the gods’ aid. They told him to travel to Falenfas (now known as Helfas) before a great evil was released from its prison.

Agonir set out from his village, hoping to save his people. As he traveled further east, dark clouds formed in the skies and earthquakes shook the ground beneath him.

After several days' travel, he arrived in a small fishing village (now known as Port Ellias). He met a blind fisherman named Ellias, who offered to guide him by boat down the river that led southeast. The storms threatened to drown them, but Ellias brought them safely to the Twin Lakes.

From there, he traveled on foot past the Black Mountains, the border of the region of Falenfas, and to a cliff along the Draconic Bay. There was an arch built at the edge, far older than any construction Agonir had ever seen. He tried to stop it, but it was too late. A portal opened in the archway. Twisted and nightmarish creatures began pouring out, then a figure, a creature with the torso and head of a woman, but the legs of a spider. 

“I am Lilith,” she said, “Goddess of Darkness, Mother of Demons, Queen of Spiders, and Weaver of Dreams.”

The monster approached Agonir, “You have sealed your fate, foolish mortal. Now my army can run free and destroy this pathetic world.” 

She plunged her hand into his chest, tearing out his heart. Agonir’s body fell onto the stone, cold and alone.

Lilith and her demons traveled west, destroying everything in their path. The world had lost all hope. The demons had nearly reached the village where Agonir had grown up when something miraculous happened.

A blaze of light like a comet struck the earth. Agonir climbed out from the crater, reborn with angelic wings and a blazing sword of holy light. He struck down the demons and saved the village. He continued traveling back east, gathering men, elves, and dwarves alike. For the first time, the nations banded together to fight against this great evil. They fought the demons back to the edge of Falenfas and banished Lilith back to the Field of Nightmares. Agonir then flew back into the heavens, the gods accepting him as a champion of light, granting him immortality. Agonir became the second angel (after Revan) and continues to be worshiped.

This event became known as the First Demon Blight after the Second, which happened much more recently. Eastern Midgard was rebuilt, but Falenfas never recovered, like a scar that the world could never forget. It was renamed Helfas, or “Hell-Touched Land”.