Long before the rise of Camelot, Albion thrived on magic. Its people learned to tap that power while respecting nature’s balance—until King Uther Pendragon, convinced magic murdered his queen, outlawed it as “The Old Religion” and drove all practitioners into exile. Now a creeping darkness chokes the land: crops wither, waters spoil, and disease runs rampant. Saxon invaders pour in from the east, rumored to be backed by the banished sorcerers who wield forbidden arts.