The void

Interdimensional Perversion
Long ago, in Arathia, off the coast of an ancient land of kings and beasts a sorcerer of immense power and withering mind used his powers to build a portal, from this monument he discovered a purity, glowing green with the energy that binds the seams between land and flames. From this energy he gained knowledge, he bound himself to so many, melding his mind with so many poor souls, the chorus of the damned. He became a monster, large, dark, swift, with tendrils lashing out at all around it, infesting, destroying, consuming. his eye, the window to his twisted soul, became a symbol of his power, it overtook his face, now he could speak only through his mind, the immense cluster of psychic beings he had collected along with the rest, now he spoke in rhyme, a thousand voices all speaking at once, all in harmony, as one single being, the purity of the consumed. As he was driven back to where it all began by the ancient lords he promised but one thing, "of fire and flame my darkness came, seeking fortune and seeking fame, you have not seen the last of I, for you will see me within the sky, watching all of you as you're running by, as I consume you all with the watchful eye."

With this promise the sorcerer now known only as the void was sealed within the realm between dimensions from which his power came, and after eons of festering and growing and consuming all others who were lost to the pocket dimension of the void it became more powerful than ever, soo enough with the reignition of the portal it's power emerged yet again.

After creating a vessel which it hoped to control when the time came and giving it free will it began spreading pieces of itself which would grow like tumors across Arathia, as they grew they developed tendrils and eyes like before and began to manipulate those weak minded enough to be influenced by them, and after a certain level of growth they would reconnect to the central mental network, being under it's direct control.

The vessel, having gone from names such as the "voidbringer" and "voidmaw" adopted a true name in the form of Terrax after forming the town of Terranosk and with it's claiming of it's role as Emperor it used an unknown ritual to purify itself, releasing it from the potential of being influenced by the void.

After failure to covert both praetor Fermius and Trimpire the void has simply continued to spread in often untouched regions of Arathia and has waited for the opportunity to strike.

The void has also gained a rival being in the form of the pale forest, see upcoming wiki article for more info.