“Both the indigenous peoples oppressed by the mysterious God King and the recently arrived settlers believed the creature to be a spirit or monster endemic to mist-shrouded Cibola, but they were wildly mistaken in their assumptions. Only Heptaur, a dwarf who had come from the other side of the sea, knew that this beast of great stature, cannibalistic and demanding to be worshiped as a god could only be the ancient enemy of his people. And indeed, the Great Ghoul was the last of the so-called Men of Bronze, the warlike giants who in ancient times had ruled many human nations and inflicted great suffering on the Elder races. All of them ended up falling prey to pride and megalomania, unleashing a great and terrible war where they fought among themselves and with neighboring kingdoms.
One of the instigators of that conflict is said to have trodden desolate places in search of the secrets of the Evil One, summoning demons and listening intently to whispers in the ether. It was during one of those inquiries that his soul was permanently disfigured and a strange madness nested in his psyche, causing him to gradually degenerate into the first (and most powerful) Ghoul, patriarch of all those who would come after. Although he was defeated just like the other Men of Bronze, he was the only one of that lineage who managed to escape alive to the West, crossing the Misty Sea by unknown means. There, he rebuilt his power and settled in the ruins of Tuzcarra, built at the dawn of the world, subduing the surrounding tribes with an iron fist. Many centuries would have to pass before the kingdom of Mazarga reached its shores and, in alliance with those who already opposed the Great Ghoul, declared the crusade that would put an end to his reign of terror. In the end, the monster was killed by Heptaur himself, thus avenging his most distant ancestors and ending the Gigantomachy after 3,700 years.“
One of the instigators of that conflict is said to have trodden desolate places in search of the secrets of the Evil One, summoning demons and listening intently to whispers in the ether. It was during one of those inquiries that his soul was permanently disfigured and a strange madness nested in his psyche, causing him to gradually degenerate into the first (and most powerful) Ghoul, patriarch of all those who would come after. Although he was defeated just like the other Men of Bronze, he was the only one of that lineage who managed to escape alive to the West, crossing the Misty Sea by unknown means. There, he rebuilt his power and settled in the ruins of Tuzcarra, built at the dawn of the world, subduing the surrounding tribes with an iron fist. Many centuries would have to pass before the kingdom of Mazarga reached its shores and, in alliance with those who already opposed the Great Ghoul, declared the crusade that would put an end to his reign of terror. In the end, the monster was killed by Heptaur himself, thus avenging his most distant ancestors and ending the Gigantomachy after 3,700 years.“
