Deep inside the silverback mountains lies a hidden horror from the time of the human revolt. Something that has been stirring and waiting to come out for many decades to seek revenge. Entombed and left to the darkness within the mountain. The silverback mountain was the location of the largest elven temple, it housed roughly ten thousand elves who devoted themselves to the arcane arts and hoping to learn more about the ancient Jiperians.
During the human revolt they were raided but the temple defenses kept any intruders at bay with it’s powerful magic however the humans built siege equipment and destroyed the temple gates with a large rock slide from the mountain. The entrance got closed off which the elves did not foresee, they were then left to their own demise and became forgotten over time. The elves within the mountain tried to removed the large stones but they could not dig through nor was their magic powerful enough to get through what had become a solid bedrock. Thousands of scholars, apprentices and mages were trying to find ways out but without any success. As their food supplies were getting smaller the arch mage Neathna decided to prioritise the food towards the younger scholars and apprentices first. The elder mages were the ones set to find the way out for the younger generations but this went on for many years to the point where the food ran out.
Neathna grew impatient over the years and her mind began to play tricks on her in the dark. She was ready to give her life for the younger generation but the years in the dark caused that idea to fade and her ideas began to be filled with rage, hunger and survival. She did not want to die, it was her temple, her people, they should die to keep her alive she thought and so she began to take the young one by one and secretly drained them of their life with her powerful magic. The temple went deep into the mountain with many corridors and halls. People noticed that others started to get missing and was told they got lost in the dark halls. The truth however only came fourth when some of the mages found Neathna feeding on one of the missing people as her hunger had taken over. Draining people’s life out of them with magic was not enough, she had invoked something else which made her able to heal and stay healthy by drinking blood as it was the one thing she had plenty of in the entombed temple.
Some of the mages saw this as pure madness while few wished do the same. As they had not eaten for a long time either they were skinny and were quickly hooked after getting “blessed” by Neathna's new powers. Those who disagreed were killed directly and drained by those who followed the arch mage. A new era had begun within the temple and over time they started to live within the darkness. It became their home, getting out was a mere wishful thinking at that time as they rebuilt something new under the mountain. Feeding on the young and unlocking new powers from the dark cold atmosphere that surrounded them. Neathna believed she led the last of her people and sought to protect her so called children. And so they have survived and adapted to the dark halls of the entombed temple which they call home. As their blood stock is slowly diminishing Neathna has set her mind to one day open up a way to the outside world.
