Vissias was a nation in southern Enroth, located south of what would later become Blackshire. Vissias was destroyed shortly before the Silence. Alanna, the beautiful daughter of Alan, the mayor of Aliant, was murdered outside the council hall one night. When her grieving father received a message that accused his fellow council members of the crime, he ordered them put to death. While one of them was captured and killed, the other four fled to Vissias, begging for sanctuary. Whe Alan's forces followed them and demanded that the "killers" should be handed over, the Vissians refused. Fighting broke out, and by the end of the day, Alan's son Michael was also dead.