The Fisher King, a sorcerer who lived many hundreds of years ago, fought many battles in his time, but eventually he was wounded; his injury festered and the infection spread, not just through his body, but through his land as well. His mighty kingdom was reduced to a wasteland, and it has remained that way. According to Gaius, the people of the north call this area the Perilous Lands and few who have ever ventured there have lived to tell the tale.