With the already poor land of Reish being poisoned by the Cult of Verore's magic, the common populace found their crops deformed and demons invading their homes. Forced to eat the poisoned crops because of the low food supply, they took in the hellish taint of the magic. The magical taint twisted their bodies into the half-human, half-demon devils and twisted their minds, driving them insane. It was these corrupted people who became the Exiles.