Banix was mauled by a Wargor in the forest of shadows and left to die. But diseases from the fellow beast spread in his body, and he started to change. His skin turned a different colour, voices started to talk in his head and his nails began to grow into claws.

Without knowing why, he gravitated north, far further to the north than he had ever gone before. With his voices leading him the way, he marched into the camp of Aslak, a fully fletched and converted Pestigor, ready to spread the filth of the waste to the rest of the world.