Following the defeat of his armies at the hands of the Sirians Lord Sartek fled to the Realms of War expecting the wrath of his King Lord Bane. Bane returned as was foretold in the year 798 SE, when Bane saw the control that the Sirians had gained over the world of Etheria he realised the cause was lost. He opened a portal and sent his former general into a new world. Sartek returned shortly after and told of a sport that was played across the face of this world where the champions were hailed as leaders and princes of men. Bane decided the time was now, he drew to him Sartek and his most loyal followers and sent them to the Hills of the Unhallowed from here he would gain control once again.

Lord Sartek quickly adjusted to the new world and his skills as a general allowed him to read the field of battle in the sport of Bloodbowl and his years as a weapons master made him adept at mastering the throwing and catching of the ball.

In the year 456 LT there was born in a small swampy bayou in the heart of Siria Banwin son of Bauldig. Banwin was an intrepid young man who constantly sought adventure beyond his home, in his early years he stumbled across a Cairn of a long dead chieftain. Banwin broke into the tomb to discover the secrets of the elder men he was attacked by the chieftain Krellion and made into a member of the living dead. Banwin changed his name to Bane and quickly established himself as rule of the Bayou and the villages beyond. Krellion was enraged that his pupil had outshone him and swore vengenance, he attacked Bane during the early morning in the Bayou but he had underestimated his protege and was defeated. Krellion was offered the choice of final death or servitude and he showed his true nature when he bent the knee to the upstart Lord Bane.

The following 500 years showed the power of Bane and he quickly became the dominant force of Etheria it was not until a combined army of Elves, Men and Dwarves laid siege to his palace that he was overthrown. Bane turned on his former general Sartek and tasked him with investigating a new realm to conquer, Sartek succeeded and brought news of the Old World and the sport of Bloodbowl.

Bane laughed at the description of this sport, how he would enjoy crushing all the lifeforms of this planet under his feet at this game.