Wesmoon

A witch named Wesmoon made her home in the Witchwood forest and practised her necromancy there. She gave herself completely to Hellacaster and made herself a lich: in time much of the forest came under her control. Resistance to Wesmoon centred around the halflings of the local villages of Hapamet and Slidramet, and the druids of a small grove that had remained untouched by Hellcaster’s curse.

The Witchwood halflings were known for their piety and their devotion to both Sorn and Veldex, and when the Knights of Magilone were outlawed by the Church of the Shroud they found refuge in the Temple of Veldex in Hapamet, which remained their secret headquarters for many years. The local halfling warriors who also worshipped at the temple were called the Hellhunters. Wesmoon gradually gained the upper hand and after forty years ago a few pioneers left Hapamet to start a new life in the town if New Neptamet in the Underlake.

Over several decades new settlers joined them, mostly from Hapamet but a few from Slidramet too. The Knights of Magilone were increasingly preoccupied with affairs beyond the Witchwood and the defenses of Hapamet slowly crumbled.

Hapamet was eventually abandoned by the halflings and is now in ruins and overrun by foul creatures of the night. The grove of the druids fell to Wesmoon’s undead hordes: a handful of survivors managed to escape. Only the villagers of Slidramet held out against the lich queen, and they have became almost completely isolated from the outside world and suspicious of strangers. Wesmoon herself was quite clearly Hellacaster’s most powerful servant on the mortal plane.