"Two hundred or so years ago, my father's brother became a necromancer. A lot of how and why isn't known at this point, but he did. He came to the palace and with his mother and sisters went down to the reservoir where the Great Charters Stones are. He slit their throats over the stones since blood can break them and mend them. After that the Old Kingdom suffered badly. About twenty years ago, my mother was finally able to defeat what was left of him and since then we've been restoring the stones."