Jarred to consciousness by the sudden infusion of fresh life, N'aix woke from its nightmare of madness and obeyed the disembodied voice that filled its skull, which had only the one thought: To escape. Instead, the wizard found his mind caught in a vortex of madness so powerful that it swept away his plans and shattered his will. Seeing a perfect vessel for his plans, the wizard wove a spell of Infestation and cast his life-force into N'aix's body, intending to compel N'aix to sacrifice itself in a frenzy of violence while the mage returned to his body and crept away unnoticed. Over the years, its chains had corroded, along with its sanity N'aix retained no memory of its former life and no longer dreamt of escape. He shared his cell with a gibbering creature known as N'aix, a thief cursed by the Vile Council with longevity, so that its life-sentence for theft and cozening might be as punishing as possible. In the dungeons of Devarque, a vengeful wizard lay in shackles, plotting his escape.