During the reign of the Barbarians, King Oloaf lived in the provincial castle. He lived an elitist royal life since childhood, so when a series of unlikely events put him on the throne, his childish whims were the foundation of his rule. His court advisors coddled his whims but plotted to concentrate all wealth in the castle treasury, where the advisors would have access. The process of draining all resources of the province and castle began slowly. Still, within 5 years, every life-giving supply and protection of the royal subjects was canceled and monetized for the royal court. The plan for the advisors and King was to get theirs and get out, but the King was deluded into thinking life would go on as usual.

What became usual was starvation, banishment of the discontented peasants, and the crumbling infrastructure from the roof to the dungeons. Disease became the harbinger of deliverance for the remaining loyalists. The last men standing were the military with every conceivable weapon in a kingdom of ghosts and enemies. Trade dwindled as taxation made every transaction a losing proposition. To this day it is uncertain where the Oloaf castle was or if it was just a legend.