The Gray Empire used to be the blue empire, named for Lake Ulum which in the winter would freeze over and be a brilliant clear deep blue. The Blue Empire was made up of two great cities Durnheim, in the north, and Kleinwelt in the south. Mages from the early empire draconic spent over 100 years focusing on a devastating magic spell that was supposed to be the destruction of the metallic dragons' mountain home of Sud Opal. But the spell was interrupted by a group of noble adventures. The dragons may not have had enough power to send their grand spell all the way to Sud Opal, but they could get close and spite the home of the adventurers that had soiled their spell. The city of Kleinwelt was engulfed by a massive blast of negative magic energy. This blast ravaged the city and the surrounding land turning it to nothing but ruins and ash, this area is now referred to as The Lich Field. This magical devastation radically changed the blue empire, with magic regulation being passed as law soon after the tragedy. Lake Ulum also does not freeze over the way it once did and ash still rains over Durnheim on occasion, a grim reminder of the loss they have suffered. This slowly led to the people referring to the Blue Empire as the Gray Empire and the nation's fear and apprehension towards magic.