The only protection from the Darkness' effects is the light created by Menders, and the glow surrounding Godstones. Warped creatures undergo physical mutations, and their minds are reduced to those of intelligent, yet savage, beasts. Most notably, any living being consumed by the Darkness - whether they be human, varl, horseborn or dredge - is changed into a Warped creature. The terrain itself also seems to change, becoming uneven and jagged. Plant life is grotesquely mutated, shifting to a mixture of blues, blacks and purples, while stone and wood are twisted beyond recognition. The Darkness does not destroy the landscape it consumes instead, it changes it, creating a monstrous version of what once was.

I have a bad feeling that these things will never again return to the way they once were, even if we succeed.' -Iver, The Banner Saga 3 Instead, we've passed villages that look as though melted, and forests curled like fish hooks.

The city of Strand, warped by the Darkness. His actions caused the Dark Sun to crash into the Earth, releasing the spread of Darkness - and prematurely hatching the world-eating Serpent. Exiled from the Council and beset by grief, Eyvind journeyed to the White Tower in Inner Earth, where he siphoned the power of the Dark Sun to resurrect Juno.

The Darkness is a byproduct of the Dark Sun, an alternate version of the Sun which gives light to Inner Earth, the home of the Dredge.īefore the events of The Banner Saga, Juno was executed by the Council of Menders for committing their gravest crime: altering the mind of her lover Eyvind in an attempt to cure his insanity.

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