"They were once sanctuaries—cathedrals of knowledge and power, carved deep into the bedrock of the world. Now, they are tombs. Living echoes of a forgotten age."
Long ago, the Halls were built by an ancient order of scholars and warlocks who sought to harness the essence of the void. They called it the Grand Descent—a descent not just into the earth, but into knowledge, power... and madness.
When the first ritual was performed, something answered. Something vast. Hungry. From the abyss beyond time came the Torment, and with it, the fall of the Halls.
The inhabitants were twisted, reshaped into abominations of pain and fury. The greatest of them—the lords of the order—were bound to their thrones for eternity, cursed to reign in torment over what they once sought to rule.
Now, only the brave—or the damned—enter the Halls. Each descent is a trial. Each run a last stand.
And you... are next.