For some time now, Madruga has endured the strange phenomenon known as the Blight. What began as scattered rumours in the heart of the Great Grasses became a rapidly spreading blighted desert that spread in the wake of monstrous beings who stole the moisture from the very hearts of those they encountered. Despite the efforts of Imperial magicians to keep the blight at bay using potent Spring rains, eventually it claimed all of the Grasses and threatened to spill out across the entire Brass Coast. Thanks to the timely intervention of Imperial heroes - aided by a potent alchemical preparation made by the Hakima of Salt and Sand Bakar i Riqueza - the monstrous Dry Patricians were beaten back.
