Discovery, Exploration
Exactly 100 years after the burial of the great evil, a portal was discovered in the Inkwater Marsh. To many, this was seen as a sign, with some taking it as evil and others as a sign of hope. To the lizardfolk, it was seen as a ray of hope as they were still struggling to recover after their battle with the great evil.
After the burial of the great evil, few lizardfolk remained. Most had died trying to climb Death's Peak in an attempt to be accepted as fighters against the great evil. For them, the battle did not end after the defeat of the great evil, as they returned to a swamp overrun by undead. So once again the fight to suppress the undead started, but now they were greatly outnumbered and despite help from the Holy Order of Druids, were losing the battle slowly. It was in this situation that they found a pitch-black rift in reality. The rift itself seemed to hold undead at bay and even have several destroyed undead around it.