Centuries ago in the glorious days of the undersea Kedge Empire, the Autropos family grew to great levels of power.  But for Phinigel the growth was not enough, his family and his people would only go so far before they seemed to reach an unpassable barrier in their abilities.  A master of the arcane arts himself, Phinigel journeyed beyond his homeland in an attempt to grow and succeed in fields of magic and power that his people would never even dream possible, and after years of research the kedge sorcerer had finally made his wish come true.
Utilizing magics and the very powers of the ocean god Prexus, Phinigel unleashed a magical vortex that he had hoped would expand his abilities to match or even exceed those of the Ocean Lord, but the power was too great for the young sorcerer to control.  In a massive wave of ethereal energy, Kedge Keep was washed over in unbridaled magical power, and when the light of the energy had subsided Phinigel found that he had unwittingly killed every living being in the city.  Terrified and haunted by the horror he had unleashed, Phinigel retreated deep into the city.
Over the years, Phinigel Autropos has been driven to near-madness by the pain of what he had done in the name of glory and power, and he doesn't restrain himself in projecting that pain on those who investigate the nearly-deserted remains of his city...