The land of Ügral was once a part of the ancient alven kingdoms. Then there was an uprising against the peoples of the alfar realms that led to the downfall of Ügral. A twisted evil from a far off land came and curupted the Alfar. They used the guise of religion and peace to swoop in and defile Taarna's beloved folk. The corruption and defilement of a poison of the mind ripped it's people in two with its diabolical ordeal. The honeyed words of peace, love, prosperity, and safety enslaved many of the alfar and then they inflicted twisted, dark, and evil magics upon them. The result was the immersion of the orkirak and the draras, or lost alfar. The orkirak and draras in time even became mortal enemies though they came from the same alfar descendants but they forgot where they had came from and are now completely and utterly altered.
The dark magic had it's way in the land and in the people; all that is left is a painfully twisted remnant of what once was.
Those who see these veins and tentacles coming from far off places recognize the twisted ones. All of them say they are different but most come in the name of a "one true god". Every time it has meant the undoing of the peoples of Taarna.