In 1596 raiders from the Split Waters clan of the Maboder tribe burnt Eoric’s Stead to the ground, killing those trapped within: Burning of Eoric's Stead.
For many years, ghosts haunted Eoric’s Stead, and no one could re-settle the stead. Farandar Orendalsson exacted blood vengeance on the burners and appeased the ghosts, allowing the re-settlement of the village in 1607.