Beneath the brambles of the Thornwall itself there is a laboratory where many slaves are taken, never to return.
In this laboratory Empress Dahlia's best scientists, magicians, and fleshcrafters work unrestrained by ethics or good sense to create the war-beasts and mutated abominations that give Blackthorn's armies their terrible might.
This time, they're trying something new, and they'll need a suitable experimental subject to operate on.