Fantasy game art from Dungeon Siege II . Of all the curses, plagues, and catastrophes ever to beset Aranna, the Dark Wizards are the worst. Without their urging, Zaramoth would never have begun his campaign of oppression and conquest, and without their strength, he would not have been able to continue it. The Archmage and his five Undermages are the most powerful magical beings ever to exist. The greatest of the Azunite sorcerers were, to them, as flies to be swatted; even the great Edhel Counsel could do no more than defend against a few of their lesser attacks. If, before the great cataclysm, they had desired to end all life, it would have cost them little effort to do so. But that was not what they wanted. Their goal was to control all of the magic in Aranna -- Even their great power was not enough for them. Little is known about the Dark Wizards -- they have lived to an incredible age. They consume the fungus voldane, known to most as a deadly poison, in staggeri