Blighted Coast

The Blighted Coast serves as the location of the last offensive made by the followers of Heironeous during the Exalted March. The followers, thousands in number, were called back to their home kingdoms during the Greyhawk Wars. On the morning before they were to leave, they all fell to their knees and began praying to their deity. Heironeous heard their pleas and unleashed gouts of pure divine energy on the last of the major orc strongholds, blasting it and the land around it. The land was scoured by the magics, and nearly all of the orcs were killed. The land would never recover, and it remained a lifeless wasteland. However, a few remaining orc tribes rallied together and began to rebuild their once great empire.