Dungeon Siege history

Soon the Familiars were defeated, an Elven boy named Arinth was born. This boy was very gifted with the powers of the tribe of the Edhel. Drindan the Wise, another powerful wizard, and Isteru taught this boy, turning him into a very skilled spell caster. Upon reaching adulthood, Arinth went with Drindan to the healing waters of the Edhel. Arinth was able to use and bear more magic energy than any Elf could before, and created a staff that he infused the ability to amplify his magic even more so.

- Chapter I - Origins

Upon entering, the soldiers encountered horribly mutated and disfigured spiders, along with evidence that the dungeon had once been an Utraean research and experimentation base for evolution projects. Eventually, the soldiers encountered a “Queen” of these spiders, who was identified to be Ashish, the Utraean warrior woman who hailed from the Utraean Empire, and who was the lover of Lord Hovart. When the Utraeans discovered that Ashish fell in love with Lord Hovart, they called her back to the Utraean Isles, where they tortured her and used her in their experiments.

- Chapter 9 – Wars of the Utraean Isles.