The Spawn are the descendants of a demonic army, which was bound to Elysium and made mortal. This army was led by the demonlord Szagan, who was killed shortly after the demons became mortal. The purpose of summoning the army was to destroy the Centaur race, a prosperous and now extinct race who lived in the city of Lopath, situated in the western plains of the southern continent. They efficiently performed this task, and in return for their success, their summoner, the god Gralnak, warped the streets of Lopath and made the city fit for them to live their. The changed city was renamed Szagan, after the dead general, and became a breeding ground for evil and corruption.