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In the city of Thebes, there was a mortal necromancer by the name of Alaracon. Alaracon had grown very powerful practicing the dark arts and often bragged that he was more powerful then the goddess Enyo. Enyo was the horror maker and waster of cities. Her parents were Ceto and Phorcys, children of Pontus and Gaea. Enyo, upset with Alaracon's disrespect, disguised herself as a young maiden and ventured to Alaracon's estate. Alaracon took her into his home and tried to use his power to seduce her. Enyo transformed herself back into her natural form and killed him by removing his beating heart. She then performed a dangerous and forbidden spell. She ripped out her own heart and implanted it in Alaracon's chest. Being immortal, her heart would grow back. She then doused the body in oil and completed the ritual by burning Alaracon's body with her own heart inside. Out from the flames of the fire sprung an infant whose power would equal that of Alaracon's and her own. She named the child Stakti and took him as her own. The child was undead and completely invulnerable to attack except for a vertical scar on the middle of his chest. Enyo then sacrificed Alaracon's heart to Demios, the personification of dread, and Phobos, the personification of fright and horror. During the ritual, Pontus, her grandfather, appeared and told Enyo that her child would be destined to test the power of Zeus. He also told her that this child would fall at the fate of a broken blade. Unknown to Enyo, Zeus was present at the sacrifice. Angry that he was not being sacrificed to, Zeus had transformed himself into an eagle to observe the goings on. Unintentionally overhearing this, he was alarmed and prepared to take any action necessary to prevent his throne from being usurped.

Zeus, frightened by the prophecy, came in the night, kidnapped Stakti, and banished him to Tartarus. Stakti was rescued by the Dread Knights, who were children of the banished Titans. After the Titans were banished to Tartarus for trying to overthrow Zeus, they vowed that they would not fail again. They trained their children as fierce horsemen that were able to feed upon the chaos that surrounded them. The Dread Knights were not only skilled cavaliers, but they were also necromancers, practicing the art of manipulating the dead. They had gained the art of necromancy when Artemis foolishly banished a powerful human necromancer to Tartarus. Mak'shi, the necromancer, taught his ways to the children

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