Ska'drin Arc

The **Ska'drin Arc** is the unofficial name for the third major story arc in Paladins. This story arc focuses on a new conflict between the New Magistrate, now led by House Aico, against the New Resistance, which randomly formed to fight against the unchanging discrimination of the Ska'drin.

Major characters in this arc so far include Lian, Talus, Vatu, Zhin, and Corvus.

This arc first began in early 2022 with the end of the Darkness Arc and release of the A Conflict Reignited lore cinematic.

# Story

## A Change of Power

Following the defeat of the Darkness monster Yagorath by the The Eternal, Azaan, Grand Magister Karne believed he had failed. As a result, he decided to entrust leadership of the Magistrate to House Aico. The group began to restore peace and stability to the Realm, something that was met with immense excitement from most... but not everyone.

In response to this change of leadership, Zhin, ruler of the criminal empire, the Thousand Hands Guild, created his own new Resistance. While most within the group seem to fight against the ever-present discrimination of the Ska'drin, Zhin himself seems to have ulterior motives.

Meanwhile, Corvus, who had previously been exiled from the Magistrate for his failures, found his group under the attack of VII, the executioner of the Outer Tribunal, with many of Corvus' men dying while Corvus himself would be gravely wounded. Lian would bring Corvus in, calling on her old friend Lillith, the Heartless, to save Corvus' life.

Azaan, meanwhile, had finished his battles against Dredge and Raum. He had begun to feel the walls of reality begin to break down, with something even worse than Yagorath preparing to emerge from the other side. Additionally, after having witnessed the Realm incapable of fighting off Yagorath by themselves, Azaan determined they'd never be able to defend themselves in the event of a full-scale Abyssal invasion, causing him to summon the mobile fortress, Dawnforge, towards the Realm, creating a tear in reality between the Pyre and the Realm to appear in order for Dawnforge and the construct army it holds to make its way into the Realm. Azaan planned to use the power of Dawnforge to stop any looming threats to the Realm, yet was also fully prepared to destroy the Realm itself if he must in order to prevent the Abyss from corrupting it.

However, before Azaan could do anything with Dawnforge, Nyx appeared and attacked the fortress, easily defeating and restraining Azaan to watch what she planned to do with the Realm.

# Sources

* Information found in "A Change of Power" comes from the A Conflict Reignited lore cinematic, this tweet, VII's teaser trailer, Lillith's teaser trailer, one of Lillith's teasers, Nyx's teaser trailer, this dev statement, the Dawnforge patch notes, this news article, and Azaan's cards Eternal Strife, Overwhelming Presence, and True Conviction.

# Videos

## A Conflict Reignited

**Directions**Anti-Abyss  •  Anti-Darkness  •  Nature Protectors  •  Neutral
**Groups** Bomb Kingdom  •  Deepwerks  •  Eternal Pyre  •  Followers of Io  •  House Aico  •  House Arturos  •  Outer Tribunal  •  Paladins (Former)  •  Red River Orcs  •  Sentinels  •  Shadow Tribunal  •  Summer Court  •  Tau-Kor Monastery  •  Thousand Hands Guild  •  Warders  •  Unknown Groups
**Noteworthy Items / Forces**Crystals  •  Magic  •  Souls  •  Warder's Key  •  Warder's Relic
**Notable Positions**Abyssal Lord  •  Border Lord  •  Grand Magister  •  Pyre Lord
**The Realm**Abyss  •  Aico Tundra  •  Crosswind Hold  •  The Eight Oceans  •  Enchanted Forest  •  Greenwood  •  Lunar Coast  •  Seris (Village)  •  Temple Isles  •  Trade Row  •  Warder's Watch
**Races**Abyssal Creature  •  Animal  •  Construct  •  Darkness  •  Dragon  •  Deities  •  Dwarf  •  Elemental  •  Elf  •  Faerie  •  Goblin  •  Human  •  Leipori  •  Orc  •  Pyre Creature  •  Ska'drin  •  Spirit  •  Stagalla  •  Tigron  •  Transformed  •  Undead  •  Vulpin  •  Wyrin
**Complete Timeline**Complete Timeline  •  Paladins Chronicles
**Story Arcs**Crystal Arc  •  Darkness Arc  •  **Ska'drin Arc**
**Time Periods**The Ancient Age  •  The Age of the Paladins  •  The Golden Age  •  The Age of Resistance  •  The Lost Future
**Notable Events**Dragon Scourge  •  Goblin Scourges  •  Golden Age  •  Crystal War  •  Koga's Revenge  •  Destruction of Seris  •  Battle of Ascension Peak  •  Warders Return  •  The Fight of the Shattered Desert  •  Shattered Goddess' Return  •  The Summoning of Raum  •  The Darkness Released  •  Shift of Power
**Other**NPCs  •  Updated Bios  •  Alternate Realities  •  Canon Skins  •  Statues  •  Legends  •  Misconceptions  •  Retcons  •  Character Feats  •  Alpha Lore