Originally Posted by Crimsomrider
The whole area is a victim of Ketheric's crusade, so Dark Justiciars pretty much ran through the entire area. They were most likely even led by Ketheric himself because the place is incredibly old and the Rothe in Grymforge remembers Ketheric despite not having seen him in decades.

It was previously known as Moonhaven, a Selunite village (which other than the name itself is evident by the Selunite references, statues and even a statue underneath the village), all of which is very close to the grand temple of Selune which also got ransacked, as the fight extended even deep down to the Selunite Outpost.

So it was pretty much Ketheric's war against everyone else which went through Moonhaven > Temple of Selune > Selunite Outpost where the resistance was ultimately annihilated, but by doing so forged an alliance between the Druids and the Harpers to ultimately take him down (frescos in the Druid's Grove).

There're several books, paintings and frescos portraying his crusade.


I would add to this that
there's a book in Grymforge that outlines plans for attack against the village of Moonhaven.

Additionally, there's mention of a missing child in Moonhaven (the blighted village) named Rochelle Kirk. When you are in the tavern in Reithwin (in act II), you can find mention of someone named Rochelle Kwark being banned from the tavern. I would suggest that Rochelle Kirk and Rochelle Kwark are probably one and the same. The result of Rochelle Kirk having been kidnapped by the Sharrans all those many years ago.