With the sudden withdrawal of Coalition forces, the Drakkaran face the full force of the Asylumists. Losing ground, they gather their forces beside the Scar and prepare for battle. As the warriors wait, a Void storm of unusual size and ferocity lashes across the planet. After it passes a strange new affliction begins to emerge as dead tissue seems to reanimate and combine into ferocious organisms. The Asylumist waves cease but this new threat, the Host begins to threaten all on Sythopia.