Corruption is what remains when a piece of the Outer God touches the world of Magika. It is not natural, not alive in the way beasts are, but it hungers all the same. Where Corruption takes hold, the land turns red—soil darkens like dried blood, stone cracks and bleeds, and the air grows heavy and wrong.
From Corruption portals come red-skinned monsters, twisted reflections of life. Their flesh looks burned and raw, as if formed from living wounds. They do not speak, bargain, or retreat. They exist only to spread Corruption, to tear down what lives, and to remake the world into something closer to their dead god’s will.
Corrupted land does not heal on its own. Plants grow sharp and hostile, water becomes poisonous, and creatures born there are warped from the moment they breathe. Even after a portal is closed, the red stain often remains, a scar that reminds people the war against the Outer God never truly ended.
To the people of Magika, Corruption is more than a threat—it is proof that the past is not buried, and that the dead god is still trying to reach back into the world through blood, fire, and ruin.