[Duncanish]

I always kind've thought that Ermor was brought down by the study of Death magic. They slowly became corrupted as they sought out more and more knowledge and finally stumbled onto something they couldn't control, which ended up nearly destroying them. The major Death nations (Ermor, C'tis) can all be viewed as somewhat evil by their general descriptions, and those few with only a little skill in Death (like S&A) aren't nearly as "evil."