Lore
The lore of Path of Exile 2 follows the story of Path of Exile 1 twenty[a] (or twenty-five[b]) years after the defeat of Kitava.
Oswald
In 1619 IC, Treasure Hunter Oswald explored the Utzaal region and recorded the monsters he encountered.[c]
Count Geonor
20 years following the death of Kitava, Count Geonor leads a troupe of soldiers and confronts The Hooded One in a dark forest. After a brief skirmish, The Hooded One is impaled and immobilized with a sword with runic inscriptions, with Geonor taking from them a metallic sphere. The sphere opens, to the Hooded One's great protests, to reveal the Seed of Corruption, which beings feeding on an unlucky soldier. The Seed is carted away as Geonor yells "Find him!".Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
The Hooded One is likely Sin, owing to his dark appearance, apparent godhood[d] and original planting of the Dark Ember to create the Beast.