[ WP ] A great evil was sealed away centuries before . A new threat rises and an unlikely band of adventurers races to prevent the seal from being broken . They arrive too late , but what is released is n't what anyone expected .

`` You're too late!'' Archos the Fallen said with a cackle, breaking the seal. Soon, the ancient evil would be released and he would be rewarded for his devotion. 
 
 Ely, the thieving youth turned adventurer, swallowed hard, and looked at his compatriots. Sir Fralnd, a veteran of the Sliven Wars, and someone who had become a father to him. Geil, the apprentice sorceress, and hopefully-someday-girlfriend, and Mack, the doctor, because they could n't find a proper healer. `` We wo n't let you get away with this, Archos!'' 
 
 `` You fools, witness the rise-'' **SMACK! ** 
 
 Everyone turned to stare at the previously sealed evil, completely surprised, except Archos the Fallen. He was currently on the ground, rubbing his cheek with pain and puzzlement warring in his features. 
 
 `` Shut it!'' cried out the previously sealed evil. She was beautiful. And a lot more demurely dressed than one would expect from an evil being. 
 
 Archos the Fallen rose to his feet, `` What was that for?'' he asked plaintively, only to be smacked to the ground again. 
 
 `` You *foul* little toad! You lock me in there when I become inconvenient, but when, when you need my power again, you release me and expect everything to be fine and dandy?!'' 
 
 `` But honey,'' replied Archos for all the world, sounding like a henpecked husband instead of the evil scourge of the continent of Aeul-Slivas 
 
 `` Umm,'' Ely tried to get a word in edgewise, but the formerly sealed and apparently formerly evil woman cut him off. 
 
 `` Shut it! This is between me and him!'' She said. 
 
 Ely looked at his compatriots again. Geil looked confused herself, Mack was his normal detached self, though his eyes were a bit wider than usual. Sir Fralnd... Well... Sir Fralnd was currently on the ground in the fetal position, with tears streaming from his eyes, and wracked with silent laughter.
