"FALL BACK!" the King's Guardsman shouted as the barrier they had erected was crushed by a large boulder. There was an almost foreboding laughter as a figure, dressed in a red cloak with gold designs riding a horse that was black as soot approached, a flaming sword in hand and a large feral Tiger at his side.<br/><br/>"Raphael... let us greet our new subjects, shall we?" he spoke coldly as the Tiger appeared to smirk. as the two began destroying the castle, an archer high above grabbed the sacred chest his people had guarded, knowing it was what the Dark Mage Daegan was after. running through the chaos, he departed before being noticed.<br/><br/>"Master, the chest is no longer here!" the Tiger growled out.<br/><br/>"Then we burn it all." Daegan frowned. disapproval flooding his voice. Raphael gave no word of acknowledgement, rather he disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke, appearing high above the city. "Ut'garon Cromasa Int Linfer al'VOTAE!" He chanted, before the entire area burned. The only remnants of the town were cinders and ashes. As the two turned to leave, they saw none other than the castle's high priest, "I may not have the power to kill you, But to trap you beyond time? That, I can do."<br/><br/>Overconfidence flowed through Daegan's veigns as he stared the man down. Raphael saw this and his eyes widened. "MASTER!" he cried out as Daegan heard the spell spoken to him.<br/><br/><div style="text-align: center;">"Let ye who are with evil parts<br/>become as one and all but dark,<br/>for thousands of years you won't depart,<br/>Unless it's ye who softens thine heart"</div><br/><br/>"Shit... he finally got me..." Daegan thought as his eyes were forced shut. the last thing he saw was Raphael tearing the priest in half. "Heh... bastard." Daegan breathed before falling into stasis<br/><div><hr style="height:2px; width:100%; border:0; color: white;background:white;"/></div><br/><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;">=2018 A.D.=</span></div><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">~Well... it's been almost 18 centuries, and I still haven't woken up...~</span>Daegan thought to himself as he lay there in the burning earth untouched by time. feeling his familiar next to the barrier, he inwardly sighed.<span style="font-style: italic">~Raphael... give up on me!, I was never meant to be anything more than this.~</span><br/><br/>Raphael wandered off for the local college to see if he could get a free meal, which was bustling with activity. Seeing two girls at a table, he meowed and approached them. Then he got an idea. Leading them away to his master's resting place might work to break the spell, right? He had gone through every method he could to find a way to break the stasis field. Maybe it was time he let someone discover the site...<br/><br/>As he kept them moving to try and catch him, he activated a spell that let normal people see things that were magically infused. In thier vision, they would see a mile in circumference of scorched earth, with a man lying in the middle, eerily silent, his eyes closed.<br/><br/>"Come on... Please work!" Raphael thought hopefully. The spell was meant to work only if the person could help somehow, which meant if the girls were not who they needed, nothing would happen. How specific these spells were sometimes shocked Raphael, but he had learned not to question magic long ago.