"As scholars pore over fragments unearthed from the archaeological site at Bovadium, a handful of documents written in two languages reveal the secrets of this ancient place, which have lain buried for centuries. Evidently once upon a time a Daemon arose in nearby Vaccipratum, who by his cunning devised abominable machines, but soon became their slaves; and as the roads were gridlocked and the city polluted by their fumes, the end of Bovadium was nigh."