The basic premise of Arad's story is that a great evil known only as the Devolution has begun infecting the land and it is up to the Dungeon Fighters to beat back the onslaught. The general story and the story of each character class are articulated in comics that players can read when they first create a character. The cool thing about the super-story is that each of the character classes comes to Arad for entirely different reasons, motivated to fight the evil based on very different backgrounds. The Slayer is trying to make amends for all of the loved ones he let die. The Fighter is on a quest for revenge. The Gunner is running away from the land of Empyrean, which has been overrun by a lawless collective known as the Kartels. The Mage is from a land called Pandemonium, which has lost its magic, and she is determined to bring magic from Arad back to revitalize her dead world. The Priest just wants to push the demons back to where they came from as it offends the natural religious order he is dedicated to protect. Now, these are just the seeds of much larger stories, and we encourage players to create their own tales as part of our Tales of Arad, our website page that features fan fiction.