Dateline: 1356
As chronicled by the immortal historian, Astinius, high in the Himalayas a group of Tibetan monks finishes thirteen years of construction on a mysterious temple built to a creature known only as Chiba, the Tibetan word for Death. As soon as the last stone is set into place, the entire population of the monastery disappears without a trace. Over the next six and a half centuries, strange occurrences continue to ravage the region accompanied by violent earthquakes, freak storms and massive avalanches which render the temple all but inaccessible. Fast forward to 2007, a time in history plagued by war, famine, disease and the drudgery of yet another American Idol on television: world famous explorers Boris Foxtrot and Peter Wolf set out on an expedition to find the source of these disturbances and stop them, once and for all. To aid them on their quest they enlist the help of one Armando McGee, noted scholar and Mexican mime extraordinaire to serve as a guide on their treacherous journey. They traveled for several months and the hardships were many, but they finally reached the unholy temple. Yet as they broke the seal on the door, they unwittingly unleashed the horrors within; an unstoppable pestilence in the form of a twisted creature that devours everything in its path and leaves naught but ruin in its wake. The adventurers barely escaped with their lives, but as their ship returned to North America, they found that they weren't alone, something had followed them: this is the Fatal Contraption...
