Swartt Sixclaw was in hell- literally! In the lowest circle of Tartarus, which some creatures call Hellgates, the ferret Warlord was being punished for his wicked life on Earth by having his intestines ripped out and being strangled by them, while his arms were constantly ripping off his own flesh and having it regrow while acid poured over him and his flesh regrew again, all the while having his memory wiped every few seconds so he never got used to the pain. He was screaming in agony the whole time.
Then suddenly, one day, all the torture stopped. Swartt Sixclaw looked up to see a peculiar creature walking towards him. He looked like a pentagram of a bunch of different animals. He had a deer antler, a goat leg, a bat wing, a long snakelike tail, and the head of a pony.
"My name is Discord," said the creature. "You're not happy here, are you, Veil?"
"Why did ya call me Veil?" Swartt questioned. "My name's Swartt Sixclaw!"
Discord chuckled. "It'll come back to you, or maybe it won't. How'd you like a chance to walk the earth again?"
"Ya mean come back ta life? Yeah, dat'd be great. I could finally kill dat stripedog, dat badger, Sunflash da Mace- or as I like ta call him, Scumtripe!"
"Well, you'll get a chance to kill your badger if you do what I say." Discord held up a locket. "This locket has your soul in it. If you betray me I will destroy it, but if you obey me and the person I'm havin' you work for then I'll give it to you and you'll be invincible."
Swartt laughed evilly. "Sure, I'll do what ya say."
"Good. So I'll send you back to Earth for a short time so you can do a little job for me. Once you've done that you can go and kill the badger, but not before."
Swartt listened as Discord explained what he wanted the ferret to do. Then Discord opened up a portal back to the land of the living and Swartt stepped into it.