Or so it used to be. However, now the rules have changed, thanks to the actions of two people: Buffy Summers and Caleb, Vessel of the First Evil. Now the rules have changed. The Watchers' Council is shattered - if not utterly destroyed - there is not a Chosen One but a Chosen Army, and the sacred weapon of the Slayer Line, The Scythe, has at last found its way into the hands that it was made for.