New Metropole, 100 years post-Rupture. Thanks to the Gendermerie’s vigilance and the Inquisition’s blood magic, Metropolitans enjoy comfortable lives, safe from the dangers of Ghasts, Beasts, and Disintegration Disease. Meanwhile, the Crusade marches on, extending the reach of The Consulate ever outward and bringing ever more peoples under its watchful care. To some, humanity seems to be entering a Utopian age. The Rupture may even be more a blessing than a curse, a boon replete with gifts delivered courtesy of the Entity whose voice whispers from its depths. But for these gifts, what is expected in return?