Having heard tales of "Injun magics" told by Zebediah Regan during his sojourn in St. Louis, Cedric, a powerful Tremere warlock, brings together a medium-sized party of retainers and treks overland to the St Claire area. Finding a bustling town with a population already nearing 1000 people, he decides to settle down for a time and investigate the magical anomaly across the river from the town.