Two years ago the Jordaré Sister Villages were paid a visit by a traveler that looked like he had seen better days, a quiet man of the Falorn race simply known as Cole. All Cole wanted was peace, some place he and his horse could rest at so to be on their way again within a day or so - But it seemed life would have its way with him and here in the Jordaré Forest he remained to live among the quirky farmers and villagers as another hired hand.

Now, after trying to accept this peaceful and honest life, Cole is faced with trials after a series of events rock their little world, revisiting memories and situations he had long tried to forget as he slowly comes to terms with his ghosts and who he is, then and now.

Alternative history 1885, the industrial age has excelled with the rise of Technocracy Guilds, being both organizations and universities that focus on advancements in tech, sciences and government. Since the completion of Artaxerxes in 1877, New London, Connecticut has quickly grown into a bustling city of trade and commerce.

James Wakefield is a Tier 2 Engineer of the Engineer's Tower, specializing in steam engines and other mechanics; but when he isn't drafting blueprints or grinding metal down, he is lime-lighting as a detective of the odd and puzzling cases most law enforcement wouldn't bother with, and leaving quite a name for himself in both fields. He is a man that most would say has everything going for him. Except for the condition that prevents him from both seeing and hearing emotions from those around him, thus leaving him as a man some deem "without personality."

It's 1972, Jonathan Pine is a Paranormal Forensics & Occult Investigator (or at least that is what he calls himself,) who has traveled from sunny California to a rural town of Barron Sways, Wyoming to investigate a house that appears to have more history than the county records show. He has only about a week to solve the mysterious occurrences happening at the house, and very quickly Jonathan starts to find that not only are there ghosts here, but that they break all rules.