The inhabitants of Lost Angeles had grown used to the tall tales of Blood and Fire within the city limits. The government crackdowns on crime had secured the appropriate elections, ran out the "unseemly of character and crime lords" and with a Prince finally chosen things seemed to be finally in order.

Things aren't always as they appear. City elders seem to work towards a common goal with their own dark purpose in mind. The theft of the figurine from the Museum of Egyptian History ruffled the feathers of more than one clan. A local cop, recently promoted to US Marshall, was an unlikely hero. He alone saved the hapless victim, and kept order where there would be chaos. A building fire took only one life, and apparently destroyed an important part of the puzzle regarding the ancient power of the figurine.