It’s 1873, and the elite socialites of the Omniscient Oracles of the Occult are gathered in a Lower Garden District mansion for their annual “Soirée D’Evolution,” a decadent, macabre ceremony celebrating death and decay. Bottles of absinthe lie among human skulls, musical instruments, glasses of champagne, and candles. The air reeks of voodoo, money, and nefarious intentions. A knife is raised to perform the sacrifice.

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