The year is 1795. A great Rent has torn open reality and
sunk most of Europe beneath the waves. Only one place
stands untouched by the calamity: Venice.

By day the city bustles, the Queen of the Adriatic taking
pride of place once again as the West's capital of trade.
However, by night Venice takes on a darker persona, both
figuratively and literally masking itself. Gangs stalk the
canals looking for blood, the clandestine secret societies
making themselves known to fight for their own corner of
the city.

But more sinister still, the Rent in the Sky has opened the
path for otherwordly phenomena. Magic spills out from a
world beyond the veil, bringing with it creatures devoted to
ancient deities. Deities who look on the burgeoning Venetian
empire and smile and the madness unfolding.