Jonah, Rebekah, Aerin, and Michael begin weaving the history of the city of Fontaine, Louisiana by playing a map-drawing game called the Quiet Year, in preparation to play Urban Shadows in the same setting. Vampires and werewolves carve out portions of the city for themselves, wizards set up new corporate foundations, people tainted with demonic blood assist those who must now steal to survive. And this is all in the less-exciting time in the city's history.