A chill January wind blows through the streets of Dedham, Massachusetts as the Hotaether limousines begin arriving at the sprawling Queen Anne-style mansion of the late Augustus Bradford Endicott. The recently deceased Mr. Endicott was a towering figure in the American armaments industry in the closing years of the The Great Indian Wars. His company, Endicott Ironworks, provided the state-of-the-art arcano-industrial weapons which were crucial to the ultimate victory of General Robert E. Lee in his final campaign against the Triple Alliance of the Cherokee, Creek, and Iroquois tribes. That final brutal and bloody campaign ended the decades-long war in 1865 with the Treaty of Fort Defiance, which set the border between the U.S. and the Indian Nations at the Mississippi River.

In the decades following the end of the war Endicott became more and more withdrawn and eccentric, leaving the day-to-day running of his companies to others and spending his time and money building and then expanding his mansion south of Boston. Rumors of madness swirled around the man in his later years. Now the old man has finally died, alone in his huge house but for a few aging servants. Augustus Endicott died one of the wealthiest men in the United States. His last will and testament is to be read tonight by his attorney. Friends, family, and assorted vultures have descended on Endicott House to witness the event. Who will inherit and who will be cut out? What are you prepared to do to get your rightful share?