"L isten, if you dare, to the tale of the sanguine thread, that is woven throughout the history of the Delbeath family. They are an ancient clan, from the east of England, born on the melancholy marshes that snuggle against the bosom of storm tossed seas. They are said to be the children of Boudica, and their roots go back to the days long before the Romans. Today, you may call upon them in their ancestral dwelling, the great stone manor called Wyndmondan Abbey. The great house was built in 1609, and it reportedly contains a fabulous library, where arcane and forbidden texts are kept. But, should you soujourn in the village beneath the Abbey's gaze, you'll not hear tales of banned books.

You'll hear tales of the women of Delbeath.

There's something in their blood...something that isn't quite right...