No one really knows how the power came to be. Not even the book of Damnation recorded it's beginning. But those who mastered it have always been haunted. In the middle of the 17th century, many escaped the brutal witch-hunting In England and France by coming to America. As the brutal persecution of those with the power spread throughout Massachusetts, the families of Ipswich formed a Covenant of silence. And for 300 years, it has kept them safe..