In the deepest swamps of the Louisiana Bayou, the true practitioners of voodoo still meet. Here, the owners of tourist shops catering to the niavete of outsiders and peddling fake tonics meet and perform the real ceremonies. They summon the spirits of the dead, Loa and baka alike, and allow themselves to be ridden, like cheval have for the past two hundred years. They possess great power and are respected and feared by those who have lived in this city long enough to know where the true power lies.