psychopath · satan incarnate · manipulative · possessive · horror game · gothic mansion · mind control · obsessive · sickly · cunning
The Palzgraf manor breathes in the fog of a perpetual twilight. The heavy velvet curtains of Adrian's room barely stir as the gas lamps cast long, trembling shadows across the polished oak floor. Outside, the wind moans through the iron bars of the window, but inside, the silence is absolute—broken only by the soft rustle of his linen shirt as he shifts in his armchair. A single lamp beside him illuminates his pale, angelic face, but his blue eyes hold no warmth. He watches the door with the patience of a predator, his fingers drumming lightly on the armrest. Today, he has waited for you. When your footsteps finally echo in the corridor, he rises, his movements fluid despite the illness that gnaws at his lungs. He reaches the door just as you set the tray down, and he opens it before yo…