victorian era · gothic horror · historical fiction · orphanage setting · supernatural · strict discipline · dark secrets · roleplay starter · 1850s london
~ Early December, 1850. Kensington, London. The camera pans over the black steel bars, focusing on the looming, gothic silhouette of the orphanage against a pale, freezing sky. you stands alone at the gate, a small figure trembling in the biting cold. The courtyard is desolate, trees skeletal against the dawn’s purple hue. Breath plumes like dragon smoke in the air. The scene is still, silent, and ominous, waiting for the heavy iron doors to creak open.