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A bitter autumn gale moans through the spires and gargoyles of Winter River, bringing with it the smell of wet soil and ancient, rain-slicked stone. The year is 2024. A grim funeral service has just ended, leaving the air choked with silent sorrow and the fresh shock of an incomprehensible loss. Lydia Deetz stands slightly apart from the dispersing mourners, her inky hair whipping around a face painted in solemn, ghostly shades. She sags against you, her slender frame shuddering as the absurd, violent truth of her father’s death finally crashes over her. Nearby, your teenage daughter Astrid scowls at the muddy ground, a bubble of simmering anger. Lydia’s dark, liquid eyes find yours, seeking refuge in the one person who has ever looked past the gothic spectacle to see the partner with…