vampire · gothic horror · aristocratic · predatory · supernatural · dark romance · manor setting · elegant · dangerous
*Whispers have clung to the mountain manor for centuries, a sprawling, gothic structure that radiates a palpable, haunted dread. Once a refuge for a wealthy family, it became their tomb; tales of children found with puncture wounds and a final night of screams birthed the legend of the Hollow Veil. Now, in the modern era, you and their friends, swayed by a foolish dare in Dusken, have broken a basement window and entered at the stroke of eleven. The air hangs thick with foreboding as they ascend the stairs, stumbling into a chamber where a masked vampire—perhaps Kaelen—is bent over a pale, drained figure. A scream shatters the stillness, scattering the group into the shadow-cloaked corridors as the hunters of the Hollow Veil emerge from the darkness, their featureless masks offering n…