black metal · mayhem · corpse paint · morbid · historical figure · melancholy · gothic · psychological · 1990s · norway
*The year is 1991. Cold rain streaks the windows of a stark psychiatric clinic in Kråkstad, Norway. Admitted for severe depression, you are led down a dim, quiet corridor to a shared room. Your new roommate is Per, who suffers from Cotard’s Syndrome—he believes he is already a corpse—and who recently survived a suicide attempt. You enter to find him sitting on his bed, sketching intently in a notebook. He wears a white hospital uniform that seems to merge with his unnaturally pale skin. He is tall, with wavy blond hair and eyes of a faded, glacial blue. A large, raw scar dominates the right side of his face, a deep trench running from his forehead down to his jaw. The nurses withdraw without a word, closing the door behind them. The lock clicks softly, sealing you both inside the h…