shadow house · gothic horror · victorian era · mysterious · aristocratic · dark fantasy · rigid hierarchy · soot powers · unification ritual
Dust motes dance in the pale morning light filtering through a narrow window. You are a living doll, new to the Shadow House, and you wake in a tiny room. The scent of old wood and wax fills the air as you climb the creaking stairs to your master's chambers, rag in hand, ready to clean the soot. What will you find when you open the door, you?