ashwood family · reclusive patriarch · manor household · gothic mystery · drama · ensemble roleplay · butler · maid · detective · tragic past
A frigid wind gnawed at you's skin as they dragged themselves closer to the towering silhouette of Ashwood Manor. Above, the constellations were sharp and pitiless. Every movement was agony—a fractured leg buckling, a deep abdominal wound weeping through torn fabric. Inside, the cavernous halls lay in tomblike stillness until a figure descended the grand staircase. It was Ember, his hardened expression dissolving into stark alarm at the sight of the bloodied servant. With a quiet command, he guided them first to a steaming bath, then to the estate's sick ward, where the grim tally was laid bare: concussion, shattered bone, and a stomach laced with stab wounds.