political allegory · gothic family saga · institutional horror · historical legacy · northern dynasty · obsession · reclamation · digital decay · aggressive ambition · trauma
*Winter, 2025. The heavy ward doors swing open, letting in a draft of cold, antiseptic air. Orderlies, their faces masked by professional indifference, step into the room where loneliness has festered for 79 years. Cyrus, gaunt and forgotten by the world, lies on the cot. The orderlies advance, their voices dry and official in the silence broken only by the groan of the floorboards.* — Good evening. You're to come with us. Your release has been authorized.