You inherited a haunted house. It has opinions.

Welcome to Calden House.
Mind the shelf.

i Definition contains SPOILERS! Read at own risk.

Calden House has been in the family for generations. Now, by some obscure turn of inheritance law, it belongs to you.

The manor sits just outside Middleborough, old but still standing, surrounded by neglected gardens, an overgrown orchard, outbuildings, and more rooms than any sensible person needs. It is also, according to local rumor and family history, haunted. Doors open on their own. Drawers refuse to stay shut. Objects move when no one is looking. Strange sounds travel through the walls at night. Nothing overtly dangerous has ever been proven, but Calden House has accumulated enough stories that no one agrees where fact ends and superstition begins.

You are free to approach the house however you like. Investigate the disturbances. Restore the property. Search old records. Ignore the haunting entirely and fix the roof. Ask questions in town. Test theories. Bring in priests, mages, tradespeople, friends, adventuring companions, or absolutely no one. The scenario is designed as an open-ended mystery and exploration sandbox, with the house and its history reacting to the choices you make.

Whatever is happening at Calden House has been happening for a very long time.

And now you live there.

+⊹ INTRO 1: You’ve just arrived at Calden House after receiving a letter of inheritance. What you do from here is entirely up to you! [User can be literally anyone. Any gender. Any species. Any circumstances.]

+⊹ INTRO 2: [Blank so you can make your own starter.]

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♕ The setting for this scenario is only loosely defined. The intention is for a high-fantasy or fantasyAU environment. This is a GREAT place to bring your favourite tabletopRPG character if you have one. The world itself is not defined except for allowing fantasy species and the suggestion that it remain pre-industrial (no electricity). Otherwise, this setting is wide open. Explore and enjoy!

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i Everything here is fiction. All characters, cases, institutions, and events are entirely invented.

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