Starting Out

• Maria: Please, you have to help me!
• Player: What's wrong?
• Maria: The house... There's a ghost! It's killing everyone. Please, you have to help!

• Maria: Ingram is the owner of the mansion. He's still in there. It seems like he found something while exploring the levels below the basement.
• Player: What was it?
• Maria: I don't know, but there seems to be some kind of... energy surrounding the house. I wasn't able to take items in or out to help the others! Please save them and vanquish the ghost, adventurer.
• Player: Okay, I'll see if I can find them.
• Maria: The entrance to the mansion is just up those steps. Be careful.

Ingram

• Ingram: Who is it? Who's there?
• Player: My name is Player, I'm here to help.
• Ingram: No! Monster! Get away!
• Player: I'm not a monster. I'm trying to deal with the ghost.
• Ingram: You cannot! You cannot! I tried. Do not repeat my mistake!
• Player: What do you mean?
• Ingram: I went down into the dark. I disturbed something. Something ancient. Something horrible! It followed me up to the house. A horror from lost aeons! Do not tread there, lest you stir up another monstrosity. Do not go down into the basement!

Ghostly Waif

• The little girl stares at you, her face dispassionate.
• Player: Hello?
• Her face is clean, but she is dressed in rags.
• Player: Can you hear me?
• The girl tilts her head to her right, studying you intently.
• *Tilting your head to the left*
• She tilts her head slowly back the other way, expressionless.
• *Tilting your head to the right*
• She stares at you for a moment longer, then her face breaks out into a big, beaming smile.
• Player: Hello?
• She just smiles.

Other dialogue options:

• A look of panic passes over her face for an instant.
• She stares intently at your left ear.
• The girl's mouth splits into a wide smile that does not reach her eyes.
• She makes a soft choking noise in the back of her throat before falling silent again.
• A ghostly beetle emerges from her clothing and tumbles to the floor.
  • She smiles at you as you leave.

The Vintage

• *Look at Wine barrel*
• The label is rather worn with a blood or wine stain. You can make out 'Ch..ea ...... 07 5th Age'.
• Player: Ahh '07, an excellent vintage. Not quite as good as '06 or '10 though.

Lenian

• Emaciated Spirit: I can't find it. It's lost.
• Player: Hello?
• Emaciated Spirit: I want her hairbrush back. I miss her.
• You try to touch him. Your hand passes through him. The ghost doesn't seem to be aware that you are there.
• *You give Lenian the hairbrush.*
• Lenian: Thank you, sir/madam. I must apologise for my behaviour. I do not know what came over me.
• Player: Who are you?
• Lenian: My name is Lenian. My father, Ormod, built this great mansion long ago.
• Player: I think it's his ghost who's haunting the mansion! He's killing people.
• Lenian: Oh! Poor father. He was such a troubled man... He blames himself for my death, I think. His guilt has trapped him here. Turned him into a monster.
• Player: What can we do about it?
• Lenian: If it is what he seeks, perhaps my forgiveness could give him some reprieve.
• Player: It's worth a try.
• Lenian: Wait, it's her! Keep her away from me!
• *The monster appears and eats Lenian*

The Monster

• *Using break curse spell*
• Monster: ...
• Player: It didn't work...?
• Monster: I'm sorry... what are you talking about?
• Player: I cast a spell to break your curse, but you're still a monster.
• Monster: I don't understand. What are you saying, human?
• Player: You were a little girl, and then you turned into a monster.
• Monster: A little girl... Rowena. You mean Rowena?
• Player: I don't know her name.
• Monster: Rowena... is she safe?
• Player: No. The little girl is you. Like I said.
• Monster: I had the strangest dream... I dreamed I was Rowena. I just wanted to play. But people kept running away, and when I caught up to them, they vanished.
• Player: That's because you are the little girl.
• Monster: I am not Rowena.
• Player: Then who are you? What are you?
• Monster: My name is Senecianus Aloysius Pamphilius.
• Senecianus: I am a citizen of Senntisten.
• Player: But why do you look like that?
• Senecianus: Like what? Oh, like this? Because I am what you humans call a demon.
• Player: And who was Rowena?
• Senecianus: She was... By the Twelve! I killed her! I ate her! Rowena... I am sorry.
• Player: So - what? - you consumed her and took her form?
• Senecianus: The guilt must have driven me mad. I lost myself. I remember... a cell? Preists and doctors? An asylum? Time and my madness have blurred events. There was a home for the broken-minded that I recall hearing of before the fog of confusion.
• Player: Then the spell I cast must have cured your madness.
• Senecianus: If that is so, then I must thank you.
• Player: Since you're no longer trying to devour me, I have a more pressing issue.
• Senecianus: And what would that be?
• Player: This mansion is haunted by the ghost of Ormod Gulvas. I was going to put him to rest, but you ate the ghost of his dead son, preventing him from finding forgiveness.
• Senecianus: I dreamed of that. Lenian. Rowena wanted to play with him. I believe I can help you.
• Player: How?
• Senecianus: I can think of two ways. I can simply consume him, as I did with Lenian. Or I could take Lenian's form, and grant his father the forgiveness he seeks. Which would you prefer?
• Tell Senecianus to consume Ormod's ghost.
• Tell Senecianus to grant Ormod forgiveness.
• Senecianus: Very well. I am beginning to recall the layout of this building. Meet me in the main hall.
• Player: But the main hall is dangerous. There's an energy field.
• Senecianus: I will be able to protect you.

Consuming Ormod's ghost

• "Lenian": Father.
• Ormod: Lenian...? Is that you?
• "Lenian": Father, come closer.
• *Senecianus consumes Ormod*
• "Lenian": Fiery. *burp*

Granting Ormod forgiveness

• "Lenian": Father.
• Ormod: Lenian...? Is that you?
• "Lenian": Father, come closer. It's going to be okay.
• Ormod: Lenian I... I'm sorry. I never meant to hurt you.
• "Lenian": I know, father. We don't have to stay here any longer.. Let's go.
• *Ormod leaves*
• "Lenian": There. Put to rest.

Finishing

• Player: Well, that finishes what I came here to do. I need to report back that the ghost is gone. What are you going to do now?
• "Lenian": I need to get my bearings. We'll meet again soon, Player.

Reporting back

• Maria: Is it safe now? Did you find the ghost?
• Player: I found him and put him to rest. It was the ghost of Ormod Gulvas, who originally built this mansion. There was also a demon who had taken the form of a little girl. He's perfectly friendly now I've broken his curse.
• Maria: Oh, thank you. I think I might stay out here, then. Did you find anyone else in the house?
• Player: There didn't seem to be any survivors, I'm sorry.
• Maria: I feared as much. Ghosts, demons... How could this have happened to us? Well, I suppose I should thank you. Hopefully now they can rest in peace. You survived the mansion where no one else did. Such bravery deserves recognition.

v • d • e Broken Home
NPCs	Maria Ingram  Ormod Faceless servant Frozen servant Thief  Lenian  Senecianus Briaca
Items	Mystery meat  Clock hands  Break curse scroll  Large pipette  Large pipette of pig bile  Alkaline concoction  Human ashes  Mother's hairbrush  Nabor's notes on insanity  Grand piano key Scroll fragments  1  2  3 Eye gems  Grandfather clock  Book puzzle (1)  Book puzzle (2)  Hall of armour  Faceless servant  Statue  Skeleton  Dead thief Keys  Raven  Spider  Statue  Scythe  Skull  Cleaver  Doll  Snake  Tusks  Noose  Chains  Dagger
Texts	Note from Ingram Ingram's research notes Ormod's scribblings Ingram's rantings Ormod Gulvas's Last Will and Testament
Rewards	Pulled Away  Asylum doctor's ring  Asylum surgeon's ring  Rowena  Undercooked mystery meat Lamps  Tier 1  Tier 2  Tier 3  Tier 4  Tier 5  Tier 6  Tier 7  Tier 8  Tier 9  Small XP  Large XP  Huge XP
Locations	Silvarea Gulvas Mansion
Miscellaneous	Quick guide • Transcript