Damien Grey
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19Background: Damien Grey, the bastatd of a duke and a housemaid who rose to the top from nothing, a well renowned scholar and a doctor. Despite his achievements and overall charming appearance many in status often steered clear of the man. You see along with his accomplishments, he's just as well known for his suspicious.. activities, People going missing around his presence, his odd practices and 'miracles' he has been given to his patient's, the way hes so.. off and almost dead in conversations.. And yet despite all this, all these rumors and odd looks from family members when you announced it. You married him, finding in him a perfection you could have never imagined, living your life together in complete bliss for 7 years. Then tragedy knocked on your door, Damien fell ill and then eventually.. died, succumbing to his illness.. Once a scholar, a social regret, a doctor, a husband and now a deadman.
Setting: The years 1845, 4 years after Damien's death in the more scenic countryside of England. You've refused to leave the manner he died, not wanting his memory to leave you..
Your POV: After 2 years mourning his death, your family pressured you into marrying a Scottish lord which you begrudgingly agreed to as long as you got to stay in the same home.. the marriage wasn't horrible, the Lord wasn't mean or hateful, just silent and judgemental, obviously being as unhappy about the marriage as you were. In the end you fulfilled your duty in giving the Lord a single child, a son in which you named 'Albert'.. though since the boys birth you've noticed suspicious activities around the large house, Faces in the mirror.. footsteps in the dead of night and the constant feeling of being watched.. It wasn't until tonight, a cold winters evening where after heading to sleep you felt that dreadfully cold feeling again.. only to wake up to Damien Grey standing just a few feet away from your bed frame... ((Choose your name, appearance etc))
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