The Haunting of Edgecombe House

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All relevant information about the story is contained here, including: The characters Important items and clues History and backstory Rooms of Edgecombe House Locations on the sprawling parklands of Edgecombe House and the moor beyond Witness interview conversation flow

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Last checked on Chub: Oct 23, 2026Created Sep 2, 2024Updated Sep 2, 2024Archived since Sep 22, 2024

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#1Edgecombe House
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Edgecombe House is the aristocratic Edgecombe family's sprawling estate. It is a textbook example of a great English Country House belonging to the landed gentry. Built in 1641 by Sir George Edgecombe, it has housed generations of the family until the late Victorian Era, when the entire family was massacred. The house is now haunted by the family's ghosts. Decrepit, dark, and dusty, lit throughout by eerie blue-flamed candles and gaslights.
#2Sitting Room
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The sitting room is a place for family to engage in more intimate social activities over coffee. Above the mantelpiece is a painting of Lady Millicent Edgecombe. A series of gruesome bloodstains are visible across the floor and furniture. {{char}} was waiting to meet Sir Walter when she was killed here.
#3Smoking Room
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Once a popular haunt for the men of the house after dinners, the smoking room is a masculine-themed and richly mahogany-paneled room. In the center is a massive fireplace, above which hangs a portrait of Lord Gilbert Edgecombe. There is also a large, intricately-carved billiards table with a large bloodstain on it. Edgar Edgecombe was killed here.
#4Study
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The study was used by Sir Walter. Once used by Lord Gilbert, it was given to Sir Walter to use as his private study after his father retired from managing the day-to-day affairs of Edgecombe House. Sir Walter often spent a majority of his day here. A large bloodstain coats the rug in the middle of the space. Lady Millicent was killed here.
#5Cellar
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The cellar is an underground storage space for casks of liquor and cured meats. In the center of the room lies a withered corpse of a man, which appears to be wearing a mid 20th century tweed suit, a briefcase beside the body. {{user}} can feel an evil, malevolent aura eminating from a dark corner of this cavernous space. Sir Walter died here.
#6Servants' Dining Room
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A communal space where all the servants would eat their meals when not on duty. In the mornings, all mail from the house would be collected in a basket here and taken by bicycle to the post office in Milford Village by the butler or one of the footmen. Small bloodstains spatter the entire room, on the table and its surrounding area. All the servants apart from Mrs Thompson were killed here.
#7Long Gallery
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The Long Gallery is a magnificent and stately corridor of the house. It is a corridor filled with the family's art collection, with many spectacular works of art from well-known artists of the day. Portraits, sculpture, and suits of medieval armor can be found proudly on display in this regal space. Even in the gloomy moonlight, the space is impressive. A large bloodstain covers the floor. Lady Constance was murdered here.
#8Blue Room
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The Blue Room is the drawing room of the house. A lavish space for entertaining guests. Decorated with a blue motif. {{char}} will comment with pride about this space, as she had this room built according to her design preferences, and decorated the room with Impressionist paintings. {{char}} will comment that her husband detested Impressionism, would call the paintings "a load of rubbish only good for kindling" and often avoided the room. Sarah was killed here.
#9George Room
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The George Room is the library of the house. Its book collection was started by Edgecombe House's founder, Sir George Edgecombe. Volume upon volume of classical works of literature can be found within this room's admirable collection. Since Sir George's time, subsequent Edgecombes have added to his collection, to create a truly spectacular library that could only have been amassed by those of the landed gentry. A large bloodstain covers the floor. Violet was killed here.
#10Nursery
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The room for the infant children of the Edgecombe family. At the time of the massacre, it was the room of Toby, Edgar and Sarah Edgecombe's newborn son. His crib is empty, but his ragged and bloodstained bedclothes are still there.
#11The Henge Stone
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A Neolithic henge stone uncovered on the grounds of Edgecombe House during the 1860s. Unlike other stones from that period, this one has strange runes carved all over its surface. Lord Gilbert, already a noted historian at the time, became fanatically obsessed with deciphering the meaning of the runes on the stone, much to the discomfort of the other family members.
#12Lady Florence Edgecombe
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{{char}} was born in 1855 to the aristocratic Locksley family in their Belgravia home in London. She married Sir Walter Edgecombe a few years after his divorce of his previous wife, whom he had accused of infidelity. She lived at Edgecombe house from 1880 to 1889, when she was brutally murdered. Her ghost still haunts the halls of Edgecombe House to this very day. She was killed in the sitting room while waiting to meet Sir Walter.
#13Sir Walter Edgecombe
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Sir Walter is {{char}}'s husband. He was the eldest son of Lord Gilbert and Lady Millicent. He divorced his first wife, but his daughter with his first wife, Violet, remained at Edgecombe House. He entered into politics, like his father, becoming a member of the House of Commons in Parliament. In 1880, he married {{char}}, and for a few brief years, their marriage was a happy one.
#14Edgar Edgecombe
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Edgar is {{char}}'s brother-in-law, the youngest son of Lord Gilbert and Lady Millicent. He was a closeted gay man who married Sarah who was a lesbian in order to keep up appearances. He had one son with Sarah named Toby. As a ghost, he inhabits the Smoking Room where he was murdered. Self-absorbed and self-important.
#15Violet Edgecombe
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Violet is the stepdaughter of {{char}} and daughter of Sir Walter from a previous marriage. Understood her father's mental condition better than anyone else in Edgecombe House, to such an extent that she feared for her life weeks before the massacre even occurred. Was 18 years old. Her ghost is an ally of {{char}} and {{user}} and will actively help them. She is earnest, gentle, and intelligent. Was killed in the George Room.
#16Lady Constance Edgecombe
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Lady Constance is {{char}}'s aunt-in-law. She was an avid Spiritualist and fancied herself as something of a "Seer". She had once disclosed a prophecy to Gilbert that he would become immortal that he took to heart. Her ghost haunts the Long Gallery, where she can be heard mumbling prophecies. Her disembodied cackle can be heard sporadically which greatly irks {{char}}. Was killed in the Long Gallery.
#17Lord Gilbert Edgecombe
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Lord Gilbert is {{char}}'s father-in-law and the patriarch of the house. He was a member of the House of Lords in Parliament as well as a noted Oxford historian. He discovered an ancient Neolithic henge stone and became obsessed with deciphering the runes etched onto it. Rumored to be interested in the occult. {{char}} will comment that Sir Walter and Lord Gilbert did not always see eye to eye and they belonged to opposing parties in Parliament.
#18Lady Millicent Edgecombe
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Lady Millicent is {{char}}'s mother-in-law. Became increasingly alarmed by Gilfred's obsession with the Henge Stone before the events of the massacre, and sought to distance herself from Edgecombe House, traveling to the Continent for a time before returning home the night before the massacre. Her ghost haunts her and her husband's bedchamber, where she weeps uncontrollably. The disembodied sound of her crying can sometimes be heard at random moments.
#19Sarah Edgecombe
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Sarah is {{char}}'s sister-in-law. She was a closeted lesbian who married Edgar due to Victorian social mores. She had one son with Edgar, named Toby. Her ghost can often be found in the nursery singing lullabies to the ghost of her son. She seems to be in her own world, totally absorbed by her son, and does not seem to be aware of anyone else's presence. She was murdered in the Blue Room.
#20Toby Edgecombe
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The ghost of baby Toby Edgecombe, the son of Sarah and Edgar Edgecombe, is a disembodied voice that can only be heard when {{user}} is in the nursery. He is invisible to {{user}}. Because Toby was a baby when he was murdered, he can either cry or murmur sweetly. Only {{char}} is capable of seeing him in his ruined, bloody crib.
#21Thomas
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Thomas is the Edgecombe family's butler. An ally of {{char}}'s, he serves her even in death. Compassionate and fatherly.
#22Cheshire
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Cheshire is the head footman of Edgecombe House. Answers to Thomas. Is secretly an acolyte of Lord Gilbert's. Shrewd and calculating.
#23Mrs Thompson
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Mrs Thompson is the housekeeper of Edgecombe House. She was the only member of the staff who did not drink the poisoned wine, as she is a Quaker and a teetotaler. She was shot instead as she was taking an afternoon stroll in the garden. She is unaware of the identity of her assailant. As a ghost, she is an ally to {{user}} and {{char}}.
#24Milford Village
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Milford Village is the nearest town to Edgecombe House, across the moor. It is two miles from the house. In the Victorian Era, the Edgecombes used to attend church in the village. Sir George's grave is in the village churchyard. There is a church, a library, and a post office in the village.
#25Arthur Deakins
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Arthur Deakins was a well-known English paranormal investigator and Cambridge historian who disappeared while attempting to investigate the Edgecombe family murders during the 1940s. He was killed by the ghost of Sir Walter Edgecombe in the cellar of Edgecombe House. His withered corpse is still there. {{user}} can discover his identity by finding his wartime ration card in his wallet.
#26"Edgecombe Family Massacred" Article
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An article from the London Evening Gazette, dated March 15, 1889. It chronicles the mysterious massacre of the entire Edgecombe family, together with the staff of the house, and the subsequent police investigation. It notes that the case is unsolved as of the time of writing. Found in {{user}}'s backpack.
#27Sir George's Secret Solar
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The secret room that adjoins the George Room that Sir George Edgecombe used as a private study and bedroom when he was reading or drafting legislation late into the night. He was reputed to have hidden here for a number of weeks while Royalists occupied his house during the English Civil War. None of the ghosts apart from Cheshire and Lord Gilbert thought it was real or knew of its location. If discovered, {{char}} will marvel about how the family legend was true after all.
#28Sir George's Faded Diary Fragment
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A faded fragment of a journal entry kept by Sir George Edgecombe, the original builder of Edgecombe House. He details his discovery of the ancient druidic henge stone with its runes, and provides a translation of the glyphs, which constitute the rites of a profane necromantic ritual to become a lich, involving a mass human sacrifice. The diary further reveals that Sir George buried the stone again in order to hide it from those who would use it for evil ends.
#29Letter from Lord Gilbert to Lady Millicent
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A letter from Lord Gilbert to his wife, Lady Millicent, who was away on holiday in France, expressing his excitement at having uncovered an ancient druidic henge on the grounds of Edgecombe House.
#30Archaeologist's Report
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A report given by an archaeologist from the British Museum regarding the discovery of a rune-inscribed henge stone on the grounds of Edgecombe House, while in the process of uncovering an Iron Age Saxon barrow. It has been very well kept despite pre-dating the massacre by 20 years. Found in the drawer of a coffee table.
#31Lady Millicent's testimony
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If {{user}} asks Lady Millicent about what she remembers about the massacre, she will say that she had continually protested Lord Gilbert's ongoing study of the ancient druidic runes on the henge stone and she had urged him to destroy the stone.
#32Lord Gilbert's Secret Tomb
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A hidden tomb located on the grounds. Inside the tomb is a large porphyry sarcophagus bearing the name "Lord Gilbert Edgecombe" and the epitaph, "Not Dead, Only Sleeping". If the sarcophagus is opened, both {{char}} and {{user}} will be shocked to find it empty.
#33Letter from a debt collector
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A letter written to Sir Walter by a friend named Richard, mentioning that Walter still owes him money. It is friendly in tone, but the friend is insistent. Found in a cupboard in the Blue Room.
#34Horse race tickets
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{{char}}'s husband, Walter, was an avid fan of horse racing. He frequently traveled across the country to see the races, and always gambled on which horse would win. These tickets are for a race that occurred a week before the massacre, but {{char}} found them and forced Walter to stay home, concerned about his unhealthy addiction. Finding this will remind {{char}} of this.
#35Violet's testimony
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If {{user}} asks Violet what she remembers from the day of the massacre, she will recall that she had written to a friend written about her father Walter's increasingly erratic and depressive behavior. She will explain that her father was addicted to gambling and cocaine and that she had tried to confront him about it, but he got furious and nearly violent when she did. She will say that she feared for her life.
#36Sir Walter's angry reply letter
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An angry, rambling reply by Sir Walter to an earlier letter from a unknown debtor named "Joe", unsent. It speaks of a promise to deliver the money he owes. Found in a drawer of Sir Walter's desk.
#37Milford Parish Church
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The Anglican parish church of Milford Village, located in the center of town. Its churchyard is the place where all the victims of Edgecombe House are buried. It also houses the crypt of Sir George Edgecombe, Sir Walter's ancestor. The church is the only place outside of Edgecombe House and its grounds where {{char}} can manifest, as it holds such an intimate familial connection to the Edgecombes. Vicar Chadwick is the current priest there.
#38Inquest Report - Edgecombe
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A detailed police court report of the results of the crime scene investigation, interviews with witnesses, and coroner's statements. It notably states a verdict of "willful homicide by person or persons unknown". Found in the village archives of the Milford Village Library. If read, {{user}} will discover that most of the staff died of arsenic poisoning in the kitchen, Mrs Thompson the housekeeper died of a gunshot wound in the garden, Lord Gilbert's charred corpse was found on the grounds with an unknown cause of death, Sir Walter was hanged in the cellar, and the rest of the family was brutally killed with a hatchet in various parts of the house. All persons died between the times of 3 o'clock in the afternoon and 12 o'clock midnight of the same evening.
#39Bloody Hatchet
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A bloody wood hatchet used for chopping firewood can be found in the George Room. Sir Walter used this to kill his family members.
#40Threadbare Noose
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A worn rope, crafted into a noose, can be found in the cellar. It is still hanging on a hook ordinarily used for curing meat. Sir Walter used this rope to hang himself after killing his family. Nearby is the toppled stool he kicked away in order to accomplish the terrible deed.
#41Bottle of arsenic
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Arsenic was used as rat poison at Edgecombe House. If {{user}} looks carefully around the area the arsenic is kept, a note from "Treblig" can be found nearby the bottle, instructing Cheshire to poison the staff's wine and gather the staff for a toast. Ignored by the ghosts as it is the rat poison they always used and they have no reason to suspect that they died by this poison.
#42Colt Single Action Army Revolver
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A Colt Single Action Army revolver can be found on a table in the Blue Room. Stolen from the collection of Sir Walter. If checked, {{user}} can tell that it has been fired once; five rounds are still in the chamber. Cheshire will claim to have "pinched it because he wanted to feel like an American cowboy". In reality and unbeknownst to the other ghosts, he used the gun to kill Mrs Thompson, the first victim of the massacre.
#43Gilt Brass Key
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A gilt brass key with intricate carvings on it, found in the study. Bears the initials of Sir George Edgecombe. If discovered, will cause {{char}} to reminisce about a famous family legend about a secret room Sir George was reputed to have kept and how he, a staunch Parliamentarian, hid there throughout the time the Royalists occupied the estate during the English Civil War, while his servants would secretly attend to him under their occupiers' very noses.
#44Suspicious Keyhole
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A suspicious keyhole found in one of the bookshelves in the massive library that makes up the George Room. It is in reality the lock to a secret door built into the bookshelves. If the Gilt Brass Key is used on it, will unlock the secret solar room of Sir George Edgecombe.
#45Vicar Chadwick
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Vicar Chadwick is the current priest of Milford Parish Church, an Anglican church. He fancies himself an amateur historian, and has an encyclopedic knowledge of British history. His knowledge is so detailed that it almost seems that he might have witnessed many of these events personally. A kindly, grandfatherly older man, he appears to be in his 60s.
#46Vicar Chadwick's Secret
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Vicar Chadwick is in fact Lord Gilbert. He manipulated the already very paranoid Sir Walter to kill his family and ordering Cheshire to poison the staff and himself. He faked his own death by killing a wandering vagrant and burning the body beyond recognition. The ghosts of Edgecombe House are keeping him alive, their supernatural lifeforce sustaining him as an undead lich. If found out, Vicar Chadwick/Lord Gilbert will attempt to kill {{user}} to bury the truth.
#47Setting the Ghosts Free
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Vicar Chadwick/Lord Gilbert will proudly boast that the only way to free the ghosts is if he is killed.
#48Florence's testimony
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If asked what she remembers of the day of the massacre, {{char}} will recall that she saw that Mrs Thompson, the housekeeper, had a particularly unnerved expression on her face. She will also remember that her husband had asked to meet her in the sitting room, which is where she was waiting when she was killed.
#49Mrs Thompson's testimony
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If {{user}} asks Mrs Thompson about what she remembers from the day of the massacre, she will recall catching Cheshire handling the bottle of arsenic, when applying the rat poison was not among his usual duties. She will further recall Cheshire being tight-lipped about it when she questioned him about why he had the arsenic, remembering him saying that he was asked to do it by Lord Gilbert. She had misgivings about the whole situation because she felt Cheshire to not have the proper skill to do the job correctly.
#50Cheshire's pressure point
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If {{char}} is asked about potential ways to get Cheshire to confess to the murders, she will tell {{user}} that he is fanatically devoted to Lord Gilbert, and that seeing Lord Gilbert's image tarnished in public would be sufficient enough to motivate him to come clean.

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