Pates Mansion

At the very edge of the city, not long before the paved streets turn to open countryside, there stands a lonely mansion, it's large crumbling walls towering over the small houses below it. Years ago, the Pates family lived in those rooms, until a terrible crime was commited, and all the residents were killed in their beds. Police were involved, and after a long search, they found the murderer, but ever since then, no one has dared move back into the derelict old house. Wallpaper is peeling off the walls, faded with age, and the carpets are curling up at the corners. A grand staircase now stands covered in cobwebs, and leads up to the bedrooms, a comfortable place to sleep indeed. The furniture is still there, though a little ruined, and it is a good place to stay, or start a pack. The gardens can also be explored, although it almost resembles a jungle now it is no longer cared for. The attic is out of bounds, as there is no longer a possible way for a dog to get up there, and parents like to frighten their children with ghost stories about what makes those morbid creaking sounds in that dusty old room...

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