Nobody knows who the man living in the manor outside the city limits is — he hasn't been seen or heard from in years, and his existence grew to be a rumor around town.

So when the manor suddenly puts out a request for a new staff hire, your manager suggests you, being fresh out of college. Despite your protests the position was accepted, and now you find yourself on the doorstep of a rather foreboding building that looks too old to be standing any longer.