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The Curse of Dreadhaven
Dreadhaven, like most southern towns, had its secrets. The most guarded was "The Hall of the Lost Dead." This abandoned mine shaft and natural cave was watched over by Granny Fletcher. For generations, Dreadhaven and its surrounding communities would lay to rest the bodies of those they were ashamed to have buried in the hallowed grounds of their cemetaries. Granny Fletcher took them in and watched over them.
Sometime in the 1950s Granny Fletcher witnessed a prominent member of Dreadhaven society commit murder. He knew he'd been seen and tried to blame the act on Granny Fletcher. The rumons of her practicing witchcraft, along with her lowly station as caretaker of "The Hall of the Lost Dead" only added to her suspected guilt. A town mob was formed and Granny Fletcher was dragged from her cave and into Dreadhaven to face justice by burning. As the pyre was lit her words rang out across the town, "If it's vengence you want, you shall have it, if it's evil you want, you shall have it. For what you do now, you will pay a powerful price." Then she was gone in an explosion of green flame.
With hatred in her heart, Granny Fletcher returned to "The Hall of the Lost Dead" and began a ritual that would trap Dreadhaven within a barrier that could not be breeched by time or its residents. She began raising the dead that rested all around her - the worst of the worst that been buried in her hall. She called them her "reapers" and unleashed them on the town that had condemned her. Trapped within her barrier, the residents of Dreadhaven would suffer at the hands of "the Reapers" for all time.
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Granny Fletcher
Little is known about Granny Fletcher but she has always been a part of Dreadhaven. After the mine collapsed in 1812, Granny Fletcher moved into the cave and shaft of the old mine. Granny named her home the Hall of the Lost Dead, where unwanted or undesirable people are sent to rest.
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Dreggs
In Dreadhaven's history, there have been 3 centuries of plagues from the 1600s-1800: The Dreggs were always called upon during these times to collect the bodies of the dead. These oddly masked plague doctors roamed the county and were avoided by all. Granny Fletcher knew Dreadhaven would need overseers and called upon these Dreggs to deal with the Dreadhaven dead. |
Digger Leveaux
Over 100 years ago, Granny pulled Digger from his grave and animated his corpse, using him as her henchman to carry the caskets of the unwanted to the Hall of the Lost Dead. The years have not been kind to Digger's decaying body; Granny stitches and adds limbs as needed so he can resume his mobid chores. |
Evilyn
Evie was the granddaughter and devout apprentice to Granny Fletcher. Men were afraid of Evie and she struggled to find a suitor. After turning 30, a frustrated Evie took things into her own hands by attempting a spell that would make her irresistable to all, but she was caught. Granny angrily cursed Evie and the spell exploded leaving Evie bald, scarred and trapped between the portal of living and the Hall of the Lost Dead. |
Deimus
When Granny Fletcher opened the portal to the abyss, Deimus (named after a Greek mythical God of Fear) was the first to emerge. Known as 'the destroyer' of the Abyss, not much else is known about this evil menace. |
NastusImage Coming Soon An evil entity from the darkest corners of existence. Successfully slipping through the cracks of the portal opened by Granny Fletcher, Nastus, completely unchecked is free to wreak havoc among the people of Dreadhaven. |
The Caretaker
Lester Graves was the caretaker of Dreadhaven cemetary until he was caught doing unspeakable things. The town buried him alive for his wrongdoings. |
Arson
Charles Rainer was always fascinated with fire and started many throughout his childhood, including one killing his parents. No proof was ever fully presentable and Charles was able to join the Dreadhaven fire brigade after turning 21. Not long after, the area had a rash of fires and Charles died in a house fire that he started. Witnesses claim he was smiling and embracing the flames as they watched in awe. |
Plague Bringer
Rodney Skinner worked as a civil servant picking up road kill for Dreadhaven. Rodney took it upon himself to dispose of the carcasses in the pond next to his shack. Rodney drank and bathed in this same disease infested pond and his skin began to peel away and form boils and sores. The townspeople mocked Rodney until he snapped and dumped foul pond stew into the town's water supply. The plague ws soon tracked back to Rodney and he was drowned in his own pond. |
Mercy
Mercy was always completely miserable, uncomfortable in her own skin. Now as one of Granny's Reapers, Mercy's numerous scars are a testament to her suffering. She seeks to make others suffer as she has. |
Thirster
Harvey Drake was trapped, along with others, in the cave of the Dreadhaven mine. Harvey's jaw was destroyed in the mine collapse; he constructed a feeding tube he attached to his gas mask and the other miners became his sustinenance. A stuff Harvey was found sitting atop a pile of bodies. He was the first buried in the Hall of the Lost Dead. |
Harvester
Billy Krass was desparate to feed his family after his farm hit hard times. Billy went to Granny Fletcher and she advised him how he must proceed for his crops to grow. The Krass family fields flourished but many questioned the whereabouts of Bill's wife and 3 daughters. When the sheriff visited, Billy was proud to show the sheriff his bloody stained scythe and explained how his family's blood was the key to his crops. Billy was about to add the sheriff to his successful crops when the sheriff shot him down. |
The Nanny
Delphine Baxter made dolls for the local children of Dreadhaven. Delphine became obsessed with the idea of having children. This eventually led to turning her doll collection into a morbid display of the images that haunted her dreams. Delphine's laughter echoes in the tomb where she rests within the Hall of the Lost Dead. |
JoelImage Coming Soon A one month resident of Dreadhaven, Joel was working at the Hexaco station when Granny Fletcher cursed the town. Joel was simply changing the oil on a school bus when he became a victim of circumstances and found himself fighting the released terror. Joel tends the |
The Magistrate
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The Drifter
This character was passing through Dreadhaven and arrested for murder. Judge Draven unleashed his own form of justive on the man and tortured until he confessed to all the area's unsolved murders. No one is sure if this drifter was truly guilty or just another victim of Judge Draven. His remains were sent to Granny Fletcher where he slept until she released him to seek revenge on Dreadhaven. |
The Engineer
Jack Rogan was a genius when it came to all things mechanical but he lacked in social skills. Jack decided to gain company by adding bodies to his home in Dreadhaven Power Plant. An investigation into many missing persons led to the discovery of bodies sitting around a table, dead within the Power Plant. Jack refused to let his "family" go and caused an electrical explosion that left Dreadhaven dark for weeks. |
DocImage Coming Soon Arthur Stibbs was born a dimwitted embarassment to his family, especially his father, the town doctor. To avoid further humiliation, the Stibbs' locked Arthur in the cellar where he grew obsessed with making his father proud. Years later, Arthur escaped the cellar and tied his father to an operating table. Arthur proceeded to perform what he thought he learned from reading medical books. Unfortunately, his father died on the table and was followed by others, after Arthur began impersonating as him. Arthur was eventually locked away within the courthouse basement where he laughed until his death. |
Lily MooreImage Coming Soon Lily grew up in Dreadhaven and married a miner. The perfect life or so she thought until the mine collapsed and her true love was taken from her. Lily was never the same and her grief turned to madness. Some believe Lily died searching the mines for her "true love." |
Longmire
Longmire, monstrous in all aspects, is one of Granny Fletcher's reapers brought forth to haunt Dreadhaven. Longmire's large size serves him well, wrangling up residents attempting to escape the barrier. |
