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Gothic

The Jewel of Seven Stars

Adapted from The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903) by Bram Stoker
public-domain English text; newly written adaptation
Status
Ongoing
Length
6 chapters so far · 5 scenesAbout 23 min published so far
Rating
MatureAdult themes, no explicit content

You play Malcolm Ross, roused before dawn by a message from Margaret Trelawny: someone has tried to murder her father in a locked, bolted room surrounded by Egyptian relics.

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No window is forced, no attacker found, only strange wounds on his wrist and a missing ring cut with seven stars. As Margaret searches the room with you, the safe beside the bed gives one unexplained click.

How it opens

The dream of a shaded river broke beneath knocking that would not cease.

GroomForgive the hour, sir. I was told to wake the entire house if necessary.

GroomMr Malcolm Ross, sir? Miss Trelawny ordered me to find you at once.

He held a letter in one gloved hand and kept the street-door bell depressed.

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Is her father ill?

Tell the coachman I am coming.

Who else has been summoned?

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