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Protagonist Archetype
Destitute Governess
Disgraced Noble
Scholarly Archivist
War‑scarred Heir
Traveling Musician
Orphaned Ward
Stoic Apothecary
Devout Novice
Reluctant Medium
Storm‑tossed Sailor
Defining Trait
Fiercely loyal
Secretly vengeful
Curiosity over caution
Duty over desire
Haunted by guilt
Romantic idealist
Hard‑won pragmatist
Rational skeptic
Gift for empathy
Stubborn independence
Love Interest Archetype
Reclusive Lord/Lady of the Manor
Brooding Steward
Graveyard Keeper
Widowed Poet
Wounded Soldier
Ruined Socialite
Astute Detective
Chapel Organist
Storm‑watch Lighthouse Keeper
Quiet Physician
Love Interest’s Secret
Hidden marriage contract
Inherited curse
Debt‑bound to a rival
Illicit laboratory
Forbidden correspondence
Portrait that ages in their stead
Vow of silence
Bloodline imposture
Ghostly pact
Secret child
Setting Locale
Crag‑top manor on a stormy coast
Misty moorland estate
Decaying urban palazzo
Isolated abbey by the cliffs
Forest‑hemmed hunting lodge
Snowbound mountain château
Half‑ruined castle keep
Fenland rectory
River‑fog town house
Remote lighthouse isle
Era
Regency
Victorian
Edwardian
Interwar
Modern with Old Bones
Weather & Atmosphere
Sea‑fog & salt rain
Relentless downpour
Lantern‑lit snowfall
Rising storm and thunder
Stifling summer heat
Autumn wind through yews
Central Mystery
Will & inheritance dispute
Disappearing servants
Locked room at the east wing
Vanished fiancée
Family ledgers that don’t balance
Noble title forged
Unmarked graves on the grounds
Midnight music from nowhere
Shipwreck treasure rumor
Diary pages torn out
Supernatural Element
None (purely human dread)
Mourning apparition
House remembers voices
Prophetic dreams
Omen birds & strange tides
Mirror‑bound echoes
Relic with a hunger
Family guardian spirit
Tone & Style
Brooding & lyrical
Romantic with menace
Elegiac & restrained
Intense & tempestuous
Quiet dread, slow burn
Narrative POV
First‑person (confessional)
Close third (protagonist)
Alternating lovers
Epistolary (letters/diary)
Length & Structure
2 sentences: atmospheric hook
3 sentences: hook + reveal
4 sentences: hook + reveal + turn
Key Object / Token
Tarnished locket
Cracked portrait
Ancient signet ring
Monogrammed handkerchief
Sea‑stained letter
Prayer beads
Music box with one note wrong
Clock that runs backward at night
Antagonistic Force
Vindictive aunt/guardian
Predatory suitor
Family solicitor
Village rumor‑mill
Corrupt magistrate
The house itself
Twist Option
Beloved was the seeker all along
Portrait shows today’s wound
Ghost protects, not haunts
Heirship is a lie
Storm reveals a hidden chapel
Locked room opens to the sea
Ending Mood
Yearning with fragile hope
Bittersweet union
Lonely resolve
Ambiguous truce
Quiet devastation
Content Safety
SFW (fade‑to‑black, no gore)
Gothic chills, no graphic harm
Off‑screen peril only
Language Flavor
Plain modern English
Lightly archaic
Poetic with Victorian cadence
Epistolary diction
