Post by Sarah on Jan 5, 2008 15:34:34 GMT -5
Monroeville is a small, quiet town set far enough away from the major cities to preserve its natural beauty but close enough that resources are easily transported from one place to the other. Monroeville isn't a large town like most in its area but its not small either. Its just right - big enough to allow you some privacy and small enough that you still have the time to make friends with your neighbors. Unknown to most tourists and locals alike, however, Monroeville has a dark past and those few locals who know are covering up an even darker secret. In order to understand this you must understand the history of the part of the world known as 'Hallows Ledge'.In 1843 Monroeville's founding father, Joseph Munroe, came to the location in search of gold as many others had done in various places around the country. Finding nothing of value he decided that it would make a good place for a town and began to build on the expanse of land. Friends, family and co-workers were invited to come and live in the town now known as Monroeville. The town flourished, rapidly expanding and ensuring that the town's locals flourished with it.
This is where the terror begins. Monroeville flourished for one long century before things began to go wrong. Exactly one hundred years to the day of its founding fifty men and women were brutally slaughtered in the centre of the very town. One of these women was the wife of the mayor at the time, Jerimiah Nottingham. The small, quiet town was tainted and ruined for good. The story made headlines in the local papers and the local gossip women would discuss the terror just to bring fear back into the lives of those who had lived so calmly for so long.
After the fiftieth murder the case went cold and the murders ceased. Crime levels dropped and the town slowly began to return to normal. Eventually the story began to be less interesting and people began to forget about the Hallows Ledge tragedy. Now its several centuries later and only the town's historians are aware of the fact that occurred those hundreds of years ago. Some of the more historic spots in town are rumored to be haunted and only the local historians have an inkling of why this is possible.
Some of these 'ghosts' are around to terrorize those that remind them of their deaths, some come to help point the historians in the direction of the true killer so that they can finally rest and some, well some don't even realize they have died and try to integrate into society once more. So do you dare to find out the truth or is ignorance really the bliss they say it is?
This is where the terror begins. Monroeville flourished for one long century before things began to go wrong. Exactly one hundred years to the day of its founding fifty men and women were brutally slaughtered in the centre of the very town. One of these women was the wife of the mayor at the time, Jerimiah Nottingham. The small, quiet town was tainted and ruined for good. The story made headlines in the local papers and the local gossip women would discuss the terror just to bring fear back into the lives of those who had lived so calmly for so long.
After the fiftieth murder the case went cold and the murders ceased. Crime levels dropped and the town slowly began to return to normal. Eventually the story began to be less interesting and people began to forget about the Hallows Ledge tragedy. Now its several centuries later and only the town's historians are aware of the fact that occurred those hundreds of years ago. Some of the more historic spots in town are rumored to be haunted and only the local historians have an inkling of why this is possible.
Some of these 'ghosts' are around to terrorize those that remind them of their deaths, some come to help point the historians in the direction of the true killer so that they can finally rest and some, well some don't even realize they have died and try to integrate into society once more. So do you dare to find out the truth or is ignorance really the bliss they say it is?
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