Overview

This is a child of Haunted home.

Key properties

The main properties of haunted houses I want to carry over are forces that are:

  1. Supernatural
  2. Malevolent
  3. Need living humans for some end
  4. Tethered to a house
  5. Ensnare people so they cannot leave the house

Ghosts

In Marloth, ghosts are not dead spirits but are the manifestation of obsessive sins.

Reinventing ghosts

Perhaps I can leverage this in a haunted house.

Tying that form of ghosts to ancestry, what if there were generations of idolatry culminating in a massive, crowded force?

Marital troubles

Alternatively, I’ve considered having the haunting revolve around marital problems, acting as a test of their love and faithfulness.

I can think of one or two ways to mix that with ancestry, but I don’t know that it’s the best mix.

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In a pinch, I feel like this is one of the few solid means I have of raising marital challenges in this narrative

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Temptation