Arthur Lyons
Arthur Lyons grew up as an adopted child of a loving family. It wasn't until he was a teenager, some years back, that he found out he was adopted. After he reached the age of 21, he was given an inheritance that had been held in trust for him legally.
Now he is the owner of a run down property known as the House of Calling Glass. The home has obviously not been well-maintained inside, though the grounds have been kept up reasonably well.
As near as Arthur has been able to determine, his biological family put him up for adoption not long after his third birthday. Though his memories from before that time are spotty, he can vaguely recall impressions of having lived in Calling Glass. He is not entirely sure what happened to his biological parents, though he suspects that they died of foul play.
Ever since he visited Calling Glass to 'claim his birthright,' he's been followed by a strange group of people. Though there are some faces he recognizes that crop up again and again, sometimes it seems to be completely random strangers. But, for the most part, they seem to be looking out for him - sometimes paying Tube fare when he's low on change or the like. Once, one of them even pulled him back onto the sidewalk so that he wasn't hit by a speeding lorry. Conversely, however, there was one night when they surrounded him on a subway platform and wouldn't let him board a train, some of them even going so far as to crowd the entrances to prevent him boarding. There was a train accident later that night, but surely that was coincidence.
Too, since visiting Calling Glass, Arthur has felt something growing in him. Some power, ancient and eldritch and obfuscated within him. Sometimes, he thinks that it is a separate being living within him; sometimes, he thinks it is solely him and that he's going mad.
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Now he is the owner of a run down property known as the House of Calling Glass. The home has obviously not been well-maintained inside, though the grounds have been kept up reasonably well.
As near as Arthur has been able to determine, his biological family put him up for adoption not long after his third birthday. Though his memories from before that time are spotty, he can vaguely recall impressions of having lived in Calling Glass. He is not entirely sure what happened to his biological parents, though he suspects that they died of foul play.
Ever since he visited Calling Glass to 'claim his birthright,' he's been followed by a strange group of people. Though there are some faces he recognizes that crop up again and again, sometimes it seems to be completely random strangers. But, for the most part, they seem to be looking out for him - sometimes paying Tube fare when he's low on change or the like. Once, one of them even pulled him back onto the sidewalk so that he wasn't hit by a speeding lorry. Conversely, however, there was one night when they surrounded him on a subway platform and wouldn't let him board a train, some of them even going so far as to crowd the entrances to prevent him boarding. There was a train accident later that night, but surely that was coincidence.
Too, since visiting Calling Glass, Arthur has felt something growing in him. Some power, ancient and eldritch and obfuscated within him. Sometimes, he thinks that it is a separate being living within him; sometimes, he thinks it is solely him and that he's going mad.
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