Legend of Krately House Contents . DRAMATIS PERSONAE THEOPHON Imperial man , 24 , thief NIRIM - Bosmer man , 20 , thief SILANUS KRATELY - Imperial man , 51 , merchant DOMINITIA KRATELY - His wife , 40 AELVA KRATELY - Their daughter , 16 MINISTES KRATELY - Their son , 11 AELVA ( off stage ) : Hello ? Is someone down there ? MINESTES ( off stage ) : Should I wake up Papa ? AELVA ( off stage ) : No . . . Maybe I was imagining it . . . MINESTES ( off stage ) : Aelva , what are you doing ? AELVA : I ' m just making certain . . . Go back to bed , Minestes . MINESTES ( off stage ) : Found anything ? AELVA : No . Probably just my imagination , but I ' m just going to check downstairs . MINESTES ( off stage ) : Is there a fire ? I ' m cold . . . AELVA : Of course there is . Can ' t you hear it crackling ? MINESTES ( off stage ) : I guess so . . . AELVA : Hello ? THEOPHON : Excuse me , young lady . Just robbing you . THEOPHON : Why are you hiding , Nirim ? I told you . They can ' t see you , and they can ' t hear you . NIRIM : I can ' t believe they ' re all ghosts . They seem so alive . THEOPHON : That ' s what spooks them superstitians . But they ain ' t going to hurt us . Just reliving the past , the way ghosts do . NIRIM : The night they was murdered . THEOPHON : Stop thinking about that or you ' ll get yourself all willy spooked . I got all kinds of stuff on the first floor - silver candlesticks , silk , even some gold . . . What ' d you get ? NIRIM : Sorry , Theophon , I was just about to start . . . THEOPHON : Get to work on that chest then . That ' s what you ' re here for . NIRIM : Oh yeah . I got the talent , you got the ideas . . . and the equipment . You refilled that lantern before we came here , right ? I can ' t work in the dark . . . THEOPHON : Don ' t worry , Nirim . I promise . No surprises . THEOPHON : We got all the time in the world , friend . No one comes near this house . If they sees our lantern light , they ' ll just assume it ' s the ghosts . NIRIM : Hey , Theophon , how long ago did they die ? THEOPHON : About five years ago . Why you asking ? NIRIM : Just making conversation . THEOPHON : Didn ' t I already tell you the story ? NIRIM : No , you just said , hey , I know a place we can burgle where no one ' s at home , except for the ghosts . I thought you was joking . THEOPHON : No joking , partner . Five years ago , the Kratelys lived here . Nice people . You seen the daughter Aelva and the boy Minestes . The parents were Silenus and Dominitia , if I remembers rightly . MINISTES : Hey ! AELVA : Why aren ' t you in bed ? I ' m just going to check the cellar . MINISTES : I ' ll wait for you . NIRIM : So , what happened ? THEOPHON : Oh , they was rip to piece . Halfway eaten . No one ever knew who or what did it neither . Though there was rumors . . . NIRIM : What kind of rumors ? THEOPHON : Pretty good haul , eh ? Oh , the rumors . Well , they says old lady Dominitia was a witch before she married Silenus . Gave it all up for him , to be a good wife and mother . But the witches didn ' t take too kindly to it . They found her and sent some kind of creature here , late at night . Something horrible , right out of a nightmare . MINISTES : Aelva ? Aelva , what ' s taking you so long ? NIRIM : Ye Gods , are we going to watch them get killed , right in front of us ? MINISTES : Aelva ! SILENUS ( off stage ) : What ' s happening down there ? Stop playing around , boy , and go to sleep . MINISTES : Papa ! THEOPHON : Are you all right ? NIRIM : Never mind that ! He touched me ? ! How can a ghost touch me ? ! THEOPHON : Well . . . Of course they can . Some anyhow . You heard of ancestor spirits guarding tombs , and that ghost of the king they had in Daggerfall . If they don ' t touch you , what good are they ? Why you so surprised ? You thought he ' d move right through you , I figger . NIRIM : Yes ! DOMINITIA ( off stage ) : Don ' t leave us alone , Silenus ! We ' re coming with you ! SILENUS : Wait , it ' s dark . Let me get some light . NIRIM : I felt that ! I felt the heat of the fire ! SILENUS : Come on down . It ' s all right . THEOPHON : I don ' t know why you so scared , Nirim . I must say I ' m disappointed . I didn ' t figger you for a supersitionalist . NIRIM : Where are you going ? THEOPHON : One more floor to search . NIRIM : Can ' t we just go ? SILENUS : Aelva ? Say something , Aelva . THEOPHON : There , you see ? If you don ' t like ghosts , third floor ' s the place to be . All four of em are downstairs now . NIRIM : All . . . four ? SILENUS : Aelva ? What are you doing down in the cellar , girl ? DOMINITIA : You see her ? NIRIM : All four , Theophon ? SILENUS : I think so . . . I see someone . . . Hello ? NIRIM : What if there ' s five ghosts , Theophon ? ! THEOPHON : What is it ? ! NIRIM : What if there is five ghosts ? ! The man , the wife , the girl , the boy . . . and what killed them ? ! THEOPHON : And what killed them ? NIRIM : And what if it ' s a ghost that can touch us too ? ! Just like the others ! THEOPHON : Don ' t get so upset . If it can touch us , what ' d make you think it ' d wants to ? All the others didn ' t even notice we was here . NIRIM : Only . . . only what if it ain ' t a ghost , Theophon . What if it ' s the same creature , and it ' s still alive . . . and it ain ' t ate nothing since five years ago . . . NIRIM : You said you refilled the lamp ! NIRIM : You promised me you refilled the lamp !