Usher Manor

*Usher Manor* is a location in White Noise 2.

## Description

Built by a wealthy aristocrat and later bought by an old film star, the Usher Manor is now abandoned.

Its magnificent walls hide several secret rooms where night-black deeds must have been done.

### Appearance

Usher Manor is a very large mansion with many hallways and rooms being repeated. The map consists mostly of long hallways with wooden floors, stairways, and larger rooms with checkered floors. A couple of rooms contain swimming pools with what appear to be tape players and wooden boxes, notably without any water in the pool. Downstairs areas contain tight maintenance corridors similar to those found in Eastmore College. One area has no roof, having many plants and a water fountain. Another room seems to be a room dedicated to witchcraft, with torture devices littered throughout the area. The place also has red pentagrams drawn in what appears to be blood. The self-portrait seen in these rooms is of Darcy as a human, which will display banshee Darcy if a living Investigator looks at it without any light sources.

## Tape Recordings

* > *"I swear I heard there was almost clanking. It's rats, probably."*
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* > *"The glass of wine near the fireplace... Mmm... Feeling drowsy..."*
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* > *"She's beautiful. But that portrait gives me chills down the spine."*
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* > *"How many bedrooms are in this mansion? I'm not sure where's the entrance anymore."*
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* > *"No wonder the current owner wanted to get rid of this house. Is he worried?"*
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* > *"Having money won't help avoiding death, but they sure tried."*
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* > *"The tarot lady was right. This is a time of deep transformation."*
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* > *"They sure like kids around here." (breathing) "H-hey! Who's there?!"*
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* > *"The first owners were an interesting bunch, and they all ended up dying suddenly."*
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* > *"This deep atmosphere is hard to bear. The stuff down in the halls, liquor, it's (unintelligible)."*
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* > *"These aren't human parts - this... is this...? What is this?"*
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* > *"Thank God I brought a gas mask. This place is filled with dangerous chemicals."*
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* > *"All those eyes... Are staring at me... Stop looking! Stop!"*
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* > *"What time is it? It should be morning already, but the house is still surrounded by darkness."*
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* > *"Was this door closed before? None of my keys seem to work. Did I miss something?!"*
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* > *"(unintelligible) is coldest. This is insane. When will they realize?"*
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* > *"Hey! You over there! You have to help me! Hey! Stop!"*
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* > *"There's a long list of names in these books. Mine's also there. What?! Something's wrong!"*
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* > *(heavy breathing) (hissing voice) "Quiet..." (heavy breathing)*
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* > *"A mansion as big as this usually has a crypt nearby, doesn't it? But we didn't find any."*
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## Trivia

* Usher Manor has the most summonable Idols out of any map, at 46.
* When playing as the Creature in Solo mode, Investigators can get stuck on the pools if a tape is in the same room.
* Rarely, items can spawn behind a set of boxes, making the item unreachable.
* Currently, the world record for speedrunning the map alone as an Investigator is at 3:14, being held by Frozens316. The record for multiplayer rounds is held by CookieKing03 and DoNotSubscribe, clocking in at 9:57.
	+ The current record for the Creature% subcategory is 1:48, held by Frozens316.

## Gallery

Usher Manor's libary in Update #27: Buried Alive's update banner.A phonograph in Usher Manor on Update #44: Beyond the Veil's update bannerVincent and Darcy in a hallway on Update #47: Spectral Presence's update banner
## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN72bNZllyQ
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3H9pR4iR4U
3. ↑ https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1057808643