Yellowpaper

**Yellowpaper** is the name of a house in the Artist's Quarter of Wilemberg, Fleur. It was famously the home of Fleurian artist Mia of the Lily, the rumored bastard daughter of Queen Cycilia Wilem of Flowers. It is currently owned by a group of university students attending the Royal University of the Arts.

## History

Yellowpaper was built during the five year renovation of Wilemberg by Queen Taurinja Wilem of Flowers in 88 AE. The home was part of several row houses that surrounded a small interior courtyard, as was the style at the time. The house was owned by various people from its completion until it was eventually purchased in 23 CE by Mia of the Lily, an up and coming Fleurian artist. From Yellowpaper the artist and her friends would use the house as a meeting place as well a a salon. Her parties and salons were much gossiped about and her mystique across the city grew. She eventually would die in the house in 27 CE from a mysterious illness.

After Mia's death the home was sold to a series of quickly rotating art students. These tenants often complained of the home being haunted, specifically the upstairs bedroom which overlooked the courtyard, where Mia spent the last month of her life. One student who was living in the house in 98 CE claimed that when he had attempted to repaper the walls with a less garish color, he came down with a horrible fever and cough that nearly killed him. Since then, no attempts to remodel the home have occurred.

In 110 CE the home was purchased by a woman who currently rents rooms to local students.

## Description

Yellowpaper is a three story home, with the entrance facing an interior courtyard shared with several other homes and accessible via a large gate. The interior first floor consists of a parlor, salon, kitchen, powder room and bathroom, dining room, and tiny alcove for reading. The second story includes two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a study, a library, and a balcony overlooking the main street. The third floor includes the master bedroom and bath as well as a studio loft. From the master bedroom a large balcony overlooks the courtyard.

Noteworthy features include a mural over the fireplace by Mia of a mythological scene, including the Spirit of Fleur descending on a sleeping woman. The house is almost entirely papered yellow, Mia's favorite color. A post in the third floor loft is signed and sketched on by many famous Fleurian artists, including Lord Alfred Ganeyev.

## Hauntings

Rumors persist that the house is haunted by Mia of the Lily's ghost following her mysterious death in 29 CE. The first was reported by a student in 31 CE who was sleeping in the loft after a party when he noticed the door to the woman's bedroom was open where it had previously been closed. Going to investigate, he witnessed a figure laying in the bed, wrapped in white bandages around her arms and jaw. When he approached, the figure lifted its hand and pointed at a spot on the wall to his right. When the student looked at the spot, he saw a dark hole had opened from which no light emerged. Before he could investigate further, the figure made a croaking sound as if it was trying to speak before dissipating.

From 33 to 36 CE, residents complained of seeing a figure on the third floor balcony. In 45 CE a maid encountered a beautiful woman in white with black hands who told her to scrub the wall in the master bedroom, besides the door, because there was a black stain there. When she entered the room she found no such stain. In 58 CE a story was submitted to a local student newspaper saying that the spirit of Mia could be seen in her bedroom on full moons.

Similar stories continued until the 110 CE purchase by the new land lady who locked the entrance to the third floor, barring it from use. However, residents of the other homes on the square claim to see a figure moving along the third floor balcony on quiet nights.