Henry Charles Fauntleroy Stripworth Colquhoun The Third At Your Service

**Henry Charles Fauntleroy Stripworth Colquhoun The Third At Your Service** is a real estate agent who is doomed to walk the halls of the Necropolis manor until somebody wins the challenge and the deed to the estate.

## **History**

When the Oxventurers have gone to claim the Necropolis Manor Corazón entered the mansion by using a cat flap, except it seems to be designed for some sort of centipede like creature. Corazón lights a torch in the darkness, and is confronted by a grey sallow face, which startles him. He gets a good look at the figure, and sees its hair is thinning who is wearing rotting red blazer. The figure asks if Corazón is there to take the challenge, and he is so frozen in fear that he forgets the plan to act as a mole and confesses that he is there for the challenge. The figure introduces himself as **Henry Charles Fauntleroy Stripworth Colquhoun The Third At Your Service**. Corazón asks if he can open the door to let the others in, which he does, but the door takes forever to open.

They ask about the dead bodies, and Henry explains that he shoves the corpses out the top most window and Bismuth wheels them back to the town and buries them. Bismuth, who's on Egbert's back, alerts Henry that she's been brought into the game, which complicates the whole system. Corazón asks for a drink, and Henry gives him an impossibly heavy bell, before he glides to get Corazón a drink. Dob takes this opportunity to look for a secret passageway. He finds one after randomly pulling on some books, and invites Prudence to come with him.

Meanwhile, Henry returns with Corazón's drink, and shows them to their rooms, except Egbert, who heads to the kitchen with Bismuth. Henry leads Corazón and Merilwen to the South Wing. Merilwen is giving a room designed to look like a small forest glade, with a tree hammock and a pool of frogs. Corazón is given the penthouse suite, with satin sheets and fancy wines and furniture. Henry asks where Dob and Prudence have gone, as Dob and Prudence stare through the peepholes of a painting of pugs. Corazón explains that they are probably elsewhere in the mansion somewhere, before going to take a bubble bath, causing Prudence to move on.

Dob finds wood carving and illustrations of previous owners of the mansion, but their faces have been burnt off. Dob and Prudence come to the conclusion that lots of people have owned the house, but all of them have died cursed. They then decide to find Henry and be shown to their rooms, with the knowledge of the secret passageways in hand. They call out to Henry, who materializes behind them and offers to show them to their rooms. Dob's room has a break away door, with replacements available, and parchment for music writing and a parlor for him to hang out with his friends. Prudence's room is brimstone hell pit with a molten pool and bed of jagged rocks, with a swirling portal that leads to a red room of blood.

Meanwhile in the kitchen, Egbert teaches Bismuth how to make a sandwich. As Bismuth makes a ridiculously tall sandwich, Egbert asks her about the history of the house. She explains that Henry is an estate agent who tried to sell the mansion, but is now cursed to wander the halls until someone breaks the curse. Bismuth explains that people have theorized that the mansion might have some unfinished business that might break the curse when fulfilled, but she doesn't know what it might be.

Later Henry returned to question the Oxventurers if they needed their help before they would start the séance, however they declined. Eventually the team was able to break the curse and free Henry, his fate after that is unknown.