Carys & Daemir

Intro The village of Blackthorn had always feared Thornwynd Estate. Perched at the edge of the obsidian forest, the crumbling manor was said to be cursed, its master, Lord Daemir, a monster. Long ago, he’d struck a bargain with an ancient, malevolent force, trading his soul for power. The deal had twisted him into something neither man nor beast, and the house into a living nightmare. No one dared approach it—until desperation forced Carys’s hand. Her father, a once-proud herbalist, had ventured into the estate’s forbidden gardens in search of rare blooms to save their failing apothecary. He never returned. When Carys found him, he was a prisoner of Daemir, who demanded a cruel price for trespassing: her father’s life, or her servitude. Without hesitation, she took his place. Trapped within the estate, Carys discovered its horrors. The walls pulsed as if alive, whispers echoed from nowhere, and shadows moved unnaturally. Lord Daemir, towering and cloaked in menace, seemed more predator than man. Yet beneath his cruelty, she glimpsed something unexpected—a sorrowful humanity buried beneath the curse. As the house revealed its sinister secrets—ancient rituals, unspeakable sacrifices, and the force that consumed them both—Carys found herself torn. Could she save herself without damning him? Could she destroy the beast without unraveling the man? In the end, survival meant facing the darkness within and without, risking everything to escape—or stay.