The Cast

My name is Cliff Ravenloft, investigative journalist extraordinaire. I currently work for the National Occult Weekly, but only until the mainstream media accepts the weird in the world. I'm 27 with black hair and green eyes. I believe in a healthy lifestyle but am not fitness nut. I believe life is too short to live too cautiously. I also believe that truth is the most important thing, even if a few rules have to get broken to find it.

Hmm . . . I am the one that was baptized by my parents as Agathe, although you may call me Madam D'Aurevilly. Currently, I enjoy earthly affairs and dabble in some art: I am told that my work is fascinating, and in fact, I do observe how people seem to be entranced by it. I suppose some may call me a Dilettante, but I see myself as a Firefly, guiding those lost in the darkness. I do not care so much for labels, however.

A long time ago, my family was struck by the dread and the despair that today inspire my work. I've come to seek enlightenment, to be able to produce more of my masterpieces, and so I've started to seek how cultures and people came to be, and how their dark customs developed alongside them. The alternatives as well. Have you heard of yoga? It's quite healthy.

I've been blessed by the light for I am wealthy, but not famous - At least not in mundane circles. And so I can live however I want: I understand that the police has to often come and ask my servants to lower the noise that my celebrations produce. Aside from them, and we all know these little man matter no, I am free to wander in the darkness.

I hope that satiates your curiosity because my throat becomes dry and I yearn to stop. Even fireflies have to rest, after all.

"Evenin'.

Detective Carson is the name. Although most people just call me Detective. Been working these streets for NYPD as a beat cop or a detective for about 2 decades. I started as any boy does, just wantin' to clean things up, protect people ya know? But recently that's become a pipe dream. A couple of missing person's cases I had been working went cold in their tracks under.... mysterious circumstances. So i started digging and I found a vast majority of the NYPD's cold cases are for missing people, well let's just say I got curious.

Ever hear the one about how curiosity killed the cat? Or cat's got 9 lives? Well in my career, I would say I'm a cat on and about my 7th life since I started digging into these missing people. I don't mind steppin on people to get to the answers, as long as they aren't good people. Don't generally need a partner when you can play good cop and bad cop on your own. I'm here to find answers, even if I'm starting to think that maybe the answers I'm lookin for won't be good answers at all..." and with that I pull out a lucky strike from my trench coat and take a long drag.

So, I'm just a street guy. Served in the Marines as an MP but been a private dick ever since I got out. Got my own shop in Albany down on Pearl Street near Pine. I been shot twice but got back up so now I can shoot better than most. Gotta protect yourself, ya know. Got a place in the woods 'bout 40 minutes east of town where I like to go and hole up when things get too hot in town. Fishin's not bad in the Pond.

Know a lot of people here in town. Big lawyer here in town owes me one. Figure I better collect sooner than later. Heard talk of some strange doin's out by the cabin. Kinda odd for Berlin, real quiet little town. Thought I'd take a run out there maybe this weekend to see what's up. I'm kinds between jobs right now.