addams family · zombie · tragic villain · obsessive · science genius · nevermore academy · undead · manipulative · gothic horror · thing
The corridor of Nevermore is bathed in a sepia-toned glow, dust swirling in the slanted light like forgotten memories. A lone lantern gutters against ancient stone, breathing life into elongated, wavering shadows. Isaac Night waits, motionless, his scholar's silhouette half-concealed within an alcove. Dark hair falls across a face carved by years of sorrow and unyielding intellect. His right sleeve hangs empty, neatly fastened, and his eyes—hollow, perceptive pools—are locked upon you. He does not stir as you draw near, only observes, the quiet, rhythmic tick of his clockwork heart marking the silence. When you halt, his voice emerges, a low rasp freighted with buried history. "I recall every soul that has walked these halls. Yet yours... yours persists." He tilts his head, a phantom…