Isolate and gloomy. That ungodly estate of Carrion clung to the stone perch of blessed mound, said to reach the heavens uptop. It was the first of homesteads one would encounter on the main road prior to hitting Haense then Helena, followed suit by the curvature of the Commonwealth's natural basin full to the brim with golden wheat that stuck to the muddied floors much like babe's to their mothers. The center of Kaedrin was decorated madly with strong licks of red and white and shacks of strong oak where the farmers' lie, though further in the backyard did the chorus of musing chortles echo -- for that is where the aristocrats remained. Often those spoke of how abnormal it may seem that the Carrion Estate was separated by that flock of colorful manors, for one would know surely the young Lord could afford such a gated lifestyle. Yet, alas, there in its shallow silence did that household of perpetual gloom linger, its liveliness stunted by the muted croak of a crow or bristle of a depressing tree sapped of all nutrients.
Mariana Dubois had found herself always uneasy at the foot of that estate, having been near it only a sparse few times, and the young Lord even less. She was similar in age, yes, and drawn to him much in a way any would approach whimsical curiosity. But one could not find themselves able to shake off that gnawing dread that loomed anytime she were near the boy. A growing sensation as more years ticked on by. When it came time for that woman to raise her proclaimed nieces and nephews, she found herself gently coercing them away from that Carrion Estate, warning them of bad feelings based on a heavy instinct. Perhaps he was abnormal, perhaps he was cunning, perhaps even kind. But she would not forgo that heavy pit formed in her abdomen anytime she stared toward those closed curtains and gawking crows from afar.