Haunted Castle

 Charles Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette 

Haunted Castle is an upcoming community crossover story set to be written by PBR Sharpshoot. It scheduled for a Summer 2014 release.

The Concept
Haunted Castle will be a fairly unique story. Rather than focusing on the competitive aspect, it shall focus on the survival aspect of the horror genre. Characters will often be placed in dangerous and terrifying situations all on their own, with little to no aid from others, effectively eliminating the team aspect. It aims to bring back the classic slasher horror film, with bit of improvised charm from the author. As such, the story will utilize more imagery and descriptive action, rather dialogue.

Plot
In an undisclosed location in Europe, lies a massive, medieval-like castle standing formidably. The castle is owned by a shady duke, who has taken it upon himself to remove 14 of the world's most unlikely survivors and force to live through the horrors he holds inside his treacherous keep. If they hope to survive the mad man's entertainment, the guest will be forced to use their natural skills and intellect the most in order to become the last standing. Only that last guest may be granted freedom once more.

The Guests
Since the story isn't set to begin until summer, sign ups will not be posted until a later date. The idea for guests however will that 7 males and 7 females will be utilized. Only active stories with significant progress may enter. If any of the stories involved become scrapped or discontinued prior to the beginning of the story, they will be candidate to be replaced or removed with one that fits the requirements.

The blog up for auditions will be posted here as time passes by. Due to time, those users thinking of entering have sufficient time to pick their character.

Features
The story will test each character physically, but more importantly, mentally. The perils they may or may not face range from the undead, to even mythology. The only safe place in the castle will be the large dining room, which is where the host will stay perpetually. At the beginning of every new day, each character will be transported to a random part of the castle. Once warped, their objective will be to return to the castle's dining room.

Deceased players will be made apparent by a painted portrait system, where each character who has perished will be shown in a portrait to be decorating the dining room walls.

Trivia

 * The writing will take cue from the horror and suspense genres. Due to this, it will be more of a quiet story.
 * Since PBR won't start this for a while, he just made this page now for it to gather dust until then. Classy PBR, wow.