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To the Reader,

Thank you for taking the time to read it. We hope you enjoy both the play and this guide, which has been
crafted to enhance your overall experience.
Wishing you a pleasant and inspiring journey into the world of our story!

Synopsis
In the old village of Bleakhaven, a series of mysterious murders plunges the townsfolk into fear and
paranoia. As suspicion grows, justice and vengeance become blurred, dragging the village into chaos.
Beneath its peaceful surface, this small village hides a secret darker than anyone could imagine. Each death
reveals another layer of hidden truths, testing friendships and challenging beliefs. This story will take the
audience on a journey into the depths of crime and human nature. But in this village, figuring out who is
innocent and who is guilty is not a simple task.

The Characters
Sister Margret: Loyal, fanatical and quite dramatic. She keeps her faith above everything else.
Knight Alaric: Proud, domineering and ambitious.
Mortician Edmund: A quiet undertaker with a dark sense of humour.
Tailor Eleanor: Quite, shy and calculating.
Innkeeper Peter: Manipulative, outspoken and the source of gossip in the village.
Healer Agnes: Helpful and empathetic, but indecisive and timid in difficult situations.
Magician Rose: She is wise and patient, but vindictive towards those around her. She sees herself as superior
to others.
Hunter William: He is impulsive and rude, but fundamentally driven by the instinct of survival.
Young Helen: Young Thomas’s fiancée. She is pure and innocent, but she feels the unrest in the village
deeply.
Baker Eliza: She is in love with Thomas, affectionate, practical but quiet. She is observant and waits for the
right.
Farmer Anne: Young Thomas’s mother. Hardworking, and patient, but easily manipulated in difficult
situations.

Narrator Magician Rose: Why listen to this? It’s all in vain,
The gods have their way; we can’t break the chain.
“Once there was a village, known for its grace,
Nestled in the hills, a serene little place. Young Helen: Where’s Thomas now, where can
Peaceful it seemed, with flowers in bloom, he be?
Yet secrets lurked in every hearth, and shadows loomed. I wonder why he is not here with me.
From the innkeeper to the tailor, the knight to the nun,
Each carried a tale, some dark and undone. Act I: The First Murder
Things here are rarely as the appear,
Every soul hides a danger nearby. (The bells ring in Bleakhaven. The villagers gather
Welcome to Bleakhaven, the land of the unknown, around the body. Sister Margret prays over the corpse,
Where whispers and mysteries have seeds of their own.” Mortician Edmund and Healer Agnes examine the
body, and Knight Alaric tries to calm the villagers,
distressed by his failure to protect one of them.)
Opening Scene
Sister Margret:
(On a typical day in Bleakhaven, Sister Margret reads the Oh dear God, look down, I plea,
sacred revelation bestowed by the gods to the villagers.) Take this child to eternity.
Sister Margret: The demon, long dormant, shall soon Baker Eliza:
rise, Who lies here cold, Sir Alaric, say!
Possessing one of you, bringing death in disguise. Who met their end in such a way?
To your lands, endless doom shall be sown,
None shall escape, you will face it alone. Knight Alaric:
(Lifts the shroud to show the face)
Farmer Anne: Sister, how can you read these words Young Thomas lies in death’s embrace.
so calm, (Farmer Anne screams and collapses to her knees.)
While speaking of doom with such strange aplomb?
Farmer Anne:
Innkeeper Peter: (rolls eyes) No, my Thomas, this cannot be,
Let her be, she’s started with her nonsense again, Who would take him away from me?
Every time, the same old refrain.
(Young Helen stands frozen, staring at her fiancée’s
lifeless body. She is speechless. Meanwhile, Farmer Anne
embraces her son, continuing to weep.)

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