The Key

The investigators are asked to look into the strange goings on at a local mansion. Their friend, a struggling real estate agent, informs them that no one will buy the house due to its dark history of murder, insanity and disappearances. He gives them the address and a huge ornate key to the place, telling them that the last eight owners have either been murdered, gone insane or vanished inside its walls.

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Possibilities

1 The key is not just for the mechanical locks on the doors. It serves as the critical component in the summoning of byahkee: it is a summoning whistle.

2 The house is actually a giant conduit for wind to be channelled through its bizarre architecture. When the “key” is placed in the correct position, well hidden in the wall, the wind will blow through the key like a whistle, causing random summoning and horror.

3 The house sits upon a witch’s burial place. Her disturbed and violent spirit has been driving all occupants insane leading to murders and mayhem.

© Matt MacAdams