History VisualNovel / TheHouseInFataMorgana

''The House in Fata Morgana'' is a VisualNovel that was released in Japan on December 27, 2012. Mangagamer released an English version on [[http://mangagamer.org/fatamorgana/ their store]] and [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/303310 Steam]] on May 12, 2016. In it, you explore the mansion and the four eras, learning about the masters of the mansion, eventually learning of [[BigBad the Witch]] who cursed the mansion and is responsible for the misfortune of the eras. Eventually, you must uncover the truth of the mansion that the witch seeks to hide.

--> '''The Maid''': I am ... Giselle?

--> '''Giselle''': You're not actually a man at all, are you?

--> '''The Nun''': "I ''do'' think he's much better than the old lord though..."

** In the third door, Maria, whom Jacopo Bearzatti and the White-Hired Girl trusted, was the one who showed the discord in their relationship to get revenge on the Bearzattis for killing her father and grandfather.

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Implied in the ''Boy Meets Girl'' short story. A ten-year-old “Michelle” gets lost in town with Georges and runs into a bubbly little girl several years his junior, looking for her father. Her unquestioning acceptance of his cover story (“Michelle” had dressed in male clothing to avoid harassment) is the first instance of validation his budding turmoil surrounding his identity receives. The story ends with “Michelle” musing on a possible reunion with the girl someday, and he makes a note of her eye color – the same jade as Giselle.

** Bestia quickly cements itself as this, but is trying to refrain from succumbing to its urges. [[KillEmAll He fails in the end.]]

* KillEmAll: ''A Requiem For Innocence'' ends with its entire main cast dead. [[ForegoneConclusion But you already knew this,]] as Morgana lampshades in the backstage extra.

* ManipulativeBitch: Aimee. UpToEleven in ''A Requiem For Innocence'', where it's strongly implied that she learned of Michel's survival while looking after Lydia Bollinger and was the one who set his death into motion. Morgana is also quite deceitful, carefully melding Giselle into her [[EmptyShell ideal minion]] over the course of several centuries.

You awaken in a decrepit old mansion.

A woman with eyes of jade stands before You, informing You that You are the Master of the house, and she Your Maid. However, You have no memories, no concept of self—or, indeed, any certainty that You are even alive.

The Maid invites You to join her on a journey through the mansion's lifeless halls, to behold the numerous tragedies that have befallen its residents. She suggests that among them, perhaps You will find some trace of Yourself.

Beyond the first door lies the year 1603. It is an era of unparalleled beauty, where art and theatre flourish. Roses bloom abundantly in the garden where the inseparable Rhodes siblings play, and though they appear to be free of worry and strife... not everyone is content to see them happy.

Beyond the second door lies the year 1707. In this era, the mansion lies in ruins, and a beast dwells within. He claims to yearn for a life of serenity, but it is not long before he yields to his innate savagery and a massacre ensues.

Beyond the third door lies the year 1869. In this technologically advanced era, people are always on the move. The mansion's master is an ambitious businessman who has invested in the rail industry. However, his obsession with wealth and power leads him to neglect and mistreat his wife.

Beyond the fourth door lies the year 1099. The Maid tells You that this is the final tale. In this era, You see a young man who claims to be cursed and a girl with white hair who has been branded a witch and marked for death.

Having borne witness to these four tragedies, each set in a different time and place, You are now free to choose whether You wish to end Your story here... or press on.

But there are those who would say, "You were able to bear them because they weren't ''your'' tragedies."

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: The prequel ''A Requiem For Innocence'' is one for Jacopo, as we see exactly how heroic, good-natured and well-intentioned he was before slowly but surely becoming a paranoid, heartless and tyrannic lord who killed slaves by the dozen and ultimately decided to kidnap an old woman and bleed her dry to enact his scam. Said woman turns out to be a now maimed and delirious Morgana, and not even that stop him, as he feels that, at this point, there is no going back. By the end of his tale, he is nothing but a shadow of his former self, and dies alone, responsible for the deaths of everyone he knew and loved, his spirit completely broken. It also serves to show how Morgana herself went from the saintly-if-insensitive woman who helps people to the WickedWitch she is in the original VN.

* KnifeNut:
** In the Witch's era, Maria has a certain fascination for knives. In future eras, she keeps a fascination for weapons.
** In the same era, it is revealed that Jacopo can be quite deadly with a knife in his hands.

-->''Morgana:''' It's strange. Setting them free, I both feel like a weight's been lifted – and like I'm the greatest villain of them all.