Well...
He's a very old ghost, no one really remembers the whole story anymore.
But he lived at ravenswood manor, and he hated the people who lived at Gracey Mansion. He believed them to be too... lively. Not to mention the fact that they were his business rivals.
He had a loved one once, a Lady Melanie, but... she loved another. So much evil and pain had happened at his mansion that it seeped into the ground, into the mountain, into the spirits that haunted the land. Ravenswood went so mad with hate and loneliness and pain... that he killed Melanie's love. Now, they are the only ghosts haunting Ravenswood manor, Ravenswood, a vengeful and lonely spirit, bound to the mountain as punishment for his crimes of disturbing the land, and for his acts of evil. Melanie, his ghostly mate, forever wandering the halls, weeping for her lost love... and the fact that she loves Ravenswood also.
They are taunted by the bight lights and laughter of Gracy Mansion, which is quite close to them, up on a hill , while Ravenswood manor sits in a swampy valley, slowly rotting.
While the spirits at Gracey Mansion live, or, well, un-live gaily, haven forgiven each others past transgressions, Ravenswood and Melanie wander their halls, eternally trapped in the sorrow of that manor.
Well... that's the story I heard anyway. The SHORT version mind you, the long one has murders, and robbery, and desecration of burial grounds... it's quite grim.
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