The castle was famous for its size and location, one of the largest Roman-based in England that boasted being the burial site for a former Senator. Its lesser features included a wall that surrounded most of the town, a silver birch tree that grew on the roof and a well measuring around forty feet deep.
When the well began to drain nobody paid it any mind, though the multitude of tourists took enough photos between them to form a timelapse of the creature's gradual ascent. For the most part, it was assumed that the water had always been that low and the large lump at the bottom was mud. By the time people noticed it breathing, they were too late to do anything more than shut down the castle and wait.
Previous explorations of the well had turned up nothing more than a few hundred new coins, a dozen or so from the early eighteen hundreds and the theory that the well may be the opening to a much larger reservoir of water,concealed by a false base. Of course the theory was dismissed due to a lack of evidence but the emergence of a creature from a well with an alleged end was enough to make them reconsider.
It took five weeks before the well had drained entirely, revealing a gaping hole in one side and the creature in its mud-smothered entirety. From that point onwards a series of unrevokable mistakes were made that led to the deaths of twenty eight children and the unfortunate destruction of the castle in order to prevent the creature from leaving for good.
The first mistake - removing the iron grating that covered the well.
The second mistake - closing the castle doors and leaving the creature alone.
The third mistake - searching outside the castle when the creature was found missing the next day.
The fourth mistake - reopening the castle for tourists, claiming the creature to be an April Fool's hoax.
The fifth mistake - not checking the dungeons before leading the first tour group down.
The sixth mistake - locking the door behind them "for safety".
The seventh and final mistake - calling for help and expecting to survive.
When the well began to drain nobody paid it any mind, though the multitude of tourists took enough photos between them to form a timelapse of the creature's gradual ascent. For the most part, it was assumed that the water had always been that low and the large lump at the bottom was mud. By the time people noticed it breathing, they were too late to do anything more than shut down the castle and wait.
Previous explorations of the well had turned up nothing more than a few hundred new coins, a dozen or so from the early eighteen hundreds and the theory that the well may be the opening to a much larger reservoir of water,concealed by a false base. Of course the theory was dismissed due to a lack of evidence but the emergence of a creature from a well with an alleged end was enough to make them reconsider.
It took five weeks before the well had drained entirely, revealing a gaping hole in one side and the creature in its mud-smothered entirety. From that point onwards a series of unrevokable mistakes were made that led to the deaths of twenty eight children and the unfortunate destruction of the castle in order to prevent the creature from leaving for good.
The first mistake - removing the iron grating that covered the well.
The second mistake - closing the castle doors and leaving the creature alone.
The third mistake - searching outside the castle when the creature was found missing the next day.
The fourth mistake - reopening the castle for tourists, claiming the creature to be an April Fool's hoax.
The fifth mistake - not checking the dungeons before leading the first tour group down.
The sixth mistake - locking the door behind them "for safety".
The seventh and final mistake - calling for help and expecting to survive.
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