Frazier Manor, an abandoned estate in the deteriorating district of Six Towers, its manor house long since vacated. The carriage house on the grounds was converted by Professor Lancaster into a clandestine alchemical laboratory. Every surface of the structure is inscribed with invisibility wards of remarkable sophistication—old work, powerful enough to hide even a death from the Spirit Wardens. The site also draws spirits inward, a consequence of prior ritual use of the space that has left the grounds saturated in residual power. Legal ownership of the manor has been unsettled since the Purge, when Six Towers’ founding families rose against the Immortal Emperor and were annihilated for it; no legitimate claimant has surfaced since.
- The Old Town Echoes infiltrated the property, confronting multiple spirits on the grounds in the process. Inside, they found Lancaster’s body, his lingering ghost, a wall-spanning conspiracy board covered in encoded documents and the symbol of five interlocking circles, and an extensive clandestine chemistry laboratory. All materials were removed; Lancaster’s remains were dissolved with electroplasm. A spirit well is forming on the grounds—dismantling it is an ongoing project. If cleansed, the property—thoroughly hidden from both supernatural and civic detection—would serve as an ideal location for covert operations. Session 7
- The Dimmer Sisters granted the Old Town Echoes formal sufferance to use the property, requiring no tithe. In exchange, the crew agreed to deliver Lancaster’s bottled spirit to the Sisters and complete a job on their behalf. The deal was brokered by Sister Beatrice at the Sisters’ manor. Session 10
- Sister Beatrice disclosed, ahead of striking the deal, that the Dimmer Sisters hold no legal claim to Frazier Manor—only unofficial protection, its ownership unresolved since the Purge. She knew of no recent claimants, but warned that anyone holding a valid deed could still appear, and that resolving such a claim would be the crew’s problem, not hers. Session 10
- Used by the Old Town Echoes on 2 February, 848 IE to hold Malus Thorne prisoner, chosen expressly because a death on the grounds will not ring the spirit bells and the Spirit Wardens cannot see into it. The crew took the liberty before completing the job owed to the Dimmer Sisters, and are aware it may cost them standing. Session 14