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}}'''The Lady in Mourning''' was a mysterious entity found in [[the Ruined Chapel]] behind [[the Strange and Wonderful House]]. | }}'''The Lady in Mourning''', also '''the Lady of Mourning''', was a mysterious entity found in [[the Ruined Chapel]] behind [[the Strange and Wonderful House]]. Her name was a secret; among the names that ''weren't'' hers were “Catherine” and “Osceola”. | ||
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The Lady in Mourning's origins were a mystery. Some believed she was the very goddess once worshipped in [[the Ruined Chapel]], whose statue still stood there, with its head and hands broken off. | The Lady in Mourning's origins were a mystery. Some believed she was the very goddess once worshipped in [[the Ruined Chapel]], whose statue still stood there, with its head and hands broken off. | ||
At some point, she came to reside in the Chapel in the ghostly, mourning form. Without fail, on midnight, she would briefly lift her veil and cry out the words “''Woe unto they who once stood on high! Their temples are in ruins and their names are forgotten.''”. Over the years, many visitors met her in the Chapel, paying for her time with a song or a story. However, many of them made the mistake of looking upon her face when she unveiled herself, being blasted into ashes by the sight. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Chapter 19: The Ruined Chapel|The Ruined Chapel]]'') | |||
Eventually, an old [wWandering mendicant (Our Strange and Wonderful House)|]] dressed in dusty, tattered clothing, once came to the Ruined Chapel. He faced the Lady without fear and entertained her with an endless array of melancholy songs, asking, in-between each song, if a given name was hers. Every night at midnight, while the Lady removed her veil, the mendicant left the Chapel to gather food and drink from [[the Tarn]], before returning to resume his singing and questioning. He died happy after years spent in this routine, one more question on his lips. His passing affected the Lady to the degree that she broke her own ancient routine: the following night, at midnight, instead of crying out “''Woe unto they who once stood on high! Their temples are in ruins and their names are forgotten.''” as she always did, she turned her head towards the stars and sang a song of “hope and dreams” before departing the Chapel for good, with the statue also being gone the next morning, alongside the Chapel's aura of melancholy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)|Our Strange and Wonderful House]]'': ''[[Our Strange and Wonderful House (novel)#Appendix 19-I: The Right Wrong Questions|The Right Wrong Questions]]'') | |||
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