A/N, On the Chapter-Part Thing

On a lonely icy cliff, an old manor sits like a long forgotten statue, run by an elusive master and his team of faithful servants. One in particular--a young man at the peak of his curiosity--has had too much of his isolated life and not enough of the massive world beyond the comforts of the bastion.

However, to reach the rest of the world, one must cross a deep, dark forest--a gloomy labyrinth that is said to be the home of an even greater terror that leaves not even the corpses of those who wander too far...