| rdfs:comment | - The DeFoe Manor is the setting of 5 Days a Stranger, the first game in the Chzo Mythos. It belonged to the DeFoe family, having been built by Sir Roderick DeFoe after he retired from adventuring and settled down to married life with his new wife, Belinda DeFoe. 9 months after their marriage, on the 28th of June 1806, Belinda gave birth to twins. The first infant, Matthew DeFoe, was healthy, however the birth of the second infant, John DeFoe, killed the mother. Disabled by grief and blame, Sir Roderick imprisoned John in the Manor's cellar and refused to acknowledge his existence. As Matthew grew he became aware of the "boy behind the door", until his fifteenth birthday when his father drunkenly beat the retarded John with the idol and Matthew tried to bandage him. John, empowered by the id
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| abstract | - The DeFoe Manor is the setting of 5 Days a Stranger, the first game in the Chzo Mythos. It belonged to the DeFoe family, having been built by Sir Roderick DeFoe after he retired from adventuring and settled down to married life with his new wife, Belinda DeFoe. 9 months after their marriage, on the 28th of June 1806, Belinda gave birth to twins. The first infant, Matthew DeFoe, was healthy, however the birth of the second infant, John DeFoe, killed the mother. Disabled by grief and blame, Sir Roderick imprisoned John in the Manor's cellar and refused to acknowledge his existence. As Matthew grew he became aware of the "boy behind the door", until his fifteenth birthday when his father drunkenly beat the retarded John with the idol and Matthew tried to bandage him. John, empowered by the idol, became a vengeful wraith, killing his family and all others who subsequently entered the Manor. The Manor was passed to surviving relatives, all of whom were met with strange deaths or disappearances. Most recently, it was inherited by Sir Clarence DeFoe . One year prior to the events of 5 Days a Stranger, Sir Clarence had proven his lineage and begun renovating the Manor. Four weeks prior to 5 Days a Stranger, he and his new wife, Julia Swanson DeFoe, moved into the Manor. They were later found dead, Julia stabbed with a knife and Clarence hanged from a tree. The police dismiss this as a murder-suicide, despite the lack of a suicide note and the overwhelming number of witnesses who say Clarence was incapable of such an act. It is likely that Clarence was possessed by John and killed his wife before killing himself, either whilst still under possession or out of grief. Much of this backstory is revealed in The Mystery Of DeFoe Manor , a newspaper article found in the game. Left empty, Trilby the self-proclaimed 'gentleman cat burglar' enters the Manor looking for expensive items to steal, but finds himself trapped along with four others: the mysterious Andrew Jarvis (referred to only as A. J. in the game), television personality Simone Taylor, earnest student Jim , and the easily agitated thief, Phillip Harty .
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