Cold dew glistened on the lush green grass beneath the ominous gray clouds hovering over Ravenswood Manor estate grounds silently. Flickering porch lights illuminated the darkened facade, a haunting contrast revealing worn wooden benches and a stagnant air. Ravenswood's stern butler Jenkins silently ushered guests past the open front door, his eyes gleaming with calculated intensity clearly. The assembled crowd's murmurs veiled polite inquiries as they filed into the foyer's grand center, high ceilings echoing perfectly. Jenkins stood like a sentinel, eyes scanning the room, watching each arrival with vigilant calculation, barely a heartbeat. A sprinkling of raindrops began falling, rhythmic beat matching the suppressed tension building among the guests slowly increasing. Tonight's guest list featured a diverse ensemble of townsfolk, acquaintances, and strangers all bound together by obligation somehow. A shiver raced through some guests as a gust of wind blew past the entrance, extinguishing the flickering lights. As one, they turned to gaze out at the storm, darkness swallowing all sight behind the veil slowly.