Blankenheim Mansion

The Blankenheim Mansion was the residence of the Blankenheim Family in Toragay. Housing the family since the late 4th century EC, it was used as the hub for Elphegort's black market by Marquis Caspar and an experimentation lab by Marchioness Margarita. During the height of the Toragay Serial Killings, it was used by the surviving citizens hoping to quarantine themselves from the mysterious epidemic.

Early History
During the EC 490s, the Blankenheim Family settled in Toragay, Elphegort and moved into the mansion. Sometime during the 590s, Caspar Blankenheim became acquainted with Margarita Felix and the potential betrothed often met with the boy at the mansion. After the death of Marquis Karl, Caspar took up his father's title and ownership of the family estate. Following his marriage to Margarita in June, EC 608, the couple began living together at the estate.

Shady Dealings
Soon after the marriage, Caspar began inviting concubines to the home and openly cheated on his wife. Due to his spendthrift habits, the Marquis fired the majority of their servants to save expenses. Around that time, Caspar joined Père Noël and used the mansion as the central hub for the organization's black market, bartering and trading illegal goods he stored in the mansion's basement.

Periodically, the couple was visited by IV. the Shadow in the guise of their leader, I. the Santa Claus. As part of an operation for Père Noël, Margarita also joined the organization and worked on developing a cure for a future airborne Gift disease in the mansion's basement. On August 25, EC 609, Mayrana tasked Margarita with also developing the plague and she began experimenting with Shadow's failed creation.

Toragay Serial Killings
On August 30, EC 609, Margarita poisoned her husband along with one of his mistresses and their bodies were discovered hours later by the visiting Dr. Felix. The next morning, Shuburke Newspaper reporter Hanne Lorre visited and learned of the news. During the World Police's subsequent investigation, a guard was stationed at the mansion to protect the Marchioness from a potential murderer for the period. Around mid-October, Hanne returned for an interview with Margarita on her late husband. The two toured the mansion til the afternoon and Hanne left soon after.

Once Margarita finished developing the desired airborne pathogen, she left the manor for Aceid on October 14 to avoid the effects of her released plague. As the disease spread in the ensuing weeks, many of the survivors took shelter in the mansion's basement. The survivors slowly dwindled until the remaining 72 were discovered by Elluka Clockworker around mid-November. They were later recovered by the World Police and sent to a hospital in Aceid for treatment.

Caspar's Room
The room where Caspar slept and regularly took his mistresses to spend the night, forbidding Margarita entry while they visited. The room was furnished with a luxurious double bed.

Margarita's Room
The bedroom given to Margarita in the mansion. It mained a bookshelf filled with books, a sofa, a red carpet, and a bed. It was at one point decorated with spoons, glasses, mirrors, and other ornaments Margarita owned; these possessions were soon sold and it became sparsely furnished.

Dining Room
The place where meals were served in the mansion and guests would be seated. The room was furnished by a table laid with blue cloth and silver candlesticks as well as a framed fireplace with a brass tableclock on top.

Basement
The basement of the mansion; the space was split into three rooms. The first was filled with old furniture, while the second was an empty storehouse used for Caspar's illicit dealings, having a hole in the wall to store illegal merchandise. The third was a second storehouse used as Margarita's personal laboratory for practicing herbalism, medicine, and poison crafting. It could hold over 70 people, though it would be a cramped space.

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Appearances

 * Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep (first appearance)
 * Deadly Sins of Evil: Gift from the Princess who Brought Sleep