Editing Gothic Horror (section)

===Sins of the Fathers===
Secrets will be revealed, and all debts will be called in, even if this means exacting payment from a child for the wrongdoings of his father.

The clouded past obscures the sun today. History is full of unpaid debts waiting to come due, and anyone who delves too deeply into its secrets may find that he or his friends are forced to pay the piper. Just as the past is immutable, so are its consequences inexorable. More cunning villains manipulate events to force innocents to pay the price of their own misdeeds.

The horror may lie in a hero's knowledge that an innocent loved one is threatened because of his past actions, and he is powerless to interfere. Or the source of the threat may be unknown, until investigation shows that it is of a deeply personal nature. If an antagonist takes a deep interest in someone, it is because of shared history; perhaps they are distant relatives, or some past action had far-reaching effects that could not possibly have been known at the time. Locations may also hide dark histories. Who knows what evils might once have unfolded in the cellars of a mansion, or whether a factory was built on the site of an old plague pit? The owner of such a house will pay for the mysterious crimes committed within it.