Darkstone Manor

Darkstone Manor is a large mansion in the town of Valewood. It is the home of reclusive millionaire Moe Frankfort, and his butler Kentworth. It was designed by the architect Zachariah Echelmier, who disappeared before its completion.

About
Darkstone Manor is a huge, labyrinthine mansion situated on a hill overlooking upper Valewood and the Agency. It has many bedrooms and parlours, houses a grand hall in which many parties are held, as well as an observatory, greenhouse and swimming pool. There is also a kitchen which contains garlic.

Underneath the mansion is a network of catacombs that are famously impossible to navigate, according to the investigations of Douglas Wheatley. However, he appeared to have been in possession of a map he made himself. The catacombs themselves contain a secret chamber owned by Reloovian student Darwin Archimedes, which was destroyed after an incident with the Securobot. Its ruins are still accessible inside the catacombs.

According to the Mocariemme invaders Penemue Robin and Lucas Luton, there is a secret, ancient power hidden deep beneath the manor which they mistook to be Darwin himself. The true nature of this power remains unknown.

Appearance
The mansion is large and the exterior appears to be constructed mainly of brown, wooden materials. It has a large front garden with neatly-trimmed hedges and a cobblestone path. The interior is large and extravagantly-decorated with a vaguely Georgian architectural design. There is a sizeable fireplace located in the main lobby along with a large portrait of Moe Frankfort.

History
The manor was designed by an architect named Zachariah Echelmier, who went insane and disappeared before its construction was finished. Nobody knows what happened to him. Little else is known about the mansion's past - presumably it cannot have been owned by Moe for any extended period of time on account of his age. Douglas Wheatley's research describes the manor as "abandoned", which suggests that for some time it did not have an owner and has perhaps undergone restoration.

Andrew Wheatley, May Winter and Elizabeth Glass visited Darkstone Manor following the former's arrival in the town and subsequent discovery of Douglas' notes regarding the manor, where they met with Moe Frankfort. Following this, Andrew and Elizabeth ventured into the catacombs beneath to look for clues about the former's mysterious grandfather, where they discovered Darwin's lair.

Moe later tried to host a Halloween party at Darkstone Manor with the help of Nate Grant, but this did not work out as the town had been put to sleep by a recently-freed group of witch sisters. They were later visited by Penemue Robin and Lucas Luton, who claimed to be ghost hunters but were actually seeking an ancient power hidden deep underground. The invaders were defeated by the explosion of a second moon curse which had been placed there by the witch sisters.