The Broken Oath of Aethelred House

Aethelred House, a massive Victorian mansion completed in 1888, was the home of the reclusive but powerful industrialist, Sir Elias Thorne. The house served as the private, regional clearing office for Thorne’s entire textile empire until 1897, when Thorne’s career collapsed following a massive, undisclosed labor dispute. The house was seized and immediately sealed. The HR core of the mystery centers on the Chief personnel officer, Mr. Julian Vane, who managed the immense daily flow of staff recruitment and contract documentation. His professional records—the confidentiality agreements, employment contracts, and payroll ledgers—should have provided a definitive trail for the massive staff reduction that preceded the collapse. Instead, the surviving archive is a study in contradiction, with large, systematic blocks of documentation entirely Missing and the few remaining records pointing to an Void labor event that was purposefully Broken from the official account.

The Void Employment Contracts

The Chief personnel officer was required to maintain meticulous employment contracts and keep sequential payroll ledgers to track staff movement and payment. The fact that the employment contracts—which would identify the nature of the labor dispute and the terms of severance—are entirely Missing is a profound historical Broken silence. Furthermore, the complete Missing status of the confidentiality agreements—which would have bound high-level staff to secrecy—proves that the legal fallout was also entirely suppressed. The only surviving documents are the few ambiguous payroll ledgers with their “Void” entries and the scattering of torn confidentiality agreements, which suggest the Chief personnel officer abandoned his work mid-process. The systematic removal of the core documents proves that the entire record of the labor dispute was deliberately Broken, ensuring the specific circumstances and financial liability remained Void from the official record.