The Unsettled Debt of Ravenwood Glade

Ravenwood Glade, a massive Victorian mansion completed in 1890, was the home of the reclusive but powerful financier, Sir Elias Ravenwood. The house served as the private, regional clearing office for Ravenwood’s entire banking operation until 1899, when Ravenwood’s bank collapsed following a massive, undisclosed internal debt. The house was seized and immediately sealed. The financial core of the mystery centers on the Bank custodian, Mr. Julian Vane, who managed all of Ravenwood’s private and corporate security and financial documentation. His professional records—the Ledger Entries, Promissory Notes, and Debt Instruments—should have provided a definitive trail for the massive outstanding liabilities. 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 Unpaid financial event that was purposefully Unsettled from the official account.

The Unpaid Promissory Notes

The Bank custodian was required to maintain meticulous Ledger Entries and keep sequential Debt Instruments to track assets and liabilities. The fact that the Promissory Notes—which would identify the individuals indebted to the bank and the amounts—are entirely Missing is a profound historical Unsettled gap. Furthermore, the complete Missing status of the Debt Instruments—which would have certified the loans and mortgages leading up to the collapse—proves that the financial liabilities were also entirely suppressed. The only surviving documents are the few ambiguous Ledger Entries with their “Unpaid” blanks and the scattering of torn Promissory Note fragments, which suggest the Bank custodian abandoned his work mid-process. The systematic removal of the core documents proves that the entire record of the collapse was deliberately Unsettled, ensuring the specific circumstances and financial liability remained Unpaid from the official record.

The Unsettled Debt Instruments