Shadywoods
The escapades of Frank, last heir of Findelholtz castle, struggling to make a buck and raise his activist young adult daughter in the middle of a bewitched forest with the help of a poltergeist and an overzealous kobold housekeeper.
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Frank Findelholtz
Frank is the penniless heir to Findelholtz Castle. Surely, he thinks, there must be a way to make a buck from that, and so he’s always on the hunt for another money making endeavor – usually without much luck. Frank’s only virtue is his stubbornness, which helps him to prevail against unsurmountable odds, but also tends to be the very cause for having to face such odds in the first place.
Procella Drizzlepot
It’s not like Shadywoods needed any more witches, but here we are. Procella wants to be a ‘good witch’, so she ran away from her old-school witch grandmother and dropped out of Dogfarts Witch College, because their potions weren’t sustainable. As your typical rebellious young adult, she is a nuisance to everyone, trying to change the world without knowing how or into what.
Humbug Folderol
He is the majordomo of Findelholtz Castle, and like every house kobold (brownie), bound to the house and its owner. He tries to keep the castle tidy and clean, which is an uphill battle against Rudwin and Frank’s escapades usually resulting in a mess.
He’s quartered in the wine cellar, the one place where he can find some peace of mind – and enough bottles to sustain it.
Rudwin
Rudwin, the resident poltergeist in Findelholtz Castle was the scribe of the previous castle owner Maximilian Findelholtz. After centuries without a clue as to why he became a poltergeist he is now on the lookout for amusing new ways to pass the upcoming centuries and enjoy himself.
As a scholar having never done any physical labor, he is a bit of a snob and looks down upon less educated and cultivated people.
The World
Shadywoods Forest
While Shadywoods as a location is completely fictional, the name is a paraphrase of ‘Black Forest’ and draws heavily from the fairy tales, folklore, landscapes and architecture of the region. The hipped roofs of the houses, the fir forests all seem familiar if you’ve ever been to the southwest of Germany.
The director, born and raised in area, wanted to create a world based on the stories of the region, sprinkled with some dark humor (in the tradition of the original Grimm Brothers fairy tales with their sometimes crass and rather dark endings).
Findelholtz Castle
This castle is merely a crummy old tower abandoned by its former lord and for a long time only populated by Humbug the house kobold and Rudwin the resident poltergeist.
When Frank inherits the place, he and his daughter breathe some dearly needed new life into the old ruin and continue the Findelholtz legacy – whatever that may be.
