thomas

Born into a world of pastoral simplicity, Bathsheba Everdene was no common country lass. Bold and fiercely independent, she evoked a sense of magnetism that men found hard to resist.

In the quiet town of Lübeck, a gust of autumn wind blew through the empty streets, rustling the fallen foliage, recounting tales long forgotten of the once mighty Buddenbrooks family mansion. Its tall, imposing structure, worn by time, stood as a silent testament to a story of glory and decline. Time had left its marks on the mansion much like it had on the Buddenbrooks.

The maze was silent, as it almost always was. The high stone walls, covered in ivy, rose up out of sight, creating a sense of claustrophobia that had never quite gone away, no matter how long they had been trapped within it. Thomas, the latest arrival to the Glade, couldn't shake off the feeling of dread whenever he looked at the entrance to the Maze.