A prominent socialite family, the Dravelle’s, once resided in a grand manor known as St Katherine's House. Their legacy was unlike any other: whoever possessed the family’s heirlooms—most notably the pearl earrings and necklace—would inherit the manor and all its contents. However, this inheritance came with a peculiar twist: the bearer of the jewels would always be reborn as the same person —the one who held dominion over the house. The Dravelle’s were not merely aristocrats—they were stewards of something far older than wealth. Their lineage traced back to Katherine Dravelle, a mystic and medium who, in 1792, was said to have sealed a pact with the spirits that haunted the Somerset moors. She built St Katherine House atop a ley line, where whispers of the dead echoed through the walls and mirrors never reflected quite the same face twice. A rival family, the Hoptons, traced their bloodline to Baron Ralph Hopton of Stratton, a Royalist general born in Somerset who fought to reclaim the West Country during the English Civil War. According to family lore, Hopton was promised the land on which St Katherine's House now stands as a reward for his loyalty to the Crown. But before the deed could be signed, the Dravelle’s—staunch Parliamentarians at the time—seized the estate through a forged will and a well-timed marriage. Here’s a richly detailed account of those circumstances, framed as family lore and gothic history