 However, some elements and set designs from the film are incorporated into the game

A Renaissance influenced nineteenth-century antebellum/Dutch colonial revival mansion located in a bayou nearby New Orleans, Louisiana was a happy home to a family (presumably the Gracey family) as well as friendly resident ghosts until evil forces known as the Order of Shadows, led by Atticus Thorn, terrorized the mansion including the family, causing them to abandon the home and forcing all the resident ghosts of the mansion to serve his wills.Renowned author Ezekiel Halloway, who is also known as Zeke, spent most of his life in orphanages after his father's death and his mother's disappearance during the Civil War.Sometime later, he went on his own to pursue a career; his true passion was writing as he always dreamed of becoming an author.