Benevolent Boss: To the heroes that you spend the money on, you're their best friend.Giving them insufficient supplies, letting them die and firing the crazies so you can hire new ones? This kind of depraved pragmatism is downright encouraged by both the intro, and the Ancestor himself in a few lines of dialogue. Bad Boss: You are allowed to play in this manner after all, keeping heroes sane and healthy takes a lot of work and money.
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The default name of the estate is "the Darkest Estate", meaning you might well be Lord or Lady Darkest. As the heir to a hereditary estate, it's not unreasonable to assume that you have a title attached. Thankfully the existence of the sequel proves otherwise. Furthermore, there are hints that the Estate is trapped in an endless time loop, condemning the Heir, their heroes, and the monsters of the Estate to an endless struggle against the Heart of Darkness.
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