

Ultimately, the Ancestor and his workmen uncovered what they had been searching for: in the deepest foundations beneath the Manor was a stone gateway, behind which he finally learned the truth of reality as we know it, a truth so horrible that the very knowledge of it drove him to madness and despair. RELATED: Darkest Dungeon: Best Curio Treasures And Effects Ultimately, though, he knew the truth he sought would be found in the depths beneath the Manor, so he spent the majority of his remaining funds to bankroll an expedition, all while the Hamlet suffered and stagnated from his frivolous dealings with the unknown. He committed ritual human sacrifices, struck bargains with mysterious beings from the depths of the ocean, and created alchemic abominations of twisted flesh.

The Ancestor began to experiment with all manners of arcane horrors in an effort to learn more about the world beyond our own.
