Welcome to

Thornclaw Manor

 

This ancient labyrinthine house on the divide between dream and reality is the nexus point of the universe, the crossroads between our world and the worlds of myth and legend. Inside

the old mansion live the Thornclaw Family, a very old and venerable extended family of Fairies, Demons, Lovecraftian horrors, Cryptids, and things from beyond.

 

They find our world and our modern trappings intriguing, compelling them to cross over and check us out, often with eerie effect. They leave no sane witnesses, only legends, stories, strange dreams, and myths.

 

The Story:

The Manor and all of its mystical power is controlled by the Dowager Thornclaw, the matriarch of the Thornclaw Family, she has been alive for millennia. She is shrewd and sometimes cruel and she always has a plan.

 

She sits at the center of the Thornclaw family controlling the dynasty of otherworldly beings from the high-backed chair in her chamber. She is watched over by her doctor and the Apothecary who work to ensure that she will live for another millennium, but the three-eyed elder being can see that her end is in sight.

She sees herself as the bulwark against chaos and through her order, she has allowed the humans of our world to survive and prosper. Her control of the Manor allows her to maintain control of the realities of the universe. But she knows the stars are aligning against her and that a new age must come to replace the old.

 

As the forces of chaos scratch at her front door, she fears there will be no one to protect theuniverse she has worked so hard to maintain.

 

in answer, she has ruthlessly pitted her children against each other to determine the one fittest to be her successor. 

 

Who will inherit Thornclaw Manor?

The Products of Thornclaw Manor

Each Poker deck and book  expands the world of Thornclaw Manor is is lavishly illustrated and written by artist/creator: Steve Ellis 

Thornclaw Monster Family Poker Deck #1

 This deck consists of beautifully illustrated playing cards The cards are printed on 300g grey core card paper, glossy finish, spot foil, and packaged in a lovingly illustrated deck box with each facecard, ace, and joker a lavishly illustrated portrait of a different memeber of the Thornclaw Manor Monster Family

Thornclaw Monster Family Poker Deck #2

 This second deck like the first consists of beautifully illustrated playing cards The cards are printed on 300g grey core card paper, glossy finish, spot foil, and packaged in a lovingly illustrated deck box. 

This deck has all new characters and features the extended family.

The Thornclaw Manor Monster Family Album

The Family Album has all the art of both decks printed at 6 x 8 as well as stories of all the characters, extra fgamily members and tutorials on artists Steve Ellis' process. 

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