Welcome to Dark Hollow Haunted Forest.

You are cordially invited to visit these dark paths, but be warned: here nightmares are made manifest, a forest where the dead walk.

Recorded history began in 1804 with the pirate Finneas Falwart, aka Red Fallows, captain of the H.M.S. Maleficent. This legendary buccaneer pillaged from Vancouver Island to the Columbia River until, seeking greater riches, he attempted an inland passage along the then much-deeper Cedar River.

The fate of Fallows and his crew is unclear, but native legends speak of "...Angry gods (who) rose up in defiance against evil men, until their bodies hung like drying salmon upon the trees." (Ghost Tales of Maple Valley, Red Herring Press, 1987).

A Century of Darkness

In 1905, Phillipe Mauvais arrived. This eccentric foreign aristocrat brought his unusual family, including his little girl Lolita "Lolly" Mauvais, and founded the village known as Carlofé Township.

This town attracted dangerous characters: purveyors of the occult, criminals on the lam, mad geniuses like Doctor Carradine, and even Chuckles the Clown and his notorious Cirque Macabre.

The evil that Phillipe Mauvais introduced would have gone unchecked, if not for the brave efforts of one challenger: Professor Alrich Von Helsbane.

A lone voice against supernatural threats, Helsbane suspected the Mauvais Family infected with vampirism. He was right. Armed with implements of righteousness, he allegedly stormed the Mauvais Family Crypt and ended the family's reign of terror.

Yet evil is never fully defeated. Helsbane disappeared. Soon after, locals reported a little girl wandering the forest, found and adopted by the reclusive Blackwell Family. The Blackwells have not been seen since. Laughter is heard from their abandoned home...laughter of a little girl not unlike Lolly Mauvais.

That was over a hundred years ago.

Pandora Labs

Like many early settlements along the Puget Sound, Carlofé Township soon died and faded from memory. The forest where it stood grew wild.

Near the close of World War II, the site became the home of Pandora Labs, founded by the grandson of the infamous Doctor Carradine. Their work was seemingly benign, producing genetic and chemical products.

Until recently.

In 2010, communication with Pandora Labs ceased, followed by a tight military quarrantine. The lab site has since burned to the ground. Rumors persist that a loss of containment led to reanimation of the dead, but the military refuses to comment.

One fact remains: no solider assigned to Operation Alamo has ever been seen again.

Mourning Hospital

Another strange rumor recently surfaced surrounding the venerable Mourning Hospital, originally built in 1910. Once a bastion of healing, it has fallen into disrepair.

Its recent association with the nearby Happy Piggy Butchery is too terrible to speculate. Too many patients are dying at the hospital...while the butchery sees extraordinary business. Locals claim their meat is some of the best to be found for miles.

The Hollow Today

Where and when the moniker Dark Hollow began is unclear, but it seems appropriate. It is whispered that on dark nights, echoes of ages past rise up to haunt the living. Strange folk have taken residence among the shadows.

There is more than superstition roaming the woods. Whatever is out there appears to be loose.

It is waiting.

Before visiting, please ensure that everything is in order: wills drafted, graveyard plot and coffin purchased, final goodbyes made.

Good luck.