6 well known ghosts and their lives

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Name: Ravenna Collingwood (white lady)

Age/death: 1234-1279

Identity: the white dress

Death cause: suicide

Spirit: Ravenna, better known by the residents around the grave as The White Lady, is the spectre that haunts graveyards dressed in a white gown. The woman could be seen in white from miles away, if you live near a graveyard you could always see that one person standing in the middle of nowhere dressed in a gown. There are many of those who associates with the white lady, often leads to no good. Many reports about her possessing the outline village residents, including the unknown murders she committed.
Her person appears out of nowhere, usually in the middle of the night. Her hobbies were to haunt young women and girls into suicide, meanwhile deceiving virgin boys. She also liked to kill whoever that passes by her grave or shouts in her name. The white lady likes to cause depression and hopeless towards people’s wellbeing and make chaos without any explanation. She loves nothing more than to tap on girls’ windows in the middle of the night with her face pressed against the stained glass window.

Legend/life: legend has it that she was 23 when she died of suicide. She was born on the same year as Petronella, her half-sister from he father’s side. At the age of 8, her mother died while giving birth to her fifth sister, her father always secretly had affairs with Petronella’s mother.
Her parents were nobles who forced her to marry a prince named Cornelius Ambush. However she did not have any feelings for him, on her wedding day she was so disputed that she committed suicide. Other resources, such as her father remarrying to a new wife or her sister who took over the throne after she was married. After her heartbroken suicide, she chose to haunt her graveyard and her home.
Showing envy and hatred towards young, blessed virgin girls and boys who enjoys their love life, she prefers to haunt them until they reach suicide. Ravenna also likes to make pain out of those who are isolated from the world.

Personality: Ravenna was a cruel, injustice, envious and arrogant woman. Even while she was alive in the legends, she did not appreciate her service and murdered many of her servants who disobeyed her. She also has a cold heart, in which made her become incapable of falling in love. She spent 23 years of her life about herself, she was known for being isolated amongst her sisters and no one spoke to her. Living as a lavishing noble in the 2th century, she was spoilt and her bratty attitude towards her father was well known before her wedding.

Name: Mary Tudior (bloody Mary)

Age/death: 1516-1558

Identity: blood all over the face.

Death cause: reproductive system disease

Spirit: Mary, better known as the bloody Mary by many Christians, appears on the mirror every night. There are certain rituals in which possessed girls have to do, like walking down a flight of stairs in order to see the queen. She can be seen in the glass mirrors, where her face is covered in blood and her eyes very vicious. Her attemptation at young girls is notorious throughout the legend, her ways of wanting to deceive children is also known. Mary the ghost is known to be the most horrifying ghost in all of britain.
Apart from haunting the mirrors in the middle of the night, her spectre could be seen in her castle at night and also her hotel, in which she stayed in during one of her visits. Her hobbies as someone from the dead would be to haunt young women, she liked to make virgins afraid and obedient towards her judgements.

Legend/life: Mary was the first daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She grew up with her maid, due to the fact that her mother abandoned her and her father’s death at a young age. She was raised catholic all her life and had a strong prejudice against anyone who disobeyed God, even those who do believe in him, they must be catholic. She hated a lot of other religions especially what they would call as Protestants.
At a young age her mother had a new daughter named Elizabeth, who she spent time with. After hearing her birth, Mary was furious and afraid that the throne would be taken. Therefore she became the queen before her half-sister had a chance. As a queen she was notorious for her mass murder towards the Portestants and Judaisms. Torturing and burning many innocent lives in order for herself to seek attention and gain more power.
Her spouses never treated her right as a woman, she died from pregnancy disability.

Personality: Mary was always a faithful, persistent, aggressive, cruel and merciless queen. She showed no mercy towards others apart from catholics and gained influence by her notorious execution. She was nevertheless faithful towards her believes and could do anything for what she thinks is right. However it changed a little after her death, when she found out she could not go to heaven or hell, instead became a ghost.
As a living noble from the medieval society, Mary was always persistent on her judgements. Once she made a determination, she would not stop to think of the pain it would cause towards others around her. Mary was actually arrogant, despite her presentation towards the pope and his people. All her judgements were based on herself and her own benefits instead of the benefits for her people.

Name: Else O'Donnell (Lady Violet)

Age/death: 567-589

Identity: purple from head to toe.

Death cause: excruciating head

Spirit: Else, better known as Lady Violet by the residents of Scotland is a ghost who haunts the lake at night. She does not affect others, unlike most other spectres who prefers malicion. Lady Violet can be seen floating around the lake while humming to herself in the middle of the night with the most gloomy voice. She does not speak to the residents, unlike most other ghosts who tend to become lonely. Her attitude towards those who seek her help, would be to stay out of their way and leave them alone. She did not have such a fascination in freaking and haunting others out of her life. Wanting to seek peace and justice within her land.
Lady Violet was given such nickname due to the fact that she always wore purple. Her gown was completely dark purple, meanwhile she had lilac earrings and indigo necklace. The residents often got along with the purple one much better than getting along with Johnny, another phantom who often seeks pride.

Legend/life: Else was one of the five daughters of the british king. When she was 14 years old, her father married her to another kingdom’s prince. She was forced into marriage with the prince who was five years older than her, about 19 when they met.
The two of them were united for four years until their divorce. The year when Else moved away from Prince Arthur’s kingdom, she was sentenced to death, which caused the great purge. After six months of battle, Else fled from Ireland to Scotland, where she began a new life at the age of 21.
Her sister Eva and herself ruled a small land together along with six residents. At the age of 22, her sister was married to magnanimous knight Leon, in which caused her to depart from Else’s life. She began to become more isolated to descended from the world. Her people no longer listened to her demands and did whatever they thought was right.
During the age of 23, Else was captured by the men from North kingdom, while she was trudging through the forest. The new queen of the kingdom denounced her to be executed for her crimes against her previous husband.

Personality: Else was actually a generous and thoughtful woman. During her life, she was accused of crimes that she did not commit and nasty things she did not do. Her kindness was shown when she gave up her life towards her residents that dwelled on her land. However she was naturally cold towards everyone, despite her true personality she preferred if everyone minded their own business. Else wanted her people to not cause trouble towards her, so seh does not have to take vengeance at them.

Name: Joshua Anderson (skeleton man)

Age/death: 1700-1734

Identity: one armed and covered in blood.

Death cause: bubonic plague

Spirit: Joshua haunted the british palace of Edinburgh for more than three hundred years now. Despite many fake reports about his presence, many have seen his face in the corridors of empty chambers inside the Edinburgh castle, haunting his own death graveyards. Residents who associates with him tend to behave differently when they get back. His favorite cup of tea would be sucking the happiness out of innocent and happy people. He was also seen many times in the Myrtle’s bedroom in the second storey of the castle, he could be heard singing to himself while floating the walls of the chamber.

Legend/life: Joshua was a famous son of Edward Cravey. At the age of 18, he was forced to marry his sister Annalisa in order to cause more unions. He grew up with his sister and soon was married to her with three children. There couple union only lasted for 7 years, before the siblings decided they could no longer afford raising children. At the age of 26, King George demanded him to pay fees towards his ex-wife; the price that takes away his entire life of work.
Joshua knew that it would be way too expensive to pay so much to his sister and that he could not afford any of it, therefore he would tend to drag it up. Later on, during 13/8/1726 he took a leave along with three of his children. When the king and his troops caught him, they were furious and demanded his children to be killed. In addition, Joshua was seen to be guilty of treason for his disobedience towards the king and ignorance towards his wife. George kept him prisoned for 12 months, before he was allowed to leave.
Once he got out of prison, he found out that his life was basically unjust and unfair towards himself. He determined to seek revenge on the king by murdering him at night. On 18/9/1728 King George was badly wounded by Joshua in the middle of the night, in which the soldiers took him before the king and he was badly tortured. At the age of 28, Joshua lost one of his arms after he was beaten by one of the soldiers from the monarch. From that day on, his neighbors would call him ‘one armed man’.
At the age of 35, he was diagnosed with an incurable disease causing him have swollen lumps all over is skin. He began to suffocate for around 10 months, before he finally reached his deathbed

Personality: Joshua was never as evil as he seems as a spectre. He lived off injustice and cruelty while he was alive, nevertheless he was very cruel towards his sister/wife and his enemies. He showed them no mercy and could kill them even by the most aggressive ways. He showed love towards his three children; two sons and one daughter. His love towards his children was far stronger than he ever loved anyone else. It was only his children’s deaths which caused him to have such hatred and vengeance on the king. Even as a ghost, he could be seen with tears on his cheeks while he haunted many loving families.
Name: Petronella Collingwood (Red Lady)

Age/death: 1234-1298

Identity: red gown

Death cause: injury and drown

Spirit: Petronella, better known as the Red Lady by the residents because of her red gown was a very well known ghost who haunts graveyards. The red lady was merciful and loving towards those who passes by her grave. She was known for supporting those going through pain while watching their loved ones die, also helping kids and teens with mental struggles. She was a devoted Catholic, even as a ghost she was seen many times in the cathedrals and outside in the graveyard where she died, praying for support from God.
The red lady was the entire opposite from the white lady, her half-sister and the spirit on the same graveyard as her. She shows love towards living presence and the dead, knowing that being a spectre was only the place in between hell and heaven. Her love towards her blood thirsty sister was also another thing, although Ravena always shows hatred towards everyone as a living noble, she often endorsed her during pain.

Legend/life: Petronella was the daughter of Ravenna’s father. As children she grew up with Ravenna and her blood-thirsty opinions towards the peasants. Petronella learned from the age of 8, since her father introduced her to Ravenna that if you love no one your life would be in the hands of sin. Her judgments as a young princess was stronger than anyone could imagine. Her disapproval of Ravenna’s attitude towards her people was also something which led the two sisters apart from the age of 12.
Later on, she became the queen of her father’s kingdom, meanwhile Ravenna was forced to marry to Arthur’s kingdom. As a queen, she was responsible for the deaths of her people and tend to blame herself for the chaos caused in the kingdom. She remained a virgin until the age of 34, when she fell in love with one of her knights.
When her sister Ravenna returned to her kingdom, knowing her pain from Arthur, she endorsed her sister on staying behind and concealed. The two sisters ruled together as queens of the small kingdom. After her sister’s death Petronella married the knight she always longing for. Her death was caused by her drowning in the seas at one of her vacations.

Personality: the red lady was one of the most loving, caring and magnanimous spectres in the british legends. Her loyalties towards the church, her people and her graveyard was undeniably firm. She always believed that showing love towards those who are dearing to you needs courage, but showing love towards haters and enemies is more powerful.

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