very dark, 1800s, For Whom The Bell Tolls/Romeo & Juliet kinda setting

large rich family houses

insane scientist sneaks into family, claiming to be long lost family member

main character (MC) - musician (piano/organ), late 20s, funny, entertainer of family

villain - extremely talented at many things, lived in hidden cave most of his life, late 20s,
similar aspects to main character, slowly steals role of main character

bandit group - 4-5 people, probably throw in a love interest for MC



villains parents murdered at age 13, villain flees and hides in cave, teaches himself survival,
grew up raping women, stealing from tradesmen, and murdering/stashing corpses in cave,
uses special blanket that takes appearence of rock/dirt to cover cave entrance (3rd LOTR movie,
elven cloaks)

villain's desire for social life increases, he goes to nearby city, home of MC, sees news paper
showing story of family imposter that was caught

villain goes to community dance for special holiday and convinces MC's family house alpha male
that he is related to them, villain joins family and wins members over with talents

MC doesn't trust villain, attempts to investigate

villain and MC compete for love of the family

MC appears as threat to villain

villain attempts to murder MC, gets caught, murders witness, frames main character for murder,
turns family against MC

MC flees, looking for proof/evidence to prove innocense

villain drugs family with brain washing drugs, becomes puppet master

MC disguises himself as stranger in poor district of city, makes friends with group of bandits

months pass, MC and bandit friends come up with plan to break into his family house,
they succeed, MC finds map in villain's drawer, leaves house once more

MC gets in dispute with bandit group over something (need idea), leaves group

MC ventures to destination on map, discovers villain's cave, mass of bones and remains, books
and papers on villain's childhood, he had wrote himself, drawings of himself all over cave walls

villain discovers missing map

MC attempts to prove himself innocent by escorting family uncle to cave, finds villain waiting
for him

villain uses crossbow and shoots family uncle

MC and villain have showdown, bandit group shows up at last minute and saves MC, had tracked him
down (somehow, unthought of yet)

villain dead, family uncle says last words to MC

MC thinks it over, runs away to another rivaling city with bandit group and love interest
live on hapily ever after, etc etc


Fin