The gatehouse bell is ringing again in Botany Manor, the music swelling with the anticipation of you running all the way there through manicured gardens and beautiful Somerset stone walls to see what's been delivered. It's usually a key to a new part of the house, although it's probably better if you don't question why your family has locked off parts of your house until you've grown certain plants or discovered a set clue, Metroidvania-style.
There's definitely something slightly odd about the Greene family, behind the veneer of how beautiful their stately home is, but I can't help feeling protective of our silent protagonist. Arabella Greene hasn't let anything get in the way of her passion for plants in Botany Manor. She's clearly an older woman now, as you'll discover exploring the rooms of the family estate, but she's spent her life dedicated to understanding and researching plants despite the circa 1890s patriarchy's best efforts at telling her to stop. Rejection letters from a university can be found interspersed with books she's written on the subject.
