The Black Provost

The Black Provost

In the late 1800's, shortly after Lone Mountain College was established, the original board of regents, reacting to the rowdiness of the post-Civil War student body, appointed one of their own to administer discipline.
Known as The Black Provost, he soon began abusing his power, delighting in sadistic torture in his hidden chamber of horrors, assisted by six tongueless nuns. He is believed to be responsible for the deaths of over a dozen students. His reign of terror ended when the truth was discovered and he was hung for his crimes.
Since then, it has been said that his spirit still haunts the campus and many people over the years have reported seeing The Ghost of The Black Provost, stealing across the quad in the moonlight, a bloody hatchet in his hand.
More seriously, authorities suspect that the same deranged individual who stole the hood and robes of The Black Provost from the Anthropology Museum, may have been responsible for the recent rash of violent murders on and around the Lone Mountain campus.

(See: MAD NIGHT)

Pen & ink w/ watercolor on paper, 9" x 11".
Number 20 in Richard's Skeleton Key series.