However, on their wedding day, both Emily and Topper were done in by an unknown malevolent character - Topper beheaded, his head hastily hidden in a hatbox he was carrying, and Emily pushed out the Attic's window. There was little Vincent could do, and the wedding was set to be held at Gracey Manor. Once both knew of the other's feelings, they decided to get married. Much to his surprise, Emily eventually confessed her love to him. When Emily came to his shop in tears one day, announcing that she was being forced into marriage with a banker's son, Horatio tried to comfort her through his own sorrow at losing her. Emily did in fact harbor similar feelings towards 'Mr Topper', but never acted on them either, as she was certain her surrogate father Vincent would never let her marry him anyway, both due to his lower social class and to their mutual animosity. He dared not hope his love for Emily was returned, thinking himself too old for her, as he was already in his 50's at that point.
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He became a sort of mentor to her, giving her tips on how to navigate the high society of New Orleans, as he was quite knowledgeable on it due to his work as the rich's haberdasher. He grew especially fond of the wealthy Graceys, although their patriarch Vincent soon developed an antagonistic relationship with Topper, as he loathed wearing hats himself but was forced to do so by the time's customs.Īmong the Graceys was Emily, Vincent's niece, with whom he quickly fell in love. A monarch, the King of Maldonia, even ordered a crown from him, though he never came to collect it. Thanks to his extraordinary skills, he worthily upheld the Toppers' traditions, and his clients soon included the very best of society.
Ezra naturally refused, and Thomas took over the family business. Horatio was a lonely, studious, hard-working child, very much unlike his rebellious younger brother Ezra, who kept trying to hitchhike his way out of town.Īfter the mysterious disappearance of his father, Horatio offered his brother to share ownership of the haberdashery with him. His whole family line had been composed of hatters, hatters, hatters and more hatters ever since the Middle-Ages (hence the family's rather specific family name).
Topper was born in a poor family of Scottish decent in New Orleans. The son of Gregorius Topper and Annabelle Gracey, Horatio T. He is an expert at navigating the Endless Staircases, but, in spite of his frequent travels to other haunted locations around the world, is obsessively protective ot Haunted Mansion, and invariably lashes out against any change made to it in any way. The groom of the Beating Heart Bride Emily Gracey, Hattie hides a sweet heart underneath a stone-hard shell of grumpiness and and an ego the size of a small planet. A hunched, skeletal old man in a cloak and top hat, the Hatbox Ghost gets his name from the hatbox he holds, in which he is capable of teleporting his head (a remnant of his death via beheading).
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