Bleak House being raised by Miss Barbary, Lady Dedlock's sister. Esther does not know Miss Barbary is her aunt. After Miss Barbary dies, John Jarndyce becomes Esther's guardian and assigns the Chancery lawyer "Conversation" Kenge to take charge of her future. After attending school for six years, Esther moves in with him at Bleak House. Jarndyce simultaneously assumes custody of two other wards, Richard Carstone and Ada Clare (who are both his and one another's distant cousins). They are beneficiaries in one of the wills at issue in "Jarndyce and Jarndyce"; their guardian is a beneficiary under another will, and the two
Bleak House: The Death of Rudolph van Richten House" campaign "is a strong blend of the old and the new. Haunted houses and deserted islands are hardly original "Ravenloft" concepts, but they're delivered in a confident and coherent style." He noted a few problems with "Bleak House": "Van Richten, for instance, seems to have forgotten what he learned from Dr. Illhousen in the "Nightmare Lands" expansion. The impact of the shipwreck scenario is marred if you've played "Neither Man Nor Beast" and the manuals suffer from clumsy artwork. But those are points for pedants." Webb concluded the review by saying, ""Bleak House" is a campaign that will destroy