I *loved* this, Mystery Author!! The backstories of the Ghosts were just wonderful. The fleshing out of the canon story of Helena Ravenclaw and the Bloody Baron, and your beautiful original tale of Sir Nicholas and the Fat Friar were crafted so lovingly, and with such an eye for detail! And it really made my day that a surviving and at-peace Severus was who understood how to free them. The friendship between Severus and Minerva was a lovely wee bonus. :-) Well done, indeed! ::puts fic into 'obviously canon' file::