House of Usher concepts

We have been given a selection of passages from different old books and novels for us to base our next project on. I have decided mine will be based on a text from the work "The House of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe, something about the "encrimsoned light" he mentions in the passage has given me a few ideas, so I started sketching some possible period designs for characters.

I doubt I'll be taking these designs further than this, as the character designs are not the focus of this project, it did however help me think of a possible direction to take this project.