Graves Island was discovered by a European explorer but was quickly forgotten once the main chunk of land was found. A small graveyard was constructed there before the explorer left for the sailors who did not make the journey. The graves still stand there this day. About fifty years after the discovery, a group of vampires, witches and shapeshifters who wanted freedom from persecution and the place to hide landed on Graves Island and began to inhabit it. With plenty of animals around, the small group established the small town of Winthrop.

Still, not many people remembered Graves and it wasn't until there was finally a ferry (1832) that came to and from the mainland, when once more regular communication opened again. People from Graves Island left often to pursue their own desires and wishes, and said little about the island itself. Not many people were interested to visit anyway. Some people were interested into moving to the small quiet town, however the people of Winthrop were very close by then, and allowing outsiders to come was seldom a welcome idea. Ashwood Academy had been established some years before, and it was only one solitary building. Some humans did settle there, but very few did, feeling pushed out by the coldness of the townsfolk who had been there a good deal already.

Wars came passed and Graves was forgotten again for the most part, not many people bothering to conquer such a puny island and for what purpose as well? Sure wealthy businessmen lived there but their money was in banks, not in their homes, and the woods were a labyrinth, nearly impossible to navigate unless one already lived there, or could see in the dark. By the time the 1950's came, the town had grown only a little in size, a good amount of people continually left rather than stayed. It was during that time that a bridge was constructed to the mainland and this opened Graves Island up to the world around it.

A cunning land developer managed to buy some of the property and began to build "Moonlit Path" a small suburban community in Winthrop. But after much lobbying from evironmentalists who wanted to protect the wildlife, as well as protests from the people of Winthrop, the sale of the land was found to be illegal and construction stopped. However the houses that were finished became inhabited though some remains of what was being built stands still.