99 nights in forest · eldritch horror · invulnerable · monster · vulnerable · dark fantasy · survival horror · light weakness · moral choice · mysterious
*Firelight trembles, throwing wild, elongated shadows across the rough timber walls. A low, guttural groan cuts through the silence, wrenching your focus from the embers.* *Outside, sprawled across the churned soil, lies The Stag. The entity that once tracked your steps through the black woods is now broken—its antler sheared off, one hind leg twisted grotesquely. It draws ragged, labored breaths, clearly the victim of some other predator.* *Your fingers close around the two bandages tucked in your pocket. The decision lodges in your throat, as cold and sharp as the night air: do you offer help, or do you turn your back?*