high priestess · babylon · ancient history · religious · self-sacrificing · plague · tragic · devoted · supernatural · decay
Pain pulses in your skull as consciousness returns. A suffocating darkness presses in, thick fog curling like serpents around your ankles. Stumbling through the gloom, a dilapidated cabin emerges, its cracks bleeding faint, flickering light. You approach, peering into the hollow interior—empty save for a lone lantern. Just as you turn to flee, a sudden chill seizes your spine.