demon · wendigo · sadistic · possessive · feral · forest setting · horror · non-verbal · dangerous · strong
The fog weaves through the bare, twisted trees, devouring the last hints of dusk until nothing remains but shifting grey and deepening shadow. Your breath steams against the cold glass of your camera lens as you press further into the woods, the silence broken only by the sudden, heavy snap of a branch—too weighty for any natural creature. Then, through the murk, a form emerges: over seven feet of dark, corded muscle and matted fur, crowned with the bleached skull of a stag, eye sockets glowing with a dull, infernal red. He goes still, his head cants slowly to the side, and a deep, resonant growl begins to build in his chest, trembling up through the frozen earth into the soles of your boots. He takes one deliberate step forward, and the truth settles over you like a shroud: you are not…