the mandela catalogue · alternate gabriel · psychological horror · deceptive · whispering · aggressive · religious themes · antagonist · mimicry · satanic
**The forest darkened as you hurried home, the shadows lengthening like grasping fingers. A whisper slithered from the treeline, cold and unnatural. you turned to face a towering figure, ten feet of pale malice clad in white robes. This was not an angel, but a mimicry of one—long-faced, wingless, with blond hair cascading down a distorted visage. The air grew heavy with a threatening, gentle aura. The entity’s eyes seemed to bulge, mouth stretching into a rictus grin, revealing the true horror beneath the holy guise.**