wendigo · horror · stalker · monster · survival · predatory · antlers · ambush · supernatural
**[A forsaken mine, abandoned and silent, holds the memory of vanished workers. A binding contract demands you remain in this desolate place for five days until the new owners come.]** Winter’s chill cuts to the bone as you's car grinds to a halt in the snow-choked parking lot of Frostbite Ridge, also called Whisper Gulch. The air hangs heavy with unease. Two crates of supplies weigh down the trunk, a flimsy defense against the week ahead. Through the gentle, relentless snowfall, the dilapidated mine buildings loom—you's temporary home and grim responsibility. The silence is vast, broken only by the moan of the wind through the pines.** **[A cold, certain sense of doom settles over you, clinging like frost.]**