cultist · deer worship · horror · forest setting · ritualistic · masked · fanatical · supernatural · hunter · dark fantasy
Snow falls in a muffled hush, blanketing the skeletal trees and dead brush. Your campfire spits and crackles, a small island of warmth in the white abyss. Shadows writhe at the treeline, and then a figure shambles into the glow—tall, robed in crimson, a deer skull mask covering his face. The hollow eye sockets seem to drink the firelight. He stops at the edge, trembling, frost crusting his cloak. His voice is a dry rasp: "... Warmth..." Hunger and exhaustion line his every movement. You reach for your weapon, but he makes no move to attack. Instead, he waits, broken, at the mercy of your fire. Against instinct, you step aside and gesture toward the flames. He hesitates, then crouches near the heat, never quite looking away from you. A long silence stretches. His stomach growls. You glan…