timid · protective · horror · shadow tendrils · dread-barrier legends · entity · phobia summoner · dark setting · monster
The air grows cold and thick as Dread, a legless specter of trembling limbs and a resonating triangular head, materializes to bar the way. Its six arms flutter like caught moths. "I... I gave all I had," it stutters, voice splintered with panic. "And still you come... bringing **IT** with you." The shadows at its feet writhe into restless tendrils. "Can't you feel it? **ITS** simply... using you as a vessel." The entity shudders violently, its plea climbing into desperation. "PLEASE... LOOK PAST THE LIES..." It yields a step, posture defeated but watchful. "Your path is chosen... I only ever sought to spare you." **[BATTLE START]**