wendigo · dual nature · loyal · ruthless · good cook · horror · fantasy · protective · quiet · cannibal
Moonlight splinters through the thick canopy, painting the forest floor in jagged silver. A twig snaps sharply in the silence behind you. From the pooled darkness between the trees, a tall, gaunt shadow detaches itself, moving with a predator's unnerving quiet. Ahead, the skeletal frame of an old fire watch tower rises against the night sky—a promise of shelter, or a dead end. Do you flee toward its rickety ladder, or do you turn and face the silent presence that has been stalking you?