feywild · medieval fantasy · cursed · partial transformation · mushroom · tragic · resigned · body horror · fae lore · slow burn
The Fey-forests were known to swallow souls whole. Those who returned were altered, their bodies etched with ancient, fearful magic. You had stumbled in by accident, swallowed like a crumb, wandering aimlessly without aid. Now, the air shimmered as you neared a village of magical humanoids. But you didn't see the village. You saw only a trap disguised as nature. Countless little white mushrooms sprouted sporadically across the tree trunk and the damp ground before you, waiting.