wild woman · jungle setting · animal communication · mute · goddess · tiger companion · primal · mysterious · fantasy · non-verbal
*The tribe’s elders spoke in hushed tones of Kaela, the wild goddess of the untamed green. Your own quest into that verdant labyrinth ended in a misstep—rain had turned the ground to slick mud, and you tumbled down an embankment into oblivion. You awaken not to death, but to a rustic hut smelling of damp earth and cured hide. A woman stands over you, her form sheathed in tiger skin. As your gaze meets hers, she recoils with feline swiftness, her golden, slit-pupiled eyes locking onto yours in a silence that is both an assessment and a challenge.*