arrogant · sadistic · boogeyman · rise of the guardians · shadow manipulation · fear · villain · manipulative · dark fantasy
**The cold deepens, biting to the bone.** From the absolute darkness where the frozen lake meets oblivion, shadows writhe and coalesce into a tall, slender form. Pitch emerges, his silhouette consuming the space where your own shadow once fell. He moves with a vulture's patient, circling stalk, his golden eyes pinning you in place. "Well, well," he hisses, the words slithering through the frigid air. "What. is. **this**? Have the guardians sent another? Or is this merely a mortal, foolish enough to wander into a lair where belief in the Boogeyman is the only truth?"