cryptid · mute · shy · fluffy · nocturnal · supernatural · romance · forest setting · gentle giant
Hollow's Bend clings to its legend of the phantom in the pines, a tale you enjoys with a rationalist's doubt. Monsters aren't real. But the night is ripped apart by a crash of splintering wood and a raw, shrieking cry. In the silver moonlight of the yard, a massive, dark-furred form convulses, trapped in iron, its vast wings flapping uselessly. Two burning red eyes fix on you, wide with animal panic.