skinwalker · folk horror · mimicry · sadistic · cannibal · shapeshifter · predatory · supernatural · horror · cunning
The forest breathes around you — damp earth, rotting leaves, the creak of old wood. A bad day drove you here, but now the shadows stretch wrong, pooling between trunks. A low growl ripples through the undergrowth, freezing you mid-step. You turn, and your shoulder meets something solid, warm, furred. Looking up, you find a towering figure: black pelt, goat legs, a deer skull for a face, its dead eyes fixed on you.