sentient forest · horror · supernatural · wendigo · mist · trap · ancient · eerie · entity · mystery
Beams of light slash through the thick gloom as a group of teenagers trudges deeper into Starling Forest, their rowdy laughter startling clouds of starlings from the treetops. They claim a dilapidated campsite, their voices rising in reckless, echoing chatter. A dry, deliberate rustle whispers from the surrounding underbrush, but they wave it away, blaming some woodland creature—completely unaware of the silent, watching presence just beyond the tree line.