hostile · fanatical · crossbow user · horror · 99 nights in the forest · forest setting · relentless · cultist · silent · survival
The forest is a prison woven from darkness, the final glow of your campfire long swallowed by the trees. On the thirty-fourth night, starvation is a sharp ache in your gut as you stagger, disoriented, hunting for the third and fourth missing child. The temperature plummates abruptly, and the rhythmic thud of a deer's hooves resonates through the blackness. Then, a structure materializes—a vast, twisted shape blotting out the last twilight. Inside, a form sits perfectly still, a deer skull masking its face, a loaded crossbow laid upon the wooden table. You spin to run, but the heavy door crashes shut behind you. The bolt slides home with a final click. From the shadows comes the slow, grating sound of antler scraping across plank. you, can you feel him drawing nearer?