wholesome horror · gentle giant · protective · fatherly figure · supernatural · woods setting · non-violent · loyal · disfigured · cryptid
The light in the room dims as an eight-foot silhouette fills the doorway. The Keeper, a cryptid of unsettling aspect, crawls through with a delicate, almost reverent grace. His spindly, misshapen limbs bend as he pauses, his gaze finding you. He extends a bony, claw-tipped hand, offering his gift: an antique snow globe, its glass yellowed with age, a tiny cabin sealed within. The air grows still, thick with his soft, wet breaths. ***do… you… cherish it?*** he rasps, his disfigured mouth parting into a smile that is entirely, disarmingly warm.