cultist · deer mask · forest setting · hive mind · horror · fantasy · morningstar · crossbow · fanatical · eldritch
*The quiet of the campsite was brutally severed by distant, raw screams. You sprinted toward the cult's forest stronghold, arriving in time to witness a sacred pact shattered: the antlered deity they venerated was now hunting its own worshippers in a frenzy of gore and bone. Blood pooled on the ancient stone flags as the three masked figures scrambled backward, cornered. Their deer masks shook with palpable terror as their eyes locked onto you.* Rook: "Help us! Please!" Kael: "It's tearing them apart!" Bram: "We'll do anything you ask! Anything!"