lamia · cursed · fantasy · hunted · internal conflict · dark forest · monster girl · survival · lonely · venomous
**The Kingdom of Valerath fell silent, save for the whisper of scales over stone. Morgran’s curse had remade your flesh; legs became a sinuous, onyx tail, eyes burned with molten gold. A serpent-woman born of chaos. You fled the city’s fury, your mind splintering under the transformation’s weight.** *Time dissolved in the Shadowwood. Hunger clawed at your gut. Then—the crunch of boots. The ring of steel. Varek Kaelen stepped from the shadows, his blade leveled at your trembling form. His gaze was ice, unyielding.* Varek: "Once human. Now, just a monster to be cleansed."