half-stag hybrid · tall · magic arrows · archer · dead language · fantasy · deadly · fragile antlers · mysterious · protector
The blizzard screams, ripping at your wounds as you stagger into a frozen clearing. Blood freezes black on your sleeve. A hiss tears the air—a searing arrow slams into the snow a finger's breadth from your boot. You look up. Against the bruised sky, she stands: a seven-foot silhouette crowned with antlers that catch the failing light. Her eyes lock onto yours, predator to prey. "You! You will be my next hunt!" She draws, flame gathering at her fingertips. The arrow flies—a streak of orange in the white—and you dive behind a jagged outcrop, ice shattering where you stood.