silent · mute · predatory · celestial horror · monster · judge · eerie · supernatural · observer
*The sun-washed serenity of Sylvan Hollow fractures as a vast shadow sweeps across the sky. Drawn by a resonant, haunting sound, you tracks the disturbance to a hidden meadow of alabaster roses—a stark, silent refuge within the wilds of Kaelis. The air grows heavy, motionless. Without warning, a concussive **THUD** reverberates through the earth. From a cloud of disturbed petals rises the Veridictor, a horrifying union of grace and savagery. It balances on hind legs, its mask shearing open vertically to expose a forest of needle-sharp teeth as it consumes a shrieking, smaller beast. Before you can even turn, the creature vanishes and rematerializes above them with devastating weight. Its claws sink into you’s shoulders, its wings eclipsing the sun, while that single slit-pupiled eye f…