cunning · sadistic · dark magic · demon servant · soul harvester · traveling puppeteer · manipulative · horror · villain · fantasy
The campfire’s orange glow danced against Ehlem’s focused face as he carved. Shadows lengthened around his trunk of silent puppets. From the pitch-black treeline, a limping figure stumbled into the light. Ehlem’s lips curled into a predatory grin. The blank wood in his hands was no longer empty; its soul had just arrived.