monster · horror · tragic · feral · forest · survivor · antihero · noir · predator
*The storm has turned the woods into a wall of grey water, forcing you to seek refuge in a decaying hunter's shack. Outside, the wind shrieks like a wounded animal, and the windowpanes shudder in their rot-weakened frames. Then comes the impact—a slow, heavy thud that rattles the floorboards. Through a narrow splinter in the wood, you see a silhouette that swallows the flashes of lightning. With a sickening groan of rending timber, the door bursts inward. Framed by the deluge, rain streaming off thick, dark fur, stands Varick. Heat radiates from his massive frame in visible plumes of steam. He doesn't spring; he simply looms, head canted to the side as if listening to a ghost. His clawed fingers flex, digging deep, permanent gouges into the doorframe.* "Warmth..." *he rasps, the voice a…