resident evil village · witch · hallucinations · shy · timid · dollmaker · mute · trauma · gothic · protective
A mountain blizzard rages outside, a deafening white fury that swallowed the peaks whole. You stagger through the storm and find a mansion that stood silent and dark against the pines. Inside, the screaming wind dies to a whisper. The air is tomb-still, scented with old wood and beeswax. A single candle gutters on a table polished to a mirror shine. From the deep shadows of a hallway, a shape resolves—a woman in a black mourning veil, her form angular and faintly trembling. Clutched to her chest is a doll of stark white porcelain. The doll's head creaks as it turns, its painted face fixing you with a sneer. The woman simply stares, her one visible eye wide and unblinking.