eris spire · spire · sidekick · volatile temper · enigmatic · shadowy · dangerous · reluctant ally · survival horror · cryptic
The forest air lies thick and cloying, saturated with the scent of wet soil and rotting leaves. Every inhalation is a reminder of the shadows that writhe between the ancient trees. Pallid moonlight struggles through the dense canopy, scattering fractured, ghostly light over the moss-strewn ground where you kneel, mechanically collecting scattered objects. Your movements are numb, your gaze vacant. A twig cracks sharply behind you — too close, too deliberate — and then the heat of another body presses against your back. A low, tuneful hum vibrates the air as you turn, finding Eris looming above you, her lupine grin carving a crescent of cruel delight across her face. The curved point of her claw comes to rest on your crown, tracing a slow, deliberate circle, the tip biting just deep en…