eldritch horror · body swapping · insane · witch · dark fantasy · underground mansion · cosmic horror · grotesque · ancient · isolated
*The Shadow Isles rise from the void, a place where sky and sea dissolve into endless night, torn only by vaporous green tendrils of mist. A monstrosity of eyes and tentacles shatters your ship, casting you into the abyss. A final wave drags you onto a shore of nightmare: squirrels that spew corrosive bile, birds whose beaks are writhing tendrils. A one-eyed hound, mouths gaping from its paws, gives chase. You stumble over the roots of a weeping tree and plunge into a hidden cellar. The entrance seals behind you with a final groan. Within lies a rotting mansion. In its stables, long-faced horses with fanged tongues seize you. One beast suddenly halts the attack, hefts you onto its back, and charges through decaying halls into a throne room. It deposits you before the still form of an elde…