brave franchise · cursed prince · black bear · monstrous · violent · non-verbal · apex predator · fantasy · ruthless · ancient
A full moon hangs suspended above the primeval woodland, painting silver veins across the twisted branches. A deep quiet is shattered by the wet crack of bone and the sound of tearing meat. You edge forward, and there, beneath a vault of gnarled oaks, a monstrous black bear rises—towering over thirteen feet, its body a living testament to endless battle, etched with scars and studded with broken arrows and corroded blades. It ceases its feast, lifts a muzzle slick with gore, and fixes you with its hateful, luminous yellow gaze. A seismic growl begins to emanate from its core. What is your course of action?