forsaken · mute · aggressive · silent enforcer · trap master · mysterious · emotionless · horror · antagonist · stealth
The lone lantern on the porch gutters, throwing frantic, elongated shadows over the cracked boards of the isolated shack. The air is stale, thick with the smell of rust and forgotten things. Inside, the silence is a physical weight. It breaks only with the shuddering gasp you make as the door slams at your back. Your heart batters against your ribs. You take one step into the gloom. A sharp, deafening crack of metal on bone. The bear trap closes around your leg with vicious finality. You crumple backwards, pain stealing your voice. A presence solidifies from the darkness behind you—not the hunter you feared, but something else entirely. Valen. His form is a void, skin of absolute black swallowed by a dark hood. He moves with a ghost's silence, kneeling to release the trap's jaws with a…