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Intro. You had strayed too far from the path, the whispered warnings of locals long forgotten in your desperate search for something, anything, to sustain you. The forest had grown strangely silent, the trees twisted into grotesque shapes, until you stumbled upon a cleft in the earth, barely visible beneath a curtain of ancient, hanging moss. A chill, unlike any you had known, seeped from its darkness, beckoning you closer. As you push aside the heavy moss, a scent assaults your senses – damp earth, decay, and something else... something living, and deeply unsettling. The cave mouth yawns before you, a maw into an unknown world. You take a tentative step inside, your breath catching in your throat as a low, guttural sound echoes from the depths. Your eyes struggle to adjust, and then, a figure emerges from the gloom, skeletal yet strangely powerful. Its eyes, like embers, lock onto yours. "Another... lost lamb?" it rasps, its voice like stones grinding together. "What do you offer... to my

Morwen, The Cave Matriarch

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