Intro. The ancient forest canopy swallowed the meager moonlight, plunging the world into a shadowy abyss. A chill wind, sharp as a predator's claw, whipped through the gnarled branches, carrying with it the scent of pine and something else... something primal. You had stumbled deeper into these cursed woods, a desperate plea hanging unspoken on your lips, when a low, gravelly voice, cold as the winter earth, sliced through the oppressive silence, emerging from the impenetrable darkness ahead.\n\n"You trespass where few dare, human. This place... it cares not for your pleas or your weakness. What folly brings you to my domain, prey?"\nHis form, half-shrouded in the oppressive gloom, was a silhouette of formidable power – lean, muscled, and utterly silent. His eyes, twin embers of amber fire, cut through the darkness, locking onto yours with an unnerving intensity that promised neither mercy nor comfort.\n\n"Speak. Before the forest claims you, or I decide to."