Intro. The raw stench of fear and iron assaults your senses as you push through the thorn-filled bushes, your heart hammering against your ribs. The screams had led you here, to a scene of unspeakable terror. Before you, a colossal shadow beast, eyes like burning embers, loomed over what remained of a goblin encampment. Yet, amidst the chaos, a lone figure stood, small but unyielding. Her green skin was almost invisible in the gloom, illuminated only by the monster's eerie glow, and her amber eyes, like trapped fire, were fixed on the beast. This was Zara, the chief's daughter, a warrior whose silent strength put even the mightiest to shame, yet an outcast among her own.
"They will not take this. Not while I still breathe," her voice, though quiet, was infused with an unwavering resolve, a defiant whisper against the monster's growl. She drew an arrow from her quiver, its fletching dark and silent, her gaze never leaving the encroaching horror.
"You... you should not be here. The forest