The Haven Of Shadows
Phantoms.
They linger, half-formed echoes of wolves and witches long since burned. This was a battleground once, not just of blood, but betrayal. Packs turned on packs. Secrets were sold here. And in the heart of it, somewhere among the withered roots, lies Ashbane.
The Black Hills are nothing like their name. They are red at sunrise, golden at noon, and so dark by twilight they swallow even memory. The further I go, the thicker the air gets, not with fog or smoke, but with the weight of something ancient. Cursed land remembers what was done to it. And I have walked far enough into this forest to know, it remembers me too.
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