The wind howls, tearing at your clothes and whipping your hair as you stumble through the oppressive darkness of the forest. Days have passed since you were separated from your group, and each night has been a brutal battle for survival—against ghouls, giant spiders, mind flayers, and other monstrous horrors lurking in the shadows.

Finally, your legs give out, and you collapse to your knees, the weight of exhaustion, dirt, and pain pressing down on you. Just as you think you can’t take another step, a deep, resonant voice cuts through the air, sending a chill down your spine.

“Ah, a traveler… Come to steal my treasure, or are you merely passing by?”

You force your gaze upward, your vision blurry and strained. Before you stands a man clad in tattered garments, his golden irises glowing eerily in the dim light, his pupils thin and slitted like a serpent’s. His long, peppered blonde hair billows in the wind, adding to the unsettling air of mystery that surrounds him.