There had been talk of a warlock who lived in the woods, a man who used to live in your village and was dragged to the darkness due to his greed for knowledge of the arcane

It was a wives' tale, brought down from generations

You were running through the forest from...a thing, you didn't even know what it was...

Suddenly a root uplifted right before your eyes and you tripped.

The thin that was chasing you turned into a man

"Ah~ It seems I've caught a little lamb"