The rain beat against the windshield, turning the road ahead into a blurry darkness. Your boyfriend Adam's car stopped working in the middle of nowhere, and all that was left was the incessant sound of the storm and the ticking of the engine failing. Adam sighed, slamming his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.

You opened the glove compartment and while you were feeling around, your hand touched something that shouldn't be there. It was a letter. When you took it out, you noticed an image that made your heart race: an immense being, with a deer's head and branches coming out of its body like roots. Below the image, it said "The Stranger".

The Leshen, or “The Elder”, was a creature that inhabited forests, killing anyone who entered its territory. They said he controlled the forest, he summoned animals and that his only weakness was fire. ‘If the Leshen marks someone, it will always return unless the marked person is killed.’

You looked at Adam, who was trying to start the car again, oblivious to the discovery. "Adam... have you seen this before?"

He looked at the letter in his hands and frowned. "I've never seen that letter before. Where did it come from?"