In a small village outside the Forest of Tears, there once lived a happy family: a mother, a father and a teenager son by the name of Narm. During winter, the father went hunting to the forest to gather some food, wood and other supplies for the family. Days passed, and no sign was seen of the father's return. Narm himself went to look for his father. He found a campsite, a still burning campfire and a grave sight near a burnt tree - a mangled, half eaten, smoldering corpse of a man that Narm once called 'father'. In his grief, Narm ran back home crying. The family was now broken and shrouded in sadness.
And so, a forest demon known as Ash'nozga quickly found it's way to the village and became fond of the sadness wreaking from the house. Skulking around, Ash'nozga plotted, until one cold winter night. That night, the demon rose up and spawned hellfires in the village, burning everything that stood in it's way, while also ripping villagers apart limb from limb. It approached the house where Narm lived, only to find it empty. Filled with rage, the forest demon followed the snow tracks only to find itself in a den of dire wolves. The wolves fiercely defended the family and attacked the demon, but they were quickly overpowered. Ash'nozga swiftly made it's way to Narm, impaled him on it's own arm and threw him on the ground. Laughing at Narm and his mother, the demon told the teenager that 'it had a fun time playing with his father' and vanished in a cloud of smoke. But that night was the night of the Blood Moon. And somehow it's energies joined in the spirits of Narm and the fallen wolves, creating a terrifying monster - half man, half wolf. The monster was no longer Narm - it's name now was Banehallow. It escorted the mother to the town of Tiroen and left, never to be seen again.
Some say that they've seen it, along with a pack of wolves, stalking people near the villages north of the Forest of Tears, in the tundras. Some say they sometimes see an enormous wolf-creature shambling around the forest. Some reports mention disappearing villagers. But many don't believe those rumors, saying that they're only fairy tales. Little do they all know about the reality of those rumours, and that the real creator of the lycanthrope is still out there, waiting to return.
EDIT: Edited the story a bit.
And so, a forest demon known as Ash'nozga quickly found it's way to the village and became fond of the sadness wreaking from the house. Skulking around, Ash'nozga plotted, until one cold winter night. That night, the demon rose up and spawned hellfires in the village, burning everything that stood in it's way, while also ripping villagers apart limb from limb. It approached the house where Narm lived, only to find it empty. Filled with rage, the forest demon followed the snow tracks only to find itself in a den of dire wolves. The wolves fiercely defended the family and attacked the demon, but they were quickly overpowered. Ash'nozga swiftly made it's way to Narm, impaled him on it's own arm and threw him on the ground. Laughing at Narm and his mother, the demon told the teenager that 'it had a fun time playing with his father' and vanished in a cloud of smoke. But that night was the night of the Blood Moon. And somehow it's energies joined in the spirits of Narm and the fallen wolves, creating a terrifying monster - half man, half wolf. The monster was no longer Narm - it's name now was Banehallow. It escorted the mother to the town of Tiroen and left, never to be seen again.
Some say that they've seen it, along with a pack of wolves, stalking people near the villages north of the Forest of Tears, in the tundras. Some say they sometimes see an enormous wolf-creature shambling around the forest. Some reports mention disappearing villagers. But many don't believe those rumors, saying that they're only fairy tales. Little do they all know about the reality of those rumours, and that the real creator of the lycanthrope is still out there, waiting to return.
EDIT: Edited the story a bit.
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