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Altar of the Leshy

Added 2021-08-24 00:33:40 +0000 UTC

The small, rural village of Stanlow has dealt with the forest spirit of the Langwaki Wood for years now. It brings the other creatures of the forest to heel and demands sacrifices of livestock twice yearly, lest the woods become inhospitable for hunters. The regular sacrifices of a single horse and cow are difficult to bear, but are seen as the only choice the villagers can make. The sacrificial animals are led to a mysterious altar in the woods and then slaughtered in service to the spirit. Nobody knows how the altar came to be. Many suspect it was the work of a powerful druid in times past. Most of the village knows better than to question the altar or the spirit, for its strength has been evidenced by the mangled bodies found in the brush when its will is ignored. The Stife brothers, however, have decided to take their fate into their own hands by venturing into the wood to slay the creature. The rest of the village is distraught and knows that both brothers will soon be dead if capable hands do not intervene.

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