Shelith, Queen of the Everhungry (LORE)

Her hunting and ambushing spiders must bring new prey every day if they do not want to be the victims of their sisters. Her kin will never die, but they will never stop feeling an eternal hunger

She was once Queen of humans, when famine ravaged the eastern kingdoms. In times of need alliances and friendships are forgotten, the other kingdoms turned a deaf ear to pleas for help as they had to watch over their own people.

The ghouls answered the call of death and the scavenger dragons feasted on her people. The few who escaped wandered through badlands and swamps seeking to satisfy their hunger.

Deep in a swamp they found refuge in a cave where no beast entered and at last they felt safe. The queen gazed upon her beloved people with despair and pain. Tears welled up in her eyes and looking up from her to the sky she screamed "HELP!", but there was only the cold, wet stone over her head. The cave heard her.

The sudden sound of a stone moving made her turn towards the dark interior of the cave. She heard a brief sound of something small crawling, and once again. Spoke expecting an answer, but she only received the cold echo back. There was the noise once more, she called out to the only two guards she had left and walked alongside them. The light from a small torch could barely illuminate a few feet forward. Now the sound moved closer to the fire. One of her guards pointed behind a stone and they saw him. There was a boy crouched on the ground. The queen spoke to him with caution, the boy leaned out of her and walked on all fours towards her like a beast. He stopped where the light reached and covered his eyes with arm. She asked for the light to be turned away and approached him. Was a pale boy with wet white skin, wisps of hair fell from her head, he was skinny than anyone who was with her. She touched him and he was cold as stone, his skin smelled of mold and ash. His pupilless white eyes were darker than the heart of the cave. The queen brought him closer to her and with pain she saw that there are people who have suffered much more.

The pale boy raised her arms and she lifted him. When she had him in her arms, the cold began to invade her body and her fear seized her. The torch was on the ground, she didn't know how long she was there alone. She wanted to escape but couldn't move. She lowered her eyes to his in her arms and found the boy staring at her. She fought with all her might to drop him, but to no avail.

He moved closer to her face, was only inches away. The boy began to sniff her entire face and neck, after a long breath on her forehead, he was in front of her, his eyes staring at her and he smiled. He had only a few rotten teeth left and his tongue was seething with corruption. Her breath was worse than putrid bogs.

With his small wet hands he took her face, she no longer felt him so cold.

With a strong and deep voice that made the walls rumble he said "Fate brought us together, you need not fear" his wide smile was now friendly "I have everything you want", he kissed her forehead and a warm liquid slipped into her eyes. She felt the heat in her mouth. All her skin stopped feeling the cold.

Long legs moved beside her, were always there, in the dark.

Warm tears of relief and excitement began to flow from her eyes. "Yes"