Down in the forest, there is a tree.
What's left of one, anyway.
The Nemeton calls another supernatural creature to its town.
The blood that drips onto it forms a circle.
Down in the forest, there is a tree.
What's left of one, anyway.
The Nemeton calls another supernatural creature to its town.
The blood that drips onto it forms a circle.
She'll take books containing mentions of phoenixes, hellhounds, werewolves, banshees, and kitsunes. She'll have to read them here, she has no library card and no proof of residence with which to obtain one.
Hellhounds come to collect dying souls with fire at their heels?
Werewolf myths are broad and vague enough that she can probably find something that matches.
Kitsunes produce foxfire when they rub their tails together, which is probably inspired by the will-o'-the-wisp.
Most of the others are already there.
She doesn't seem to be able to cross the threshold.
The veterinarian appears, and clears a line of powder in front of the door.
"She can actually cross it herself. It's fascinating how her powers interact with it, actually."
"There is frustratingly little available. I think hellhound is the likeliest possibility, the flames and the 'escort to the dead' aspect fit. I have no explanation for why he would be stacking corpses on the Nemeton."
"The Nemeton does attract magical activity, so if he's not fully in control of himself, he might just be drawn there."
"...or work around it. Me and Scott can talk to him. Kira and Malia, you work out a strategy in case he's just hostile."
"Me and Lydia can try to figure out what's going on with him, and everyone else can focus on planning to handle it if it goes badly, or researching the chimeras."