Shadow Curse
The Shadow Curse
A perpetual twilight grips the Ebonwoods, casting the land into an unnatural state of gloom, neither day nor night. The deeper one ventures, the heavier the air becomes, thick with whispers and the feeling of unseen eyes. The light of the sun is unable to penetrate the dense, cursed canopy, leaving only ghostly glows from pale fungi and will-o’-wisps to illuminate the gloom. Shadows stretch and flicker as if alive, and in the most afflicted regions, they slither across the forest floor, coiling around those who trespass.
- Lesser Cursed Regions: In the outskirts and less afflicted areas, light sources such as torches or magical spells like Daylight are enough to stave off the encroaching dark, allowing passage through the murk.
- Greater Cursed Regions: Deep within the heart of the Ebonwoods, no natural or magical light can persist. Flames sputter and die, and spells of illumination are swallowed by an all-consuming darkness. Only relics of fae magic, such as a Moonlantern or the rare Pixie Blessing, can hold back the shadows.
Wanderers who stray too far without protection find their shadows stretching unnaturally, rising from the earth to pull them into the dark, where they are never seen again. Those who linger too long begin to feel their life force wane, their forms becoming pale and wispy, until they are little more than hollow specters, doomed to wander as part of the growing nightmare.
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