Story & Lore

You awaken in a moonlit clearing, head pounding, memories fragmented. The last thing you remember is joining the Harrington Expedition—a team of researchers sent to investigate the legends of Dreadwood Forest.

Now you are alone. Your camp is gone. Your companions are gone. The forest stretches endlessly in every direction, and something out there is watching.

Through the fog and twisted trees, you glimpse shapes that should not exist. Old research notes flutter in the wind, speaking of "the Breathing Dark" and "the First Hunger."

Your only way out is through the heart of the forest—to find what remains of your team, and uncover the truth behind the forest's hunger.

Long before human settlers arrived, the forest was home to the Hollow People—spirits who maintained the balance between growth and decay. They tended the woods for millennia, ensuring no single species dominated.

Then came the Arrival—the meteor that struck the heart of the forest. It brought with it the First Hunger, an entity of pure consumption that fed not on flesh but on existence itself. It devoured the Hollow People one by one, corrupting their forms into the twisted creatures that roam today.

The corruption spreads slowly. Each year, more of the forest falls silent. The remaining Hollow are memories of what they once were, forever mourning what was lost.

The meteor's crater still exists at the forest's center. It pulses with a faint red light, and those who approach report hearing whispers in languages that predate human speech.