The Choir Beneath the Roots

In the year 1324, a remote village nestled deep in the blackened woods of Garthmaer begins to suffer from a string of strange vanishings. Farmers report hearing chanting beneath the soil, like a choir humming through the earth. The trees bleed sap that stains like ink, and animals are born with mouths but no eyes.

When a group of villagers digs near the oldest tree - the Crooked Rowan - they uncover a stone spiral descending into the ground, carved with symbols not seen since the days of the Old Tongue. At the base lies a circular temple, blackened by time, with a pulsating object suspended in the air, humming softly. Anyone who hears the hum begins to dream of a mouth with no face.

A monk from a nearby abbey investigates and begins to document the phenomena on scrolls and charcoal illustrations - which, in your video, appear as found footage-style insertions, corrupted with static, reversed chanting, and erratic Latin script that translates poorly. The deeper he descends into the mystery, the less he appears in reflections, until eventually, he disappears entirely from his own writings.

The tape ends with a medieval "broadcast" warning the viewer not to look directly into the spiral or hum along with the sound - or "It will see you seeing it."