The Old Blade
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The hero is Buyong Matanayon. He is a mythic folklore hero in the island of Panay in the Philippines. His the last remaining master swordsman of his family.
He hunts and gets hunted by evil creatures. In this story, he is hunted by the Tayawran.
The Tayawran were once human-often hunters, warriors, or hermits-who dwelled too long in forbidden mountain places where ancient, pre-colonial spirits were sealed beneath the earth. Through madness, starvation, or exposure to parasitic mists, they surrendered their flesh to the mountains, becoming vessels for something older and hungrier.
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