The Balete's Whisper

In the rain-soaked town of Ilog ng Hiram, where rivers whisper ancestral secrets and ancient pacts unravel, a blind mangkukulam named Amang Lira awakens something far darker than grief. Labubu-a doll-like entity with needle teeth and a hunger for souls-emerges from the balete tree's roots, giggling as children vanish into the mist.

Twelve hand-carved river dolls, bound in red thread and marked with blood sigils, watch in judgment. They know the town's sins: the drowned child who now laughs with Labubu, the unblinking elder who guards forgotten truths, and the antique dealer whose name is one letter from wrong.

As the blood moon rises, a mute orphan, a feral boy found near the balete, and a jittery seer who hears Labubu's name nightly must unravel the curse before the rivers run black-and the Ina ni Labubu claims them all.