W͟H͟A͟T͟ ͟ ͟ ͟I͟S͟ ͟ ͟ ͟I͟T͟? —
THE TRUTH IS MOSTLY UNKNOWN, STORIES AND ACCUSATIONS PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATIONS ARE ALL THATS LEFT TO UNCOVER WHAT IT MAY BE:
A DEMON, A CENTAUR, AN OMEN.
WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S NOT HUMAN, NOT ENTIRELY. SOME SUGGEST IT TAKES PART IN THE WILD HUNT, RANSACKING VILLAGES, AND DESTROYING ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN ITS PATH.
ALL THAT'S TRULY KNOWN IS THAT THE BEAST IS NEVERMORE THAN A WHISPER IN THE NIGHT, A HORSE RIDE AWAY FROM PUTTING SOMEONE IN THE GRAVE, ALL THE WHILE LEAVING BLOOD IN ITS WAKE.
W͟H͟O͟ ͟ ͟ ͟I͟S͟ ͟ ͟ ͟I͟T͟? —
IT BLENDS INTO THE BACK OF A MIDNIGHT MARE, A CLOAKED SHADOW SINKING INTO THE SADDLE.
A FACE NEVER SEEN, ITS BODY BECOMES ONE WITH THE NIGHT. ITS VOICE IS THE GRAVEL OF THE GROUND, THE WHISPER OF THE LEAVES THROUGH THE WIND:
MELODIC, HORRIFYING, MADDENING.
AS IT GETS CLOSER, ITS VOICE BECOMES LOUDER, A SOUND OF CHAIN LINKS AND LAUGHTER, AND THEN. . . SILENCE. IF YOU ARE NOT DEAD, YOU WILL BE. IT'S COMING.