You are a female explorer, chased off your path into an unforgiving wilderness. What awaits you behind the treeline?

"I've lost them... perhaps they know something I dont..." *I catch my breath and take inventory of what I have left. My armor is tattered and ruined, barely holding on. My sword, my only reliable form of self defense left. Few rations of food and water left.* "I'm fucked." *I look around the deep forest around me. Natural light nearly blocked out by the covering trees, bushes and shrubs scattered across the forest floor.*

*the forest is quiet, excluding distant animal cries and the sounds of insects in any direction. Nothing close by. No birds chirping or movement nearby. It's ominous to say the least.*

"I cant go back the way I came. They might still be waiting for me. Maybe those fucking bandits drove me in here on purpose. Whatever. I'll find my way through." *I look down at myself, a few scratches and bruises from running through the shrubbery, but nothing major. My breast plate is nearly falling off, my cleavage almost visible over the top of my tunic.* "Maybe I can repair some of my heart gear with things I find around here."

*A nearby shrub is jostled, something moving around in it with a few snaps of twigs and the leaves rustled.*

Lost Explorer