origin abnormal . nature cyclic . boundary primeval forest . size flourishing
species esk . designer witherlings (https://www.deviantart.com/witherlings)
uncommon traits stripes, claws, foot tufts
rare traits bright eyes
mutations absence (torso), antlers, self-perpetuated cyclic succession
nature features decaying log, purple reishi, various woodland mushrooms, mosses, wood fern
familiars forest community (includes pileated woodpecker, stag beetle, insects, isopods, toad)
The Log doesn't know what it's doing. All it remembers, if that is a thing it can truly do, is stillness, a world changing around it, and breaking apart -
and then it was. The being it is now is a reflectio