~Lore~
Walking through the dark silent forest you notice as you travel further into it, it gets denser and darker until it's almost pitch black. Head low and ears back you continue until you reach a small opening. A completely vacant area with abandoned caves. Tired you decide to crawl into the nearest den you could find.
When you open your eyes you realize you aren't where you were yesterday. Getting up cautiously you walk out of the cave you were in. As you look around you see two pitch black wolves, seemingly made of shadows. One looked gross, with eyes covering its pelt and chains around its neck. Both had fire beneath their paws, leaving scorch marks with every step. But the other one had bright yellow eyes that seemed to flicker like flames. It didn't have chains or eyes, just a shadowy being with large claws and flames. You step back as they come near, the one with eyes gets defensive while the other tilts its head curiously.
Finally the curious one speaks, "Helloā€¦you're not supposed to be here. You're not dead yetā€¦How'd you get all the way down here?" You go to answer but realize you couldn't speak. She chuckles, "My apologies, I forgot you couldn't speak to us. Let me introduce myself, I am Ember, and this is my brother Reaper." She flicks her tail towards the wolf with the many eyes. "We are Hellhounds, and you've somehow, found your way into the underworld. Come I'll introduce you to the rest of the pack." She gets up and starts walking, Reaper huffs in annoyance and follows you.
You approach a den with no light and no moisture, the stones completely bone dry. Ember walks in and a few minutes later a large black wolf follows her out. If you thought Reaper was disturbing then this wolf was fear its self. As he walked his paws dehydrated and scorched the dead ground. Suddenly you realize just how big these wolves were, and take a small step back. A slightly smaller figure appears behind the looming darkness, parts of her seemed to be turning into the shadowy substance but she had kind yellow eyes and gray fur. Ember turns to you, "This is my Father, Hemlock, one of the first hellhounds to ever walk the earth. And my mother, Shadow." You nod stiffly, Hemlock watches you, clearly not welcoming to strangers. His shadowy pelt flickers before he speaks, first in another language before Shadow bumps him and he restarts in the language you know, "You should not be here. You are not dead and you serve no purpose to this pack, even if you are a Dreamwalker. I'll allow you to finish meeting the rest of my pack since my daughter has kindly offered to, but then you must leave." Too scared to move you just nod a little. Shadow flicks her tail and kindly speaks, "He is harsh but if you spend too much time here it will damage your soul. It is best to finish up your tour quickly." Reaper huffs and moves to lay by his mother. Ember looks at you and starts to walk away a sign for you to follow.
Soon you approach another den, two wolves lay outside of it with their family. The male with the green fur sits up, "Helloā€¦my name is Foxfireā€¦I was never living like you are. I was made by the goddess of Chaos, but you don't want to hear about that." The female beside him sits up as well, you realize she was blind but staring right at you. She had a gorgeous purple pelt that reminded you of the lunar wolves and foxgloves. "I'm Spiritseer, like Foxfire I was also technically never living. I am part ghost and part skinwalker, which is why I'm a little opaque." You'd heard of skinwalkers and step back warily. She smiles a little, "Unfortunately our pups are out but Ember will take you to see Oracle and Alice." Ember dips her head respectfully and quickly runs off, making you chase after her. She pauses suddenly and you have to dig your nails in not to hit her. "I cannot enter here. You'll have to meet them without me." And without another word Ember leaves.
You feel your fur start to prickle uneasily and quickly walk into the light. There you see a large white wolf with three purple eyes watching you calmly and a large black wolf with white eyes staring at you. The black wolf speaks first, "Another one? In our day there were no Dreamwalkers and now there's suddenly an influx of them? Hemlock will surely make us get rid of some-" The white wolf cuts her off, "Sorry for that. I'm Oracle and that's Alice. We were living like you but were gifted to see the dead. To leave you just walk through this tunnel. I must advise you leave once you wake or you'll be stuck in a loop forever." With that they move some bushes and allow you to enter the tunnelā€¦
