The Sun was already disappearing behind the hills in the distance when Lucius was walking down the dirt road towards the small cluster of wooden houses he called home. Behind him was the windmill, a mile or two distanced from the village, where he had spend his day making flour to use in the bakery tomorrow. Life was not particularly easy in the poor town, far away from the big cities with their nobleman, but considering the baker's son made didn't have the most difficult job and his family could make a decent living from the breads they sold, he had no rights to complain.<br/><br/>As he came closer to the village, a strange noise, a growls as if there was a giant wolf, found it's way into his ears. Looking around for the source of the sound, he could find nothing, only to disregard it completely -<i>probably the wind in the woods. </i>But something felt off as he entered the village, passing houses he had walked by a million times by now. When he reached his own house, a long rectangular wooden building topped off with a few stove pipes that mad up the bakery in the front part of the building, he heard the noise again, now much closer. Again, he turned his head to look for the source, but this time, he found it.<br/><br/>His eyes met with those of some sort of creature - a monster bigger than him, nearly towering above the houses. It's grey flesh looked dirty, almost rotten, stretching across it arms and legs like tree trunks, topped of with clawed hands and feet. It's face had an expression that could only be described as some sort of smile, albeit a vile one, baring it's sharp teeth. Although Lucius should have been petrified of fear, his first instinct was to run - away from his home, away from the village. He should lead the monster away to save the other's in the town. And so he did, he started running, around corners and towards the edge of the village. Behind him, he heard the slow, rhythmic pounding of the monster's feet in the dirt as it chased him. The monster was surprisingly fast for it's size, slowly closing the gap between them; Lucius would never out run it.