There was one more creature in the woods nearby that hadn't been seen yet. One that had the more humanoid figure of the bunch, but no face to go with it. The monster's head was something that resembled a mask, one with a minimal amount of detail and only two punctures serving as eyes. Protruding from its head were two large and asymmetrical horns, decorated by ample strands of moss, that could just as well be its hair. Its torso was bare, showing gray skin with moss grown over on certain areas of its body and on one arm, the left one, a couple of toadstools protruded. Its lower body was covered in long, thick strands of moss, reaching down to its feet and hiding anything that would be otherwise deemed inappropriate.<br/><br/>This monster, which would later be known as a<a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F564x%2F99%2Fbd%2F8f%2F99bd8f03119f6f8ee6bdf16a30d6c66a.jpg&amp;hash=29783201582a612e46e503e412cf690b" href="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/99/bd/8f/99bd8f03119f6f8ee6bdf16a30d6c66a.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Palus</a>- the Latin word for swamp - was currently crouched down, leaning over the corpse of an animal of some sort (though it was no animal considered normal) and wondering just who or what had killed it. These woods, bordering a swamp, were the monster's territory and whatever happened in them was<i>always </i>something the Palus knew about.