Story
The story is about a young hunter (the player) who has dreams of climbing the ranks of the hunters, being capable of taking on increasingly dangerous missions in order to protect the people, and maybe even earn a good amount income too...
In this, his first mission, he is searching for a nest of monsters that needs to be destroyed in order to protect a nearby town, determinedly pushing on despite being earlier separated from his team (or abandoned by them for being such a novice, who knows).
To do this he must pass through a Forest in order to reach the base of a mountain were the nest is located.
Unfortunately he has never actually seen any of the monsters, only having seeing illustrated depictions of them and the destruction they can leave, meaning he does not quite know what he's up against.
Setting (What is the environment? What does it look like? What relevance does it have to your setting).
Forest: Filled with lots of trees and brush (bushes, plants, grass, etc), a few rocks, it's slightly misty, dark, there are the occasional puddles and a few monsters.
Mountain base: There are no trees, lots more/bigger rocks, the monster nest is located here, caves and many more monsters are to be expected.
Backstory
The world is over run by monsters, the bigger cities are safe behind their walls, but the smaller villages and towns can disappear overnight without adequate protection. Thus it is up to the hunters to protect the vulnerable villages and towns as well as to seek out the more troublesome groups or individuals to hunt.
Due to the dangers of these monsters, the world is largely untouched outside of the walls, with expansion typically being punished by attack and ground based transport like trains under constant threat, there are a great number of lush forests, meadows and other parts of nature such as wild animals. This abundance of life gives adequate resources and concealment for the towns and villages to sustain themselves, but this also makes navigation tricky and helps to hide the monsters too.
Characters (Including Antagonist, Protagonist, Sidekick, Player Character etc).
Protagonist: A hunter called David: a well built, young male, with black hair, brown eyes and he wields an axe and shield. Could also be called Average Alan due to appearance.
Antagonists: The monsters: 8 ft tall creatures that look like they are straight out of nightmares, they look like twisted versions of animals like wolves and bears, they have pitch black fur with red and white features, tend to have bone like Armour plating and/or spikes.
There are no sidekicks or other characters (in this scene), The player character is the Protagonist.
Character Backstories
Dave is new to the hunting profession with this being his first assignment, but it can't be that hard, they are just some ticked off animals right?
Dave grew up in a small nameless town not far from one of the cities, his job was to carry trade goods to and from the city and the town. While getting some supplies from there, he returned to find his town destroyed with no survivors.
He quickly returned to the city with news of the town's destruction, started combat school (possible tutorial level) and vowed to become a hunter and to protect others from the same fate.
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