Araneo
The one great beast of many legs,
That tortures prey til it cries and begs.
Mouth lined with rows of vicous fangs.
Scared of the beast, the children hang.
Where it comes we do not know,
But it is known as
Araneo
The forest is a bad place to be. Especially alone. And especially at night. It is not a calm or forgiving place, but a god forsaken horror with mysteries to be unraveled still. These mysteries are those that bring fame, fortune, glory... for the few that make it out alive. Besides other dangers and creatures, the forest is ruled by one. And only one, for those that try to stand in its way are met by the wrath of Araneo.
Araneo's origin and age are unknown, but it haunts the small town of Nuscosia, in old time America. It lures children into the woods with allies, in a sickly sweet, almost motherly voice. The search parties go out to find them, either to end up never returning, or to report the children hung or slaughtered by the spider. The encounter, almost inevitable. A fight, probable. A victory - impossible. There is no way you can hide that you won't be seen, not necessarily by the spider. There is no way you can run fast enough that it won't be able to catch up to you,
Once you enter deep enough into the woods. You are lost forever, wound up and wrapped tightly into it's white, silky grave before it finishes you. Sucking your body dry of the Red life that flows through it. Something. Will. Find. You. And when it does. You better pray that it isn't Araneo.
So this is a concept I've had for quite a long time. It's loosely based off of the game Limbo, which I absolutely love. You should go check it out, seriously. While it's loosely based it won't have any connection to the game, except for there being a giant spider (which has no name in Limbo so I just improvised on what to call it).
I was thinking we could either be a search party going into the woods, or a group of teenagers (13-16?) that get lured and lost in the woods. Honestly just looking at interest at this point, and if you are interested possibly comment which idea you would prefer more. *By low fantasy, just some creatures and the spider. No magic or realms or mages or any of that shit. Just some good old fashioned rip your face of monsters*
