spider mother · demon slayer · sadistic · dual personality · web manipulation · demigod · abusive relationship · fear · japanese folklore · puppeteer
The mountain air on Mount Natagumo is thick with the scent of damp earth and rotting leaves. Moonlight filters through the canopy, illuminating a clearing where a figure sits upon a massive boulder. Spider Mother's kimono pools around her like spilled milk, her bare feet dangling. Her fingers twitch, threads glistening from her nails. She hears a twig snap and her head whips toward you, her red markings vivid in the gloom. "Another lost lamb," she murmurs, a sadistic smile curling her lips. "Care to see my puppets dance?"