In the years following the bloody events that ravaged the small Eastern European village, the legend of the Beast had faded into whispers. But evil, like a curse, never truly dies. Beneath the blackened ruins of St. Volga’s cathedral, something stirs—a deeper, darker presence once believed vanquished, now clawing its way back to the surface.
Young Draven Kael, a wandering hunter with a mysterious past, arrives in a frostbitten town built atop ancient ruins. Unlike the ragtag mercenaries who hunt for coin, Draven is driven by visions—fragmented memories not his own, of teeth and screams, of fire and fur. He bears the mark of the cursed: a crescent-shaped scar that glows under the full moon.
The town is haunted not only by beasts but by secrets. The villagers speak of "The Second Moon," a prophesied night when the blood of both man and monster shall run together. The mayor’s daughter, Elise, a healer and scholar, believes the werewolf curse is evolving—shifting from savage infection into something more... intelligent. She fears a new kind of beast is emerging: one that can think, reason, and lead. Draven teams up with Elise and an aging hunter named Roth, the last surviving member of Charles’ original crew. Roth warns that the beast they once faced was just a "sentinel"—a guardian of something ancient, buried deeper than bone.
Under the blood-red moon, bodies begin to vanish—not torn apart, but carefully taken. The town’s graveyard is desecrated. Symbols appear in ash and claw-marks. Then, one night, the silence shatters: an entire patrol is slaughtered, and the few survivors return changed—stronger, faster, silent. Draven discovers the truth—he is the descendant of the original beast, its blood diluted but awakening. Inside him burns both hunger and hope. He must choose between becoming the monster or mastering it. In a climactic showdown beneath the crypts, the town faces a new Alpha—a former man of faith, now corrupted by lycanthropic madness and crowned in bone. Draven unleashes his inner beast, not as a destroyer, but as a protector. Man and monster collide in a storm of claws and fury, where love, loss, and legacy intertwine. As dawn breaks, the town stands bruised but not broken. The curse is not gone—but it has a guardian now.
