Synopsis for The Starved and the Silent In the quiet, forgotten village of Hallowmere, people disappear—but no one speaks of it. The blacksmith, the widow, a merchant, a child. Gone without a trace, and yet the village does not mourn. They do not whisper of curses or monsters. They simply move on, as if the missing never existed at all. Rylen Vale, a wandering sellsword, arrives seeking nothing more than a warm bed and a cold drink. Instead, he finds a girl desperate for help, a priest burdened by secrets, and a trail leading into the woods where something waits in the mist. The villagers call it bad luck.The priest calls it guilt.The girl calls it a monster. But monsters have fangs and hunger. This thing has emptiness. Drawn into a tale of forgotten sins, Rylen comes face to face with the Lostling—an unnatural thing, gaunt and hollow, its stomach an aching void. A creature not born, but made. A thing that was left behind. Some horrors live in the dark. Others walk in silence, waiting to be remembered. And in Hallowmere, the past is never truly buried. Inspired by 'the last wish' by Andrzej Sapkowski