Intel 1
Deep in the forest, an enormous silhouette can sometimes be seen moving slowly between the trees—the Corrupted Stag, the closest thing the forest has to a living totem.
Its antlers grow darker and more twisted with age, catching the moonlight in an ominous rainbow sheen.
Intel 2
The stag's enormous antlers are living organs capable of absorbing HIEROS-I energy from the environment, purifying it, and converting it into biological energy. The remaining contamination accumulates inside the antlers' keratin layers.
In a mature stag, the contamination level is high enough to corrupt every living thing within twenty meters. The healthier the stag becomes, the more violently the ecosystem around it twists.