Spotted!? The Big Cat!

[Big Cat]

"Don't get too close... Never know what they're carrying."

"I come, I go, but you'll never know... Like a cat in a hat, get near and I'll scratch! I rush around the land in search of a good nap, but with playtime enacted. I've come to raise tactics! 

Beware of my claws, for those who hold flaws. Beware of my fangs, I don't give a damn. 

It is I

the Big Cat

Prepare to get snatched.

Talk of this whimsical tune has finally reached the ears of all merchants in Esshar. Some even coming to fear the woods outside not simply for the sake of avoiding the dangers of animals and syndicate alike, but for what song is sung before claws sent them on the run.

Whatever the case may be. The big cat seems to appear wherever the syndicate was said to have been. 

Strange...

[Big Cat]

"Damned Cat nearly clawed my eyes out!"

"I've found a place by the waters, that's perfect for me... No wonder for those that seek to find me. Get lost out at sea.

Ya see, I see, I see. So many bodies, that scatter and roam around islands forestry trees. They're looking to play, but I just nay. Because some aren't fast, I simply run past...

I wonder I wonder, if i'll ever blunder... Hope to find me? Well maybe the sea, can see. Where no others can breathe. I hope to please, those who seek me. With laughter and joy, but most importantly?

Danger!

Muh~Hahahahaha!

With increased reported sightings on, The Big Cat. It's come to their concern that. Night time is when they strike. Merchants in particular as well have begun straying away from said areas. One most notably returning from their fair roughed up, clothing scratched at. And when questioned about the events, he had this to say.

"I was out at night, hoping to pick some amber and reed up from my normal spots, but then outta nowhere this big cat came jumping at me from up top a tree! They tossed me around with their huge paws until eventually I gave up and ran away! Thing might look like a cat, but it's damn strong!"

From the looks of it after taken to the medics, the man wasn't lying. Despite all the bruises and cuts, no actual harmed had seemingly come to pass. However, could it be said the same for any mages that hoped to find this delinquent? 

[Big Cat]

"Never enjoyed chopping trees down, Muh... But for you? I'll chop them all down, until you've no place left to run."

Over the past year, whispers begin to spread over the affairs involving the Big Cat, reported sightings claim they're playful demeanor has quickly spiraled into a downward trend. Merchants once merely roughed up have begun returning back into the city from their ventures with scars and scratches dug nail deep. One merchant interviewed had this to say.

"Thought it was all just a game at first. You know? Stories about the Big Cat always seemed to end with people just getting roughed up a bit... Figured, it'd be the same for me! C-Clearly not... Don't know what happened to them, but they're not the same Big Cat that roamed around before... More of a Lion, than anything else... Frightening really... If I didn't have my guards with me. I might've not made it back! 

What worried me the most though? They kept mumbling some strange things like. 

-I'll get'ya back and there's no hiding in the forest they claimed as their own...- 

I know they didn't mean! I-I never made any claims to the forest!"

Though if there's any that pursued deep into the tracks of the Big Cat may be well-aware of what transpired between themselves and the leadership of Moonfall. A terrible sight, one that left the Big Cat critically injured. Rumor has it... After the battle was over, the two exchanged some deathly parting words... They went a little like.

Big Cat: YOU MADE THE WRONG ENEMY! I won't stop, until everything around you is brought under.

Corneila: This won't be the last time you bleed in my forest then, Cat. I will promise you that.

Since then. Sightings of the Big Cat have all, but disappeared... Is this is the end of the Big Cat or do they have other things planned upon their return to the vast forest?

[Big Cat]

It hurts...

Increased sightings are reported to have occurred in the city Orosna as of last night. The sounds of a wounded animal filled the air as the average civilian was pushed aside upon the Big Cat's arrival. Though not given chase to, the Big Cat was spotted severely wounded and attempting to gain access to a home nearby the sewers. After a few failures, they could be seen being approached by both an upper-class noblemen and Cadet to the city. But before they could make any hasty attempts to capture. 

The Big Cat slipped into the sewers through the water way, carried off into the below... 

[Big Cat]

"Told ya once... I'll tell ya twice, leave me alone. Or I'll stop playing nice."

Since the arrival of Big Cat's dramatic return to the sewers in Osrona. Knights, mages, and civilians alike; should they spot the big cat are immediately pressured by the disguised individual to leave. Typically done by force, the felinae's options as of late have become scarce and the lackadaisical demeanor has all, but faded. 

Rumors however have spread, talk of what issues may be the source...

"I heard the thing, down there... Lost my coins one day and went in search of it. Barely managed to reach a few steps in before I was suddenly attacked! Wasn't even a conversation! Thing just picked me up and kicked me out! Told me, next time they wouldn't as nice!"

Whatever seems to be happening. One thing seems ascertain. 

The Big Cat's head wasn't in the right place... Moving despite the injuries openly displayed. It's as if they're possessed by so unearthly force!