Whiro, the Māori lord of darkness and evil, crouches in the shadowy depths of Te Urewera Forest. His emaciated body is cloaked in ragged flax mats and mangy kiwi feathers, with skeletal hands gripping a mere (club) carved from blackened whalebone. Rotting tā moko (facial tattoos) writhe across his ashen skin, and his eyes burn like smoldering obsidian. Twisted kauri trees loom overhead, their roots strangling glowworm- lit streams, while taniwha (water spirits) slither in murky pools. The moon is eclipsed by storm clouds, and the air reeks of decay. Behind him, a shattered waka (canoe) lies half- sunk in a stagnant swamp. Detailed hand, Hand, Perfect hand
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