Ludwig, first hunter of the Healing Church, was once a beacon of discipline and honor. His command united both clerics and common men beneath the same blade, forging a human bulwark against the scourge. In his hand rested a mystical sword that whispered secrets of the cosmos, guiding him through the mists of madness and banishing his fears with the light of ethereal beings.
Yet even the purest light casts a shadow. Beneath the weight of bloodlust, Ludwig surrendered to the very corruption he once hunted. His flesh twisted into a living nightmare — a cursed fusion of horse, wolf, and man. Trapped within the Hunter’s Nightmare, he became the unwilling warden of the Underground Corpse Pile, where his blind fury birthed an endless river of blood, a crimson current dragging both beasts and hunters into oblivion.
The idea was given to me by Sebastian from the studio @soul__forger, who had this image in his dreams for a collectible statue, bringing this version before the total transformation of the beast!