**Setting:**

The world is a grim blend of steampunk, dark fantasy, and horror, infused with elements like alchemy. Anomalous zones warp reality—monsters lurk in the shadows, magic pulses unpredictably, and the laws of physics twist into something unrecognizable. War rages on, and the skies are torn apart by the fire of clashing air cruisers.

**The Situation:**

One such cruiser, crippled in an aerial battle, teeters on the edge of destruction. The captain makes a desperate gamble—to cut through a vast anomalous forest, hoping to reach friendly lines. But the forest does not let go so easily.

**The Crash.**

The ship goes down. Only twelve survive, including the hardened captain and an obsessive medic-scientist, hungry for the forest’s secrets. The wreckage, though battered, still serves as a fragile stronghold—its remaining guns can keep the monsters at bay. For now.

**Their goal is survival.**

But the forest is watching.

And waiting.