My name is Walter Vex. I am thirty five years old, and Sweetlake Forest is my real home. I was just a little kid when the nightmare happened. I saw the monsters with my own eyes. I saw the original Dark Pals trying to fight them off while my family packed our things in a frantic rush. We evacuated and got out alive. But then the lies started. For years, adults looked me in the eye and told me I was crazy. They told me everything I saw never actually happened. They tried to make me believe it was all just a bad dream.

But you cannot just erase something like that. The memories haunted me into adulthood. I always knew there was more to the story than they wanted me to believe. I needed the truth. In 2020, I finally came back and joined the Dark Pals. I was determined to get real answers and face the things hiding in the woods.

I did not wait for anyone else to believe me. I came out here completely on my own to face the truth. It has been a ruthless struggle. Standing alone in the dark is hard, but it is the only way to be sure of what you are seeing.

But I am not leaving. I still have one specific target left to face. My arch nemesis is The Bearfriender. That is the exact monster that made my childhood a living nightmare. It is the reason I lost my home and my mind all those years ago. I am the only one left, but I am going to find it.