Kushtaka: the Legend of the Bay of Death

Deep in the Southeast Alaskan Rainforest lies a vast vein of raw gold that is unclaimed for a reason, it lies on Cursed Ground. The Bay of Death earned its name when a huge landslide wiped out a village of five hundred Alaskan Natives back before Russian contact. It was no ordinary village and the landslide no accident. The Kusaxa Kwaan were the cannibals of the realm and the landslide was caused by the other tribes of the area and they thought they had wiped their problems off the face of the Earth. Now the spirits of the Kusaxa Kwaan have adhered with the Kushtaka, the Land Otter Man, the changelings of Tlingit Mythology and they guard the treasure from any outsiders that seek it. No one visits the Bay of Death anymore so the vein sleeps and waits for a dreamer to come its way. Enter Jace Morgan, Alaska's most famous cartoonist. He has been obsessed with Thomas Bay since he was a child growing up on his Foster Parents fishing boat and his obsession leads him to the Bay alone, where he finds a Gold Nugget that is crudely fashioned into a tiny idol. Soon the voices in his head begin to drive him mad and the nightmares drive him back to face the ancient evil he has re-awakened in The Bay of Death. As it waits for him, with sharp, pointed teeth.