So this is based on real game events in my current DND Game.
After being 'blessed' with aspect of the moon, from his patron, Murderbird has lost the ability to sleep, and has to stay awake while his teammates sleep through the night. He attempts to keep himself occupied, but the many hours alone gets to him, and his mind wanders to the dark places he have attempts to ignore. The people he have hurt, and the bird he used to be, before he got a second chance by his current group.
But what do you do when the past come back to haunt you?
Meta:
Murderbird is an Arcane trickster who before the campaign took place, betrayed and got his old gang killed. Ever since, he have joined different groups, wrecking havoc and just been a regular little bad bird, keeping himself busy so he would not have to think of what he did.
He stole a sapphire ingame who promised him powers in exchange for 'the keys' that would free the entity talking from the sapphire. It promised him whatever he wanted, just find the keys. Murdie, being a chaotic little git accepted, and wasted no time trying to find these keys, gitty at his new powers, which included levitating, something extremely exciting for a flightless Kenku.
Only later, after being confronted by the only surviving member of his old gang Rust, and nearly loosing his life in a battle did he start to reconsider the arrangement. The entity, instead of friendly and tempting, became pushy and threatening. He and his party then realised that the voice belonged to an evil entity they had been trying to fight of, Apep, the god of betrayel. And then it all made sense. Why this voice was targeting him, and him alone.
As his powers grew, so did the threats, and his dear patron started 'blessing him' with unwanted abilities, like loosing the ability to sleep. Now he is forced to spend the nights alone while his party rests, and think of the things he have done. Everything in this animatic is simply his own mind playing tricks on him, and the guilt settling in him, now that he is unable to run away anymore.
