The Hunger

WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS

The Hunger is the main antagonist in 'The Covenant'.

Physical Appearance
The Hunger is a giant centipede-like creature. It has hundreds of human hands manifested from all the human sacrifices it receives every year. It has one blue eye that is surrounded with four long sharp teeth. Below the eye, it has a insect mouth that has teeth and slimy saliva dripping from it.

Biography
The Hunger emerged from a rocky forest (presumably in Scotland). They started consuming all life. Once they found humans, they realised that consuming them made them grow; every human hand they consumed was added to their bodies. They consumed more and more humans, wishing to grow long enough to encircle the entire world. But the human didn't give up that easily.

After much conflict, the "Grant clan of Scotland" were able to bind them with "druidic chains" in 1720. These chains were enchanted in that they could restrict them and their growth. The Grants then forced it to agree to the Covenant. The Covenant made it so the Hunger could they would not attack any humans. However, the Covenant had to be renewed by sacrificing a group of people, one person every night, every blood moon. In return, the Grant clan would receive a vision of the future to keep their clan alive. The Hunger was patient and was willing to wait however many centuries till they grew large enough through sacrifices.

The Grants moved the Hunger to their forest and the Covenant became a tradition that they needed to uphold. For almost 300 years, they willingly sacrificed themselves to the Covenant. During the second last renewal of Covenant, Prudence sabotaged each of her siblings in order to claim the future vision for herself.

Eventually, the Grant clan dissipated. And in 2020, they needed victims. Prudence and Mark Grant arranged a 'camp trip' to the Grant forest where Mark was planned to sacrifice his teacher and six of his classmates till he was the last person standing. Mr. Sparks, Turner, Kelly, Joanne, Seychelle, Nicky, a hiker, and Mark himself died during the ceremony and Samantha Winthorp remained the solo survivor.

After everyone else has died, Sam has the choice to either decline the Covenant and thus let the Hunger loose on the world, or accept it and use the future vision to discover the one way to defeat it: fire. If she chooses the latter, the Hunger will be burnt down along with the Grant forest.