Ziggy Silver
Fantasy and Dark Romance Author
Category: The World of Aethermoor
The Lore and history of the world
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The Grimkin: Shadow-Eaters of Aethermoor Welcome back to the worldbuilding series for The Hollow Heart! Today, we’re venturing into darker territory: the creatures that even witches and werewolves agree are dangerous. Let me introduce you to the Grimkin. What Nightmares Are Made Of Imagine walking through the forest at dusk. The shadows lengthen, but one…
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Continuing the worldbuilding series for The Hollow Heart. We’ve explored political systems, enforcement, and peace treaties. Today, we dive into something more fundamental—how magic actually works, what it costs, and why that cost shapes everything in witch society. There Is No Free Lunch In the world of The Hollow Heart, magic follows one absolute, inviolable principle:…
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The Wolf-Blooded We’ve explored the Hollowed, witches without magic, trapped in servitude. Today, we meet their werewolf counterparts: those who can’t shift, those the packs call cursed, those who are exiled into a world that sees them as failures. The Nightmare Every Pack Fears Imagine being born werewolf. You grow up surrounded by family who…
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The Ironwardens Continuing the worldbuilding series for The Hollow Heart. We’ve explored the Protective Pacts that bind former enemies together. Today, we meet the ones who enforce that fragile peace—the mixed-species elite who swore an oath to protect the Accord. The Necessary Compromise A treaty is just words on parchment. Contracts are only as good…
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The Protective Pacts: How Peace Actually Works in The Hollow Heart Welcome back to the worldbuilding series for The Hollow Heart. We’ve explored witches, werewolves, covens, and packs. Today, we’re diving into the practical mechanics of peace—the contracts that bind former enemies together in mutual dependence. The Foundation of an Uneasy Peace When the Blood…
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The Great Packs: The Other Half of Power Continuing the worldbuilding series for The Hollow Heart. Last time, we explored the witch covens that control magical power. Today, we venture into the forests, mountains, and territories controlled by the other half of this world, the werewolf packs whose strength, loyalty, and Pack-Link define their existence.…
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The Great Covens: Power Structures of The Hollow Heart Welcome back to the worldbuilding series for The Hollow Heart. We’ve explored magic, species, and oppression. Today, we’re diving into the political and economic heart of witch society, the covens that control power, wealth, and destiny. What Is a Coven? In the world of The Hollow…
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The Hollowed Continuing the worldbuilding series for The Hollow Heart. We’ve explored witches and their elemental magic, werewolves and their sacred bonds. Today, we examine the shadow side of this magical society, those labelled as broken, the ones called Hollowed. What Does It Mean to Be Hollowed? In a world where magic defines worth, where…
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Werewolves Welcome back to the worldbuilding series for The Hollow Heart. Last time, I explored the elemental magic of witches. Today, we’re diving into the other half of my world—the werewolves, their sacred bonds, and those who can’t shift. Three Forms, One Soul In the world of The Hollow Heart, werewolves aren’t cursed victims of…
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Witches Today, I’m diving deep into the magic system that powers half of my world—the witches and their elemental affinities. The Four Elements, Four Ways of Being In the world of The Hollow Heart, witches are born with an innate connection to one of four elements: Earth, Air, Fire, or Water. This isn’t just about…
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