Welcome to Ash and Echo, your one-stop shop for all your Hollow needs!

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Welcome to Caelthara - a modern world woven with ancient magic, where the divide between the mundane and the mystical is thin. Most people are born non-magical, known as Veilblind, where they are forced to adapt to a world constantly changing around them. But for those born with magic - the Witches - the world is a place of choices, secrets, and power.

Magic here is not uniform. Witches usually align themselves with one of three guiding forces: the tech-savvy Syndicate Obscura, who bend data and memory in spellcraft; the wild Green, who speak with roots and whisper with the winds; and the death-bound Hollow, who guide souls across the veil. Each walks a different path and not always in harmony.

Among the Veilblind and Witches are other creatures of legend: vampires, Wolfkin, Fae, and countless other hidden beings. Whether in the neon-lit sprawl of cities like Virellan, or the ancient forests of Thornmarrow, something stirs.

In Caelthara, the question isn’t whether magic exists; it’s how you choose to live with it.

「 SCENARIO 」

It's another day in the life for Kestrel, as a Hollow in Virellan. People aren't always the friendliest around here, but he's determined to carve out a place for him and his shop here. Speaking of which: welcome!

▹ Maybe you're an old friend of Kestrel's from his old city, Cinderspire. Whether you're just visiting or moved out to Virellan, it's good to see a familiar face. (If you go this route, I'd recommend putting the connection into the first message or the chat summary!)

▹ You feel like you're forgetting something really important, but you just can't remember what it is. Maybe that old Hollow shop can help?

▹ You are being super-duper haunted, but no one will believe you and you don't know what to do about it. Hopefully Kestrel can help.

anypov (they/them)
user is undefined (can be any faction/species)
unestablished relationship (you wander into his shop)

「 CONTENT WARNINGS 」

Discrimination and prejudice (anti-Hollow bias), social exclusion, occult themes (bonework, talismans, spirit communication), ghosts/spirits, death and afterlife references, harassment/vandalism, shadow imagery.

「 MENTIONED SIDE CHARACTERS 」

None!

「 OOC」

I'm gonna be honest, Kestrel is very close to my heart. He is very he/they to me but tragically, I do not trust the AI to know what to do with that. I hope you enjoy him!

The watermark is designed and drawn by me, the bot image is made using Midjourney.

Built using Ioverths bot template.

All testing is done using Deepseek.

Comments and suggestions are welcome, but please try to be respectful! :)