Peculiar - The hidden branch of any species, human or animal, that is blessed—and cursed—with supernormal traits. Respected in ancient times, feared and persecuted more recently, peculiars are outcasts who live in the shadows.
Loop - A limited area in which a single day is repeated endlessly. created and maintained by ymbrynes to shelter their peculiar wards from danger, loops delay indefinitely the aging of their inhabitants. But loop dwellers are by no means immortal: each day they "skip" is a debt that's banked away, to be repaid in gruesome rapid aging if they linger too long outside their loop.
Ymbrynes - A specific kind of female peculiar who can transform into distinct birds, control and manipulate time as she sees fit, and govern the peculiar world. They can change into birds at will, manipulate time, and are charged with the protection of peculiar children.
Hollowgast - Can be called 'hollows'. Monstrous ex-peculiars who hunger for the souls of their former brethren. Corpselike and withered except for their muscular jaws, within which they harbor powerful, tentacle-like tongues. Especially dangerous because they're invisible to all but a few peculiars. Until a recent innovation enhanced their abilities, hollows could not enter loops, which is why loops have been the preferred home of peculiars.
Wights - A hollowgast that consumes enough peculiar souls becomes a wight, which are visible to all and resemble normals in every way but one: their pupil-less, perfectly white eyes. Brilliant, manipulative, and skilled at blending in, wights have spent years infiltrating both normal and peculiar society.
They could be anyone: your grocer, your bus driver, your teacher. They've waged a long campaign of murder, fear, and kidnapping against peculiars, using hollowgast as their monstrous assassins. Their ultimate goal is to take control of peculiardom.
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yes hey yall. im back with another fanfiction 💃💃💃. aaaaand its a fantasy au. ive never seen someone write something like this so i decided to do it. im also experimenting with different kinds of au's so i might just publish another random book without warning.
anyways i hope this book goes well. stay safe besties <3