The Hollow Beneath Veyrhold
By @KingShvde
Veyrhold is alive. Nobody knows it yet. Pathfinder Kael Veyren spends his days mapping a city that constantly reshapes itself. When a district missing for six years suddenly reappears, he discovers evidence that entire parts of Veyrhold have been deliberately erased from history. Following a trail of forgotten maps, impossible records, and a dead cartographer’s warnings, Kael descends into the hidden layers beneath the city. There he finds something far worse than shifting streets. The Hollow remembers. It remembers lost districts. It remembers the dead. And somehow, it remembers him.
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Empty void eyes
By @Toky Marintsaina
Tsugiyama Shiro, a ghost from the White Room's most brutal generation, enters Advanced Nurturing High School. At nine, he alone chose to abandon the "experiment," rejecting a future where only two remained – himself and the enigmatic Kiyotaka Ayanokoji. Now, at sixteen, his empty, discerning eyes observe the intricate social hierarchies of ANHS, a stage far less predictable than the sterile halls he once knew. Shiro seeks not power, but answers: what defines a "normal" life, and what meaning can be forged when one has rejected the path of a perfect human weapon? As his path inevitably intertwines with Ayanokoji's, Shiro must navigate the school's hidden agendas, confront the lingering specter of the White Room, and perhaps, for the first time, truly feel the weight of his own existence before the void within consumes him.
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Empty void eyes
By @Toky Marintsaina
Tsugiyama Shiro, a relic of the White Room's brutal 4th Demonic generation, carries the chilling detachment of a prodigy who chose freedom. At nine, he walked away, leaving behind the shattered remnants of 74 peers, save for one — Kiyotaka Ayanokoji. Now sixteen, Tsugiyama enrolls in ANHS Class 1-B, his 'empty void eyes' observing a new battlefield. His unparalleled analytical prowess, honed in the shadows of the White Room, is his greatest weapon and his curse. He seeks a life unmarred by manipulation, but ANHS is a crucible where hidden agendas twist every friendship and alliance. The central conflict isn't just surviving, but redefining himself amidst a society that constantly tests the limits of human nature. Can a soul shaped by pure utility truly find its own purpose when its very existence is a testament to calculated design?
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