Fantasy Tuesdays: The Fantasy World of Creepy Hollow

 

We have a special guest post today. Rachel Morgan is here to talk about her new series Creepy Hollow. Guardian, book one, is now available, and it's awesome. Take it away, Rachel.

The Fantasy World of Creepy Hollow

For Cherie’s Fantasy Tuesday I’m sharing a little about the fantasy world I created for the Creepy Hollow series.


The Faeries
They’re not tiny and winged. In fact, they look pretty much like humans, apart from their hair and eyes. To make things interesting, I decided that all faeries are born with streaks of bright color in their hair, and that color matches their eyes. So Violet, for example (you can guess this one) has purple streaks in her dark hair, and purple eyes to match (yeah, her parents thought they were being clever giving her that name).

The Fae Realm
This is a realm not accessible by humans (at least, not without the help of a faerie). The part of the fae realm that Violet lives in is called Creepy Hollow (hence the name of the series. Duh). It’s a forest. The Guild of Guardians that Violet is a member of (as there are several Guilds throughout the world) is situated here.

The Faerie Paths

Faeries travel within and between the fae and human realms by using the faeries paths. The paths are basically a black, empty nothingness between the realms, and they can lead anywhere. A faerie needs to open a doorway to the paths and, once inside, think of the destination he/she wishes to arrive at. It’s a pretty lazy way of traveling, actually. Only faeries use the faerie paths (hence the name), while other fae creatures have their own magical methods of disappearing and reappearing.

The Guild
The Guild is the protective force of the fae realm. There are several Guilds throughout the world, and they train and employ guardians. The Guild Councils, together with the Seelie Queen, determine the Laws that should be upheld by all fae (I say 'should' because, of course, not everyone obeys the Law . . .).

The Guardians

Guardian are faeries that have been specially trained to protect humans (and other innocent fae) from attack by dangerous magical creatures. A faerie choosing to be a guardian would begin training with the Guild at age 13, and continue for a period of 5 years (like high school, but fighting is actually part of the curriculum). After graduation, a guardian would continue working for the Guild, or find some other job requiring a guardian’s skills, such as a guard in the Seelie palace.

The Stylus

This is kinda like a wand, but not exactly. It has no magic of its own, but rather it “channels” a faerie’s magic when necessary. Faeries need their styli to perform certain magic, like writing the words that open a doorway to the faerie paths.


Thanks, Cherie, for letting me share some of the stuff that’s been bouncing around in my imagination!

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Rachel Morgan is the author of Guardian, the first novelette in the Creepy Hollow series. She was born in South Africa and spent a large portion of her childhood living in a fantasy land of her own making. These days, in between teaching mathematics to high school children, she writes fiction for young adults.

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Book Chat Special: Release Day for Rachel Morgan's CREEPY HOLLOW series

 

First off, I'm at Sherri Lackey's blog talking about combining genres (romance and space fantasy).

Today the Creepy Hollow series kicks off with the release of the first story, GUARDIAN!! It's an awesome story. Please go out and buy and read now.

GUARDIAN introduces readers to the magical world of Creepy Hollow, a realm where fae creatures — both safe and definitely-not-so-safe — dwell. Things are cool as long the fae stick to their own realm. It's when they find their way into the human world that things start going wrong...


1. Receive assignment.

2. Save a life.

3. Sleep.

4. Repeat.

Protecting humans from dangerous magical creatures is all in a day’s work for a faerie training to be a guardian. Seventeen-year-old Violet Fairdale knows this better than anyone—she’s about to become the best guardian the Guild has seen in years. That is, until one of her assignments—a human boy who shouldn’t even be able to see her—follows her into the fae realm. Now she’s broken Guild Law, a crime that could lead to her expulsion.

The last thing Vi wants to do is spend any more time with the boy who got her into this mess, but the Guild requires that she return Nate to his home and make him forget everything he’s discovered of the fae realm. Easy, right? But Nate and Vi are about to land themselves in even bigger trouble—and it’ll take all Vi’s training to get them out alive.

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To find out more about the series, the author, and the characters, check out the blog tour that’s happening over the next two weeks.

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