HOLLOW

In the city of Aurelia, magic is an ordinary part of everyday life. Mages heal the sick, protect the innocent, and build communities alongside people like Mira, an 18-year-old girl born without magic. Once cheerful and inseparable from her best friend Eli, Mira’s life was shattered when he died through a cruel chain of circumstances. Before his death, Eli gave her Moment, a mysterious golden pendant containing a minimalist hourglass. Mira discovers its terrible power: whenever she dies, time rewinds to a predetermined moment, while she alone remembers. Unable to accept Eli’s death, grief becomes all-consuming hatred. Mira begins hunting those she blames, dying and returning countless times to perfect each kill. As the deaths accumulate, revenge becomes something far darker. Haunted by an imagined Eli who encourages her descent, Mira wages war against a world that never truly wronged her. Hollow is a story of grief, obsession, hatred, and what remains when they consume everything else.