Concept sample · 01 / Summonings

How to Obtain a Familiar

The bond

A familiar is not a servant waiting to be summoned. It is a presence deciding whether you are worth answering. A candle, a silver bell, rainwater, and a crystal may draw its attention. None of them can compel its affection.

It may arrive in a shape you recognize. Its reflection may take a moment longer to arrive.

Never offer your true name simply because it has offered you companionship.

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Concept sample · 02 / Entity Encounters

How to Find a Witch’s House

The house is not hidden in the forest. The forest is arranged around the house.

Every window is dark except one upstairs. A silhouette moves behind the glass, stirring a pot without lifting its head. The chimney releases no smoke. Still, the air smells of something the traveler’s grandmother used to make.

At the threshold

Answer only the question you were asked. Refuse any chair that is already warm. If your own voice calls from upstairs, remain downstairs.

If you leave and hear the door close twice, something else has left with you.

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Concept sample · 03 / Entity Encounters

What to Do If You Encounter an Angel

The light arrives before the figure. It does not fall across objects. It passes through them, revealing outlines inside walls and shapes beneath closed eyelids.

Before you agree

Do not promise obedience before hearing the request. Do not assume that being chosen means being spared. Ask what will happen to the people left behind.

A halo tells you where the light comes from. It does not tell you what the light intends.

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