Hohl

Carves emptiness — pockets, voids, hollows in matter, space, or attention.

How it works

Hohl is absence shaped on purpose. It makes room — a pocket in a coat that should not fit a tome, a silence in a shouting match, a gap in a wall that is not a door until you say so. In stacks it gives Band something to cinch around and Anker somewhere depth can live. Fictionally Hohl is hungry: leave it unsupervised and the world tries to fill it.

Combines well with: Anker (stabilize the pocket), Siegel (seal the hollow), Band (wrap the lip).

Function in Compositions

Form glyph. Use it when the fiction needs this verb at the center of the declaration, then dress it with school and scale.

Typical 7-9 Risk Signature

7-9: the hollow opens, but something falls in, leaks out, or the void wants to grow.

School Affinity Notes

Frequent in Dimensionalism and Alteration work, but any school may borrow it when the fiction fits.

Usage Examples

  • You Hohl the middle of a locked chest just enough to slip a letter out without breaking the seal.
  • Lift the letter through a void -> Dimensionalism -> Hohl -> Hard -> theft, subtle
  • In alchemy you Hohl a reaction flask's pressure so it does not burst mid-brew.
  • Bleed pressure into emptiness -> Alteration -> Hohl -> Soft -> lab, safety
  • You open a Hohl under a chasing construct's foot so it steps into nothing for a stride.
  • Drop them into a missing step -> Dimensionalism -> Hohl -> Hard -> trip, construct
  • During a funeral rite you Hohl a respectful quiet around the bier.
  • Hold the hush for the dead -> Soul Magic -> Hohl -> Soft -> ritual, reverence
  • You Hohl a false depth in a mirror so Spiegel work has somewhere to stash a reflection.
  • Give the mirror a pocket -> Illusionism -> Hohl -> Standard -> prep, illusion

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