ROOTMERE HOLLOW COMMUNITY
THE COMMUNITY BENEATH THE ROOTS
Rootmere's households survive through shared warning, labour, water, healing, hunting knowledge and emergency shelter. Their wall-less forest settlement is bound by memory and mutual need—but Ascendant surveillance is turning fear into pressure between neighbours.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1
THE ASCENDANTS
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THE POWER THAT MEASURES AND CONTROLS
A political-technological power of altered human and nonhuman figures, the Ascendants measure populations, operate patrols and pursue the Raising. Their surveillance and machinery turn classification into control—and their attention is closing around Yasmin.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 3
FARWATCH OF ROOTMERE HOLLOW
ROOTMERE'S FIRST DEFENCE BEYOND IRONWARD
Farwatch moves ahead of Rootmere's walls to read routes, gather intelligence and intercept danger before it reaches Ironward. Its Path-Captains rely on evidence, proportionate force and disciplined return—not fear or spectacle.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1, Part 2
Explore the factions, orders, institutions, councils, and organized powers revealed throughout The Other Side saga. Each discovery uncovers the groups shaping authority, conflict, belief, resistance, and survival—and reveals how their ambitions, loyalties, and rivalries influence the wider universe.
FACTIONS, ORDERS & INSTITUTIONS
DISCOVERED THROUGHOUT THE SAGA
ROOTMERE ELDERSHIP
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ROOTMERE'S KEEPERS OF MEMORY
Rootmere's elders preserve old warnings, household histories and the memory of earlier countings and disappearances. They advise, mediate and restrain panic, carrying the village's moral authority even when fear outruns wisdom.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1
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ASCENDANT ROAD PATROLS
ASCENDANT ENFORCEMENT ON THE ROADS
The Ascendants' visible field arm patrols the roads, watches movement and projects authority at ground level. Seamless armour and disciplined silence make these patrols a feared presence that adults avoid and children are taught not to question.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 3
ROOTMERE HUNTERS AND VILLAGE DEFENDERS
HUNTERS, TRAINEES & VILLAGE DEFENCE
Rootmere's hunters provide food, trail knowledge, animal defence and an armed response when danger reaches the village. Their skill protects the community, but under pressure that protective instinct can harden into accusation and coercion.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1
ORUN-KEEPERSHIP OF ROOTMERE HOLLOW
SACRED CUSTODIANS OF ROOTMERE
The Orun-Keeper safeguards Rootmere's roots, ash, bone chimes, old warnings and sacred community memory. Through stillness and moral authority, the office holds the line between fear and a hunt when the village begins to fracture.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 4
THE THREE WHITE-ROBED BEINGS
THE UNRESOLVED WHITE-ROBED TRIO
Three coordinated strangers once surrounded two-year-old Yasmin in a barren clearing. Their smooth white garments stayed dry in the rain, their faces resisted memory and their purpose—protection, awakening, study or claim—remains unknown.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 2
UNIDENTIFIED ANTI-ASCENDANT RESISTANCE NETWORK
A CONCEALED OPPOSITION WITHOUT A NAME
A resistance refuge and Kaelor's guarded knowledge suggest organized opposition beyond Ascendant control. Its name, membership, reach and methods remain unresolved, preserving the possibility of refuge without promising that safety truly exists.
First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 4
LATEST RELEASES
New in the Other Side Universe
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Rootmere Hollow
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LATEST UNIVERSE DISCOVERY
A mountain-enclosed settlement protected by ancient warning practices, Ironward and the sealed Rootlock gate.
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First revealed: Book 1, Chapter 1
LATEST RELEASES
New in the Other Side Universe
Discover the newest illustrated story, music release and spoiler-safe addition to the expanding universe.
Rootmere Hollow
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LATEST UNIVERSE DISCOVERY
A mountain-enclosed settlement protected by ancient warning practices, Ironward and the sealed Rootlock gate.
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