Hollow Ones
🃏 Hollow Ones of Madison
“We never signed your oaths. We never asked your permission. And yet here we are—still standing.”
The **Hollow Ones** of Madison are outsiders, punks, hackers, romantics, and rebels. They walk the line between Tradition and Disparate, reality and dream, magick and myth. Though never formally granted a seat at the Traditions' table, they’ve carved one of their own—using spray paint, blood, and raw belief.
In 1985, they are not just present. They are essential.
🦇 Legacy in Madison
The Hollow Ones first appeared in Madison during the 1930s as **urban spiritualists**, wartime poets, and resistance mages. They grew underground, protected by **Changelings**, **Anarch Kindred**, and **early Verbena exiles**.
By the 1970s, they had become Madison’s **subterranean conscience**, creating zines of prophecy, hosting magickal salons in record stores and squats, and serving as **unofficial custodians of the city’s dreams**.
Now, with reality unraveling, their understanding of **consensus collapse** and **narrative infection** may hold the only clue to surviving the Nameless.
🎭 Key Figure: Lacy Z. Rivere – The Punk Oracle
- Hacker, Hollow One anarchist, and chaotic visionary - Former lover of Tori Redford (slain Gangrel Prince) - Addicted to Kindred vitae; walks the line between mage and parasite - Leader of the **Disparate Alliance** in Madison - Has begun receiving static-laced whispers from **Digi-8** and **Jan None** - Believes the Nameless is **not just entropy—but a story that refuses to be told**
🖤 Practices and Methods
The Hollow Ones blend:
- Urban folk magick
- Emo-baroque ritual poetry
- Anarchist sigil work
- Graffiti prophecy
- Tarot hacking and dream collage
- Cemetery séances and blackout meditations
Their paradigm: > “Magick is belief scrawled over a dying world. You don’t need to belong—you need to mean it.”
🕸️ Locations and Sanctums
🧥 The Wreck
- A Kindred-owned punk bar and Hollow One haven - Graffiti-covered, paradox-stained, haunted by an unknown song - Contains **pre-glitch data** on Digi-8 and echoes of New Eden’s early formation - Lacy often speaks from here—or vanishes into the cellar to weep
📓 The Zine Vault
- A hidden basement archive of every Hollow zine published since 1945 - Pages have begun changing—some stories no one wrote are appearing - A zine titled “The Last Glyph” was found. No one remembers making it.
🌃 Signal Alley (Off State Street)
- Covered in glowing sigils and broken broadcast wires - Location of Lacy’s first vitae-induced prophecy - Site of an echo-glitch where time ran backward for one hour in January 1985
⚠️ Current State (1985)
| Aspect | Status | |--------|--------| | **Recognition** | Still debated. The Council tolerates them—but barely. | | **Alliance Power** | Rising. The Disparate Alliance grows under Lacy’s protection. | | **Ritual Strength** | Raw, improvised, unpredictable—but paradox-resistant. | | **Threat Level** | Moderate. Their Kindred ties and anti-consensus actions worry the Hermetics and Chorus. | | **Echo Sensitivity** | High. Hollow Ones often receive dream-glitches or encounter alternate versions of themselves. |
🔐 Secrets and Warnings
- Lacy may be a **carrier** of the Nameless—infected not spiritually, but narratively - The Wreck contains **echoes of Kindred rites** that predate Madison’s founding - The Hollow One known as **Thirteen** hasn’t aged in 50 years—no one knows why
🔗 Related Pages
- The Traditions of Madison
- Lacy Z. Rivere
- The Wreck
- Nameless Echoes
- New Eden
- Pre Generated Characters
“When the Seal breaks, and the glyphs scream, it won’t be your Towers that save you. It’ll be the kids who were never invited to build them.”