THE HEART BENEATH WORLDSWEAVE
BOUNDBOOK ONE
AWAKENING
ILLUSTRATIVE COVER CONCEPTBOUNDBOOK ONE
AWAKENING
Weave Bound: Awakening
Book One of Weave Bound. Discover where the journey begins.
A fantasy world by Clark Schermer
Every world
has a heart.
Step into Aethara. Discover interconnected stories, ancient mysteries, and the people who will shape what comes next.
THE HEART BENEATH WORLDS · HOME OF WEAVE BOUND
AN INTERCONNECTED FANTASY WORLDSTORIES · MAPS · ARTWORKCREATED BY CLARK SCHERMER
Welcome to Aethara
A world to enter.
Stories to stay for.
Across mountain strongholds, elven lands, and human cities, Aethara holds the traces of an earlier age. Its histories intertwine, and its conflicts reach beyond a simple divide between good and evil.
Begin with Weave Bound and its three Weavers: Gwydion, Lyra, and Eliana. Their stories are part of a wider world built for discovery.
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EXPLORE THE WORLD
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DECORATIVE DESIGN STUDY
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Many lands. One living world.
Beyond the next horizon.
Records & remembrance
An elven region shaped by its Steward Council and Quills.
Stone & strongholds
The mountains of Kar-Duren, a dwarven stronghold with a place in Aethara’s wider story.
Roads & crossings
Human cities and maintained main roads connect a region whose distant lands hold their own challenges.
Meet the creator
A lifetime of worldbuilding.
A world of stories ahead.
The Heart Beneath Worlds is a creator-owned fantasy world by Clark Schermer. Its interconnected series share the histories, places, and people of Aethara, with Clark guiding the world’s canon.
Clark Schermer
CREATOR · THE HEART BENEATH WORLDS
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