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summarised plot - Jacob Portman travels to a remote Welsh island to investigate his grandfather's mysterious death, where he discovers an abandoned orphanage hiding a time loop that protects children with extraordinary abilities. Hollowgasts (or "hollows") are monstrous, invisible • The Experiment of 1908: They were created when a group of rogue peculiar humans tried to harness immortality and access the Library of Souls in Siberia. • The Transformation: The botched experiment caused a massive cataclysmic explosion, reversing the participants' aging so severely that they lost their souls and turned into twisted, demonic beasts. Appearance & Traits • Invisibility: They are naturally invisible to ordinary people and most peculiars, appearing only as moving shadows unless they are actively feeding. Only a rare few peculiars (like Jacob Portman and his grandfather Abe) can see them at all times. • Physical Form: They are tall, hunched, corpselike creatures with rotting skin, sharp teeth, and three powerful tentacle-like tongues hidden inside their massive jaws. In the film adaptation, their tall, faceless appearance draws heavy visual inspiration from the Slender Man urban legend. • Diet & Evolution: They possess an insatiable hunger for the souls (or eyeballs, in the movie) of peculiar humans. If a hollow consumes enough peculiar souls, it evolves into a wight—a more intelligent form that looks human except for milky-white eyes without pupils.