The Great Houses
Crow, Falcon, Hawk, Swan and Owl each carry their own traditions, rivalries and expectations. House identity shapes training, politics, loyalty and inheritance throughout the Dominion.
Which House Would Claim You?The Raven’s Heir Trilogy · Fantasy World
The Aerie Dominion
The world behind The War of Feather & Shadow: rival Houses, an elite academy, hidden bloodlines, ancient magic and a history that refuses to stay buried.
Map & Lore
A fantasy world divided by Houses
The Aerie Dominion is the setting of R.A. Crawford’s Raven’s Heir Trilogy. Its cities, courts and academies are shaped by the Great Houses: Crow, Falcon, Hawk, Swan and Owl. Official history recognises five. Older secrets point towards a sixth—House Raven.
Book One begins in Winterhold and leads towards Aethelmar Academy, where gifted students train as warriors, scholars, diplomats and future leaders. The academy sits at the heart of House politics, inherited duty and the mystery surrounding the erased Raven bloodline.
Worldbuilding
Houses, Academy, Magic and Hidden History
Aethelmar Academy
The academy trains the Dominion’s gifted students, but its halls hold older secrets. Kael’s arrival draws him into a history far larger than the education he was promised.
Explore AethelmarHouse Raven
The Dominion says there have always been five Great Houses. Yet forbidden records, strange marks and awakening power suggest that an entire bloodline was deliberately erased.
Start the StoryBeyond the Novel
Explore Project Avis
The House Trial
Face Aethelmar Academy’s intake assessment and discover which House best matches your choices.
Begin the TrialBlackfeather
Explore the cards, legends and game lore woven into the wider world of Avis.
Enter BlackfeatherThe War of Feather & Shadow
Meet Kael and enter the Dominion in Book One of The Raven’s Heir Trilogy.
About Book One