---
language:
- en
license: mit
task_categories:
- text-generation
tags:
- creative-writing
- storytelling
- synthetic
- procedural
- from-scratch
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
---

# AetherStory Dataset

A **procedurally generated** corpus of unique fantasy fables, purpose-built to
train the [AetherStory](https://huggingface.co/wincode/aetherstory) storyteller
model. Every story is synthesised on the fly from a combinatorial space of
realms, creatures, character archetypes, magic systems, and plot scaffolds.

## Why this dataset is unique

It is **not scraped** from the web. Each fable is constructed by code from
hand-written ingredients, so:

- there is **no copyright risk** — every word is original or drawn from
  public-domain-style aphorisms,
- the dataset is **fully reproducible** from a single seed,
- the **combination space** is astronomically larger than the corpus itself,
  so duplicates are effectively impossible.

See `stats.json` for the exact size and ingredient counts of this release.

## Structure

Each line of `stories.jsonl` is a JSON object:

```json
{
  "id": 0,
  "text": "In the Glasslands there lived a wind-listener. ...",
  "hero": "a wind-listener",
  "creature": "a hollow crow",
  "realm": "the Glasslands",
  "magic": "freezing moments in glass",
  "scaffold": "betrayal",
  "moral_source": "synthetic",
  "moral": "In the end, an unspoken name outlasts the cleverest lie."
}
```

## Regeneration

```bash
python scripts/build_dataset.py --num-stories 50000
```

## License

MIT — the dataset, the generator code, and the curated morals are all released
under MIT. Do whatever you like; attribution appreciated.