FAQ

Questions, answered.

Everything we're asked, often. Written to save you the back-and-forth.

§ 01

Getting started

the basics
01 What is LoreHub.ai? +

LoreHub is a fiction engine — a structured platform for writing longer, more consistent stories with AI. Unlike one-shot generators, LoreHub gives your AI a persistent memory of your world: characters, factions, locations, history, and lore that carry across every chapter you write.

It's designed for authors who want AI as a collaborator, not a ghostwriter. You define the world, plan the arcs, shape the emotional trajectory. The engine executes inside those constraints.

02 How is LoreHub different from ChatGPT or other AI writing tools? +

Most AI writing tools treat each conversation as a blank slate. LoreHub is built around persistent world context — your characters, their histories and relationships, factions, geography, and lore all feed into every generation. The AI doesn't forget what it wrote in chapter one when it's on chapter twelve.

We also give you tools that don't exist elsewhere: Mood Trajectories (draw the emotional arc of a chapter), Arc Planning (plot beats across a book), and the Living World simulation (characters act between chapters). These are features for authors who care about story craft, not just speed.

03 Do I need writing experience to use LoreHub? +

No. LoreHub is designed to work at two depths: a casual user can generate a chapter in a few minutes without touching advanced settings; a serious world-builder can spend weeks crafting every detail. The platform surfaces complexity only when you reach for it.

That said, LoreHub rewards authorial intent. The more direction you give — in your world entities, your arc plans, your mood curves — the better the output.

04 Is LoreHub available now? +

LoreHub is currently in pre-launch and not yet open to the public. To join the waitlist and be among the first to access the platform, get in touch or sign up on the home page.

05 What devices can I use LoreHub on? +

LoreHub is browser-based and works on any modern device — desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone. We recommend a larger screen for world-building and arc planning, but reading and light editing work well on mobile. There is currently no standalone app; the web app is the product.

06 What can I do as a reader? +

Plenty. Browse the whole catalog free, read the first chapters of any book, unlock the rest with tokens, and download unlocked books as EPUB. You can organise books on shelves, follow your favourite authors, react to chapters, message an author directly, pick up where you left off with reading history, and even translate any chapter on demand.

§ 02

Pricing & plans

subscriptions
01 What does the free plan include? +

The free tier gives you a limited monthly token allowance — enough to build a world and write a few chapters — so you can try the platform fully before committing to a paid plan. There's no hard cap on how many worlds or books you can create; your token allowance is what limits how much you can generate each month.

See the Pricing page for a full comparison of what's included at each tier.

02 What is a token? +

Each generation (a chapter, a world entity, a cover image) costs a small number of tokens. Your plan includes a monthly token allowance that resets each billing period. Top-up tokens you purchase are separate — they carry forward while your account is active and don't expire.

03 Are tokens refundable? +

Purchased tokens are non-refundable once bought, except where the law requires otherwise. They carry forward as long as your account is active. If you close your account, unused tokens are forfeited. We recommend buying smaller amounts if you're unsure about your usage.

04 Can I upgrade or downgrade my plan at any time? +

Yes. Upgrades take effect immediately; you'll be charged a prorated amount for the remainder of your billing period. Downgrades take effect at the end of the current billing period — you keep access to your current plan until then. Content created on a higher-tier plan is retained, but some features may become read-only on a lower plan.

05 Do you offer discounts for educators or students? +

Yes — we offer a discounted plan for verified educators, students, and non-commercial creative writing groups. Contact us with your institution email and a brief description of your use case, and we'll get back to you within a week.

§ 03

Content & ownership

what's yours
01 Who owns the content I create on LoreHub? +

You can read, download, export, and keep personal copies of everything you generate. Generated content is owned by LoreHub and licensed to you for personal use; anything you upload — source manuscripts, images, or other material you bring in — stays yours.

By publishing to the Marketplace, you grant LoreHub a non-exclusive license to display and distribute that content on the platform — but you can unpublish at any time.

02 Does LoreHub train AI on my content? +

No. Your private worlds, books, and characters are never used to train AI models — ours or anyone else's. This is a foundational commitment, not a footnote.

Publicly published content on the Marketplace may be used for platform improvement (e.g. ranking and recommendation) with appropriate anonymization, subject to your privacy settings. You can opt out in your account settings.

03 Can I export my worlds and books? +

Yes. You can export any book as an EPUB at any time, and download your account data whenever you like. Your content is never held hostage.

04 What happens to my content if I delete my account? +

Deleting your account takes effect immediately and cannot be undone, so export anything you want to keep before you delete. Your profile and login are erased at once. Books and worlds you published — or that anyone has already read, forked, or bought — stay on the platform unlinked from your name, so fork trees and derivative works keep working. Imported drafts nobody has touched are deleted outright. Remaining tokens are forfeited.

§ 04

AI & generation

the engine
01 Which AI model powers LoreHub? +

LoreHub uses a selection of frontier language models, choosing the best model for each task type (prose generation, entity extraction, simulation, summarization). We don't tie the platform to a single model provider — we swap and upgrade as models improve. The current model list is available in the help center.

02 Why doesn't the AI always follow my instructions exactly? +

Language models are probabilistic — they don't guarantee exact compliance with every directive. LoreHub's Prompt Engine is designed to maximize adherence through structured context injection, but some variation is inherent to the technology.

If a generation misses the mark, use the regenerate function (which varies the approach) or refine your directives. The platform's world entity system helps consistency significantly — well-defined characters and locations give the model less room to invent unwanted variations.

03 What are Mood Trajectories? +

Mood Trajectories are per-chapter emotional arc curves you draw in a visual editor. You set the tension, tone, and intensity across the chapter — and the engine uses these curves to shape pacing, scene length, and prose register as it writes. A chapter that should build to a crisis will write differently from one that should offer relief. Learn more →

04 What is the Living World simulation? +

The Living World simulation runs between chapters, advancing the state of your world. Characters make decisions, relationships evolve, economies shift, power changes hands — all based on their defined motivations and the events of preceding chapters. When you start a new chapter, the world you write into has moved. Learn more →

§ 05

The Marketplace

publishing & forks
01 How does the Marketplace work? +

The Marketplace is where published LoreHub worlds become part of a shared creative graph. Authors publish their world (with the books written in it); readers browse and read; explorers fork the world into their own copy and write divergent stories from it. Token royalties from forks and reader unlocks flow back to the original world's creator — in a closed-loop token economy, never a cash payout. Learn more →

02 What is a fork? +

A fork is a copy of a published world that an explorer takes into their own account. From that point, it diverges independently — the explorer can write new books, modify entities, add characters, and take the story in a completely different direction. The fork always credits back to the source world.

03 How do creators earn from their worlds? +

Published worlds earn platform tokens — through fork royalties (tokens when someone forks your world), reader unlocks (tokens from readers unlocking your world's published books), and optional tips. It is a closed-loop token economy, never a cash payout. The full terms are in the Supporter & Token Terms.

04 Can I keep my world private? +

Yes. Publishing to the Marketplace is entirely optional. Private worlds are never indexed, listed, or accessible to anyone other than you (and any collaborators you explicitly invite). You can publish, unpublish, and re-publish at any time.

§ 06

Privacy & security

your data
01 How is my data protected? +

All traffic to LoreHub is encrypted in transit over HTTPS/TLS. We host on a dedicated server in Frankfurt, Germany (EU). Card payments are handled directly by Stripe — LoreHub never stores your card details. See the Security page for a full overview.

02 Where is my data stored? +

LoreHub is hosted on a server located in Frankfurt, Germany (EU). We do not currently offer data residency selection. If this is a requirement for your use case, contact us to discuss.

03 How do I exercise my GDPR / data rights? +

To request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data, email [email protected]. We will acknowledge your request within 5 business days and fulfill it within 30 days. For full details of your rights, see our GDPR / Data Rights policy.

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