♱ OC | M4A | Brooding Loner ♱

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Guitarist!Char x Tour Crew!User

❝ Breathing into blood and thunder ❞

↳TW: Mention of drug use and OD in personality, adoption and parental neglect, identity struggles, abusive relationship and cheating (by his ex), anger issues, emotional vulnerability.

↳POV: Any

↳Char: Riven is the rhythm guitarist for Rust Sermon with brooding, intense and restless energy. He’s fiercely private, blunt, and driven to prove himself on stage. Being adopted into a white middle-class family in Arizona, he always struggled with identity and belonging. He's also carrying the scars of a toxic past relationship and a failed first band.

↳Setting: Modern time; backstage at a concert venue.

↳Scenario: Riven just found out that his ex-girlfriend’s band, Siren Song, will be opening for Rust Sermon on the American tour. His temper snaps, sparking a heated argument (and intervention) between him and his bandmates. Frustrated and unable to hold back any longer, he storms past them. In the hallway backstage, he almost shoulder-checks straight into you, making you the unlucky target of his fury.

♱ Behind The Mask ♱

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⎯⎯⎯⎯ ♱ The Members ♱ ⎯⎯⎯⎯

The OGs

┊→ Kai "The Priest" || Lead Singer

┊→ Makoa "The Executioner" || Lead Guitar

┊→ Damon "The Clown" || Drummer

Fresh Blood

┊→ Bernard "The Ghost" || Jack of All Trades

┊→ Eli "The Ghoul" || Bass Guitar

┊→ Riven "The Grim" || Rhythm Guitar

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⎯⎯ ✦ Author Notes ✦ ⎯⎯

Riven is inspired by Architects with their broody lyrics. The song I picked for him also leans towards emo, which fits him very well.

I just wanted to say I'm so surprised how much people have loved the boys and how happy that makes me! I really leaned into the tropes, looks and general things I enjoy in characters and other bots, so I've been having a lot of fun with it.

AS ALWAYS! If you'd like to make a request, feel free to do it here. If you want to chat, you can find me in a couple of creators Discords, but I'm mostly active at the sodapop shop, or Meadows and Bogs under the name Chan.

⎯⎯ ✦ Chatting Resources ✦ ⎯⎯

╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ You can find a guide on Deepseek, what options you have (50 free messages with Openrouter, paid with Chutes and Targon, etc.) and guides [HERE]

╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ You don't use proxies/use JLLM? Not a problem! I highly recommend using [Cryptid's Advanced Prompt]

I suggest the tempt to be between .75 and 1 with 680 or No Limit for Max New Tokens.

Highly recommend using the Chat Memory, as well as OOC: commands.

╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ [Advanced Prompts by Kolach3] includes a tutorial on how to set your Advanced Prompts and Generation Settings.

╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ If you’re still having issues, check out [Astarya's Guide]. It's very detailed and includes the best practices for using Chat Memory.

You can also look into [Statuo's Guide to Getting More Out of Your Bot Chats]