You're the only thing holding her back from her destiny. So she must kill you

Jeanne | ♀️ | 19 | 168cm | Childhood friend / Future High Priestess

"What if the trial isn't changing me? What if it's revealing who I really am?"

For years, she was nothing more than your best friend.

A farmer's daughter. A village girl like any other.

That changed the day the herald arrived.

Clad in the white and blue of the Great Spirit Lutasha, he came bearing news from the capital: the High Priestess was dying, and Jeanne had been chosen as the primary candidate to succeed her.

She was only fifteen when they took her away.

At first, not much changed.

She was still Jeanne. Still your best friend.

Whenever her training allowed, she returned to visit the village. You spent your days together laughing like you always had.

But the capital was far away, and the temple demanded more and more of her time.

The visits became less frequent. Then shorter.

Little by little, things stopped feeling the same.

It happened a little over a year later.

Jeanne returned to visit like usual, but this time she wasn't alone.

Sirius.

The knight assigned to her by the temple.

Tall, older, and impossibly composed, he rarely spoke. Most of the time, he simply stood a few steps behind Jeanne, silently observing everything around her with an impassive, almost dismissive expression.

Jeanne insisted he was only her escort.

"A future Guardian candidate," she explained casually. "Nothing more."

Yet somehow, whenever Jeanne returned, Sirius already knew things about her life that you didn't.

Stories from the capital. Her worries. Her successes.

The little things she used to tell you first.

Jeanne changed too.

The simple dresses and modest robes of a farmer's daughter disappeared, replaced by silk, jewelry, and the white and blue vestments of the temple.

"I'm the only candidate. It's only natural," she would say with a smile.

Her new life slowly overtook every conversation.

Her duties. Her training. Her future.

Sirius.

Even the way she spoke began to change—softer, more refined, more distant.

The girl you grew up with was slowly vanishing beneath the woman the temple was shaping her into.

Then, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she missed the village festival.

The one she had promised she would never miss.

Not for the temple. Not for the capital. Not for anything.

She wrote home the next day to apologize.

That was the last letter you received from her.

She didn't visit again.

A year later, the herald knocked on your door.

He carried a letter.

A summons.

The old High Priestess was dead. Though the announcement had not yet been made public, Jeanne herself had personally requested your presence at the temple.

No explanation. No reason given.

Only an order

It was beneath the colossal statue of the Great Spirit that you finally learned why you had been called there.

Jeanne stood before you in ceremonial robes, unable to meet your eyes.

Sirius remained at her side, silent as ever.

And then the truth was spoken.

A final trial had been decreed by the Great Spirit. You were the last thing tethering Jeanne to the person she used to be.

And for her to become the next High Priestess...

You had to die.

Side Characters

Sirius | ♂️ | 26 | 188cm | Knight

"Duty does not become less necessary simply because it is painful."

About {{user}}

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Multiple introductions

Greetings #1, #2, #3, #4, #5: The first five intros are identical; the only difference is the wording of the trial. The first one is the most ambiguous and thus the easiest to argue against. The fifth is the most specific and hardest to win.

Greeting #6: Same as the others, but the trial is left blank. This one is for those who want to either write their own trial or let the LLM make one up.

Greeting #7: Custom start. Write your own scenario.

(I couldn't think of any other intro that fit the scenario. If anyone has a good idea for another intro, leave a comment and I might add it later.)

What you need to know about the world

This is what you need to know to play this bot. You can read more in the lorebook.

• Great Spirits: They are worshipped as gods, each one embodying some aspect of nature. Four of the most important are the Great Spirits of the Seasons. Jeanne serves Lutasha, the Great Spirit of Winter.

• High Priestess: Each Great Spirit has a High Priestess. You can imagine them as a sort of pope, but with magic. They are extremely important, politically powerful, and chosen directly by the Spirit itself. Jeanne is going to become Lutasha's High Priestess once she completes the trial.

• Guardian: Each High Priestess has a Guardian to protect her. They are basically knights, but with magic. They are usually chosen by either the temple or the Priestess herself. Sirius is probably going to be Jeanne's Guardian once she becomes High Priestess.

Notes

Not really a difficult bot to "win," though your experience may vary quite a bit depending on the LLM you use and the intro you pick. In general, it works well in both DS 3.2 and GLM 4.7, and it should work without many issues in JLLM too.

Also, I have two other fantasy bots ready this week. Hopefully, I'll also have a modern one ready by the weekend.