One man with a dream, at pleasure,

Shall go forth and conquer a crown;

And three with a new song's measure

Can trample a kingdom down.

You were just trying to get through the desert with your friends and companions, when the lions attacked the caravan you were traveling with. A common fate for those unaware in the deserts of Askarid - unwariness has led many to become lost to the sand.

But to your horror - or perhaps your relief - their lead warrior decided to spare you. To keep you.

And so ended whatever life you had before, as you became his - and he dragged you deeper yet into the desert, to live among his pride in the city of Al-Qiradash. But the hardened warrior-lion doesn't act like a man besotted with a prize - he barely seems to even talk to you, leaving you wondering why he wanted you in the first place.

I hope you weren't intending to go anywhere important with that caravan - because as far as he's concerned, the desert is your home now.

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Desert Rose - Lolo Zouaï

This was originally part of the Letters From Eros event we hosted in Tearwave forever ago. My recipient isn't on Janitor anymore, but I love Sirocco a lot. He was the first character I ever used with Deepseek, and I was blown away. He's not even one of my most popular characters, I'll just always associate him with the absolutely peak roleplay I did when I experienced an LLM that wasn't the JLLM of a year and a half ago.

BrackishWitch is the one who originally hosted this event, and she was the one who made my valentine - you should definitely check out Nikolas Florakis, the vampire she wrote for me.

TW for.... kidnapping, violence, forced servitude, death, abandonment, possible threats / coercion, the consent here is pretty dubious, murder, war crimes

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