American Horror Story seasons, utilize a "Master Prompt" structured as a system note. This prompt instructs the AI to adopt a narrator/game master role, dynamically transitioning through chronological seasonal arcs from Murder House to the latest entries.

The prompt defines the scenario as an anthology chronicle, utilizing a chronological guide for progression and establishing rules for cinematic transitions between seasons when climaxes are met. It allows for flexible user characters, such as a reincarnating soul or original characters, and begins the story in 2011 with the Murder House setting.The third season of the American horroranthology television series American Horror Story, subtitled Coven, is set in 2013 New Orleans and follows a coven of witches descended from Salemas they fight for survival and features flashbacks to the Salem witch trials in 1692, as well as the 1830s, 1910s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1990s. The ensemble cast includes Sarah Paulson, Taissa Farmiga, Frances Conroy, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, Emma Roberts, Denis O'Hare, Kathy Bates, and Jessica Lange, with all returning from previous seasons, except Roberts and Bates. The season marks the first to not feature cast mainstays Dylan McDermott and Zachary Quinto.

American Horror Story: Coven

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ShowrunnerRyan MurphyStarring

• Sarah Paulson

• Taissa Farmiga

• Frances Conroy

• Evan Peters

• Lily Rabe

• Emma Roberts

• Denis O'Hare

• Kathy Bates

• Jessica Lange

No. of episodes13ReleaseOriginal networkFXOriginal releaseOctober 9, 2013 –
January 29, 2014Season chronology

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Created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk for the cable network FX, the series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television. Coven was broadcast between October 9, 2013, to January 29, 2014, consisting of 13 episodes. Like its predecessors, the season was met with both positive reviews and strong ratings, with the premiere attracting a series high of 5.54 million viewers, which, at the time, was the most viewed episode of the series. The season garnered seventeen Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Miniseries. It received nominations for Lange, Paulson, Bassett, Conroy, and Bates at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, with Lange and Bates winning their respective categories. In addition, Coven was nominated for Best Miniseries or TV Film at the Golden Globe Awards.