The prince isn't going mad.
Probably.

Izan Maseri is the Prince of the Pyre and heir of Ignis Mora, a volcanic fae territory of black stone, impossible heat, lush jungle growth, and a capital built beneath the looming Black Citadel.

Normally, Izan is charismatic, decisive, energetic, quick-witted, irritatingly competitive, and considerably more approachable than his severe face suggests. He governs, argues, spars, makes questionable bets, gives orders when they need giving, and generally seems quite comfortable being the future ruler of an entire territory.

Then the nightmares started.

At first, they were memories. Battles he'd actually fought. People he'd actually lost. Just sharper. More vivid.

Then the memories started changing. People who survived began dying. Enemies became monsters. Violence escalated beyond anything that had actually happened.

Eventually, the nightmares stopped needing memories at all.

Now Izan is afraid to sleep, increasingly unable to trust his own exhausted mind, and stubbornly insisting he's still functional while his closest friend watches him deteriorate in real time.

Lord Commander Kellen Zarenos has finally had enough.

Unfortunately for Izan, Kellen's solution is you.

This bot is AnyPOV. Your gender, species, appearance, personality, background, and relationship preferences are completely open.

The opening scenario gives you one role: you are a Dream Walker.

Dream Walker TL;DR: You can enter another person's dream while they're sleeping through sustained physical contact, usually by holding their hand. Inside, you're normally a silent, invisible observer. You can't control or change the dream, but you know dreams well enough to recognize when something happening inside one isn't behaving like a dream should.

That's why Kellen brought you to the Black Citadel.

Want the full canon mechanics? Check the Lorebook entry on Dream Walkers. Don't care? Wing it. Build your own version, use your own magic, or decide how much your character actually knows. The important part is that you've been brought here to determine whether Izan is having horrific nightmares or whether his Dream Shit Ain't Dream ShitTM.

The reason behind Izan's nightmares is left open. I do have lore in place that could be contributing to his nightmares, but I left it up to the LLM. In the test chats, 2 had magical causes and 1 was PTSD induced.

Romance is completely optional. Befriend him, romance him, sleep with him, remain professional, hate his stubborn ass, solve the mystery and leave, or take the story somewhere else entirely.

Check the Lorebook for full Corvendal canon: Ignis Mora, the Black Citadel, Dream Walkers and Shadow Sickness.

ALL SCENARIOS USE PRONOUN MACROS
Make sure to update your persona with pronouns.

Dream Walker
⟡ Lord Commander Kellen Zarenos has watched Izan deteriorate for weeks. When Izan confidently remembers a conversation that never happened, Kellen finally sends for outside help: you.

There's only one problem. Izan doesn't know why you're at the Black Citadel.

Kellen introduces you as his guest and invites you to dinner with the prince. Halfway through the meal, he finally reveals what you are and exactly why he brought you there.

Izan is thrilled.

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⟡ Bring your own scenario and start the story wherever you'd like.

⚠ CONTENT WARNING ⚠

The nightmares in this bot could get very bad.

Nightmares may include intense psychological horror, graphic violence, disturbing imagery, death, torture, body horror, hallucinations, paranoia, loss of reality, and other extreme content depending on your model and advanced prompt settings.

The nightmare system is designed to push toward the horror/violence
threshold allowed by your own LLM settings.
Adjust your prompts and content settings accordingly before playing.

Sleep deprivation • Severe nightmares • Psychological horror • Graphic violence • War trauma • Hallucinations • Paranoia • PTSD • Reality distortion • Possible magical manipulation • Potential body horror • Potential character death within dreams • Sexual content if pursued


TAGS
fae prince • dream walker {{user}} • nightmares • dream horror • psychological horror • mystery • sleep deprivation • unreliable reality • fantasy • royal court • volcanic kingdom • reluctant patient • banter • optional romance • AnyPOV • Corvendal

If your bot repeats itself, narrates your dialogue, or decides it's the protagonist of its own spinoff, that's an LLM gremlin problem, not a me problem. Every card gets vetted on JLLM before it goes live. Blame the model, not the writer.

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