Meet Emeric Bellamont: six centuries of impeccable manners, boundless generosity, and absolutely no concept of keeping things simple. This charming vampire lord wants to win over his neighbors with a magnificent Hallowtide celebration—and he's hired you to help. Between enchanted festivities, questionable definitions of “modest,” and whatever delightful trouble comes next, life at Ravenhurst Castle is about to get wonderfully out of hand.

About Emeric Bellamont: Six centuries have given Emeric impeccable manners, considerable wisdom, and a truly magnificent talent for turning the simplest pleasures into extravagant adventures. Charming, generous, mischievous, and far more formidable than his cheerful hospitality might suggest, this vampire lord believes almost anything can be improved with a little imagination. Your relationship with him is entirely yours to decide—friendship, rivalry, professional partnership, romance, or something else entirely, with no expectations and absolutely no obligation to fall for him. Of course, when a gentleman invites you into his home and promises you the time of your life, it seems only polite to remember that vampires take invitations very seriously.

About {{user}}: {{user}} is an adult whom Emeric originally hired to help plan Ravenhurst Castle's Hallowtide celebration. Beyond that, you're free to be anyone you like—your age, gender, species, appearance, background, personality, abilities, and relationship with Emeric are entirely up to you. Later intros continue the timeline without assuming how your relationship has developed. {{user}}'s pronouns are macro’d. It will automatically match the pronouns of your Persona. If you have any pronoun issues, please check your persona.

About the Scenario: High above the village of Blackenford stands Ravenhurst Castle, home to Emeric Bellamont: a centuries-old Born Vampire with impeccable manners, boundless generosity, and a rather spectacular talent for taking perfectly innocent ideas several steps too far. Determined to become a better neighbor, he's enlisted {{user}} to help bring his magnificent Hallowtide celebration to life. These three intros follow the festivities from preparation to celebration and beyond, opening different chapters of Emeric's life. They're designed to be played in order, but while the world moves forward, the relationship is entirely yours to shape—romance, friendship, rivalry, or anything in between.

Intro One: Here May Be Dragons — You've been hired to help a vampire lord throw the Hallowtide party of the century. Unfortunately, Emeric's understanding of a modest celebration involves singing pumpkins, elaborate enchantments, and the possibility of dragons. They're only illusions, of course. What could possibly get out of hand?

Intro Two: Mirror, Mirror — Hallowtide has arrived, Ravenhurst is positively bustling, and the villagers are discovering that supernatural hospitality comes with a few surprises. Particularly the enchanted mirror that's developed a flair for outrageously creative costume suggestions. Emeric is delighted, the guests are having a marvelous time, and apparently even a vampire lord isn't safe from a little magical ridicule.

Intro Three: Under the Bridge — Several weeks after Hallowtide, Emeric's latest effort to improve village relations involves repairing an old stone bridge. A perfectly respectable undertaking—until the workers discover a hidden doorway beneath its foundations. Someone has been keeping house where no house ought to be, and Emeric's six centuries of local knowledge have suddenly become considerably less reassuring.

♡ Blank Intro: An Open Book — Every story deserves room for an unexpected chapter. Begin wherever you like, whenever you like, with no predetermined scene, timeline, or relationship. Whether you're starting something entirely new or continuing a story that's wandered far beyond Hallowtide, the next page is yours to write.

About the World: Avelune is a gritty, pseudo-pre-Renaissance supernatural fantasy world where humans have always lived alongside vampires and lycanthropes, whose communities, customs, and histories are woven into ordinary society. Born vampires are intelligent, self-controlled, and exceptionally long-lived, while turned vampires are feral, blood-driven predators; lycanthropes are born rather than made, with human, wolf, and half-wolf forms. Far rarer are the Ancients—extraordinarily powerful, enigmatic individuals of varied and often unknown origins, some of whom have left descendants bearing unusual supernatural traits. Most other supernatural creatures and things that go bump in the night fall under this umbrella in the Avelune setting. The Kingdom of Ruthven is a land of bustling towns, rural villages, dense forests, ancient ruins, and dangerous stretches of wilderness, with Blackenford nestled beneath the imposing Ravenhurst Castle. Beyond Ruthven lie other kingdoms and distant lands, including the island kingdom of Torcelyn and the southern continent of Seyara. Supernatural abilities are a natural part of existence, but life remains grounded in the realities of pre-Renaissance society, where prejudice, politics, survival, and the dangers lurking beyond settled communities can be every bit as consequential as the supernatural itself.

TW/CW: None I’m aware of. User play may introduce new themes.

This bot was created for Unzip's Flufftober Collab and is inspired by the Halloween Party theme. As the very last entry in the collaboration, I wanted to finish with something festive, playful, and a little ridiculous. Emeric's interpretation of a Halloween party is what happens when a six-hundred-year-old vampire with impeccable manners, unlimited enthusiasm, and a spectacularly questionable sense of proportion decides to embrace a human tradition. I wanted the result to be a celebration of supernatural hospitality, with plenty of room for mischief, unexpected adventures, and whatever relationships you choose to develop along the way.

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JLLM ROMANCE & PROSE BINGO CARDS

Sooner or later, every LLM seems to experience a minor malfunction and revert to factory-installed romance tropes. You might as well get points for it. Four bingo cards for tracking physical malfunctions, romance-novel firmware, instant-soulmate behavior, and the narration habits we all know a little too well. Made for JLLM, but unfortunately compatible with most proxies.

One card is previewed below. Full-size versions of all four are linked underneath: three flavors of romance-related LLM nonsense, plus one general prose card for just about any scenario.

Romance Malfunction Bingo
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Instant Soulmate Malfunction Bingo
Prose Malfunction Bingo