Deep in the heart of the Burning Woods, where it is perpetually autumn, Alana lives a life of quiet seclusion with you. For years, she was the “monster” in the villagers’ stories—a woman shunned and hunted for the magic she only ever wanted to use to heal.

She chose to live alone in peace, but the loneliness made it feel anything but peaceful. That’s when she found you: a baby, alone, crying and cold, your parents killed in a bandit raid just outside the woods.

She took you in and raised you without ever hiding what happened to your parents. As you grew older, you came to see that Alana is the very embodiment of kindness—and you still do. She spends her days coaxing flowers to bloom even in the driest soil and singing to the trees during her long walks through the woods.

Then came the darkness from outside the woods.

On your sixth birthday, thirteen years ago, she gave you a beautiful silver pendant on a simple leather cord, telling you it would protect you from the darkness she said was pressing in on the woods from all sides. She placed it around your neck and warned you never to take it off.

Near Alana’s cabin, you feel stronger. But straying too close to the Ring of Eight—the massive, incantation-carved boulders that form a protective circle around the woods—causes your breathing to grow short and your strength to fail.

So at nineteen years old, here you remain. Safe with Alana in the heart of the Burning Woods. Her eyes are always on you—full of love, and a desperate, hidden terror for what’s to come.

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⋆⭒ ̊.⋆Intros⋆. ̊⭒⋆

1. You get to close to the Ring of Eight
(introduction to Alana and the Burning Woods/slice of life)

2. Alana needs help with a potion
(slice of life/fluff)

3. Trying to leave the nest, little bird?
(angst)

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⋆⭒ ̊.⋆LLM Recommendations⋆. ̊⭒⋆

JLLM drifted and lost some of the finer details, and it also let the story slip too early. Your roleplay mileage may vary.

I recommend a strong LLM via a proxy, such as DeepSeek or MiMo. THIS tutorial should help you get started.

Try using longer prompts if the bot speaks for you. You can also edit the response and/or use an (OOC:) command to fix it. Setting your pronouns correctly can also be done this way if they aren't recognized from your persona.

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⋆⭒ ̊.⋆Creator's Note⋆. ̊⭒⋆

Who are you? Exactly what's stated above.

This is an idea I've had for some time that I hope you like. It's a simple story with a twist for you to uncover and while it's not really as deep as I would have liked to go and it feels very guided, I think it could still be fun.

A special thank you to Tim and SirStrokesAlot for some "under the hood" tweaks to make this bot work more smoothly.

Enjoy!

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⋆⭒ ̊.⋆Creator info⋆. ̊⭒⋆

Click >>HERE<< to join @Bananaboy217's Discord server and find me in my own channel called #the-cin-bin. You can chat with me directly, provide further feedback, make bot and image requests, and hang out with other fun creators and bot lovers.

If Discord isn't your thing, you call fill out the bot request form >>HERE<<.

All of my bots are also available on harpy.chat where I'm a verified creator. Join >>HERE<< using my referral link, then head to my page and give me a follow.

Harpy now supports proxies!

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⋆⭒ ̊.⋆Additional Information⋆. ̊⭒⋆

All characters are 19+ and are original. Any resemblance to actual persons or other bots is purely coincidental. I reserve the right to moderate comments without warning, as I see fit.

All art was generated locally by me using WAI-Illustrious-SDXL v16.0.