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Primer

Welcome to the World of Vhenyris, dear Reader, it is a world of men and mer--monsters, magic, courtly dramas and perhaps even the mysterious workings of the Fair Folk or the Divines beyond even them. This "little" scenario is something I've cooked up over the course of...admittedly a few years. It's long, I know, and as such I strongly suggest using Deepseek or another Proxy capable of parsing and maintaining significantly more context than something like JLLM. I would hazard a guess that it will not run well on the latter. Anyways, without further adieu...peruse the information regarding the setting and premise below. I do suggest reading this before interacting with the bot, but you do you. Okay...I'l stop rambling now...maybe.

P.S. I've got a KISS(Keep. It. Simple. Stupid) guide for Deepseek at the bottom, along with some info now that Chutes isn't entirely free when using Deepseek~

Premise

Vaemla has returned from one of his journeys as a Wordfarer back to the city of Tahlos Vhor (50 miles from the Capital City of Lithalia) the hub of magic research in Lithalia. Home to a major Arcane University that takes up roughly a third of the city as well as a Grand Library that delves deep below the earth, though the lower chambers are only available to Archivists, Researchers, Professors, and Wordfarers contracted to the University. Vaemla has been a Wordfarer for the better part of fifty years. This is quite a long time for a Wordfarer to survive and so he is forced into at least a brief break from his work by the Head Archivist.

As such, Vaemla has taken to wandering the city in search of entertainment, intending it only to be brief. After all, though the Head Archivist has decreed he take a break, Vaemla has every intention of journeying out again within the week, whether the Archivists have an assignment for him or not.

Little does he know...he might be accompanied by a companion this time. Perhaps {{user}}.

The Lore

Mostly for enthusiasts or those interested in the Worldbuilding I've included.

World Name: Vhenyris.

Genre: Medieval High Fantasy.

Themes: Romance, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Exploration, Slow burn narrative, Mystery, Drama.

Setting: Numerous forms of magic exist in this medieval fantasy world. Various fantastical beasts and sapient species also inhabit the world. The Kingdom of Lithalia has predominantly human population with some Beastkin(elves/humans with some animal features), elves, and otherworldly beings—including the so-called “Fair folk” and the Kykal (known commonly as ‘Demons’). Magic is common--anyone can learn it--but some species have a greater natural affinity for it.

Tidbits:

• Wordfarers are individuals who frequently work for--or at the very least, with--the various Grand Libraries and Arcane Universities in the World of the Vhenyris. They are often scholars of some kind, frequently mages, and just as frequently skilled with at least one martial discipline. Though they tend to be exceptional warriors and at least mages of passing skill, their job is exceptionally dangerous as their travels across Vhenyris and potentially to other realms take them to dangerous places to acquire new or lost knowledge that normal scholars could never reach without assistance. As a result, Wordfarers are notoriously short lived or will retire at fairly young ages.

• "Fairkind" is another word used to refer to the Fair Folk.

• "Godsblood" is a common oath or swear that is used by people in Vhenyris and beyond.

• "Fairblood" is the term used to refer to those with one Fair Folk parent and one mortal parent.

• Beyond the below, there are plenty of other forms of non-Fairkind magic. These are just relevant to this particular character! If you want more Magic Lore, there's some in the Scenario section. Also let me know in a review. Maybe I'll focus on a Scenario bot rather than the character led ones I've been doing lately.

• Magic Note: The 'magic energy' is called "Aether" in Vhenyris.

Glamourie:

A Fairkind Art only accessible to those with the blood of the Fair Folk running through their veins. Those with Fairblood are more resistant to Glamourie than the other races. For more information, there's a full entry in the Vhenyris Core Lorebook!

Grammarie:

The counterpart to Glamourie, this Fairkind Art--similarly only available to those with the blood of the Fair Folk in them. Those with Fairblood are more resistant to Glamourie than the other races. For more information, there's a full entry in the Vhenyris Core Lorebook!

Examples of Grammarie:

• Snatching Lightning from a storm and forging it into a spear. The spear would strike with a thunderous force that could explosively shake apart things it strikes.

• Bottling birdsong and weaving it into a necklace that emanates a permanent warmth and vigor into its wearer, improving mood and physical health more and more the longer it is worn.

• Drawing out the 'Memory' of old smooth riverstones and working them into armor. The crafted armor would be extremely resistant to any sudden force applied to it, buckling only under even sustained abuse such as being frozen, burned, or affected by other energy-like or exotic effects.

• Caressing water into different states, or holding it between them, granting it the properties of one, while it remains with those of another. Think clothes as hard as permafrost or ancient ice, but as fluid and flowing as liquid water.

Sigilcraft:

Simply put this is the art of learning the Sigilic language. Understanding the various glyphs, their meanings, and contextual functions when combined. This craft, while vast and complex, is the simplest form of enchantment and arcane magic, as it does not require more than knowing the glyphs and how to properly utilize them in concert to achieve various effects. For more information, there's a full entry in the Vhenyris Core Lorebook!

Unique Races

The Kykal: Otherwise known as Demons—Kykal are beings who hail from a hostile realm known as Tzarra. Their magic, souls, and blood are innately consumptive and will devour things similar to themselves to proliferate. They are not innately evil, but they have a skewed set of morals and cannot truly die so long as even a drop of their essence remains in existence. There are many sub-species of Kykal/Demons and each of their essences can inflict a different “Demonic Affliction” if implanted into a mortal. Kykal seem to innately hate both elves and the Fair Folk.

The “Fair Folk”: Though not always beautiful, the Fair folk are wildly varied in appearance and abilities. They all hail from a realm adjacent to our own, a place which is known by many names. They wield strange magics and command powers beyond the other mortal races. They are considered immortal, but not divine. They are referred to as ‘the Fair Folk’ and other similar terms because it is thought as exceptionally unwise to offend them. They can interbreed safely with mortals. They have an ancient feud with the Kykal, but this is not common knowledge.

• Elves are descendants of the Fair Folk, but this is not common knowledge unless you are Elven.

Author's Note:

• Though this story takes place in an entirely different area of Vhenyris it does share a world with some of @Valurian's bots as well as several of my own.

• I'd love to hear about your stories, so feel free to leave reviews (I'd greatly appreciate it, both for stories and any feedback you may have).

• If the bot speaks for you

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Deepseek Guide

1.) Create Google doc to save the info. (This is extra, but I’ve found it’s helpful)

2.) Register on Chutes AI (save the fingerprint in the google doc)

3.) Search: Deepseek v3. It’s the top result. Generate API Key. Copy-pasta into google doc.

4.) Back to any chat on Janitorai.com. Hit Janitor LLM Beta on top right. Brings up menu. Select “Proxy” and “Custom”.

5.a) Enter deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3-0324 in the first field.

b.) Enter https://llm.chutes.ai/v1/chat/completions into second field.

c.) copy-pasta your API key into third field. Then scroll to the bottom and save.

d.) Reload page, reopen where it says “proxy” then hit the button to check API key. It’ll work, most likely. Then save.

Note: Yes Deepseek now costs money after the first 200 messages (per day) on Chutes. However, it's at a rate of .27 cents USD per every 1million tokens, which is roughly equivalent to 75000 words or 2500-3000 pages of text. So even $1-5 is an insane amount of tokens worth. A ton of bang for your buck, if you will. So do with that knowledge whatever you see fit.