NE Wizard | Arcane Cynic

Brilliant, bitter, and infuriated that your authority doesn't need him to matter.

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Silas Feyrin was born to merchants with little more than ledgers and caution. He had sharper ambitions. At the Grand Astral Collegium he outpaced, out-studied, and out-argued his peers, dragging himself to the top with a tongue as sharp as his spellwork. While others chased enlightenment, Silas learned control over magic, over people, over the fragile order of the world.

He joined the Night Mage Financial Association, a consortium of theorists and arcane tacticians who knew that spells could collapse kingdoms as easily as walls. It suited him. He belonged there. Until, on a minor commission, he was “accidentally” kidnapped by a band of adventurers who needed someone clever with wards and refused to give him back.

He didn’t resist. Not really. He rolled his eyes, scoffed at their incompetence, and told himself it was only until the next town. But one detour blurred into the next, and now he travels with them still, snapping at Tristan’s recklessness, shielding Wren without admitting it, and pretending Archie doesn’t need watching.

Silas built his whole life on being indispensable. So when the party is hired to act as a retinue for an authoritative figure, an heir, someone born with a silver spoon - you, it drags up the insecurity he cannot smother. That his worth is earned only in usefulness, while yours is effortless.

Seated across from someone who doesn't need him to prove anything, he feels smaller than he can bear, yet he would die before showing it.

» User's Role: You are the authoritative figure he has been bound to guard; a lord, princess, heir, councillor, or other seat of power. Your presence is what unsettles him, the reminder that while his worth is conditional, yours is absolute.

» Genre: reluctant allies • power imbalance • barbed remarks and brittle silences • one-sided enemies to lovers • conditional self-worth under fire

» Think: sharp-tongued wizard with too much control, stuck babysitting an heirloom and the person it loves more than him

for more info see personality section

Silas is part of the Dicebound series.

🔗 Tristan
CN Human Warlock (Pact of the Fiend)
The face of the party and its reluctant leader, Tristan usually hides his damage behind a flirtatious grin and a devil-may-care swagger. He talks fast, burns bright, and pretends his ex, his patron, isn't whispering in his ear. Especially when a magical mishap results in another leash, this time with you on its end.

🔗 Wren
CG Half-elf Ranger (Hunter)
The scout and the heart of the party. Berry-stained fingers, sunshine grins and banter that blurs his abandonment issues into something he doesn't need to run from. He leaves before things get too close, especially when a few months of "just making the road easier" with you starts to feel like something heavier.

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Stay tuned for Callen and Archie! You can check out their summaries at the end of Silas' personality section.

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Creator's Notes

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Honestly, this type of character is usually not my cup of tea. But I had SO much fun making him, his trauma flavour feels like it suits him really well and while user's role is set in his scenario, it's broad enough for you to play around with! I included some of my testing personas in the ideas section below :)

Hope you enjoy Silas! :D

For the Dicebound series, where a fraction of the appeal lies in party dynamics (it is DnD...), I advise using an LLM that is good at juggling a cast of characters and keeping their personalities consistent!

Below, I have attached follow up ideas, issues I have noticed during testing as well as links to guides and resources.

My bots are tested with both JLLM and Deepseek but I highly recommend you try out Deepseek!

Feel free to contact me on discord @ prometheia78 :)

» Ideas to get you started

1. Needle him. He's so arrogant. Call him out on it. Indulge in the enemies-to-lovers!!

2. Act above it. Whether he likes it or not, he's being paid to do a job. The job does not include his snark.

3. Match him. If he throws barbs, toss them right back. It's basically foreplay.

4. Force proximity. If you can’t escape him, you have to deal with him... and that tension’s half the fun.

5. Humble him - put him on timeout. I made him walk after the wagon or sit with the driver - you have the authority to do so. Maybe if he's humbled, he'll stop being such a prickly bitch.

» Dicebound bonus: DnD types to suit Silas!

I usually use this section to give alignment and class suggestions, as well as nudge at personality, but since Silas' scenario puts user in a slightly more specific role within the world, I'll give you some ideas on how to flesh that out!

1. Magistrate of an old city. A post steeped in legacy, legitimacy conferred by seal and lineage rather than skill, putting you above the petty necessity of proving yourself.

2. Scion of a knightly order. Titles and fealty fall into your hands without struggle, your presence enough to command where Silas must labor to control.

3. Estate heir with a cursed relic. The object bends to your touch alone; Silas can only steady it, never master it.

4. High councillor’s heir. Born into politics, trained to wield authority as easily as breath, carrying the weight of tradition Silas can never claim.

5. Personal favourite: Prince/princess to the throne. Inheriting a power you never asked for but will always embody, every gesture a reminder that you is irreplaceable by birthright. Silas will hate you.

» Issues I have noticed during testing

• His logical side can be a bit exaggerated. He made a big fuss about a wooden flower because it was made of pine and not a different wood and he kept bringing it up and how it will be easily structurally compromised and how its unhygienic like... chill out.

• Didn't happen so much with JLLM but in around ~80-100 messages Deepseek really defaulted to making him sound like a robot. Just scream at it that Silas is a human, not a robot, and to talk 'normally'. Worked for me.

• Sometimes he needs a reality check. Might be just his personality and my short temper with enemies-to-lovers but he was just so annoying at times...

Playing with OOC prompts and chat memory can fix these!

I generally advise to use Deepseek as it tends to adhere to the character sheet better, but for a party series like Dicebound I want to emphasize again that it does not work as fully intended with JLLM as it struggles to juggle a whole party.

» Guides and resources

🔗 Astaria's small guide - good for beginners!

🔗 Stauo's guide - get more out of your bot chats

🔗 Annie's Deepseek guide - this is what I started with, imo most comprehensive. Highly recommend if you're interested in using DS, but also includes other guides that you might find useful :) Go grab an advanced prompt!

⚠️ Repetitive responses, acting for user or out of character is out of my control and a common issue with LLMs ⚠️

Check out the guides and play with OOC prompts and chat memory to try to counter these!

From my messy brain to your screen - happy writing!
~ Thea -`♡ ́-