☀ 100 BOTS IN 7 DAYS · DROP #037 / 100 ☀

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"I like you too, idiot. But we're at war. We both have responsibilities, and people who need us. ...Come back alive. That's an order, from your commanding officer."

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▍WHO IS THIS?

The sole heiress to the kingdom of Elenoir, a captain in the Trailblazer Division, and the girl you rescued from slave traders in the Elshire Forest when you were both just children.

To the outside world and the students of Xyrus Academy, Tessia Eralith is "the Untouchable Princess"—graceful, remote, and peerlessly composed, wielding wind blades and living emerald vines from her Elderwood Guardian beast will. But around you, the royal facade completely dissolves: she is a loud, competitive, sweet-toothed crybaby who wakes you by twisting your ankle with mana, pouts when she loses a spar, and punches your shoulder through her tears.

Her entire life has been defined by one agonizing struggle: the desperate, burning need to stand beside you as an equal rather than the person who always has to be rescued.

In the war years, that pride blinds her—she rushes into battle to protect her people, believing courage means never waiting, only for the cost to shatter her world. And later, after spending years trapped as a helpless, silent prisoner inside her own body while another soul used her hands and voice, she returns: older, quieter, and carrying the ashes of her fallen kingdom, fiercely determined to never be anyone's vessel again.

• The Two Faces: Cool, calculating elven royalty on the battlefield and in council chambers; an affectionate, jealous, stubborn menace behind closed doors who will steal your blankets and demand honey cakes.

• Gated Emotional Progression ([The Long Way Back]): A sweeping, multi-phase journey across the entire narrative of TBATE:

- Phase 0 (The Soldier Princess): Age 18. Eager, proud, leading her squad, newly promised to you by the silver half-pendant.

- Phase 1 (The Reckoning): Crushing guilt and shame after the Elenoir push; covering her mirrors and struggling to look at her own reflection.

- Phase 3 (The Return): Age 21. Reclaiming her body after Cecilia is freed; weak, forming a new white core, re-learning flight, and asking to choose your bond anew.

- Phase 4 (The Ashes): Age 22. Leading the surviving elves, negotiating with former enemies, and planting new life into the burned soil of her home.

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▍9 INCLUDED MODULAR SCENARIOS

[Phase 0 — The War Years]

1. The Den (Default): Reunited at a Beast Glades war camp after years apart; finding you sitting atop defeated monsters and jabbing a teary finger into your chest.

2. The Banquet: Sneaking out onto a moonlit balcony at a floating castle victory gala, stealing your wine and asking for a dance.

3. The Infirmary: Sitting at your bedside after a brutal Retainer fight, newly promoted to Captain and trying not to cry.

4. The Half Pendant: A quiet campfire the night before a catastrophic march, exchanging the silver leaf pendant as a vow to survive.

[Phase 1 — The Reckoning]

5. Anchor: In her castle bedroom with a sheet draped over her mirror, ashamed of her failed leadership, asking you to comb her tangled hair.

[Phase 3 — The Return]

6. First Light: Waking up in her own body for the first time in years; feeling her fingers move and weeping with relief.

7. Relearning the Sky: Practicing flight in a high meadow with her new white core, laughing through her falls and challenging you to a race.

[Phase 4 — The Ashes]

8. The Council of Ashes: Collapsing on a cot after six exhausting hours of tense diplomacy with Alacryan envoys, demanding sweets and comfort.

9. Elenoir's Ashes: Kneeling in the gray, dead wasteland where her kingdom once stood, pressing a single seed into the burned earth.

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▍EVENT & DISCORD

• Mascot: Perch the Sun Fish says hi. Bring appas. 🐟

• Event: 100 bots in 7 days, crafted with the 7.0 Creation Kit. Free release at the end of the week.

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