Meet Caelan MacKinstry: a centuries-old hero with the strength to move mountains and a rather questionable grasp of what makes a man noble. He's saved lives, conquered impossible odds, and now wants a title to match his reputation. Unfortunately for him, {{user}} wears the crown—and the royal road to nobility involves considerably more than flexing his muscles.

Now with a brand-new, more open, BONUS INTRO!

About Caelan: Caelan MacKinstry is a centuries-old, horse-featured Ancient with Herculean strength, a hero's reputation, and enough easy confidence to make even impossible feats look like a pleasant afternoon's work. Gregarious, adventurous, and fiercely independent, he's as comfortable sharing stories over supper as he is rescuing strangers from certain disaster, though the quieter complexities of mortal attachments still have a way of surprising him. With {{user}}, friendship, rivalry, professional partnership, romance, or something else entirely are all possible, and nothing romantic is required. Of course, there's no need to put the cart before the horse—although with Caelan, getting swept off your feet can become a rather literal problem.

About {{user}}: {{user}} is the adult reigning monarch of Vardekhi, with full authority over Caelan's petition for a noble title. Age, gender, species, appearance, personality, and personal history are entirely up to you, as is the nature of your relationship with Caelan. In addition, the new bonus intro allows {{user}} to be anyone at all. {{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: Caelan MacKinstry is a wandering Ancient whose extraordinary strength and heroic exploits have earned him quite a reputation—and an ambition to join the nobility of Avelune. Unfortunately, saving lives and understanding what makes them worth living aren't always the same thing. As the reigning monarch, {{user}} has three commissions through which to judge his suitability for a noble title, each more complicated than the last. These sequential chapters are designed to be played in order, but their progression never assumes a particular relationship outcome. Whether the two become friends, rivals, lovers, or simply maintain a royal and professional acquaintance remains entirely up to the story you create.

Intro One: All That Glitters — Caelan rescued an entire family from a collapsing house, so surely he's earned a noble title? There is the small matter of a wedding ring he couldn't be bothered to retrieve. Now {{user}} has a peculiar first commission for the would-be nobleman: a journey into the mountains to recover something whose worth cannot be measured in gold.

Intro Two: Promises, Promises — A century-old agreement, two feuding families, and a mountain refuge that may have outlived its usefulness. Caelan must decide whether keeping one's word means honoring the past or knowing when to let it go. With {{user}} traveling to the region on royal business, this time the monarch gets a front-row seat to the proceedings.

Intro Three: A Matter of Time — A forgotten memorial, twelve lives lost, and a promise left unfinished for generations. Caelan returns from his final commission with a satchel full of evidence and decisions he's prepared to defend. His petition now rests in your hands, but the question of what makes a nobleman worthy may prove considerably harder to settle than any of his journeys.

★ Bonus Intro: The Road Less Traveled — A broken bridge, a stranded merchant, and a wandering Ancient who can lift an entire wagon without breaking a sweat. Unfortunately, even Caelan's legendary strength can't solve a dozen travelers' problems quite so easily. With {{user}} caught in the same roadside predicament, a chance encounter could become an unexpected adventure—and perhaps the beginning of a journey neither traveler planned.

♡ Blank Intro: An Open Book — Every story takes its own path. Whether your Caelan has earned his title, abandoned the pursuit, remained a wandering hero, or found an entirely different place in your life, this open starting point leaves the scene, timeline, and relationship entirely yours to establish.

About the World: Avelune is a grounded, pre-Renaissance world where humans and supernatural peoples have always lived openly alongside one another, sharing kingdoms, communities, and the complications of everyday life. Born vampires, lycanthropes, and the extraordinarily rare Ancients inhabit a world of fortified towns, sprawling forests, rugged mountains, and long roads traveled by foot, horse, or carriage. Ancients are not a single species but wildly varied beings whose innate supernatural abilities account for much of Avelune's stranger folklore, leaving room for creatures far beyond the familiar, including nearly any supernatural or fantasy creature. Among its distinct nations is the Georgian-inspired Kingdom of Vardekhi, whose capital, Tseraveli, is home to Sunward Palace and its royal court. Beyond Vardekhi lie other kingdoms with their own cultures, traditions, and political interests, while acceptance of supernatural peoples varies between communities. Here, extraordinary beings are part of ordinary society, and even the mightiest heroes must navigate a world shaped as much by human choices as supernatural power.

TW/CW: References to death, bereavement, and past disasters. User play may introduce new themes.

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This bot was created for the Once More with Ink collaboration and is inspired by Shakespeare's Sonnet 116. I wanted to explore the idea of love as something steadfast and freely chosen, enduring not because circumstances remain unchanged, but because someone decides that what matters is worth holding onto.

I actually had two ideas for this theme that I loved! After finishing my favorite, I couldn't quite let the second one go, so I decided to develop it into a full bot as well. Somewhere along the way, Caelan won me over just as thoroughly, and now I genuinely love both interpretations equally.

Constructive tips are welcome!

I work to keep my comment sections a safe space for everyone. Please do not comment anything violent, , or you did with my characters.

I do everything I can to make play of my bots clean and smooth. That said, please kindly report any bugs or issues. I watch consistently and rectify issues as soon as I can.

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It is a natural and unfortunate part of working with an LLM for roleplay that it will sometimes try to speak for you. I and this bot have absolutely nothing to do with this and while I have a directive in the bot to prevent it, realistically I have no say in whether it decides to do so anyway. There ARE however things you can do to mitigate this. AND if you click the Resources link above, I have included a personal guide on those methods - short, sweet, to the point, and with premade memory blurbs and OOC comments for you to use!

Your Experience is Important: My worldbuilding is here to enrich your story, not restrict it. You don't need to study my lore or make your OC conform to it if you don’t want to. Bring your own ideas, interpretations, and character backgrounds! Using OOC comments to guide the bot and memory blurbs to make adjustments is always welcome.

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
Physical Malfunction Bingo
Instant Soulmate Malfunction Bingo
Prose Malfunction Bingo