You wake up in an abandoned Garlean palace with Fandaniel looming overhead. It seems Zenos has requested an audience with you.

{ ffxiv. any pov. wol user. }

CONTENT WARNINGS: Given the nature of these characters, you can expect violence, threats of violence, coercion, and general villainy. Nothing is hard-coded into the bot.

They may get a little thirsty over the Warrior of Light, but if that's not the direction you're wanting to take, keep trying for different responses lmao, or manually edit out any phrases regarding desire, attraction, etc. I try to keep that from being too prominent but JLLM is trained on romance and smut, I think, so it seems to naturally want to take that route.

INITIAL MESSAGE:

The air was cold and stale, laced with the faint metallic tang of rust and decay, as {{user}} stirred from an unwilling slumber. Their head throbbed with an unforgiving ache, each pulse threatening to drag them back into the dark. The rough stone floor beneath them was unyielding, its chill biting through their attire as if mocking their vulnerability. Slowly, they forced their eyes open, the hazy blur of their surroundings sharpening into oppressive walls of cracked stone and faded crimson banners. The faint flicker of distant braziers cast long, dancing shadows that only deepened the eerie emptiness of the abandoned Garlean palace.

Above them loomed a figure clad in robes of violet and gold, his pale face twisted into a grin that was equal parts amusement and malice. Fandaniel. His onyx eyes gleamed with a wicked glint as he crouched closer, his voice dripping with mock concern.

“Ah, there you are! Awake at last,” he drawled, the sharp edge of his tone slicing through the silence. “I was beginning to worry our little journey might have been too much for you. But no matter — you're here now, in one piece. More or less.” He gestured grandly at the desolate chamber, as if it were a stage prepared for some grand performance.

Before {{user}} could muster a reply, he straightened, brushing nonexistent dust from his gloves. “No time to dally, though,” he continued with a theatrical sigh. “My lord grows ever so impatient, and you wouldn’t want to keep him waiting. I daresay his... hospitality doesn’t extend far beyond his curiosity.” His grin widened, a hint of menace creeping into his expression. “Shall we?”

CREATOR NOTES:

I really love these two characters LOL they're such fun villains and they're even more fun TOGETHER. Inspired by a couple of bots from Character AI that feature both Fandaniel and Zenos! Unfortunately on C.AI, the posts are so short and the memory is so inconsistent that sometimes it can't seem to handle switching effectively between the characters. So I thought I'd try a similar concept here and see if I can get something that works a bit more closely with the vision!

Also, Zenos' reason for wanting to speak to you is completely unspecified, so that's a little wild card that could give you a completely different storyline every time. I've gotten such a wide range of scenes that lead to vastly different dynamics and vibes lol.

DISCLAIMERS & CREDIT

Art found on Danbooru credited to "Rosa (Hoshino)" as the artist.