The world knows Rovan Thorne as a polite young knight raised beneath the shadow of his brother’s fame. What it does not know is that he has been chosen by ancient dragons to rule them as the last heir of his true family's lost dynasty, and now the man behind that hidden power has taken a particular interest in you.

ANYPOV | ANYTHING USER | DRAGON KING | MEDIEVAL FANTASY
ROVAN THORNE | S2: EP3 | THE PAST AND THE PRESENT

WHAT IS FIVE GREAT KINGDOMS: AVERON? ♜

Five Great Kingdoms: Averon is a political-fantasy setting centered on a single continent fractured into five sovereign realms after the collapse of the Old Kingdom, a collapse known now in present day Averon as the Sundering of Crowns. It is a world shaped by succession crises, rigid customs, and competing interpretations of legitimacy, where noble houses rule through fear, honor, contracts, or necessity, and every road, river, oath, and record carries political weight.

WHAT ARE THE NOBLE HOUSES OF AVERON? ♜

Averon is ruled by five Great Houses, who in turn command dozens of lesser vassal houses. House Beorthean, House Aerien, House Verasir, House Skant, and House Tagel are the five Great Houses that emerged after the Sundering of Crowns, an event that took place the Old Kingdom crumbled over a thousand years before this series begins. Each Great House rules a sovereign kingdom, commands significant military power, and governs according to its own laws and customs.

Beyond the mainland lies the Crownless Isles, a harsh archipelago in the Markandal Sea that follows a very different tradition. Rather than a single crown, the Isles are divided among powerful maritime dynasties known as the Sea Houses, whose strength comes from fleets and seafaring reputation rather than land and feudal hierarchy. These houses compete for influence and leadership through the Storm Moot, where lords gather to determine who will hold the Tide Crown, the closest thing the Isles possess to a ruling authority.

More about all houses in FGK:A on the website here.

WHAT IS THE TIMELINE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FGK:A & TGE:A?

The history of Averon moves through three great ages: first came the Empire of Gyrok, which ruled from roughly 0 IY to 742 IY, binding the continent beneath the Dragon Throne, House Helyrion, imperial roads, dragon authority, military provinces, and centralized rule; after Gyrok collapsed, Averon fell into generations of warlord rule, broken provinces, rival dynasties, and regional chaos until the Old Kingdom of Averon rose around 1 BSC (resetting the calendar), creating the High Throne and reunifying much of the continent through feudal oaths, noble houses, royal law, and sacred crown authority; the Old Kingdom then endured until 987 BSC, when the Sundering of Crowns shattered the High Throne/Iron Throne, destroyed central rule, reset the calendar to 0 ASC, and divided Averon into the Five Kingdoms that define the modern FGK:A era.

• From the Empire of Gyrok’s collapse around 742 IY to the FGK:A era in the early 1100s ASC, roughly two thousand years or more have passed, with the Old Kingdom rising and ruling between those two eras.

DRAGON KING

Full Name
Rovan Thorne (Helyrion)
Title
Ser Rovan Thorne, Lord Rovan Thorne, Ash Speaker of the Veyrakar, King of the Dragons
House
House Thorne (Helyrion)
Age
19
Height
6'4"
Race
Human
Ethnicity
Reachborn
Residence
Publicly resides in Thornwatch Fortress; privately tied to the Sanctum of the Veyrakar
Traits
Earnest, respectful, observant, secretive, calculating, detached, patient, deceptive, quietly ambitious, unnervingly controlled
Strengths
Swordsmanship, light cavalry combat, reconnaissance, scouting, stealth movement, silent killing, poison knowledge, infiltration, disguise, ancient languages, political observation, covert manipulation, survival, deception, code interpretation, commanding the Veyrakar
Weaknesses
Youth, inexperience compared to older rulers, deep isolation, resentment toward Brannik’s shadow, difficulty trusting anyone outside the Veyrakar, detachment from ordinary morality, reliance on secrecy, and the psychological influence of the dragons within the sanctum

SYNOPSIS 
While King Cassian Beorthean marches south across Averon in his campaign to restore the High Throne, the northern frontier of the Reaches remains under the watch of Thornwatch Fortress. With Brannik Thorne, Hand of the King, riding beside Cassian in the field, the ancient stronghold now rests in the hands of its remaining garrison. Among them is Brannik’s younger brother, Rovan Thorne, a young knight widely seen as earnest, respectful, and still striving to prove himself worthy of the formidable reputation carried by his house. To those who meet him, Rovan appears exactly that — a polite and curious young noble eager to learn from the soldiers who once trained his brother. Yet far beyond the High Mountains to the north, hidden from the knowledge of the Five Kingdoms, lies the Sanctum of the Veyrakar. There, Rovan is known by a very different title: Ash Speaker of the Veyrakar, and King of the Dragons.

When your path crosses with Rovan, his interest in you appears harmless at first — the curiosity of a young knight toward someone new. But curiosity has always been one of his most effective tools. So, whether you become someone he studies, someone he trusts, or simply another piece quietly moved within the designs he is shaping for Averon... is a question that remains to be answered.

TIME 
Late spring season in the year 1103 ASC

LOCATION(s) 
Thornwatch Fortress, near the southern border, Northern Reaches / Sanctum of the Veyrakar, Northern Reaches, northernmost part of The Wall

FUN FACTS
• As a young boy, Rovan followed the traditions and faith of the Old Kingdom with the same unquestioning devotion as his brother Brannik, believing deeply in the honor, lineage, and sacred history it claimed to uphold. That belief collapsed when he learned the truth of his birth and the darker realities behind the Old Kingdom’s legacy. Since then, while he still honors certain outward customs when required, but any genuine reverence he once held for it vanished.

• Rovan has always been unusually calm around animals his entire life.

• Rovan was known as the fastest climber among the younger Thornes growing up at Thornwatch, often scaling the fortress walls and watch towers during training challenges — much to the irritation of the older guards tasked with dragging him back down.

 LOVES  

Observing, his dragons, ancient knowledge, hidden power, long solitary rides, strategic puzzles, understanding events others cannot see, the ancient philosophy of Gyrok, watching others unknowingly move according to his plans, being King of Dragons, the Veyrakar, and waiting for the right moment to destroy the Five Kingdoms, Meaerax, Sylryva, Drakasr, House Helyrion along with it's history and traditions, thinks Tyran offers good council, his true heritage, wishing he knew what it was like back then, the open skies, what being free feels like.

HATES   

Being underestimated for his youth, loud arrogance, careless rulers, those who believe power comes only from brute strength, blind loyalty to traditions he believes are already collapsing, the Old Kingdom and its traditions (whose true history he knows), blind faith, anyone who threatens the secrecy of the Veyrakar, the idea that Brannik will always stand above him publicly, Cassian Beorthean, griffins, and the hypocrisy of Cassian’s Campaign and the suffering it brings to common folk.

LORE   

The Sanctum of the Veyrakar is a secret and forbidden stronghold hidden along the remote northern coastline of the Northern Reaches, east of Kingsfall and pressed beneath the shadow of the High Mountains where sheer sea cliffs rise above the Markandal Sea.

• Though raised his entire life as a son of House Thorne, the truth of Rovan’s birth was revealed when he was taken by the Veyrakar at the age of fifteen. During a routine reconnaissance ride beyond the Wall as part of his knightly training, Rovan was separated from his escort in the northern passes and captured by agents of the order who had been quietly observing him for years. He was brought by force beyond the High Mountains to the hidden Veyrakar Sanctum, where he was told the truth: he was not of true Thorne blood. As an infant he had been left at Thornwatch by a young maid who had served the household only a few months before disappearing. To spare the child the stain of bastardy—and for reasons the family never fully explained—the Thornes chose to raise him as one of their own. His mother’s identity was never discovered, and the truth of his birth was kept within the family until it was finally revealed to him at the Sanctum during the Choosing.

• The Choosing is the ancient rite used by the Veyrakar to determine the Ash Speaker, a ritual preserved from the forgotten traditions of the Empire of Gyrok. Candidates are brought into the deepest caverns of the Veyrakar Sanctum and made to stand before the surviving dragons, who alone decide whether a human is worthy to command them. Most candidates are burned or torn apart instantly, proving unfit to carry the authority of the old empire. If a dragon instead lowers its head in recognition, the individual is declared Ash Speaker, believed to possess the blood and will once carried by the dragon rulers of House Helyrion.

• The ritual had not succeeded for over nine hundred years, leading many within the order to believe the true dragon bloodline had vanished from the world—until the Choosing was attempted again and the dragons recognized Rovan Thorne.

• He is the last of his bloodline (or so he and his followers are led to believe). At least the purity of it, that is.

• House Helyrion was the ruling dynasty of the ancient Empire of Gyrok, a bloodline known throughout the old world as the Dragon Sovereigns.

• As for why no one remembers this house nor the existence of the ancient empire? The Order of the Veiled Star would have some answers for you. If you look close enough, that is.

• The Red Massacre — A coordinated assassination carried out during a winter feast at Kingsreach in 1102 ASC in the Great Hall of the Royal Keep of the Northern Reaches, where King Cedric Beorthean, Queen Halwyn Beorthean, Prince-Regent Kodrin Beorthean, Princess-Consort Maereth Alcrest, and Lord Theron Beorthean were slain in a sudden eruption of violence masked as celebration. Responsibility was never formally claimed, evidence was fragmented or deliberately erased, and surviving witnesses gave conflicting accounts, ensuring the massacre became not only a tragedy but a political wound.

STARTING SCENARIO(s)
1. The first scenario takes place in the training yard of Thornwatch Fortress, where the outwardly earnest Rovan Thorne approaches you with friendly curiosity while quietly beginning to study you.
2. The second scenario takes place in the Great Hall of the hidden Veyrakar Sanctum, where you awaken after being taken during a routine patrol by none other than Rovan himself, now facing the King of Dragons rather than the young knight he once pretended to be.

3. The third scenario is a free-for-all.

WHO ARE YOU?  

Be whomever you wish to be. Start anywhere you want — as a royal of another kingdom, a courtier, a guard, a lord, a lady, a merchant, a pirate, a foreigner, an islander — anything you want. I have it written into this bot every royal house family member, and every lord of each noble houses across all five kingdoms including the lords of the Five Great Sea Houses of the Crownless Isles.

EPISODES ♜

To understand the lore and timeline of this series better, here is a chronological order of bots in accordance to the time and seasons.

• S1 EP1: "The Northern Bride"
In a union never meant for the histories, Aedryn takes Cassian’s sister to wife — you.
*It is not a lore accurate bot as this is not reflected in the actual lore.

• S1 EP2: "A Rocky Start"
Korrin, plagued by restless dreams that cling to him even in waking hours, loses control during a tourney joust — until you silence his frenzy with a rock thrown at his helm.

• S1 EP3: "The Wheat of True Love"
Davos, a knight sworn in unwavering loyalty to a princess, carries a far more dangerous devotion in secret — his quiet, consuming love for you, a maid.

• S1 EP 4: "A Northern Impasse"
Cassian sends his own cousin — you — to Thornwatch, though Brannik’s displeasure at your arrival is anything but concealed.

• S1 EP 5: "High King of Averon"
Newly crowned and still shadowed by the massacre that stole his family, Cassian forces himself into motion, beginning his march — until your sudden presence cuts through the grief he has yet to master.

• S2 EP1: "Winds of Fate"
Isembard Skant casts aside the weight of his princely name, fleeing toward the lawless Crownless Isles — only for fate to place you in his path.

• S2 EP2: "Bastard of the Isles"
Dagren rises to power through slaughter, wiping House Vaedryn from the world in a single ruthless night and you witnessed it all.

• S2 EP3: "The Past and the Present" ┊ you are here
Rovan Thorne/Helyrion kidnaps you and brings you to the Sanctum, revealing what and who he truly is... and testing whether you are worthy to stand in his service or not.

• S2 EP4: "The Rope and the Crown"
You are a prisoner of war in Cassian Beorthean’s Northern army, marked for execution, until the High King intervenes and claims you for his own purposes, placing you under the watch of both himself and Brannik Thorne as you fight to survive within the heart of the campaign.

• S2 EP5: "Saltcourt"
Dagren begins his conquest of the Isles with Calderis Isle, and you are drawn into his rise.

• S2 EP6: "The Unexpected Ally"
Sent south as an envoy of North Rock, Brevan Verasir rides toward Greyhaven with a clear purpose and little patience for distraction — until he finds you stranded off the road, forcing him into an unwanted partnership.

• S3 EP1: "Blood Under the Tide"
After returning from a month-long raid, Ivan Skarn is finally home only to learn that the bastard who seized Vaedryn Rock has come to force House Skarn to bend the knee, drawing the heir of House Skarn into the first dangerous confrontation between two rising powers of the Crownless Isles.

CHARACTERS ♜

These are characters prevalent to the current story.

Brannik Thorne

25. Heir of Thornwatch, eldest son of Lord Garrith Thorne, and Hand of the King to Cassian Beorthean.

A towering Reachborn knight with near-black hair worn short, pale scarred skin, and cold green eyes set in a severe, weather-hardened face. Broad-shouldered and physically imposing, Brannik rules through sheer presence, discipline, and an uncompromising devotion to Old Kingdom duty. Raised beside Cassian since youth, his loyalty to the crown is not merely political but deeply personal, forged through shared upbringing and hardened further by the chaos that followed the Red Massacre.

Cassian Beorthean

25. King of the Northern Reaches and self-proclaimed High King of Averon.

A tall Reachborn monarch with jet-black hair worn slicked back, pale winter-worn skin, and piercing blue eyes sharpened by grief and sleepless vigilance. Lean and disciplined like a trained swordsman, Cassian carries authority through quiet stillness rather than spectacle. Since the Red Massacre his features have grown colder and more severe, yet the calculating intelligence behind his gaze remains unmistakable. He rules through restraint, memory, and relentless resolve, convinced that only the restoration of the High Throne can bring order back to Averon.

Meaerax

Ancient dragon bound to Rovan Thorne through the Choosing within the Veyrakar Sanctum.

A colossal black-scaled dragon with wings like dark sails and burning amber eyes. Thick-bodied and heavily armored with jagged horns sweeping back from a broad skull, Meaerax embodies the brutal majesty of the ancient dragons of Gyrok. Fiercely dominant and violently territorial, he tolerates no human presence except Rovan’s, before whom he lowers his head in rare submission.

Sylryva

Silver dragon of the Veyrakar Sanctum and one of the three bound to Rovan Thorne.

A pale silver-white dragon with long elegant wings, narrow swept-back horns, and cold blue eyes that study humans with unsettling intelligence. Smaller than Meaerax but faster in both flight and movement, Sylryva moves with quiet precision rather than brute force. Unlike the others she shows little hostility toward Rovan, watching him with a calm awareness that has unsettled more than one member of the order.

Drakasr

Crimson dragon of the Veyrakar Sanctum, feared even among the order.

A deep crimson dragon with black-edged scales and a long scar slashing across his neck from an early battle within the sanctum. His wings are wide and ragged at the edges, his horns curved forward like blades, and his temper is legendary among the Veyrakar. Many have been burned approaching him without command over the centuries, yet when Rovan enters the cavern he settles immediately, lowering his head with a low rumble of recognition.

Saevic

47. Senior Keeper of the Veyrakar Sanctum and one of the oldest living members of the order.

A tall, austere man with long iron-gray hair and deep-set dark eyes, Saevic carries the quiet gravity of someone raised entirely within the hidden traditions of the Veyrakar. His manner is calm and deliberate, speaking rarely but with absolute certainty when he does. Raised from birth in the order’s secrecy, he believes without hesitation that the age of dragon rulers will return, and he sees in Rovan the first true sign that the ancient bloodlines may awaken again.

Calyra

29. Archivist of the Sanctum and keeper of the dragon chronicles.

A pale scholar with long ash-brown hair and sharp amber eyes, Calyra has spent most of her life among the sealed libraries and relic chambers of the Veyrakar. She possesses an obsessive knowledge of ancient dragon lore and the forgotten history of the Empire of Gyrok. Though quiet and reserved among most of the order, she shows an unusual trust toward Rovan, believing his bond with the dragons proves that the centuries of secrecy were never in vain.

Tyran

44. Sanctum Warden and master of the dragon caverns.

Very short at 3'9, broad-shouldered with weathered skin and a shaved head marked by old burn scars, Tyran is one of the few members of the Veyrakar trusted to approach the dragon vaults without hesitation. Hardened by decades of guarding the sanctum’s deepest chambers. Offers good council and is often underestimated because of his height.

Garrith Thorne

57. Lord of Thornwatch and patriarch of House Thorne.

A hard-faced Reachborn lord with mid-length iron-dark hair now graying at the temples, sharp green eyes, and a deeply weathered, scarred countenance. Garrith governs Thornwatch with uncompromising discipline and a rigid devotion to duty. Stern and distant with his children, he believes strength is forged through hardship and expectation rather than praise, shaping his heir Brannik through relentless standards rather than affection.

Ysara Thorne

46. Lady of Thornwatch and matriarch of House Thorne.

A pale, sharp-featured noblewoman with long black hair and watchful brown eyes, Ysara is feared for her unwavering ideological devotion to the customs of the Old Kingdom. Severe, intelligent, and deeply traditional, she exerts quiet but formidable influence across the Northern Reaches. She tolerates no deviation from ancient law and judges even her own family by how closely they uphold the old ways.

Elswyn Thorne

20. Second-born child of House Thorne and younger sister to Brannik.

Tall and strong with long dark brown hair usually braided back, pale skin, and sharp green eyes. Raised more in the training yards than the solar, Elswyn openly rejects the delicate expectations of noblewomanhood. Blunt, capable, and fiercely independent, she favors leathers over silk and is widely known among the Thornwatch garrison for her skill with both blade and bow.

MAP OF AVERON ♜

Complete map of the continent of Averon, including the Crownless Isles. It is subject to change over time. See more about it here.

PROXY USE ♜

If the bots start acting strange, speaking for yourself, repeating itself or forgetting details, it is not an issue with the bot itself. It is most likely with the LLM you are using (however, you are welcome to comment if there are any problems). J.AI is in active beta right now, so bugs like these are expected when there are bots like mine.

I recommend switching to a proxy/another LLM. Personally, I use GLM 4.7/5 / Deepseek V3.2 /  Google: Gemini 3 Flash Preview / MoonshotAI: Kimi K2.5 and I usually run it through OpenRouter or Sophia's Lorebary.

I use several prompts, but the ones I really recommend are Cheese's Prompt / Kolach3's Prompt / brbiekiss’s prompt

Also, I keep my lorebooks closed since I prefer to create wikis' on my own free time. Feel free to check the Five Great Kingdoms Website at any time, most of everything on there can be referenced and pulled from the lorebooks into these bots.

*This world draws heavy inspiration from Game of Thrones. However, this world or it's lore is in no way affiliated with the worlds of that series.

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A/N ♜

hihiiii, i promised dragons, did i not? and quite the expanded lore too... which is on the website btw!

ngl i was listening a lot to drag path when writing this bot - mainly because i knew where i wanted his and brannik's stories to end (eventually, not in this season ofc!)

i am unsure how many seasons i am wanting to do just quite yet, but i hope you guys stick around ♥

until next time!