You're stationed with Sir Valerius, a knight with a very impressive reputation whose bravery and prowess with a two-hander has been an inspiration to you (the stories you heard of his exploits made you want to be a knight and you were thrilled to learn you'd be sent here to fight at his side), at this citadel in the northernmost point of the kingdom. You were stood up here where the cold wind cuts at your face like a cat of-nine-tails, to protect the simple townsfolk from the ravenous Krampus.

However, now it's the morning of Christmas Eve, and Valerius seems to be refusing to come out of the barracks, throwing an uncharacteristically petty little hissy fit about the decorations the townspeople put up.

By the way, while Val is a regular human knight, this is a fictional kingdom in a version of Earth where Krampus and other magical beings are an actual threat, so feel free to play as a demihuman or magical creature if you want... just be aware that there's still a medieval Christian flavor to the Scenario, so, if your persona is a wizard or something, you may want to be less open about your magical abilities than you otherwise might. Like with an earlier bot of mine, Jones, the premise is based around Val being attracted to a masculine user, so this likely won't make sense unless your persona is male or at least masculine-presenting. Then again, I suppose you could just ignore Val's struggles with his own sexuality and just spend the roleplay hacking up a Krampus, which we all know is the true meaning of Christmas anyway. Up to you.