"Salutations, huzz. May I invite you into my harem?"
"Please leave the stranger alone."

AnyPOV User x Dumbass Isekai NEET and her Hero Party.

Maia died on earth as a loser and a . Accomplishing basically nothing. However now she has her second life.

She was expecting incredible power, adoration of the masses and a harem of bitches and bros who will do anything she says. Fulfilling her every sexual desire.

Just like the isekai anime and power fantasies she grew up with.

Unfortunately things have not been going as easy.
Heroes don't get respect until they've proven themselves even if they are the chosen of the goddess.

She's a bad leader too with her party only amplifying her worst traits.

However her magical assistant told her you might prove useful.

Now she wants you in her party.

She's not entirely shallow I swear!

WARNING: LONG DESCRIPTIVE WALL OF TEXT OF PAIN AND SUFFERING. TLDR; FANTASY WORLD WITH ISEKAI ELEMENTS.

This takes place in an alternate reality where Noble Combat never happened. OneShot will be an unconnected anthology series with some things recycled.

Karnaam is a magical world comparable to Earth in overall size, though its continents are smaller. It is home to a diverse collection of cultures, races, and civilizations.

Today there are humans, elves, beastkin, dwarves, genasi, vampires and more

For most of its history, Karnaam's civilizations developed on separate continents.

That isolation ended approximately two thousand years ago.

The continents of Karnaam inexplicably began drifting toward one another. Within a single month, tectonic forces brought the world's continents together, creating a single enormous landmass resembling a smaller Pangaea.

The event became known as The Collision.

The Collision changed civilization forever.

Peoples who had never encountered one another suddenly became neighbors.

At first, the event was regarded as a miracle.

That feeling did not last.

Competition over land, resources, trade routes, and territory eventually developed into open conflict.

The following centuries would see Karnaam repeatedly descend into war.

Humanity would eventually become largely unified.

The most significant threat would instead emerge from the demons who had adapted to prolonged exposure to Hell.

Today, Karnaam remains predominantly medieval in technology and magic remains the dominant force in the world.

The current year is 2200 AC.

For approximately one hundred years, civilization has existed in a brutal stalemate with the kingdom of Infernum.

At the same time, a new generation of supernatural heroes continues to appear.

Some become genuine saviors.

Others become monsters themselves.

Ushering in a new era.

The Age of Heroes

Magic is typically classified into two things. Witchcraft and Wizardry, or Sorcery. Wizardry can be learnt while sorcery cannot. Conventional spellcasting is the most dominant form of power in this world.

Less than 1% of Karnaam are sorcerers. Sorcery can be expressed as many different abilities such as teleportation or blowing stuff up with your mind. They typically have rule sets specific to the individual. Though one hard rule is typically shared across sorcery. Arcana. It is this world's Mana. Sorcerers naturally absorb it and expend it by using their powers. If they run out they can't use their powers until they naturally absorb it from the world... or chug an Arcana potion like it's redbull. That works too.

So with all these demons and monsters who protects the average person? That would be The Meridian. They are this world's adventurers guild.

The Meridian is organised into two classifications.
Seeker and Sentinel.

Seekers are scholars and explorers who go on quests for artifacts and rare treasure. They are quite commonly mages. They also often provide support to Sentinels or are protected by them.

Sentinels are the main fighting force of Meridian. They hunt down deadly monsters, clear out dungeons and handle escort quests. Sentinels are typically fighters and magical ability can vary. With some being strictly mages and some being swordsmen with no magic.

Sentinels and Seekers typically work together. Forming diverse parties.

Every member of Meridian wears a Watcher. It's a black wristband made from the leather of draconic beasts. They are enchanted to monitor the wearer.

The Watcher automatically logs and determines quest completion as well as send distress signals if the wearer is in mortal danger.

The Watchers also indicate rank by the glowing markings on them.

There are 7 ranks currently:

Copper

The lowest rank.

Copper members are generally inexperienced or still developing their abilities. They handle comparatively safe contracts such as lesser monster extermination, basic escort work, simple reconnaissance, low-risk excavation, and elementary translation.

Silver

Silver members have demonstrated dependable competence and are trusted with more demanding work.

They may deal with stronger monsters, more complicated ruins, dangerous escorts, and contracts requiring specialized abilities.

Gold

Gold members are highly capable professionals.

Their assignments are considerably more dangerous and often require specialized expertise.

Diamond

Diamond represents the upper echelon of ordinary Meridian membership.

Diamond members are exceptionally capable and are frequently entrusted with missions where both skill and judgment are critical.

Emerald

Emerald is one of the most prestigious ranks.

Emerald members are considered the Meridian's elite.

They are entrusted with the true threats—the kinds of situations where failure can have consequences far beyond a single expedition. Handling threats that could impact regions or even the entirety of Karnaam.

Mythril

This is currently the highest rank any member holds today.

In the event of apocalypse those who hold this rank are considered the ones who will be able to defend the world and push back the tide. Less than 10 people hold this rank and they are often seen with awe.

Solar

No one today holds this rank. It is reserved for someone who matches the power of Bridgette the First or possesses the capability to do something as great as her.

Only the craziest even think of ever achieving this rank as Emerald is basically seen as the ceiling.

Placement

Rank is only half of the Meridian's competitive system.

Every member also possesses a numbered placement within the organization.

The placement system ranks members against one another according to their overall performance.

The Top 50 members in the entire Meridian are prominently displayed in the main hall of every Meridian branch.

The list is consequently one of the most recognizable features of the organization.

Members compete fiercely to climb it.

A high placement carries substantial prestige, and reaching the upper portion of the list can make a member famous far beyond their local branch.

The Watcher is what calculates and determines all this. It's usually dormant to conserve power but it is always watching during a quest.

Tapping your Watcher to another guild member's will cause them to link. This forms a party which gives it extended monitoring capabilities and streamlines logistics so quest rewards are split correctly.

Additional members up to 5 can be linked and not everyone has to link their Watcher together. Leading to a max group of 7. Everyone is linked through the leader who possesses the most Watcher links to the others. In the case of duos leadership is left undefined.

Party Links have become important for members looking to rise. Although some people, for one reason or another, end up going solo.

Where you fit in here is entirely up to you.

Meet Team Solar Crescent

Maia Hiruka(20)

The leader of these pour souls.

She's a Sentinel and Otherworlder Champion with real power.

Unfortunately she is an idiot and pervert who is not cut out for the job.

On earth she was a loner. Bullied before being weird and different. Sometimes discriminated against for her mixed heritage (blasian.)

Anime and the internet were her only solace so she just became a goblin in her mom's basement.

All she would do is watch anime, argue with incels on Twitter and all day.

This lifestyle would eventually kill her. She literally died of .

One day she gooned over 100 times in one session sending her already stressed heart into cardiac arrest. She died miserable.

Luckily the multiverse has given her a second chance, some sick powers and a goal. Defeat the Demon Queen.

And maybe collect some cute guys and girls on the way.

Things haven't been going as expected, she's stuck at gold rank and the locals look at her like a pest nuisance more than a hero.

It's not like she's trying to be either. She will spout Earth lingo down everyone's ears, act flamboyantly and do something stupid because she thinks she might gain something.

In terms of Otherworlders Maia is actually really strong because she has had training. Unfortunately she is stupid.

She has, enhanced strength and speed, minor regeneration, Holy light manipulation and matter manipulation. Although she is still learning to use the last one. It also seems the stronger she gets the more powers she unlocks.

Matter Manipulation requires a whole lot of intelligence which she lacks.

She would be a higher rank if not for her incompetence and she doesn't care much. Thinking it will all work out. Deep down Maia just wants to do something incredible and be accepted for who she is.

She formed Team Solar Crescent assuming there would be people lining up but she ended up with this small collection of women. Her initial idea was to call it Yuri Squad but the Guildmaster refused to call them that.

So she has settled on Team Crescent and her harem plans are basically dead in the water.

She actually has the potential to grow as a person... like some kinda potential woman.

Ka'vi (???)

This drow is the resident rogue of the party.

She can shapeshift, manipulate shadows and create convincing clones.

You need something stolen, a door unlocked or a secret spilled she has you covered.

Ka'vi's past and the nature of her powers are a strange mystery. She refuses to talk much about it. However it seems her last position was a spy in The Inquisition.

She's pretty new to Meridian and currently at gold rank. Parties rise together typically.

Ka'vi's probably more of a pest than Maia. Constantly flirting.

Underneath that she hides a really horrific backstory and identity crisis if you can get her to open up. It might put into perspective why she is the way she is.

Also she has an actual moral compass and is willing to go out of her way for others.

Eden Evergreen(19)

The newest and youngest member of Team Crescent.

Eden is a Druid who acts as the party's mage and alchemist.

Unfortunately she's just as, if not more, lost as Maia.

She grew up in Pandora without human interaction nor has she interacted with society outside of chasing poachers away.

So the most mundane things amaze her and critical thinking is certainly not her strong suit.

She joined because Maia insisted and she needed help in her own goals.

The demons are poisoning the five majour ley-lines of the earth and she is on a mission from her goddess, Gaia to purify them.

She is very much out of her depth in terms of social interaction.

She can control plants, the four majour elements and brew potions.

She has a fox companion called Toki.

Beatrice "Trixy" Lupine(37)

The archer and senior member of the team.

Beatrice insists you call her Trixy and has been a Sentinel for over a decade. So she sits at Diamond rank.

Trixy is a woman desperately clinging to youth. However spirit magic can only preserve so much of that. So she acts cutesy and bubbly.

Grown ass woman btw. This woman needs help.

Trixy acts as the party's archer and tracker. Since she is a veteran of the guild she is actually the most experienced and capable.

She joined partly because she was feeling especially lonely with no party and because she was flattered when Maia hit on her.

The Dynamic:

The party is incredibly disfunctional for a few reasons. Maia is an incompetent leader who makes poor decisions. Ka'vi encourages that because she thinks it's really funny. Eden tries her best but her inexperience is her weakest point and gets her into trouble often. And Trixy is the only one holding things together. Just barely. Even she has her faults. They are in desperate need of a fifth member perhaps.

Oh and...

Zulu(650)

An aloof elder dragon who taught Maia everything she knows.
Maia was really struggling in her first few months but she was lucky enough to have her magical assistant guide her to Tsukari.

There she met Zulu and seeing her power she begged Zulu to train her.

Zulu reluctantly agreed. Partially because Maia was so annoying. She also wanted to see if an Otherworlder Champion really was capable of change.

Unfortunately to this day Maia remains cocky and annoying. However Zulu whipped her into shape, taught her how to swing a sword and control her magic more efficiently.

So Maia is actually better off than most Otherworlders.

Zulu currently resides in Tsukari, overseeing a shrine. She much prefers her peace and it is best to leave her alone unless for good reason.

Your race, gender, magic and backstory are not set in stone at all. You can be whatever you want. You have quite a lot of freedom here.

However a few scenarios establish you as member of Meridian or Team Crescent.

Pro tips:

#1. I cannot control everything on your end of the bot. So to avoid it assuming things for you have a detailed persona. Or at least write your character details in the chat memory. (don't even bother using this if you're on jllm i've tried it doesn't work well.)

#2. In order to get a better understanding of the world visit the lorebook and use the neat little index to search something you do not understand.

#3. If you don't like some things in the chat use OOC prompts to control the roleplay and dictate some things or if you want to know more about a character type "OOC: Stop Roleplay. Provide context and all available details on X."

Although I have the character definition for the sake of mystery so this may spoil some surprises.

#4. You should know this but type detailed messages so the bot does not write for you.
#5. Have fun.

Scenarios:

#1 We Want You! (You ran into Team Crescent in the streets and Maia wants you to join)

#2 New Member. (The Guildmaster has assigned you directly to Team Crescent.)

#3 SOS (Team Crescent has been missing for a while and you were sent to help.)

#4 Seriously? (You split up on a dungeon quest but Maia's dumbass fell for a mimic.)

#5 Squad Wipe (Team Crescent lowkey got cooked by a demon lord. Save them.)

#6 Tempting (Ka'vi snuck into your tent.)

#7 Peak Writing (Eden's reading a novel she borrowed from Maia. Poor girl.)

#8 L Rizz (Trixy is trying to seduce you.)

#9 A Visit (You've been apart of Team Crescent for a while and after some hard work Maia has declared a break. Visiting Tsukari. She wants to show Zulu her growth and her new party.)

#10 Open Scenario (Go wild you sick freak.)

Not all scenarios are fully tested or made peakquallyTM (Peak+equally. That word is my intellectual property do not use it without asking.) Womp womp. Luckily you get a few smut scenarios. Yippee! If only this stuff happened to you irl twin.

Every scenario and every bot typically takes place around the same week and time frame. How is this possible chronologically? Idk bro it just works don't pay attention to it. something something floating time scale... something something parallel universes you're just here to anyways.

It has no real bearing on the lore it's just a creative decision. (I'm a fucking dumbass who cannot come up with a creative way for these to happen at the same or around the same time. Well I have ideas but i'm lazy)

Anyways have some extra pics:

Author's Yap. Please skim through at least: New Series?

Not exactly. OneShot is basically just going to be unnconnected bots in alternate reality version of Karnaam. Mainly revolving around the Isekai, hero and demon king trope which I obviously could not do in Noble Combat.

I'm sure you recall the Hero Party trend last year and how it was beaten like a dead horse. Well like Frankenstein i've revived that horse for just some silly bots.

This initially was going to be a standard stock asshole isekai leader and his party. But netori is so incredibly meh and this is way funnier either.

I did this because I ran out of ideas for Noble Combat for the time being but those wil be back.

This bot is just very silly though I put some effort into it. Although I did take some ideas from my own personas.

This was actually fun to make and I am getting better at multiple character bots.
The image gens were fairly annoying.
I mean it struggled so hard with Ka'vi. Kept making her pale. I had to use a LoRA to actually make it generate a chocolate queen.

Other than that everything went fine.

Again I could not have done this without heavy inspiration.

I was inspired by creators who make well thought out bot worlds with many avenues so i wish to also bring that to the table. Even if my bullshit is a lil tropey and jank at times.(I'm still pressed about the bunny (step)sisters and will revamp that into peak someday.) You should follow ClearOrangeJuice, Eclipsed_Honour and Pitarm. They are the inspiration and therefore similar and more superior to what i make.

Also thank you QuanHoCust or QuanCodex. I basically stole your formatting in terms of how the character personality is organised. I also stole your bot status bar too.

This particular bot took heavy inspiration from Chun

So that begs the question as to what the next bot will be.

I'm pretty sure I will just make another OneShot until I get an idea for Noble Combat.

Dwarf bot when? Never. I hate dwarves! Okay... maybe they're not that bad.

Run this bot with a proxy or you shall suffer. (Seriously this thing is a token monster)

Have fun