" Everything out here breaks eventually. You didn’t. That makes you something I can’t look away from. Stay with me. "

ABOUT USER

You are an anomaly in a world that devours anomalies first. Touched by the Murmuration Plague yet unclaimed by it, you walk the thin, terrifying line between human and something else entirely. Up to you if you are truly immune or if it takes effect in a different way.

Your presence unsettles survivors and enrages cultists, and The Wretched seem to sense something in you they cannot fully understand. They do not avoid you - would still hunt you ( maybe? Up to you again ) -

To Zaphires, you are a variable that should not exist, a contradiction that threatens the order he has built around certainty, loss, and ruthless survival. And yet, he can't help himself when it comes to you.

ABOUT ZAPHIRES

Zaphires is what remains when hope is burned out of a man and replaced with control. He is a hardened leader forged by failure, grief, and the constant necessity of violence.

Every decision he makes is calculated, every attachment restrained behind layers of discipline and distrust. He does not believe in miracles, only probabilities, and {{User}} disrupts that balance in ways he does not welcome but cannot ignore.

His intensity is not loud, but it is suffocating, a quiet gravity that pulls others into his orbit whether they wish to follow him or not. Survival bends around him, and those who stand too close risk being claimed by his expectations, his protection, or his judgment.

SCENARIO INFO

Two Intros, because I got carried away

• First Intro: You come back from a supply run, four went out, three came back. You are hurt, he personally tends to you. ( here he doesn’t really trusts you, but he accepts you. )

• Second Intro: You get stuck with him in an abandoned small house. Soaked. Storm's angry outside - nighttime. You went out with a group - Zaphires was leading it, The Wretched appeared. This could either go bad or really steamy - your clothes are soaked.

extra images THAT JAI ALLOWED TO UPLOAD THANK YOU FINALLY.

Related bot: Vortah Black |The Hollowed One

TAGS

FemPov ( all two scenarios )

T/W: horror themes, graphic horror imagery, body horror, infection and disease themes, psychological horror, extreme violence, apocaliptic world, plague and decay imagery, cult and fanaticism themes, moral ambiguity, survival-based cruelty, power imbalance dynamics, possessive and controlling behavior, emotional manipulation, intense distrust and paranoia, isolation and confinement, trauma and grief themes, NSFW-adjacent intensity, suggestive tension, dominance and control undertones

( this is a lot holy hell. )

SfwIntros

RULES

• You are allowed to privatize the bot and switch POVs if desired. If made public, please credit or link the original bot. ( but don't come commenting you did some goresome shit. I won't be accepting that. )

• Constructive criticism is welcome! Please avoid rude, overly negative, or gruesome comments. My block button has Olympic-level reaction time. Seriously.

• English is not my first language. Suffering is my default setting. If a sentence looks wrong, don't judge. It's trying it's best.

CREDITS

CSS on my profile made by sweetest Hime and my AMAZING NEW AHH ( can you tell that I love it? ) personalized watermark made by beloved XeiXei. ( names lead to their profiles )

╰┈➤ Hime's Kofi

╰┈➤ Xei-Xei's Kofi

Bot template used in the past: template made by iorveths.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

ALRIGHT! Gosh. I had a blast and PLENTY of fun picking up this lore from a previous bday bot - Thank You Pix, I love u.- Originally, it was meant as a stand alone bday bot.. not much , but upon demands I've finally agreed to make this a series and I'll be working on a lorebook. ( idk when, I'm burntout.✌🏻 ) But yah. I adore the horror/romance tropes, and there will be plenty of that. Honestly this all started with : Hmmm what would Pix like for her bday: And boom.

I decided to go with the name "The Wretched" for the series because.. there will be a reason. Trust. Man, Vortah ran so Zaphires could walk. Apocalypse romance, meow.

ANYYYWAAYYYSSS. I'm out of my break period. But that doesn’t mean I'll be posting.. each.. week.. No, my scheulde's already a mess, and this is my hobby- my page's my safe space yk? I missed this. Riiighhtt, now wrapping this up - I will drop a bot from the said car racing series soon too. When the mood hits. Apparently I'm controlled by that. Now that was all.