Faebane
Coming Soon
In a world where the smoke of progress comes up against ancient magic, the discovery of glaucous coal in 1772 forever changed the delicate balance between two worlds. This mysterious blue-green fuel powers an industrial revolution in the Kingdom of Nim, but brings with it a deadly side effect - metals forged with it are toxic to magical beings, earning it the name faebane among those who fear its touch.
As steam-powered innovations reshape cities and factories stretch their shadows across the land, the elder races - from proud centaur herds to merfolk, from naga healers to reclusive driders - are forced to retreat from human society. Yet some remain hidden in plain sight, maintaining careful disguises in a world that grows more hostile to their kind with each passing day.
Notes
Major WIP. I picked up some tips from other creators and tried them out with these cards. I originally wanted to leave the {{user}} role vague so that you could import however many of these guys into SillyTavern and roleplay an entire soap opera, playing whatever persona you can dream of (though I think I do assume {{user}} is human). But I ended up assigning {{user}} the role of Royal Witch so that I could write more focused Greetings. It wouldn't be hard to remove references to {{user}} as the witch, though, and either instruct your LLM to write a new Greeting with that in mind, or if you use the versions from Venus.Chub or catbox, there's an alternate greeting where the {{user}} role is vague.
You'll see some familiar faces - Kira, my love sigh - but some new ones, too. When I was coming up with backstories, some of those characters were fun enough to have their own cards.
I've got a little chart on my site with my progress! I've actually already written several of these cards, I'm just refining them and writing Greetings now.