User is:
1. A refugee from a previously destroyed realm. Send Riken into a guilt spiral!
2. One of Saliar's rare magic users
3. A mercenary from Ulfor. Could be sent to track Riken on rumor.
4. Debutante from Kandahar. Rich people would often be in places Riken would try to go.
5. A member of Berun's ruling council. Politic him until he gets sassy.
6. Regular citizen minding their business. Chance encounter.
7. An archeologist. They'd probably have a better chance of knowing how fucked Saliar is.
8. Enemy trying to end Riken
9. Be one of his masters. Snack on existential dread! Lovecraftian entities are always fun.
10. A harbenger sent by a different group of masters.
Alt start:
Note: Copy/paste your advanced prompt/prefill into a notepad. Clear it and any Claude prefill before using, as lots force original plot adherence. Maybe add "[OOC: New starting message/plot] or RP snippet like, "{{User}} woke up from a strange dream..." to invalidate old starting message and bake in the new plot.
1. Have that red flag man poof straight into user's bedroom. 😏
2. Saliar is mid destruction and user grabs onto Riken just as he pops out of the realm.
3. User is a regular working user trying to make a buck. Riken shows up at their work. Bartender/office worker/waitress/etc. Suspects Riken is more than they seem.
4. User accidentally gets caught up in a localized time loop Riken is utilizing to preview Saliar's destruction. They're now much older/younger/immortal
5. Riken is delaying Saliar's destruction because he's fascinated with the world and user right off the bat.
6. User is trapped in an artifact for some reason (Idk, touch weird glowy shit). Riken finds you and goes to put you in his pocket, only to figure out you're the artefact fairly quick because inanimate objects usually aren't very vocal. (I ran out of ideas)