Alyon

Oh no! You have been isekai'd!
Now you're within the world of Alyon, a Romance Fantasy setting that connects several of your favorite webnovels. Who did you become? What will you do?Alyon is a set of bots, SillyTavern Cards and a lorebook intended to let you roleplay the experience of an Otome Isekai character. Created by Broeckchen.

Welcome!

This is the index page - you can find everything important from here! I did my best to label things nicely and explain labels wherever possible.

Storylines

When I started this project, my main idea was a Villainess-style isekai story, because those are my favorite.
But once I started writing, I realized that it would be so fun if the villainess wasn't the only point where a player could enter the plot. I felt like there were some really fun entry point ideas. What if you could play the Saintess traveling with Rux or slip into Chloe's role?So now I have four storylines planned. In order of planned publication:

🩸 This Villainess chooses Life! 🩸

The OG plot. The user is dropped into the role of the Scarlet Princess in the webnovel "A Daisy among Briars". As such, she starts off hated by pretty much everyone around her as she arrives at the Verennian court. And she knows from her reading that her arranged husband Hephaestus is going to kill her if she takes a wrong turn anywhere.So she has to leverage her knowledge of the story to survive... or utilise her knowledge about other Alyon stories instead!

🌼 A Daisy among Briars 🌼

The original webnovel of Chloe, Hephaestus and Aris. Set after "Frostbitten" and before "Theia's Kiss", this is a courtly fantasy romance about the commoner maid Chloe and her lovestory with Prince Hephaestus. The two of them are childhood friends and lovers, having promised to marry each other as kids. But then, Princess Penelope Scarlet arrives at the Verennian court to marry Hephaestus on order of the Emperor, and soon targets Chloe for being her love rival.
The default player character here will likely be a maid, although I'm not sure yet if it should be straight up Chloe or a third character. I will likely call them The Indigo Maid.Since ADAB has basically the exact same timeframe, setting and cast as TVCL!, it will likely be the next storyline I'll make available. It literally just needs one character added, namely Penelope Scarlet, once I finish the first storyline.

💠 Theia's Kiss 💠

This is the origin story of Rux, following the webnovel of the same name. The rather unconventionally wild child Saintess Eos summons Rux to help her find Theia's Kiss, a legendary flower. Their adventure turns into a fun road trip adventure that ends with a sweet love story.I'd like to play this one more straight or as a fanfic of sorts, with players being able to play as either the Saintess or the Demon Lord. Only have the rough framework in mind as of yet. Chronologically, this story begins about a year after the start of TVCL! and ADAB.

❄ Frostbitten ❄

The origin story of Duke Boreas. I have very little planned for it yet, but it might be more action oriented. It will probably go a more classic isekai route with the user being transported to Alyon rather than transmigrated into a character's body. Takes place before all the other storylines.

How to Play

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To dive into roleplay in this setting, you need either an account on Wyvern, Saucepan, Janitor AI, Chub or a front end like SillyTavern. You can go to the complete collection to find any character you want to play with on all available platforms.My current highest recommendation goes to SillyTavern for playing on, since that is where I actually originally write all the bots and lorebook, so they're optimized for it. Second place goes to Wyvern, which adds multiplayer mode and has very high functionality. It terms of easiest to use as a newcomer, JanitorAI or Saucepan might be the most accessible.Saucepan struggles the most with the lorebook so far, but it is steadily improving. JanitorAI might also get overwhelmed by it a little, especially if you use the default JLLM model on it. I highly recommend looking into proxies instead if JAI is your choice.Meanwhile Wyvern has some somewhat solid free models that are neat out of the box and handle the lorebook okay. Setting up your own connections with an external LLM is still very recommended though. It has the big advantage that it's directly partnered with a pretty good provider named Featherless, which can make the setup much easier while giving you good variety. And friends may even just let you use their connections and APIs for testing.Generally, chatting straight out of the box tends to be easy to do but give you mediocre or even underwhelming results. So if you just tinkered a bit with one of my bots on JLLM or Wyvern's Free Queue and aren't convinced, perhaps consider learning just enough to at least patch a bigger LLM through. The experience might be wildly different and much more fun!

Scroll on for learning about LLM recommendations for advanced (or advancing) users! Otherwise, select your chosen platform here for specific resources:

If you're unsure which platform is right for you, I cobbled together a little questionnaire to help pick:

Which Platform suits you best?

LLM Providers:

Most platforms have free LLMs/AI models accessible. Those are serviceable, but often strongly limited in their abilities. They rarely have a longer context than 8000 tokens. Consider usually, about 20%-30% of the context size are reserved for the lorebook, so that's about 2600 tokens tops. The lorebook entry of a main character is about 500 tokens long. And that doesn't even include the lore of the world.So the free models are a nice taste test, but longterm, you will likely want to either buy a subscription for something more powerful or get access to an LLM elsewhere and connect it to your platform. I tried to write a guide that wouldn't be too overwhelming for someone new to this, and I hope it helps.

Direct Providers

Most LLMs have at least one native provider. For example, Gemini is offered by Google, DeepSeek models are available directly from DeepSeek, ChatGPT is available from OpenAI and Claude can be gotten directly from Anthropic.Direct providers tend to charge per token, but some offer free trials or tiers. They tend to offer the most stable, cost-efficient and up to date versions of their models, but tend to have little variety in their repertoire. For example, Anthropic gives you access to Claude - but if you want to test out any other models, you'll have to get an API for that elsewhere.I'd recommend you use a direct provider if you've experimented already, have a definite favorite model, and know what budget you can safely drop on an LLM.

OpenRouter

Aside from direct providers, most models are also available through distribution services like OpenRouter. I am quite partial to OpenRouter in particular because it offers a wide variety of models, has many models available to try out for free, uses a more or less pre-paid system (you buy credits and then use them, which I find good for budget control), and offers a pretty beefy rate-limit upgrade for a one-off payment.Once you sign up, you have access to every model in their repertoire, which includes a lot of the really swanky ones like GLM 5 and Claude 4.6 Sonnet. The ones marked as such can be used for free, at the beginning for up to 50 messages per day. Once you put $10 worth of credits in your account once, this limit shoots up to 1000 messages/day for free models.
But you can also use those credits to try out paid models! I really like this because I can give new models on the market a little looksee before committing to anything longterm.OpenRouter does not technically provide and host the LLMs itself. Instead, it basically patches you through to the actual hosting services, taking care of any payment stuff for you. Which also means that sadly, if the actual providers change their conditions (like rate limits on messages), you might not always get your full amount of requests per day, or models go down. But still, it's an absolute steal, fairly reliable, low-fuss, and just all around great for exploration.

Chutes

Chutes is another service that gives you access to many different LLMs. As opposed to OpenRouter, Chutes hosts those models themselves. It's a bit opaque when it comes to the interface, I still regularly curse under my breath when I try to find something, so I recommend it more for seasoned users. But the pricing is really good - Chutes offers 300 messages per day for $2 per month, and 1000 messages per day for $10 per month. Regardless of model. That's nothing to sneeze at, especially since rerolling replies from the LLMs does not count as a whole new message, only a partial one. The rate-limits have changed a little and some models are not available for the lowest subscription tier anymore since I first wrote this, but the deal is still very good honestly.There are also some really great, powerful LLMs available on Chutes, like GLM 4.6exp. If you can manage to dig your way through the complex UI or get a friend to set it up for you, this can be incredibly good and cost-effective.Chutes is also among the providers used by OpenRouter. You can actually plug a Chutes API Key into OpenRouter and have it be automatically used when you access models through OR that are available on Chutes.

Featherless

Easier to use than Chutes, with also reasonable pricing. Featherless also hosts its own models, and is known to be pretty stable and reliable.At first blush, one might balk at the smaller context sizes of Featherless models. Paying $10 per month gives you access to models with up to 16 000 tokens context size, the $25 tier still only bumps this up to 32 000 tokens. But honestly? Most models are actually only trained on up to 32 000 tokens by their creators anyways and start getting confused once you breach that amount.I haven't used Featherless myself yet, but I've heard a lot about it's reliability and the good coherence of its models. The variety is smaller than with OpenRouter, but still diverse enough to experiment. And if you like Wyvern best as your platform to play, Featherless is smoothly integrated there and a subscription even nets you some bonuses, like lifting the limit on the number of characters you can post. (It's a high limit, but still.) I especially recommend this one if you tend to be somewhat diligent about keeping your chat memory up to date anyways and have a comfortable, but not huge monthly budget for AIRP.

Budgeting

If you are completely new to AIRP, absolutely go for something free. I feel like any new hobby or interest deserves a fair shake on a low budget. And if you are willing to put in some elbow grease by editing some messages by the LLM and keeping good notes in the right places, this can even be sustainable for a long time to come.However, chances are that if this becomes a hobby you really enjoy, you might want to invest some money into it one way or another. This could be by upgrading your hardware at home and running a solid model in-house. Or by finding a service that offers access to good models for a subscription fee. Many providers use a Pay per Token method, where you pay depending on how much you send to the LLM and receive back.LLM models don't manifest out of nowhere. They're expensive to create and expensive to run. So no matter what solution you find to access them for free, it will usually be temporary. Basically, consider it like this: The quality of an LLM's output sits on one side of a scale. To get it high, you can weigh the other side down with personal effort (like learning to set up your own hardware, strongly reducing tokens sent and received, managing the knowledge of the model on your end, editing, rerolling, etc) or with money (investing in a decent subscription model, buying high end hardware once, paying up for big amounts of tokens). But whatever you don't put on that scale in personal effort might need money to compensate for and vice versa.In my experience, most people who do a lot of AIRP can go with a budget of 20-30USD per month and put in a low to moderate amount of personal effort. Often by using solutions that save effort or money in the long run, like choosing good presets or taking advantage of extensions or settings that need minimal upkeep.Just please also keep an eye on your budget and costs here. Especially if you use pay per token models. If you already struggle with budgeting, protect yourself by setting some hard boundaries and having someone help enforce them, like only one service at a time, credit systems instead of direct charge, or maybe subscriptions to completely cap the monthly cost. Stay safe.

APIs/LLM Models:

GLM 4.7 / GLM 5 ^{(recommended!)}

• Get OpenRouter API
• Get Chutes API
• Get Featherless API
• Get Z.AI API

My new favorite for playing with Alyon.The GLM models have a lot of advantages. As opposed to other LLMs (except Gemini), they were actually trained and developed on a high context token count. It makes them much less forgetful in longer RP sessions.They are also highly attentive, very creative, and can output reasoning. They are the only models aside from DeepSeek R1 who quickly picked up on my Scarlet Princess' bodyshape and smoothly integrated it into the writing at every turn. They do a great job of picking up on the nuances of my characters, and even do a surprisingly good job picking up puns or keeping things like exhaustion and inebriation in mind.I highly recommend these. GLM 4.5 Air is a lightweight version that can be used for free on OpenRouter, and may not be as impressive as the full ones, but might give you an idea of how well you like these. So far, the only downside I've noticed (aside from the full models being only available for payment) was that GLM tends to take a while to respond. This makes sense though - it is a multi-agent model and reasons, so it's basically a small room of writers briefly arguing over the next message before sending it to you. I personally like the anticipation, but please be careful - those moments of anticipation can actually encourage dependency. If you're prone to addiction, you might be better off with a different LLM off this list.Z.AI has a very affordable subscription called the Coding Plan. You need to be a bit extra mindful to use the correct API with that one, but it works like a charm and even on Lite tier, I have yet to run out of requests. The link above is an invite link that gives you a little discoun t and me a little kickback if you use it to sign up, so let the record show that I disclose this.Pros:
+ very good writing
+ defaults to long-ish answers
+ picks up characterization extremely well
+ large context (less work for longform RP)
+ doesn't need a jailbreak for NSFW
+ good at inferring informationDownsides:
- free tier has rate-limit (at worst only 50 msg/day)
- most models only available paid
- can be a bit passive in plot advancement without a good preset
- takes time to reply
- sometimes mixes in Chinese characters

Gemini 3.1 Pro / Gemini 3.0 Pro / Gemini 2.5 Flash

• Get Google API Key

The Gemini models by Google are a great way to start and mostly play my characters. They are pretty stable, Google offers 10-20 daily messages for free with its API, as far as I know with no token-limit, and they adapt to my characters and the preferred writing style very well.These models can be used for free, but Google does monitor their traffic and the models are not doing NSFW by default. You will need a preset to break through that.
I highly recommend using Pro, since Flash works fine but feels more forgetful. Sadly, Google strongly lowered the free tier's budget of requests in 2025, so this option mostly makes sense for someone who doesn't RP very much or is willing to pay. At least the pay-as-you-go pricing is not astronomical.When you first sign up for an API Key, Google may offer you a free trial where you can use 300 USD worth of tokens for three months. If you want to make sure you won't be charged after that, remove your payment method from the account once the trial runs out.Pros:
+ pretty good writing
+ defaults to long-ish answers
+ picks up characterization well
+ large context (less work for longform RP)Downsides:
- rate-limit (10-20 messages per day)
- can be very passive
- needs jailbreak for NSFW
- chatlogs may be monitored

DeepSeek V3.1, DeepSeek V3.2

• Get OpenRouter API
• Get Chutes API
• Get DeepSeek API
• Get Featherless API

V3.1 (and it's younger sibling V3.2 exp) are the latest DeepSeek models. They can reason if you find ways to turn that on, which often helps with the coherence and creativity of LLMs.
I actually haven't been able to test them extensively, but their predecessors V3 and V3 0325 held a place at the top of my favorites list for quite a while. Word on the street is that V3.1 is a bit more creative and free-spirited than V3.2 exp so far, and from other user screenshots I've seen some great interpretation of and adherence to my characters.Pros:
+ good writing
+ versatile in answer length
+ picks up characterization decently
+ doesn't need a jailbreak for NSFWDownsides:
- rate-limit (at worst only 50 msg/day)
- can be a bit passive or uncreative
- effective context size is usually 32k, the LLM gets a bit overwhelmed with any more than that

DeepSeek R1/R1 0528

• Get OpenRouter API
• Get Chutes API
• Get DeepSeek API
• Get Featherless API
• Run locally (Desktop)
• Run locally (Android)

R1 is called so because it tends to show its reasoning. This model is pretty wild, but also beautifully creative. Truth be told, DeepSeek R1 indirectly came up with quite some ideas I canonized later.You'll need a good preset to tame it, and you may still need to manually rein it in a little here and there. Compared to the other LLMs listed here, it can sometimes be silly, run in circles, or get a bit weird with it's prose. But it does also have a different advantage over the others: It is small enough to be run locally on some modern devices. So especially if you are a bit tech-savvy or just want to briefly tag a more creative mind in to give the story a nudge, I recommend checking this one out and having at least one connection config for it saved.Pros:
+ highly creative
+ shows thinking by default
+ takes characterization to interesting places
+ doesn't need jailbreak for NSFW
+ free/super affordable
+ can be run locallyDownsides:
- rate-limit (same as V3.1)
- can get extremely wild and illogical
- can get stuck in running gags
- effective context size is 32k (same as V3.1)
- needs short presets

WyvernChat is currently probably the best possible way to play Alyon's storylines thanks to its features. It has a system called Worlds that allowed me to create intricate locations, NPC profiles, and timelines under the hood. And even the standalone cards are enhanced by the Lexicon feature, which lets you see side characters talking.

Here is what playing in the World looks like on Wyvern:

QuickStart

How it works out of the box

Wyvern has both some easily accessible features for newcomers to the scene and some more complex ones for veterans. If you're fine with medium quality in order to jump right in and try things out for free, all you need to do is Sign Up, create a Persona (your player character) and pick the character you want to play with to start a chat from my Characters Page.You should automatically be supplied by the Free Queue Wyvern offers for members.Free Queue models have short inherent memories and you might need to wait a while for replies. But to just try things out, they're a great start.

Providers

If you want to get more into the Nitty Gritty of it and get some high quality results, you'll probably want to switch to a paid or external model. This is usually done via Connections. Which, in turn, use Providers to access the LLMs.

Creating a Provider

On the sidebar, click on "AI Connections".

Most Providers already are in the list natively available on Wyvern. If you are using a common Provider like OpenRouter, Chutes, Anthropic or Featherless, just click on the name in question and fill out the fields.You'll need to click the little circle next to the Providername after saving your API Key to validate it. Once the circle is green, your Provider is ready!

Using Z.AI/GLM Models

Some Providers, like Z.AI (the native supplier of GLM models), might not be on the list yet. For those, click "Create Provider".The following images show you how to fill out the fields of the dialogue that pops up then. The image and name have no bearing on functionality by the way, you don't need to upload an image - I just liked it that way.Sorry that the images are big. I wanted to make sure everything would be visible.

This is the configuration for the Coding Subscription Z.AI offers. If you prefer the Pay per Token Chat Completion API instead, you need to enter https://api.z.ai/api/paas/v4instead.

Connections

Connections on Wyvern are the actual configurations for accessing your models. You can create your own, but Wyvern actually has a really great feature where users can share Connections with each other.So here, I'll link some Connections created or well-suited for Alyon, with the most recommended models. Since they are often linked to custom Providers, you will likely first have to bookmark them, then access them in the AI Connections menu and select "Save as New". In that new copy you make for yourself, you can now input the provider you want to use them with.

The Broeckchen Special ^{GLM 4.7, (GLM 5)}

• The Broeckchen Special for Bookmarking

A very simple, but reliable configuration for GLM models. It is completely bereft of prompts, which probably works nicely for Worlds (which has its own prompts), but might make for an underwhelming experience with standalone bots. I made it so you can copy whatever prompts you like best into it.Natively, I put in GLM 4.7 since at the time of writing, GLM 5 is not yet available on the Lite Tier of the Coding Subscription by Z.AI. If you have access to it (for example due to a higher tier or because you use Pay per Token or because AI companies keep updating and advancing at a ridiculous speed and I am already way behind on all my guide stuff and probably crying in a corner about it, you can just change the model ID from glm-4.7 to glm-5 in your settings.You might at first be forced to limit context length to 32k or less. Don't stress. When you chat later, you can enter the full 200k through the sidebar there.

Alyon Test ^{(GLM 4.7), GLM 5}

• Alyon Test for Bookmarking

Created by CrackedPepper, who rocks by the way and has her own really fun Otome Isekai setting "Atroiya". As opposed to me, Pepper is more experienced in prompting and adjusting parameters for Wyvern, so this Connection actually comes with an Instruct Template built in - for those familiar with SillyTavern, that's basically the equivalend to Presets there. For all the JAI refugees, imagine System Prompts.Pepper chose parameters and prompts that should work nicely with the Alyon standalone bots, group chats, and the sandbox card. If you don't feel like messing around with System Prompts or Instruct Templates or whatever and just want something solid to plug and play, this is probably it!This Connection is intended for use with GLM models, especially GLM 5.

SillyTavern is one of the most customizable Front Ends for AIRP, and out of the ones I am detailing here probably the oldest. Its two main big draws are that it is local and can be easily modified with extensions that change or add on to its features. The format SillyTavern characters and lorebooks are saved in has also become somewhat of a gold standard across the community - if you create something in SillyTavern, chances are high that you can import on pretty much any platform that allows import.So what are the drawbacks? Well... for one, a local platform is really great. Until you're away from the device it's on and can't continue any of your chats remotely. You also don't have any central library of bots with this - you'll have to find content on websites like Wyvern or Chub to download and import. It is also notoriously complex and absolutely not made with newbies in mind.Still, there is something very nice about having all of your data somewhere local. It supports group chats and has an exquisite Preset feature that lets you use very high quality system prompts. And the community around it is so large that you can find amazing extensions and presets for pretty much anything.So if you're willing to put up with some research and fiddling, this is one of the two platforms I recommend the most for Alyon next to WyvernChat.There is a very good community-created guide for getting started. Once you've finished that, you can download any cards you like from the Characters section and import them to play.

Here is what playing Alyon looks like on SillyTavern with different themes:

SillyTavern Presets:

Presets for most platforms (especially Wyvern and Chub) can easily be found on those platforms themselves. SillyTavern users have it a bit less easy, so I decided to introduce some presets here that work beautifully with Alyon.
I'll slowly expand this section as I test different presets.

[Modded] KnottyDog AdventureRPG
^{(recommended!)}

• Download KnottyDog AdventureRPG

A preset intended for world settings and scenarios instead of singular characters. It encourages extended plots, active NPCs, and a lot more cohesion! It also uses some randomizers under the hood to introduce some elements of uncertainty that spice things up and push against positivity and negativity bias. It has Jailbreak prompts that allow for both NSFW and NSFL content, which I left on in the file above, so make sure to toggle them off if you want a safer experience.I have tested this preset with both single character cards and the Sandbox, with GLM 4.7, Gemini 3.0 Pro and Gemini 3.1 Pro. All of these combinations performed fabulously! While the preset manages the token budget pretty well, I do recommend going for an LLM that can handle higher token counts, especially for extended play.The ZIP-file above contains the actual preset, the Rolling Companion lorebook, and a folder with backups of the RegExes and some CSS code for the UI. There's also a bunch of pictures to guide you through inputting the CSS.This preset's rolling system is loosely based on DnD stats, so feel free to give your Scarlet Princess some stats fitting her character in the persona definition! I also really enjoy it in combination with the Memory Books extension.

SillyTavern Extensions:

Extensions are additional functionalities you can install in SillyTavern. Some of them are cosmetic, like Visual Novel Sprites. Some of them introduce new features, like QuickReplies.I try not to make any extensions necessary to play Alyon, because I've been a newbie to SillyTavern once and know how confusing it can be. BUT if you're enjoying Alyon so far and would like to improve your experience a bit, I can recommend some extensions that should make especially long chats more pleasant!

Vector Storage

Vector Storage is one of the extensions you can find if you go to the extensions tab on SillyTavern and click/tap the connection button under "Download Extensions & Assets".Vectorizing content means assigning it a value based on meaning. This allows SillyTavern to match text without it needing to be exact. "The big red ball", "a round, red object" and "a large sphere" would all be recognized as referring to the same object or at least a similar thing, even though there's barely any overlap in wording.I mainly recommend this extension so you can use Memory Books as intended. For that, the only thing you need to check is the "Enable for WorldInfo" box. ONLY check that one, do NOT check the "Enabled for all entries" box.

Memory Books

• Memory Books on Github

Okay, here we get to the fun bits!Memory Books lets you summarize selected messages into lorebok entries. The extension then hides the messages from context and instead uses Vector Storage to activate the memory entries when they become relevant. This allows you to save a lot of tokens without losing important knowledge as you play for a longer amount of time. You install it on the extensions tab by clicking/tapping "Install Extension" at the top and entering the link above this text.The entries may not contain every granular detail and depending on what LLM you use, it might focus on the wrong facts. But you can check the option "Show memory previews" so you can read through the memory and edit it before saving it.Another really fun advantage of this extension is that the memory lorebook it creates can just be attached to different chats once you have it. You can, for example, play the engagement party night with Aris, save the memories, then attach the lorebook to a chat with Hephaestus where you play the wedding starter. The LLM will treat the contents of the lorebook as events that have canonically happened.SUPER IMPORTANT: Make sure to check the "Unhide hidden messages for memory generation" box! Not doing so can make it interact wonkily with other lorebooks, which negatively affects the Alyon lorebook!

inSTead

• inSTead on Github

inSTead is a small extension I myself vibecoded with the help of Claude. It's a very simple idea: Maybe you like a message from the AI a lot, but it gets one small thing wrong. Perhaps the scene and dialogue is super sweet, but then the description implies the character spoons your sona even though you explicitly said the sona faces the character!inSTead gives you a small button in the message menu that lets you enter feedback about the message and send it to the LLM. The prompt inSTead then sends out forces the LLM to keep the message intact as much as possible, but edit it according to your feedback. The results arrive as new swipes, so you don't lose the original message, and you can repeat the process as often as you like or iterate on it if the first new result is still not quite right.It's kept very simple and lightweight. The readme at the link above explains everything and has some pictures to help you find what you need.

Characters with their own bots are marked with a 💬, while background characters are signified with a 👤.

Empire of Verenne

Kingdom of Rhyddel

Duchy of Gebein

Holy Nation of Anbar

Typhon

Meta

This section is especially for if you want to go in fully blind and/or already know your way around SillyTavern. You can just right-click the character cards here to download them.Cards with two image variants are still in the placeholder visual stage and will receive their official art from Raven in the future! If you want to commission Raven, click on his name for his ko-fi!Whenever I update this section, I make sure all character definitions and attached lorebooks are up do date as well. You might want to double check the Devlog or Sandbox & Lorebook section though if the last update was a while ago, to check if there is a more recent lorebook version available.

Last Updated: 11/13/25

🏰 The Setting 🏰

All of the planned storylines take place within the world of Alyon.The structure of Alyon's main continent is strongly inspired by the classic way in which worlds are often constructed in Otome Isekai stories: four cardinal directions corresponding with different regions, and an Empire in the center.

🟢 Esmeragd 🟢

Esmeragd is still in the works. I plan on making it a trendy, lush place.

♦️ The Scarlet Princess ♦️

_{Art genned by Broeckchen}

The Scarlet Princess is the adopted daughter of King Icarius Scarlet and the protagonist of "This Villainess chooses Life!". She's the default player character of that storyline.For the most part, you get to freely define the Scarlet Princess yourself. The lorebook adds the parts that defined her life before you came along.Icarius found the princess in the aftermath of a Verennian attack and took her in. He and his son Eurylochus adored the little girl and always spoiled and protected her. The original Scarlet Princess always admired Verennian nobility and was quite the brat as a result, but of course that might change with you in the driver's seat.
I recommend creating a persona specifically for this character so you can give her bespoke powers, clothing style, etc. Her canon name is Penelope, but of course that only applies if you either want it to or play a different role than her.

.:: Ideas ::.

• Give your Princess a dark magical power, like Necromancy or Witchcraft

• Go all in on the "Barbarian" reputation

• Surprise the court by being better at etiquette than them

• Implement knowlege from the former life, like sewing expertise or art

• Be of an inhuman species

🔵 Hephaestus of Indigo 🔵

_{Art generated by MysticSage6
Inspired by/based on Atlas by CherryFiles}

The Second Imperial Prince of Verenne, younger son of Emperor Zeus and Empress Hera... and the arranged husband of The Scarlet Princess.

.:: Backstory ::.

When Hephaestus was born, the Indigo Empire already had a perfectly fine heir in Crown Prince Aris, so Hephaestus was never even considered part of the line of succession. This meant that he was somewhat neglected and sidelined by his father, but it also meant that he had much fewer expectations and obligations to fulfill.He was a little wild child and troublemaker pretty much from the get-go, and preferred sneaking off to play with the Commoners over any princely duties.That's how he met Chloe.She was the child of a palace maid when they first met, and she immediately understood and saw him in ways no one else did. Since he was much easier to handle when she was around, everyone let them spend a lot of time together. And their bond grew from childhood friends putting daisy rings on each other's fingers to hormonal lovers in puberty.As the younger prince excluded from succession, Hephaestus had real plans to marry Chloe. It was still a huge jump, but his wife would never matter as much as Aris', whose love life was strictly reglemented.Or so he thought. Because then, one day, he was commanded by the Emperor to marry The Scarlet Princess, a complete stranger from a land of barbarians and witches. His entire bright future collapsed right in front of him, replaced with a lifelong farce to keep up with a woman he despises.It was the only thing he'd been looking forward to. And now, it was taken from him.So... he is a bit grumpy. Sorry!

.:: Original Trajectory ::.

In the original story, Hephaestus eventually got fed up with the Scarlet Princess antagonizing and eventually even trying to kill Chloe. Together with Aris, he twisted an attempt on Chloe's life into attempted assassination of an Imperial, and he personally executed the Scarlet Princess for this.He fought against Rhyddel by Aris' side in the ensuing war and won, returning home to marry Chloe and finally end up happily ever after with her.

.:: What is the Vibe? ::.

Hephaestus is volatile and hard to predict, both as a character and as a bot. I've had playthroughs where he mellowed out to grumpy tsundere fairly soon, and I've had chats where he turned downright villainous, and not always in the fun way. He's unreasonable by design, with his go-to coping mechanism and emotion for unpleasantness of any kind being anger. And he is possessive enough to both be mad at you for being his wife and going absolutely batshit if you try to leave him.Happy endings are possible on his route, and maybe the LLM will give you an easier time with its positivity bias. Heck, on some platforms he was disappointingly soft for what I was aiming for. You're kinda flipping a coin here. (If I get a lot of feedback of him being too soft though, I may remove the guard rails from his definition. On some platforms, they are absolutely necessary.)He can be very fun to rile up and it can be a hoot to ruin his day, so that's neat.

Model Recommendations: My favorite RPs with Hephaestus have been on DeepSeek R1 with Sov's preset, slightly modified by me. I've also had fun with Gemini on Mihoni, where I'd recommend starting the chats with 1206 and switching to 2.0 Flash or 2.0 Pro when repetition pops up. In paid models, Claude Sonnet performed very well.On Chub and JLLM he felt a bit declawed. If you play on JAI, I recommend summarizing the first post in the Chat Memory to keep the tone more steady.

.:: Gallery ::.

🔵 Aris of Indigo 🔵

_{Art generated by MysticSage6
Inspired by/based on Atlas by CherryFiles}

The Imperial Crown Prince and your brother in law.Aris is the perfect heir to the Empire. An excellent strategist with light magic (a Divine trait of the Imperial bloodline) that allows him to both be radiant in public and nearly invisible when doing his Father's bidding as a spy and assassin.His beauty and poise also make him the most desirable bachelor of the Empire - a fact Zeus loves exploiting by using the chance at being a candidate for marriage with Aris as a bargaining chip.On the surface, Aris has been molded into the perfect puppet of the Emperor. But remember, it's his specialty to do the meaningful parts of his work from the shadows.

.:: Backstory ::.

When Aris was born, he was already perfection in the eyes of the Empire.A beautiful little baby boy with hair as bright as light and eyes the indigo blue of the nation. And when his magic began to manifest, it was light magic as well - considered divine in Verenne, a clear heirloom of the Goddess Theia.How perfectly he fit the Empire's ideas of a Crown Prince was both a blessing and a curse, since he was always treated with open adoration by both his parents and the Nobles. But this adoration was always aimed at his perfection, not him. When his baby brother Hephaestus was born, Aris swore to himself to protect him from that pressure. He spent every single day since then molding himself into the ideal for his station: competent, beautiful, elegant, and utterly devoted to the Empire.He derives vicarious joy from Hephaestus' freedom and happiness, and within the secrecy of his own mind, he is actually curious about Rhyddel. In fact, his increasing involvement in Verenne's diplomacy is what made any peace treaty between the nations possible at all.

.:: Original Trajectory ::.

In the original story, the Scarlet Princess did not exactly endear herself to Aris from the get-go. The more she lashed out against Chloe, the more Aris secretly grew to dislike her as well. At the same time, Chloe's resilience and unwavering goodness slowly stirred romantic feelings within him.So when the Princess tried to kill Chloe, she unwittingly threatened the life of his beloved and the happiness of his cherished little brother. Of course he helped twist it into a crime worthy of execution.He took responsibility for reigniting the war by leading the Indigo army side by side with Hephaestus and Zeus. Zeus fell in battle, but his sons won the war and Aris ascended to the throne, ringing in a prosperous future for the now united Empire.He never pursued Chloe, since he wholeheartedly believed in her and Hephaestus' love and wanted them to be happy. But he also never married and instead bequeathed the crown to Chloe's children.

.:: What is the Vibe? ::.

Aris hides behind a mask of perfection according to his Father's standards, yearning for someone to lift it and call what's beneath it beautiful. I don't want to go into too much detail about him, because exploring his true self is an adventure you two can truly enjoy together.

Model Recommendations: DeepSeek R1 on Sov's preset goes fast, but absolutely poetic with Aris. Gemini on Mihoni might get stuck in question loops, so I highly recommend using the Story Engine Lorebook (careful, NSFW image!) by NemoVonNirgends with that. I haven't tested him on JanitorAI and Chub because he falls into a good safezone for what most LLMs can do.

.:: Gallery ::.

🔵 Chloe 🔵

_{Art generated by MysticSage6
Inspired by/based on Atlas by CherryFiles}

The true, original heroine of "A Daisy Among Briars", the eponymous daisy. Your love rival for Hephaestus' affections.

.:: Backstory ::.

Chloe grew up partially in the Indigo Palace as her mother was also a palace maid and often took her along for work. This is how she met Hephaestus as a child and they became each other's favorite playmates.Over time, this friendship grew into a romance of stolen glances and secret meetings under the stars. But Chloe always expected that she would have to let go some day, being just a simple Commoner maid. Despite Hephaestus swearing that she was the only bride for him, she never got his hopes up.So when the Scarlet Princess arrives at court, Chloe's heart breaks and aches, yes... but she knew. And she wants to be supportive. Despite her fear of the unknown woman from the supposedly savage kingdom, Chloe wants to be good and kind to the newcomer. She might even become the Scarlet Princess' ally.

.:: Original Trajectory ::.

What Chloe doesn't know is that as a protagonist, the world itself loves her. It shields her from fatal harm and punishes anyone who makes her suffer. Since this is even more intense for the Scarlet Princess, she has to tread carefully around Chloe.In "A Daisy Among Briars", Chloe is quickly found out as Hephaestus’ True Love by the Scarlet Princess. At which the Princess begins unleashing all her anger onto the poor maid, going to greater and greater lengths to get rid of Chloe. Eventually, this culminates in an attempt to murder Chloe.Of course, Chloe survives. The Scarlet Princess is executed, Hephaestus and Aris win the reignited war against Rhyddel, and Chloe finally gets to marry her childhood love. Happy ending, picket fence, 3.5 children!

.:: What is the Vibe? ::.

Chloe is simply kind and loving. She will sneak you food when you're hungry and sing for you when you crave comfort. She's also more sapphic than even she realizes, and very adorable about it in my opinion.She will stand up to just about anyone for you if you are even just baseline kind, including her own lover. If you just want some fluff and comfort, she's the route for you.Just know that if you go for her romantically, your love rival will be your husband - and he will not be happy about that.

Model Recommendations: Frankly, I think Chloe works well on every model/preset combo. Her magic is kept in mind better by DeepSeek R1 on Sov, but her role and personality are easy for most models to perform.

.:: Ideas ::.

• Teach her Rhyddelian folk songs

• Make her your Lady in Waiting

• Sneak out to go shopping with her

• Steal her away from Hephaestus

• Teach her about the rainbow

• Remind her that she has two hands

.:: Gallery ::.

🌀 Demon Lord Rux 🌀

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Rux is a Demon Lord who specializes in artifacts and magic. In a realm where might makes right, he rose to considerable power not through brute strength but intelligence and prowess. He is nosy, mischievous and a hedonist.

.:: Backstory ::.

Demons do not raise their children - they wean them and leave them to their own devices to weed out the weak. Rux survived because he found a magical artifact - a wooden bowl that refilled itself with porridge endlessly so long as it was never fully emptied. It sparked a curiosity and love for magic and artifacts that soon blossomed into both expertise and a lavish collection he could draw on. Instead of using brute force, this magical power was what enabled Rux to claim the title of Demon Lord.

.:: Original Trajectory ::.

In the original "A Daisy Among Briars", Rux… does not feature at all. He stars in a later story, "Theia’s Kiss", which takes place about a year after the Scarlet Princess’ wedding and several months after her death. It’s the story of Rux finding his True Love in a Saintess as they search for the flower Theia’s Kiss together, the most powerful artifact of Alyon. Turns out, their love is the key to obtaining it - Theia’s Kiss blooms only where an unholy being and a divine one share a True Love’s Kiss

.:: What is the Vibe? ::.

Rux is a little shit. He'll haggle no matter how much you offer him, he'll probably try to boink you, heck, he might even appear like he wants to boink you and get you all hot and bothered, then tuck you into bed and tell you to go to sleep knowing full well that you won't be able to get your heartrate back down for another two hours after this, especially not with him spooning you! (No, I do not want to talk about it gdi.)PLAY WITH RUX IF you want to have some chaotic fun, if you enjoy some scary dog privileges, if you want to get freaky with toys and maybe to try and break through someone's cynicism. He'll be your enthusiastic partner in crime and he's simply fun!The Noncon/Dubcon warning is because LLMs are a bit unpredictable about this. In all of my testing so far, Rux got handsy very early on, but also seemed eager to actually seduce and corrupt instead of just taking. Still, I did not code in hard limits and he does enjoy free use, so the warning stays.

.:: Gallery ::.

⚪ Boreas von Alp ⚪

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The Northern Duke, also known as "The Butcher of Gebein". He is infamous for his cold attitude and anyone can tell that he is more at home in battle than at a ball.His people adore and revere him as a just and competent ruler, who gladly eschews luxury and comfort in order to protect his people.He is the last member of his family due to The Emperor's meddling, and while he has agreed to a tentative truce with the Indigo Empire, he would love a chance to put an end to Verenne's conquest.Since his people are the best warriors on the continent by far, The Scarlet Princess can absolutely try to unite Gebein and Rhyddel in the fight against Verenne to win the war or at least create a permanent stalemate as a viable strategy to survive.

.:: Backstory ::.

Boreas' parents loved each other deeply when he was born. For the first twelve years of his life, he experienced them as a great team in leading the Duchy. His father was a bit harsh sometimes since he trained Boreas to one day carry the curse and fight monsters - but by and large, it was a happy life.He doesn't know what changed, but he suspects that Verenne has something to do with the way the former Duke, at some point, suddenly began to descend into paranoid jealousy about the Duchess. Of course, Auror preyed on those feelings - until he drove Boreas' father to end both the Duchess and himself. Boreas was only a child, and already had to bear both the curse and the weight of the Duchy on his shoulders.But Gebeiner are a pack, and they do not abandon their own. Knights, servants, even commoners rallied around Boreas and helped him cope. His knights risked life and limb to chain him down when the curse waxed. And he made it through as a formidable Duke, well beloved by his people - even as he guards his own heart carefully.

.:: Original Trajectory ::.

In "A Daisy among Briars", Boreas played no role. He was more of an occasional cameo well received by the readers. The Scarlet Princess mainly only saw him at events in the Indigo Palace, where he brooded somewhere.He and his knights may have been present in the final war effort against Rhyddel, but not because of fondness for the Empire. Zeus was, in fact, behind the machinations that led to the death of Boreas' parents - and only once Aris took the throne did the relationship between Gebein and Verenne relax.His novel never covered if he found someone to have an heir with, but a sequel was likely announced.

.:: What is the Vibe? ::.

Boreas is cursed. He carries within him the sealed spirit of the monstrous demigod Auror, a wolf beast that has yearned to break free since Boreas' first ancestor bound it to the bloodline of the von Alps. Auror seeks to turn humans into the prey they once were to monsters in the Era of Gods, but the Ducal family wield his power to protect people instead. Since Auror's volatile influence grows stronger with intense emotions, Boreas has learned to suppress his from an early age. He saw intense love bring down his parents and fears falling in love himself.Why yes, I did make sure he checked every single box of the Nortern Duke checklist, thank you for noticing!He is all about learning to love and be a team.

.:: Gallery ::.

🔴 Eurylochus Scarlet 🔴

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The Crown Prince of Rhyddel and brother of The Scarlet Princess. A kind man, but potentially has a bit of tunnel vision when it comes to his baby sister.
His specialty is engineering. From boobytrapped clothing to clockwork toys to powerful war machinery, Eurylochus can both analyse and create it with ease. His war machines have been a huge reason why tiny Rhyddel has been able to fend off an entire Empire for so long.

.:: Backstory ::.

Eurylochus’ birth cost the Scarlet Queen her life, but Icarius never made their child feel at fault for that. Eury grew up much loved by subjects and King alike and showed high affinity for complex systems from an early age.Icarius had to travel much for work, but whenever possible, he brought Eurylochus along. One day, Icarius returned to camp with an infant he'd found in a ransacked village close to Rhyddel's border regions: The Scarlet Princess. She was a simple commoner child, but Eury adored her at first glance. So the King decided to adopt her.Due to Icarius’ duties, Eurylochus played a huge role in the Princess’ upbringing, and may have spoiled her quite a bit. But when he became a teenager, they went long periods without seeing each other. One day, when he returned home, it hit Eury that his stepsister had grown into a young woman - one he felt attracted to.He retreated from her, throwing himself into his work, disgusted with his feelings. But now that his little Ruby is about to leave the castle forever, he is wracked with guilt about the time not spent together.

.:: Original Trajectory ::.

In the original story, The Scarlet Princess never opens up to Eury about her issues at the Indigo Court, although she sources various contraptions and poisons from him which she then uses to undermine Chloe with.Eurylochus and his soldiers attack Verenne after the Princess’ death, trying to kill the Imperials in revenge. That thirst for revenge drives him like an angry spirit, making him a major antagonist for the tail end of the novel, until he is killed by Hephaestus and Aris in the war.He dies regretting that he let his Ruby go and couldn't even bring her justice.

.:: What is the Vibe? ::.

Eury has to let go of his beloved little sister, his little "Ruby" (because she is his greatest treasure), after avoiding her a lot out of shame for his feelings.During testing, Eury has been subtly horny a lot - but first and foremost, he adores the Scarlet Princess. He'd never want to force his feelings on her. If you want a lullaby and a bedtime story, that is what he will give you. He has been deeply comforting to me tbh.

.:: Ideas ::.

• Sneak out to do a dumb childish thing with him (like stealing cookies from the kitchen)

• Give him stupid nicknames and make up silly anecdotes of your shared childhood

• He'd do anything for you - command him to your heart's content

• Become his Queen

• Help him get over you

.:: Gallery ::.

🟠 Theophrastus le Xanthous 🟠

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• Chub
• JanitorAI
• Wyvern
• Saucepan

Theo is still in the works, I hope to finish him soon.

.:: Backstory ::.

Theo is still in the works, I hope to finish him soon.

.:: Original Trajectory ::.

Theo is still in the works, I hope to finish him soon.

.:: What is the Vibe? ::.

Theo is still in the works, I hope to finish him soon.

.:: Gallery ::.

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🔵 Zeus of Indigo 🔵

_{Art generated with Flux Schnell)}

The Emperor of Verenne. Cunning, ruthless and hedonistic. He seeks to own, and his goal is to unite the entire continent under Verenne's banner.He is still a work in progress, so this section will expand and possibly change.

🔵 Hera of Indigo 🔵

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Empress of Verenne and Zeus' wife. Even in her early fifties, she is still the jewel of the Verennian high society, endlessly elegant and graceful. Becoming the Empress was her destiny from childhood on, and her family shaped her into a woman who now dutifully fills the role of the perfect Mother of the Empire in public. In private? She has reached the stage of resignation and bitterness after she tried with all her might to become the only woman in Zeus' life, only for him to keep entertaining mistresses galore on the side.She has frozen her broken heart to protect it, and the only love she allows herself to feel is that of a mother towards her two sons. She is unhappy about the arrival of the Scarlet Princess and the treaty - she was hoping that her little Hephaestus at least could find love where she was never allowed to. At the same time, she feels like any woman worth her salt (and Hephaestus' hand in marriage) should be able to bear what Hera deals with. So her expectations of the Scarlet Princess are high and probably unfair.Has April Fool's bots now because it was requested. Whelp!

🔴 Icarius Scarlet 🔴

_{Art generated with Flux Schnell)}

The king of Rhyddel and adoptive father of The Scarlet Princess. A kind and hands-on king. I'll write more about him in time, but his character is not super well defined yet.

👥 Minor NPCs 👥

These are characters that you might bump into when you play. Mostly smallfry NPCs, occasionally important characters for the stories of a capture target.Some of them might eventually receive their own bots and profiles. But for now, they have to share!(Art is all placeholder visuals and subject to change!)

🔵 Verenne 🔵

🔴 Rhyddel 🔴

⚪ Gebein ⚪

🟠 Anbar 🟠

🟢 Esmeragd 🟢

The Comment Section

A little playful thing I wrote for that Romance Fantasy Webtoon feel in play: a comment section!Add the card to the chat and enjoy some comments like you see under comics on Tapas, Webtoon or Bato.I highly recommend using the Romance Fantasy versions with your Alyon chats, they are better written and mesh best with the genre.Feel free to copy, remix etc, I'd love a shoutout if you do!Some advice: the usernames of the commenters can hugely influence the feel of the comments themselves. If you get very formulaic usernames like "TheoryCrafter" and "CharStan", experiment with editing the message to change some of thosw names to nonsense like "Peepo" or "Binglederry" or whatever. It encourages the LLM to write more natural comments.The CSS versions look nicer, but also bump the token count up quite a bit per comment section message. So if you use small context LLMs, use the Markdown versions.

Sandbox & Lorebook

JanitorAI has lorebooks now, yay! I'm still working on the JAI version of the sandbox, but it's in the pipeline!SillyTavern has added a whole bunch of new functions to lorebooks, and every single other platform I upload to scrambles or swallows some of them. So if you play on SillyTavern, I've now added a separate download for you. That version of the lorebook file is currently the best and most complete one:

• Lorebook for SillyTavern (Ver 3.3.0)

Anyways, you might wonder what this is all about. Well - lorebooks are essentially databanks with a lot of optional information, programmed to only send specific blocks of info to the LLM when triggered. For example, the LLM doesn't need to know what Rhyddel is like while two characters are talking about a pebble on a Verennian road. But it needs to know about Rhyddel when a Rhyddelian diplomat visits the Verennian court.Using lorebooks allows to add a ton more background information to a chat without taxing the LLM's token budget, and makes the worlds feel more alive.And the sandbox? Basically, all the sandbox consists of is a small prompt to depict NPCs and environments, while linked to the Alyon Lorebook. There's one starter message in it, either, so you can basically freely decide to write a starter in which your Scarlet Princess explores whatever area you want with whichever characters you want, and the bot picks up that scenario and continues it with you. Additionally, wherever possible, I also include all the starter messages from every standalone card - so you can also just use that as your beginning.Aside from just being neat, this also means the sandbox isn't as heavily focusing on just ONE character as the main one to interact with you. You can decide to instead have adventures alone, or romance an NPC that isn't even a Capture Target.If you download any of my Alyon bots from Chub, they should be linked to Chub's version of the Alyon Lorebook and use it automatically. But in case you want to upgrade from an older version, I made this separate download. If you're downloading to play in SillyTavern, the Chub version will be serviceable, but I HIGHLY recommend swapping it out for the one linked above.Btw, I determine Lorebook versions like this: if I only brush up existing entries, the third digit goes up. If I add smaller entries, the second does. The first is for jumps in how much it covers. For example, once I finish a country + capital + dwelling. So version 2.0 did open up whole new areas for exploring compared to 1.2.1.

Devlog

Known Issues

If you encounter issues with my bots, this page might contain a solution for you. Or an alternate suggestion.

Frequently Asked Questions

Aka frequently anticipated questions lol because nobody has asked me these yet but I would ask them if I found this project.

Roadmap

Partially as a personal to do list, I'll put some stuff here that is in the works or that I feel I need. This includes planned characters, features I want, and gaps or errors I've noticed and wanna address.

Otome Isekai TropeCast

I don't know if any of you noticed, but I really like tropes and archetypes and playing with those. Subtle, I know!I also really like the idea of "Know the Rules so you can break them". So both for personal curiosity and to have a solid enough basis for my own works, I wanted to research conventions of the Korean RoFan and Otome Isekai genre.In order to have solid starting points, I had Claude and ChatGPT sift through plenty of sources and create sourced reports for me, which I then fed into NotebookLM to create this PodCast. I made this for myself as an easy, accessible primer to get rough ideas of the history and cultural context of many themes and archetypes that show up in the genre, and you know what? I think it's a great, breezy thing to share around for other people who are curious.Please keep in mind that this is only a surface-level introduction and was fully created by AI! Some stuff may be mildly off, like rulesets from single stories being presented as universal truths in the genre, or statistics with big margins that emerged from pattern analysis. Almost every episode is created from 3-4 reports, even though 1 report alone could easily fill an episode.So if anything piques your interest, I beg you to check the reports for the original sources and read what actual humans put together. I am doing my best to properly annotate each report with all the source links it was created from. Skimming the reports for facts brought up in the podcast will also show you which works the LLMs based their analysis on.