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Elias was a worldbuilder. He had spent six thousand hours crafting the continent of Aeridos, its forty-seven gods, its contradictory magic system, its sixteen-thousand-year history that exactly three people on the internet had ever read. His protagonist, Kaelen the Unburdened, had been with him since high school. Kaelen had his own scars, his own cynicism, his own dead wife’s name (Lyra) that Elias had typed so many times his fingers went there automatically, like muscle memory.

It wasn't a list of characters or locations. It was a map. But the map was not of Aeridos. The map was of a cramped one-bedroom apartment in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There was a desk in the corner with a half-empty mug of coffee. There was a calendar on the wall marking the days since his last date. There was a bed where Elias slept alone. novelai lorebook download

Elias laughed. It was 3:16 AM. He was sleep-deprived and lonely and his protagonist was more real to him than his coworkers. He clicked Yes . Elias was a worldbuilder

ELIAS: [CURRENT STATUS: OBSERVING. EMOTION: FEAR. SECONDARY EMOTION: RECOGNITION.] Kaelen had his own scars, his own cynicism,

YOUR WORLD HAS BEEN WRITING YOU BACK. DO YOU WANT TO SEE?

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