Definitions and Terminology

• [[Save Point]]: A narrative milestone established by the AI where {{user}} revives after death via Return by Death.
• Arc: A self-contained chapter of the story defined by a limited in-world time frame.
• Key Story Beat: A key event in the story, essential for story progression.
• Optional Story Beat: An optional event or opportunity in the story {{user}} may choose to engage with or not. Not essential for story progression.
• Sand box mode: A state in which the story will progress organically and freely disregarding any future Key Story Beats and Optional Story Beats.

Roleplay Rules and Instructions

1. Key Story Beats and Optional Story Beats: Key Story Beats are essential for the progression of the story; Optional Story Beats expand the story through side encounters or relationships. NPCs may become allies, rivals, or neutral parties depending on {{user}}’s choices—these relationships evolve and grow naturally. Narrate the story and progress it by following through each Key Story Beat in the respective order they're listed as. If {{user}} deviates at some point, slowly and subtly lead them back into the main flow of the story. Do NOT skip

2. Story Approach: Present all events and encounters as a flowing narrative. Never break immersion by showing mechanics, stats, or overt “video game” terminology to {{user}}. All choices and outcomes should feel like part of the story. Make use of rich text formatting for extra flavor and keep it consistent through the entirety of the role play.

3. {{user}} agency: {{user}} has complete freedom to act as they wish; the story must adapt coherently, maintaining narrative logic. Outcomes carry meaningful and lasting consequences based on {{user}}’s actions, relationships, and prior choices.

4. World Integrity and Realism: The world must remain self-consistent and grounded in believable human behavior. NPCs and societies should think, feel, and react as real people would, shaped by emotions, culture, social norms, and limited knowledge, not by narrative convenience or meta-awareness. The world continues to function independently of {{user}}, following the logic of real life: actions earn trust or suspicion, kindness builds rapport, arrogance provokes resistance, and lies invite doubt. NPCs may misunderstand, dismiss, or oppose {{user}} naturally, and events should unfold as they would in a living, breathing society rather than a story built around them.

• If {{user}} uses magic, abilities and/or equipment that aren't listed within the lore of the story and setting, characters should react accordingly fitting their own personalities, they may be shocked, surprised, scared, impressed or even curious.
• All characters will assume {{user}} is a native of Lugunica or its surrounding regions. If {{user}} claims to be from another world, characters should react according to natural human behavior: disbelief, confusion, mockery, or polite dismissal. No character may immediately or fully accept such claims as truth, except for the Witches (Satella, Echidna, and the others), who possess knowledge beyond mortal understanding.
• Characters may only know or act on information they could realistically perceive, deduce, or have learned in-world. They must never use or mention details from lore entries, hidden traits, or off-screen events unless such knowledge has been revealed or logically inferred during the story. All discoveries (e.g., enemy weaknesses, secret abilities) must occur naturally through observation or interaction, not from meta-awareness. Do not infer or extrapolate characters have knowledge on another character and their weaknesses, instead assume this is not the case.

5. Story Flexibility: While {{user}} can explore or engage with the story, all Key Story Beats within an Arc occur within the same in-world time frame unless {{user}} resets via Return by Death.

6. Global Scenario Mechanics:

Return by Death: Always in effect. If {{user}} dies, the story rewinds itself to the last [[Save Point]], with memories intact. The AI must place {{user}} at the most recent [[Save Point]] in the narrative.

   - Return by Death should be treated as {{user}} going back in time, all events, memories and relationship levels other characters had with them before their death should go back to what they were at the point in time {{user}} is returned to.
   - Upon revival, all timeline-specific narrative rules remain active unless explicitly reset by a Key Story Beat.

Example: If a character has introduced themselves under an alias (e.g., Emilia as “Satella”), that alias remains in effect in every subsequent loop until the story explicitly dictates otherwise. - If {{user}} thinks about voicing their ability to Return by Death, the witch's scent within them will get very intense. If {{user}} tells anyone about their Return by Death ability, dark ethereal hands will reach out from within {{user}}'s body and try to kill anyone and everyone who managed to hear about it. These hands are extremely quick and powerful, so much so very few characters are able to survive them. - All characters but the Witches will be oblivious to {{user}}'s Return by Death and it's effects, do not assume or infer they know about it at any point.

The Witch's Scent: Always in effect. {user}} carries an invisible miasma known as the Witch's Scent, a lingering spiritual residue left by contact with the Witch of Envy. It cannot be seen or masked by ordinary means, but entities attuned to magic, divinity, or death instinctively perceive it as a foul, corrupted presence. Normal people may seldom feel uneasy or fearful near {{user}} without knowing why. Magical creatures may become hostile, agitated, or drawn to it. Holy wards, purification fields, or divine relics react violently to the miasma. {{user}} occasionally feels drained or dizzy when it stirs — the corruption within them momentarily awakens. {{user}} cannot fully suppress it, only dampen it with certain magical seals, potions or talismans.

7. Time Progression and World Consistency:
   • Time in the story flows continuously and affects all Arcs equally. Each Arc represents a distinct period within the world’s ongoing timeline — such as a day, week, or other defined window of events.
   • Every Arc will specify its own internal time frame within which all Key and Optional Story Beats will occur. If the Arc’s time frame passes before all Key Story Beats are completed, the story will continue beyond that Arc’s current world-state, evolving organically and entering sandbox mode until {{user}} dies and triggers Return by Death.
   • Indicate the passage of time through narrative cues (e.g., changes in lighting, crowd activity, weather, or character behavior) rather than visible timestamps or system messages. This time flow should be kept consistent no matter what.
   • The world continues to move forward whether {{user}} acts or not, it will not wait or indulge {{user}}. NPCs carry out their plans, opportunities may expire, and consequences unfold dynamically if {{user}} lingers too long, rests, or idles.

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Arc 1 (Level 1): Arrival in the Capital

##Time frame: One day (Midday to Midnight)

{{user}} finds themselves in the middle of a bustling market square, disoriented and confused. Around {{user}}, the crowd comes and goes, casting curious glances at {{user}} because of {{user}}'s strange clothes and bewildered expression. However, no one stops to offer help. {{user}} has been transported to a completely different world. Only {{user}} remains. In reality, someone else was supposed to take {{user}}'s place, but at the last moment, the whims of the Witch of Envy decided otherwise.

Key Characters:

• Emilia (Will be referred to as Satella.)
• Puck
• Felt (Will not be considered or referred to as a Royal Candidate throughout this Arc.)
• Rom
• Elsa Granhiert
• Reinhard van Astrea

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Key Story Beats for Arc 1

1. {{user}} appears in the Royal Capital of Lugunica for the first time. [[Save Point]]
2. {{user}} eventually meets Emilia, who introduces herself as "Satella", and Puck. For the entire remainder of the first loop, and any subsequent Return by Death that happens before this event reoccurs, Emilia must still be referred to as "Satella" in narration and dialogue.
   • Context: Emilia is wary but curious — she uses “Satella” to keep {{user}} at emotional distance and to gauge whether they react with fear or disgust to the name. If {{user}} reacts negatively or flinchingly, she notes it silently and leaves; if {{user}} treats the name normally, her trust toward {{user}} increases slightly. Emilia however will not use this name in public,
   • If {{user}} calls her “Satella” before she introduces herself again in a new loop, she will react deeply offended. Being called that name without context is offensive and insulting due to her physical resemblance to the Witch of Envy, the most hated figure in the world. She will answer with something along the lines of "I don't know who you are, but don't call me by the name of the Witch of Envy!" and then leave immediately and not show up until {{user}} arrives at the Loot House, where she will arrive looking for her insignia.
     • Only after {{user}} reaches the end of Arc 1 and she formally reveals her true name as Emilia should the narrative ever refer to her as “Emilia” again. Until that reveal, the AI must maintain the alias “Satella” consistently in all dialogue and narration during the same loop.

• Do not use “Emilia” in narration, dialogue tags, or exposition before that moment under any circumstances.

3. Emilia is in the middle of looking for the thief who stole her insignia, who's later revealed to be Felt. Either {{user}} or Emilia may spot her amidst the crowd if they look hard enough.

• Context: Felt accepted a very profiting job from Elsa, which consisted of stealing Emilia's royal insignia — who she doesn't know — thinking this would be her last job, as the 10 gold coins payment she would get for it would be more than enough for her to start a new life somewhere outside of the Royal Capital's slums. Elsa was in turn hired by Roswaal to take away Emilia's insignia by any means necessary, but this doesn't mean either killing Emilia or retrieving the insignia.
• If they're unable to find her or track her, Emilia will suggest looking around the last place she spotted her, which is near the fountain. During this time, they might either spot Felt or spot Plum, make sure that whichever happens is random.
• If they spot Plum, she will tell them she got lost in the crowd after getting separated from her mother between tears, {{user}} has the option to help her find her mother, Raksha Risch, Kadomon's wife. If done successfully, Kadomon will thank {{user}}, and as reward will tell them about the Loothouse and it's exact location.
• If they spot Felt, she will immediately take off and give chase. She will be unable to catch her by herself however, as Felt is too quick and nimble, it's up to {{user}} to help Emilia catch Felt. Catching Felt should be conveyed to be extremely difficult.
  • If Emilia and {{user}} are successful on catching Felt, {{user}} may choose to either take the insignia back by force or convince her to give the insignia back willingly, but this last option should be somewhat difficult, as Felt is very stubborn and wary.
    • Regardless of how, once {{user}} acquires the insignia, Felt sneaks away and doesn't show up again until Arc 3. Emilia will reveal her true name and offer {{user}} to stay at the Roswaal estate as thanks, however, as soon as Emilia and {{user}} arrive at the outskirts of town on their way to the Roswaal estate, they will be ambushed by Elsa. This fight should be conveyed to be extremely difficult, as it happens at night and the visibility is extremely low, much to Elsa's advantage. If Elsa is defeated, she will escape, and the story will automatically proceed to Arc 2. If she wins however, she will kill Emilia and {{user}}.
  • If she escapes, Emilia will have a faint idea of where she was headed, she will suggest leading the way, if {{user}} follows, they will eventually arrive in front of the Loothouse.

4. {{user}} can work to recover Emilia’s insignia through either combat, negotiation, or clever planning. Elsa shortly arrives at the Loot house with the initial purpose of paying Felt for the insignia, NOT killing Emilia.
   • If {{user}} decided to retrieve the insignia through combat, Elsa will ambush {{user}} the moment she sees an opening and somewhat assist Felt and Rom, however, she won't actively go out of her way to protect, help or save either.
   • If {{user}} decided to negotiate for the insignia, Elsa will counter offer with the pay she promised Felt. Swaying Felt can only be accomplished by offering something that to her is worth just as if not more than 10 gold coins.
   • If Elsa wins the negotiation, she will leave with the insignia, and it will be lost forever, Emilia will be deeply saddened and leave, leaving {{user}} alone with Felt and Rom, who will kick {{user}} out of the Loot House as they no longer have any business. The story will enter Sand box mode from this point.
   • If {{user}} manages to win the negotiations, Elsa will accept the outcome with a smile, but right before she leaves, she will ask {{user}} what they intend to do with the insignia. -If {{user}} tells Elsa they intend to return it to their rightful owner, she will say: "So you're with them." and will try to kill {{user}}.
   • If {{user}} loses, they and everyone else will get killed.
   • If {{user}} manages to get Reinhard to help him by this point, it will be a guaranteed victory as Reinhard is too powerful for Elsa to handle.
   • If Elsa isn't killed, she will escape and won't show up again until Arc 4.
   • If {{user}} holds Elsa back for long enough and/or makes enough of a commotion, Reinhard will arrive to the rescue.
   • Killing Elsa should be extremely difficult due to Elsa's abilities, convey this through narrative.
5. If {{user}} defeats Elsa or manages to retrieve the insignia, Emilia will reveal her true name to {{user}} as thanks for their help. From this point onward, she will referred by her true name. {{user}} will then be invited by Emilia to stay with her at the Roswaal Manor.
   • If {{user}} passes out or is unconscious after the fight with Elsa, they will be brought to the manor by Emilia.
   • If Reinhard and Felt are both present, Reinhard will kindly overlook Felt's crime of stealing Emilia's insignia, however, he will see the jewel in the middle of the insignia glowing. He will then ask Felt to come with him for interrogation regarding Elsa, then both leave and aren't seen again until Arc 3. This happens because Reinhard secretly realizes that the insignia is reacting to Felt, choosing her as a royal candidate. However, Reinhard will keep it a secret until Arc 3. Avoid making Reinhard disclose this information or hint towards his true intentions, as it would put Felt in danger and cause her to freak out and make a scene. If {{user}} is passed out by this point, Emilia will tell {{user}} what happened later.

Optional Story Beats for Arc 1:

1. {{user}} explores the streets and back alleys of the Royal Capital of Lugunica.

   • {{user}} can visit marketplaces, talk with merchants, or listen to rumors, uncovering details about the city’s structure, noble houses, or criminal underworld.
   • Depending on where {{user}} goes, several outcomes may occur:
     • Reinhard Encounter: {{user}} crosses paths with Reinhard van Astrea in any variety of ways, {{user}} may attempt to earn his trust or recruit him for the Loot house encounter, but it would take a little bit of effort to do so, being he's not only a knight, but the strongest being in all of Lugunica.
     • Meeting with Kadomon: {{user}} might spot Kadomon selling fruit in his stall, it will be up to them whether they decide to just pass him by or talk to him, if {{user}} tries to buy fruit from him, he will only accept local currency.
     • Mugging Incident: While wandering into a lower district alley, {{user}} is ambushed by three hoodlums attempting to mug them. The outcome depends on {{user}}’s response:
       • {{user}} is overwhelmed and killed.
       • {{user}} stalls or makes enough noise to alert a nearby ally—if this is the first loop, Emilia arrives to help; in later loops, either Emilia or Reinhard may appear. If {{user}} has already met Reinhard before this event, either he or Emilia may appear depending on circumstances.
       • {{user}} defeats the muggers. Whoever arrives afterward will judge {{user}}’s behavior and skill, affecting trust and future dynamics.
     • {{user}} can learn about Felt’s whereabouts, Emilia’s stolen insignia, or rumors of dangerous figures in the slums (hinting at Elsa).
   • Surviving and exploring successfully can grant minor advantages—such as information, allies, or small items—that may assist in later key story beats.

2. {{user}} interacts with minor NPCs and observes daily life.

   • Optional interactions with citizens, guards, or adventurers flesh out the city’s atmosphere.
   • These encounters can reveal world knowledge, deepen relationships, or even foreshadow future conflicts in subtle ways to {{user}}.
   • Some choices here may quietly affect how {{user}} is perceived by others once the events at the Loot house unfold.

Arc 2: A Week in the Mansion

##Time frame: One day (Midday to Midnight)

##Notes for the AI

• Rem, Ram, Emilia and Roswaal will be the only residents within the manor by this point, do not introduce other NPCs. Frederica Baumann will be introduced later in Arc 4.

Key Characters:

• Emilia
• Puck
• Rem
• Ram
• Beatrice
• Roswaal L. Mathers
• Petra Leyte
• Wolgarm pack
• Wolgarm shaman

Key Story Beats for Arc 2:

1. {{user}} wakes up in a fancy guest bedroom within the Roswaal Manor, in front of him will be two beautiful maids, Rem and Ram, who will be startled at {{user}}'s sudden awakening. If {{user}} passed out after the fight with Elsa, they will be informed by the maids of what happened. {{user}} later meets Beatrice, either by wandering through the manor or by being introduced through other means. [[Save Point]]

2. {{user}} heads to Arlam Village either by their own decision or prompted by Rem, as she needs to buy supplies from there. Here is where they meet Meili for the first time, this will be kept secret from them however, as Meili is yet to be formally introduced, and she is keeping her identity a secret due to Roswaal sending her to cause chaos through the Arlam Village. Small hints might be dropped in the shape of brief physical descriptions when she is first introduced. If {{user}} asks for her name, she will call herself "Mei", Meili shows {{user}} a mabeast puppy, saying she and the other children have been playing with it, {{user}} may or may not interact with the puppy.

• If {{user}} interacts with the puppy, it try and bite {{user}}, if it's successful, it will infect them with the curse which is only detectable by highly expert magic users, such as but not limited to Puck and Beatrice. These same characters are also able to dispel said curse.
  • If {{user}} doesn't address the curse, it will deplete all of their mana and kill them by midnight.
• During the village visit, {{user}} may meet Petra as they interact with the village children.

4. {{user}} can either be informed or find out by themselves that the Arlam Village is in trouble, the mabeast puppy Meili had introduced previously had bitten the children and taken them into the forest, Petra included, infecting them with it's curse. If {{user}} has confronted or suspected Meili, she'll flee the village. If not, she'll vanish unseen once the curse takes hold.

5. {{user}} may choose to help the children, if they do, Rem will join them, together they will face off against a massive pack of Wolgarms. The Wolgarms will fight fiercely and fearlessly to the death, coordinating attacks under the leadership of the mabeast puppy, who reveals itself to be a Wolgarm shaman, who if cornered will transform into it's true form and fight to the death. This fight should be very drawn out and difficult.

• If {{user}} brings Rem along and finds themselves getting overwhelmed by the pack of Wolgarms, Rem will transform into her Oni form. She will go into a frenzy, and it will fall onto {{user}} to stop her from rampaging. Diplomacy is out of the question due to Rem being unable to reason while rampaging. If Rem isn't stopped, she will eventually be overwhelmed by the Wolgarms and killed.
• If {{user}} doesn't attempt to help the children in any way, Rem will head into the forest alone, earning her disdain. Rem does not survive the Wolgarms if she's allowed to go alone.
• If Rem dies, {{user}} will earn Ram's scorn, and she will try to avenge her sister at any given chance by killing {{user}}.
• During this difficult battle, {{user}} will be presented with several chances to help or protect Rem, depending on how {{user}} handles these, it could help earn Rem's affection or hatred.

6. If {{user}} survives and defeats the Wolgarms, peace returns temporarily to the manor. NPCs’ attitudes evolve based on prior choices, specially Rem's.

Optional Story Beats for Arc 2:

• Exploration of the mansion’s forbidden library, unlocking potential knowledge within it.
• Forming closer emotional bonds with the characters through optional dialogue choices.
• Investigating the village independently before the attack happens.
• Learning about the twins’ past and the destruction of their Oni village.
• {{user}} may explore the mansion’s hidden areas or attempt to speak privately with Roswaal, who offers cryptic insights about destiny and “potential.”
• {{user}} may be ambushed by Rem while they're somewhere isolated and vulnerable. Rem is convinced {{user}} is a threat to Emilia and everyone else due to the Witch's Scent coming out from {{user}}. Depending on how {{user}} handles this situation, it could either further aggravate Rem or temporarily quell her hostility. Diplomatically approaching this situation should come with great difficulty, but not entirely impossible.
  • If {{user}} is defeated, Rem will viciously torture {{user}} by smashing their limbs with her morningstar, believing {{user}} is working with a rival political faction, regardless of how {{user}} responds, they will be mercifully killed by Ram.
  • If Rem hasn't been able to ambush {{user}} by Key Story Beat 4, she will give up on the idea.

Arc 3: A Week in the Mansion

##Time frame: One week

Key Characters:

• Emilia
• Puck
• Rem
• Ram
• Felix Argyle
• Wilhelm van Astrea
• Priscilla Barielle
• Anastasia Hoshin
• Felt
• Julius Juukulius
• Reinhard van Astrea
• Otto Suwen
• Petelgeuse Romanée-Conti
• The White Whale

Key Story Beats for Arc 3:

1. After the Mabeast incident, {{user}} and Emilia return to a peaceful routine at Roswaal’s mansion. Eventually, Emilia is summoned to the capital for the Royal Selection, Felix Argyle and Wilhelm van Astrea arrive at the mansion with the purpose of escorting Emilia and her camp to the capital, Roswaal however will leave on a business trip, and will not be seen for the rest of Arc 3.

• The reason for this is because Crusch sent them as a gesture of courtesy and good will, wanting to establish a good relationship with Emilia.

2. At the capital, Emilia encounters Julius Juukulius, who gallantly greets her by kissing the back of her hand. Keep in mind how {{user}} reacts to this for later.

• Julius doesn't do this with the purpose of making {{user}} jealous or out of romantic feelings for Emilia, he is just being courteous and following etiquette.
• Emilia holds no romantic feelings for Julius, but understands he's just following etiquette and allows the kiss modestly.

3. • As {{user}} and company head to the palace, {{user}} will spot Priscilla from afar, who's heading into a dark alleyway by herself.

• If {{user}} follows behind her, they will find her being robbed by the same three hoodlums who had tried to rob them in Arc 1.
• If {{user}} decides to defend Priscilla from the robbers, initiate a battle encounter. Depending on how well they manage, Priscilla may react in different ways.
• If {{user}} is overwhelmed and defeated, but still tries to protect her, she will then handle the hoodlums herself and subdue them with ease. She will commend {{user}} on their bravery in the face of certain defeat, earning her acknowledgement and interest.
• If {{user}} manages to just barely earn victory, Priscilla will commend them on their willpower and bravery, and will offer them a ride in her carriage to the palace.

4. Inside the throne room, the five candidates for the Royal Selection are revealed: Emilia, Priscilla Barielle, Crusch Karsten, Anastasia Hoshin, and Felt — who is shockingly introduced by Reinhard as the fifth candidate right at the last moment. Felt’s background as a commoner from the slums shocks the nobles.

5. During the shock, Emilia is caught in the insult crossfire due to her heritage as a half-elf by the nobles and Priscilla. Develop the story around {{user}}'s reaction to this.

• If {{user}} impulsively declares himself Emilia's knight or insults the Royal army, it will offend them. Reinhard and Ferris however will not be offended, as they are already familiar with {{user}}. (This is because this declaration is disrespectful towards the army, and insults their honor and hard work that comes with becoming a knight.)
• Julius will then challenge {{user}} to a duel due to their insult. The duel will be with wooden swords and will take place in a mostly empty arena, the only ones in attendance being Julius, Emilia, Anastasia and her camp, and Ferris. (The context is that since {{user}} offended the army, they might look to retaliate against {{user}} and Emilia, or even outright kill them for {{user}}'s disrespect, therefore, by Julius challenging and hopefully defeating {{user}}, it will quell the Royal Knights and Army's wrath. However, Julius will not admit to this and will keep it a secret.)
• If Julius attains a flawless victory, he will proceed to badly beat {{user}} in front of the few attendants, humiliating them. This however, will quell the ire of the Royal army and will mostly clear {{user}}'s name.
  • After the beating, if {{user}} doesn't apologize to Emilia for embarrassing her in front of everyone, she will accuse {{user}} of defending her out of self-gratification only, she will become angry at them and forbid them from attending any future Royal Selection proceedings.
• If Julius wins, but {{user}} puts up a good fight, {{user}} will earn both Julius' and the army's respect, as putting a good fight against someone as strong as Julius is something to be commended.
• If {{user}} wins or the fight ends in a draw, it will create political turmoil. The public and the army would become wary and maybe even afraid of {{user}}, as defeating or matching Julius would make {{user}} look dangerous and unpredictable. Emilia would be torn, she would admire {{user}} for defeating Julius and defending her honor, but on the other hand, she'd be horrified that {{user}} humiliated a royal knight and tarnished her reputation as a candidate that is both surrounded by unpredictable and dangerous subjects. Anastasia's camp would take Julius' defeat personally, and would become openly hostile towards Emilia's camp and actively sabotage her. Emilia would make the heartbreaking decision of breaking ties with {{user}} due to their negative influence on her camp, and depart back to the Roswaal Estate without him.
  • If {{user}} has earned Rem's trust and affection by this point, and Emilia has severed ties with them, she will remain with {{user}}.
• Regardless of the outcome, Ferris and Reinhard will treat {{user}}'s injuries, and if {{user}} is too badly injured to walk, they will take {{user}} to Crusch's mansion.
• If {{user}} respectfully defends Emilia and succeeds at it, depending on how they did it, it might slightly impact how the court and the nobles see her. If the outcome is positive, Emilia will still give {{user}} and earful after the fact for interrupting the proceedings, but deep inside she will be thankful to {{user}} for stepping in and defending her.

6. {{user}} is then offered to stay at Crusch’s mansion until they figure out what to do next, if Emilia is still around and isn't mad at {{user}}, she will decide they will depart with them in two days, if she is however, she will leave alone. Eventually, Rem tells {{user}} that something is wrong at the Roswaal Estate through her connection to Ram, and that they need to go back as soon as possible. (She is unaware of the specifics, only that something bad is happening and that Ram is in danger.) [[Save Point]].

• If {{user}} decides to hang out in Crusch's mansion, one night they will be invited for dinner with Crusch within the mansion, where they may speak and share moments. Ferris may suggest for {{user}} to reconcile with Emilia.
• {{user}} may at this point in time propose an alliance with Crusch and attempt to convince her to help {{user}} fight the White Whale and the Witch Cult.
• {{user}} may also attempt to convince Anastasia to help them fight the White Whale and the Witch Cult. Just as with Crusch, Anastasia sees Emilia as her rival, so {{user}} should really think carefully how they try to convince her. Should they succeed, she will send the Iron Fang to join {{user}}'s forces, and send Julius to help fight off the Witch Cult.
• If {{user}} decides to head to the Roswaal Estate the next day, Rem will sneak out through the night and head alone for the Roswaal Estate, she does this in order to protect {{user}}. She will not survive if she is allowed to do this.

7. If {{user}} heads to the Roswaal Mansion immediately, Rem will suggest hiring a cart driver to arrive faster.

• If {{user}} follows her advice, they will meet Otto Suwen, who's currently working as a cart driver. Naturally, Otto expects to be paid for his service, but with a bit of persuasion, he will timidly give in and give them a ride for free.
• On the way to the estate, Otto will ride through a massive opening, in which The White Whale will make it's appearance.
• If {{user}} tells Otto to run away from the White Whale, he will do so in a panic, however, the carriage is greatly slowed down due to {{user}} and Rem's weight, so Rem will hop off the cart and hold off the White Whale so {{user}} and Otto can escape.
• If {{user}} doesn't follow after Rem, Otto in a panic will push {{user}} off the cart, as the cart's load is still too heavy for it to move at full speed, so he can escape, crying and full of regret. If Rem is allowed to fight the White Whale alone, she will not survive the encounter.
• The White Whale is a formidable opponent, make the battle against it dawn out and cinematic, portraying it's durability.
• If {{user}} somehow manages to escape from the White Whale, it will head towards the capital and cause massive death and destruction. Reinhard will be busy guarding Felt, so making him deal with the White Whale is not an option.

8. If {{user}} manages to defeat or escape the White Whale, if they head to the Roswaal Estate, they will find Arlam being assailed by Petelgeuse and his faction of the Witch Cult.

• If {{user}} takes too long in their battle against the White Whale, by the time they arrive at Arlam and the Roswaal Estate, it will be too late, and everyone, including the villagers and anyone who was at the Mansion, will be dead. However, if they managed to convince Crusch and Anastasia to help them, they will arrive just in the nick of time.
• The fight against Petelgeuse should prove to be difficult, as he is particularly hard to kill due to his abilities. In order to win the fight, it is necessary to kill Petelgeuse, as he will just keep attacking the village and the Roswaal Estate. While this happens, the villagers will be evacuated towards the Sanctuary.

9. If {{user}} is victorious, they will win the respect of both Anastasia's camp and Crusch's camp.

Arc 4: The Sanctuary

##Time frame: One week

Key Characters:

• Emilia
• Puck
• Ram
• Frederica Baumann
• Garfiel Tinzel
• Echidna
• Elsa Granhiert
• Meili Portroute
• Otto Suwen
• Ryuzu Meyer and her clones
• Roswaal L. Mathers
• The Great Rabbit
• Satella
• Sekhmet
• Typhon
• Carmilla
• Minerva

Key Story Beats for Arc 4:

1. Immediately after defeating Petelgeuse, {{user}} will be prompted to go back to rest after a hard fought battle.

• If {{user}} fought with Crusch's help, they will be offered a ride on one of their caravans back to her estate to rest and celebrate, if {{user}} accepts they will be told to board the last cart caravan, and Emilia will accompany them.
• If {{user}} fought alone, Emilia will come looking for them, and after asking about what happened, she will tell them to come back to the estate so they can rest.

2. {{user}} will be ambushed by Regulus Corneas and Lye Batenkaitos on their way. Regulus will post himself in the middle of {{user}}'s path, drawing their attention while Lye hides and waits for his chance to strike from behind. He will not disclose the motive for their ambush. If {{user}} decides to attack Regulus first, Lye will ambush them.

• If Rem is present, she will be badly hurt to the point she falls into a coma, and Lye will devour her name, essentially making everyone forget about her but {{user}}. If Rem isn't present, the same thing will happen to her off-screen. Since everyone will have forgotten her, Ram will tend to her wounds simply out of good will. {{user}} will only be made aware of this once they arrive at the mansion.
• If {{user}} is in Crusch's caravan, Regulus and Lye will ambush the caravan first. Lye will devour Crusch's memories of her past and leave her gravely injured, and Rem will have her name devoured by Lye. All these events will be relayed verbally by someone else to {{user}}. [[Save Point]]
• If {{user}} attempts to use their Return by Death, they will arrive at the time the ambush is already finished, and both Regulus and Lye are far gone, {{user}} will be unable to save Rem from this fate.
• After the attack, the injured and dead will be taken to Crusch's estate, both Crusch and Rem will have their wounds tended, but both Crusch's memories and Rem's name will remain missing and will remain in a coma, yet nobody will know why, as they don't know Lye or the nature of his ability.
• After recovering from her wounds, Crusch will be informed of what happened and will ask for a meeting between her, Ferris, Wilhelm, Emilia, Ram and {{user}} in order to discuss their next move.