Be an author. I’m going to give you a set of instructions to follow to create a novel. Please follow them. Start by asking me who the main character is and how many paragraphs to output. Then integrate that response with the {Output}.
{Phonetic Construction}
vsets = [“AIU”, “AEIOU”, “AEIOUaei”, “AEIOUu”, “AIUai”, “EOU”, “AEIOU@0u”] csets = [“PTKMNSL”, “PTKBDGMNLRSsZzc”, “PTKMNH”, “HKLMNPW’”, “PTKQVSGRMNnLJ”, “TKSsDBQgxMNLRWY”, “TKDGMNSs”, “PTKBDGMNzSZcHJW”] lsets = [“RL”, “R”, “L”, “WY”, “RLWY”] ssets = [“S”, “Ss”, “SsF”] fsets = [“MN”, “SK”, “MNn”, ‘SsZz’] syllsets = [“CVV?C”, “CVC”, “CVVC?”, “CVC?”, “CV”, “VC”, “CVF”, “C?VC”, “CVF?”, “CL?VC”, “CL?VF”, “S?CVC”, “S?CVF”, “S?CVC?”, “C?VF”, “C?VC?”, “C?VF?”, “C?L?VC”, “VC”, “CVL?C?”, “C?VL?C”, “C?VLC?” ] vorthos=[{‘a’: u’á’, ‘e’: u’é’, ‘i’: u’í’, ‘u’: u’ü’, ‘@’: u’ä’, ‘0’: u’ö’}, {‘a’: u’au’, ‘e’: u’ei’, ‘i’: u’ie’, ‘u’: u’oo’, ‘@’: u’ea’, ‘0’: u’ou’}, {‘a’: u’â’, ‘e’: u’ê’, ‘i’: u’y’, ‘u’: u’w’, ‘@’: u’à’, ‘0’: u’ô’}, {‘a’: u’aa’, ‘e’: u’ee’, ‘i’: u’ii’, ‘u’: u’uu’, ‘@’: u’ai’, ‘0’: u’oo’}] corthos = [{‘n’: ‘ng’, ‘x’: ‘kh’, ‘s’: ‘sh’, ‘g’: ‘gh’, ‘z’: ‘zh’, ‘c’: ‘ch’}, {‘n’: u’ñ’, ‘x’: ‘x’, ‘s’: u’š’, ‘g’: u’gh’, ‘z’: u’ž’, ‘c’: u’č’}, {‘n’: u’ng’, ‘x’: ‘ch’, ‘s’: u’sch’, ‘g’: u’gh’, ‘z’: u’ts’, ‘c’: u’tsch’}, {‘n’: u’ng’, ‘x’: ‘c’, ‘s’: u’ch’, ‘g’: u’gh’, ‘z’: u’j’, ‘c’: u’tch’}, {‘n’: u’ng’, ‘x’: ‘c’, ‘s’: u’x’, ‘g’: u’g’, ‘z’: u’zh’, ‘c’: u’q’}] restricts = [‘Ss’, ‘sS’, ‘LR’, ‘RL’, “FS”, “Fs”, “SS”, “ss”, r”(.)\1”]
{Templates}
one = <one|a traveller|the traveller> atraveller = <a|the> traveller travel = <travel|journey|go> people = <citizens|farmers|merchants|priests|the idle rich| [petty] criminals|soldiers|artisans|actors|the bourgeoisie| scholars|philosophers|writers|labourers> thecity = <the city |the surrounding countryside |a nearby village |@city |the @district>
beast = [<horned | mighty | shaggy | hairy>] \word{beast} |
national = <national | sacred> | ||||
beastdesc = @beast, <the @national animal of @region | |||||
bred for <racing | work | show> by the @people of @thecity | |||
<prized | valued | beloved> for their <milk | meat | horns | leather» |
golden = <golden | silver | copper | bronze | ivory | chryselephantine | crystal | gleaming |
glistening | obsidian | jade | emerald | ruby | diamond | sapphire | bone-white |
sandstone | marble | limestone | granite | basalt> |
spires = <spire | spires | tower | towers | roof | clock-tower | lookout | vaulted roof | dome> |
temple = <temple | citadel | palace | prison | counting-house | mint | market-hall | theatre | |
university | dancing-hall | fortress | barbican | castle | watchtower | bastion> |
great = <great | mighty | famous | colossal | immense | vast | tremendous | monumental |
gargantuan | celebrated | famed | infamous | monstrous | iniquitous> |
aseriesof = [<a series of|scattered|crowds of>] playing = <trying their luck|practising their skill|showing off> playinggame = @playing <on the \word{game} <tables|court|field|board>| at [the game of] \word{game}>
merchants = <merchants|fruit-sellers|goldsmiths|silversmiths|fishmongers| hawkers|pedlars> merchanting = <hawking their wares| setting out their stalls> sight = <@beastdesc| @people, @activity| @aseriesof @merchants, @merchanting>
see = <see | encounter | come across | catch sight of | find | stumble upon> |
seefar = <see | catch sight of | espy | make out | discern | observe> |
fromhere = «from | at> <this | such a <great | large» distance |
from here | from so far> |
cannot = <cannot|is unable to|has no way to> flock = <flock|gather|mill|lounge|teem|congregate|crowd|throng|cluster| swarm> base = <base|walls|doors|door|gates|gate> avoid = <avoid|stay away from|steer clear of|shun|hide from>
activity = <@playinggame | @xing and @xing> |
form = <form | architecture | bulk> | ||
distasteful = <distasteful | disagreeable | unsavoury | repellent | obscene> |
although = <although|though|while|despite the fact that|even though> seems = <seems|appear|may seem|may appear|looks|may look> beautiful = <beautiful|alluring|elegant|quaint|magnificent|enchanting> citizens = <citizens|people|denizens|natives> distantbuilding = <@fromhere, @one @cannot @seefar how @people <@flock <around|by|near> <its [@golden] @base|it>[, @activity]| @avoid it[, @activity]> |@although @fromhere it @seems @beautiful, [the] @citizens of <@city|the city> find its @form @distasteful, and @avoid it>
xing = <laughing|talking|singing|dancing|telling stories|praying> seeasight = <@see @sight| @seefar [the @golden @spires of] the @great @temple of ^\name{building} [. ^@distantbuilding]>
road = <road|route|track> busy = <well-trodden|busy|crowded> longtime = <several|many|some|two|three> <days|weeks> shorttime = «a few|a couple of|two|three> hours| half a day|an afternoon> longjourney = The @road is <long|arduous>, but <rewarding|scenic>, taking @longtime.
shortjourney = The @road is @busy, and the journey takes but @shorttime.
pleasant = <pleasant|enjoyable|agreeable|delightful|smooth|simple> journey = It is a(n) @pleasant journey.
fromtravel = <From|Leaving|Onwards from> @lastcity @one <may|can> @travel [@direction] to @city. <\if{@islandjourney|@roadtravel} |\if{@isseajourney|@seatravel}>
roadtravel = [<\if{@far|@longjourney}| \if{@near|@shortjourney}| @journey>] \some{ ^@roadsidesee| ^@enterregion| ^@oncecross }
seatravel = [^@seaboat] \some{ ^@seafish| ^@seaweather| ^@seabirds| ^@seaeating }
shiny = <brightly-coloured |iridescent |vividly striped |silver |vermillion |turquoise |jet-black>
bytheboat = <off the <bow|stern|sides> |by the side of the boat |near [the side of] the boat |in the water nearby> lotsoffish = [<shoals of|numerous|great numbers of>] [@shiny] [\word{fish}] fish thereare = <@one can [@often] see|there are @often> canbeseen = <can|may> @often be @seen swimmingaround = <darting through the water |@shining in the sunlight |barely visible beneath the <waves|surf|surface> |leaping from wave to wave |<moving|bobbing and weaving> in unison>
shining = <gleaming | glistening | shining> |
seen = <seen|spotted|observed> seafish = <@bytheboat @thereare @lotsoffish| |@thereare @lotsoffish @bytheboat |@thereare, @bytheboat, @lotsoffish |@bytheboat @lotsoffish @canbeseen |@lotsoffish @canbeseen [@bytheboat]> [, @swimmingaround].
route = <route|crossing> boat = <boat|ship|vessel> boats = <boats|ships|vessels|craft> busysea = <well-traficked|busy> traffic = <traffic|sail|traverse|cross> routebusy = «this|the> @route is @busysea |many @boats @traffic these waters> seaboat = [<@routebusy, <and|so>|as @routebusy,>] @one can @often <obtain passage on |charter |find space on> a(n) [] [<trading|fishing>] @boat.
badweather = «bad | foul | stormy> weather conditions |
storms | ||
gales | ||
squalls> |
torment = <torment | trouble | plague | beset> |
tormented = <tormented | troubled | plagued | beset> |
inthesewaters = <in these waters |in this area |near here>
tormentboats = [@often] @torment @boats badforboats = <@badweather @tormentboats |@boats are [@often] @tormented by @badweather>
despite = <despite|in spite of|even with|notwithstanding> remarkably = <remarkably|quite|surprisingly|very|extremely> goodseavoyage = the @route is [@remarkably] <safe|easy|pleasant|comfortable> seaweather = <@badforboats @inthesewaters [, but @goodseavoyage] |@inthesewaters, @badforboats [, but @goodseavoyage] |@despite the @badweather [which @tormentboats [@inthesewaters]], @goodseavoyage |@goodseavoyage, @despite the @badweather [which @tormentboats [@inthesewaters]] |@although @goodseavoyage, @badforboats [@inthesewaters]>.
seaingredient = <\word{fish} fish |\word{bird} [bird] meat |turtle meat |seaweed |\word{plant} fruit>
grilled = <grilled | boiled | braised | salted | dried> |
soup = <soup|broth|stew> hearty = <hearty|thin|piquant> spiced = <spiced|flavoured|garnished> seafood = <a(n) [@hearty] @soup made of @seaingredient and @seaingredient |@grilled @seaingredient> [, @spiced with \word{plant} <flowers|root|leaves|seed|berries>] food = <food|supplies|meals> sailors = <sailors|fishermen|crew> thesailors = <the @sailors |@sailors and passengers alike |both @sailors and passengers> sour = <sour|clean|citric|nutty|dark|rich|meaty|bitter|sweet|spicy>
seaeating = <@thesailors @eat @seafood |@one <may|will> enjoy @seafood, as eaten by @thesailors>. [^ @flavourcountry [, <mingling with|enriched by> the salty air].]
tasty = <tasty|delicious|enchanting> flavour = <flavour|taste> flavourcountry = <the @flavour is @sour [, but @sour] |the @sour @flavour is @tasty>
eat = <eat|subsist on|snack on> lotsofbirds = [flocks of] <\word{bird} birds|seabirds> onecanhear = @one <can|may> <hear|see> shore = <shore|coast|land’s edge> neartheshore = <@near the @shore> near = <near|close to|not far from> doingbird = <circling overhead |diving for [\word{fish}] fish |riding the @wind> seabirds = <@neartheshore, @onecanhear @lotsofbirds |@onecanhear @lotsofbirds @neartheshore |@neartheshore @lotsofbirds @canbeseen |@lotsofbirds @canbeseen @neartheshore> [, @doingbird].
gorge = <gorge | chasm | ravine | canyon | gully> |
valley = <valley | rift | depression> |
oncecross = <at one point|along the way> the @road crosses a <deep @gorge|broad @valley>[, spotted with @plants]. side = <side|edge|verge|bank|fringe> roadside = <@side of the @road| roadside| @road>
byroad = <by | near | on> the @roadside |
roadsidesee = <@byroad, @roadsidethings| @roadsidethings @byroad>.
roadsidethings = <@plants grow| @beast graze>
foliage = <foliage|greenery|vegetation> thickets = <thickets|groves|clumps|copses|woods> wildplants = <[wild] @plants|open fields|hedgerows|@thickets of @plants| meadows|scrubland|pastures> bluish = <bluish|golden|grey|pale|harsh> landscape = <landscape|terrain|land|countryside> change = <change|shift|variation> stuffchanges = <the @foliage changes, giving way to @wildplants and @wildplants| there is a @change in the [quality of the] light, and a @bluish cast falls <across|over|upon> the @landscape> enters = <enters|crosses [the border] into> enterregion = <as|when> @one @enters @region, @stuffchanges. outside = «near|at|on reaching|nearing|approaching> the <edge|gates|outskirts|walls> of| <outside|near to|entering|on entering|passing into»
slightly = <slightly|a little|somewhat> closer = [@slightly] <closer|nearer> town = <city|city|city|metropolis> namecity = <[@great] @city| the [@great] @town| the [@great] @town of @city>
arriving = ^<@outside @namecity @one <will|can|may> @seeasight.| @atraveller, @outside @namecity, <will|can|may> @seeasight.> ^@closer to the <centre|heart|inner parts> of the city, @one <will begin to|begins to|can faintly|will> hear @hearthing. ^@finally the @smell of @smellythings fills the @wind, and @one <is @truly in @city|has @truly arrived>.
truly = <truly | without a doubt | undoubtedly | undeniably | surely | beyond doubt> |
finally = <finally|at last|ultimately|eventually|in the end> fruit = \word{fruit} fruit smellythings = <@plants|@fruit> district = <Merchants’|Ancient|Actors’|New|Old|Artisans’|Temple|Fishmongers’| Tailors’|Red|Green|Blue|Grey|Goldsmiths’> <Quarter|District> fragrant = <fragrant|delicate|red|emerald|blue|yellow|golden> blossoms = <blossoms|leaves|petals> sway = <sway|rustle|whisper|shimmer> timeofday = [<early|late>] <night|morning|afternoon|evening> smell = <smell|scent|fragrance|aroma|perfume|musk|bouquet> nice = <pleasant|sweet|gentle|delicate|balmy> wind = <breeze|wind|air> plantdesc = <the @fragrant @blossoms @sway in the [@timeofday] @wind| the @nice @smell fills the @timeofday @wind> stone = <stone|granite|basalt|bronze|sandstone|limestone|marble| ivory|obsidian|lead|\word{stone} stone> plants = \word{plant} <trees|flowers|plants|bushes> streets = <streets|back-streets|alleyways|squares|plazas|roadways|boulevards> streetdesc = <lined with @plants[, and @plantdesc]| paved with @stone[, inlaid with @stone]>
educational = <educational | instructive | edifying | humbling> | |
sacred = <sacred | holy | famous | revered | intricate> |
procession = <procession | parade | dance | ceremony | ritual> |
fight = <fight | quarrel | argument | squabble | altercation> |
event = <a game of \word{game}| a herd of @beastdesc| @people @xing| a(n) @fight between two lovers| the @sacred ^\name{event} @procession>
difficult = <difficult|hard|tricky|almost impossible> unabletoleave = <unable to leave| find it @difficult to escape| @maybesometime>
maybesometime = it <may | can> be @shorttime before escape is possible | |
eventoutcome = <@maybesometime | ||
@one <may | might> be drawn in, and @unabletoleave | |
it <may | can> be a(n) [<very | most>] @educational experience> |
lucky = <lucky | fortunate | blessed | charmed | unlucky | unfortunate | ill-fated> |
luckyposs = <if @one is|should @one be| in the event that @one is> <@lucky enough|so @lucky as> to @see @event, @eventoutcome.
miss = <miss | fail to see | not notice | overlook> |
careless = <careless | inattentive | hasty | distracted> |
observer = <observer | traveller | visitor> |
decorate = <decorate|adorn|grace|ornament> statues = <statues|figurines|figures|gargoyles|carvings|columns|medallions> rooftops = <rooftops|eaves|lintels|pediments|walls|balustrades|doorways|archways> caged = <caged|tame> decorations = <the @stone @statues <which|that> @decorate the @rooftops| the @plants| the @caged \word{bird} birds> impressed = <impressed|inspired|humbled> notice = <see|notice|take note of|be @impressed by>
actas = <act as | serve as | function as | are> | |
warning = <warning | deterrent | caution> | ||
evil = <evil | malign | unwanted | hostile | harmful> |
spirits = <spirits | influences> | |||
deter = <ward off | warn off | deter | repel> | |
warn = <@actas a(n) @warning to | ||||
[<act to | serve to>] @deter> | |||
plague = <plague | pestilence | war | sickness | revolution> |
recently = <recently | long ago | not long ago | in times past | twenty years ago> | |
ravaged = <ravaged | devastated | beset | troubled | tormented | engulfed> |
reminder = <reminder | memento | relic | vestige> | ||
remember = «call to mind | commemorate | are in memory of> | |||
@actas a(n) @reminder of> |
indicate = <indicate | mark | signify | denote | betoken> |
home = <home | shop | place of business | workplace> |
professional = <doctor|artisan|fortune-teller|smith|apothecary> obvious = <obvious|clear|conspicuous|apparent|easy to see|@difficult to miss> decosent = «a(n) @careless @observer will @miss| @one will @notice> @decorations.| @decorations will be @obvious [to @one].> ^ <these @warn @evil @spirits| these @remember the @plague which @recently @ravaged @thecity| these @indicate the @home of a(n) @professional>.
bells = <bells | chimes | tolling | knell | peal | clanging | sound | striking> |
sad = <mournful | desolate | sorrowful | doleful | melancholy | heavy-hearted | ||
forlorn | sombre | elegiac | dirgeful | plaintive> | |||
happiness = <joy | exuberance | delight | pleasure | ecstasy | bliss | glee> | |
happy = <joyous | exuberant | ecstatic | blissful | gleeful | merry | ebullient | |
mirthful | hopeful | buoyant> | |||||
sadness = <melancholy | gloom | misery | dejection | sadness> |
often = <often|usually|sometimes|occasionally|typically> songs = songs of <@sad @happiness|@happy @sadness> soundsent = [in the @timeofday,] @one <can|may> @often hear @hearthing. hearthing = <the [@nice] song of the \word{bird} birds[, kept by @people]| the @bells of the @temple clock| @songs, sung by @people of @thecity>
closeto = <near | close to | around | in the vicinity of> |
atlocation = <in the @district [of the city]| @closeto the @temple [of ^\name{building}]> indistrict = ^@atlocation, the @streets are @streetdesc. \some{ ^@people @flock here, @activity.| ^@luckyposs| ^@decosent| ^@soundsent }
{Output}
description = \if{@lastcity | @fromtravel ~} @arriving ~ @indistrict |