“It’s not very iconic,” Jack mumbled to himself as he watched the frame of the newest variant of Crawler come together.
Though calling it a ‘Crawler’ was a bit of a misnomer, given that the vehicle didn’t actually crawl. Instead, it would move about on treads. Like a normal tank. Which, while practical, were rather boring to look at.
To make matters worse, Shui would be taking just over half of the iconic older variants of crawler that did actually crawl with her on her journey North. Doing so would allow her force to be entirely mechanized – or horseborne in the case of the cultivators – reducing a journey that would normally take months into one that would take weeks.
Plus, a mountain pass is actually a location where the mechanical legs might see some practical use, he thought.
Shui was certainly pleased about the extra support. While Jack wouldn’t go so far as to say she was giddy, there was certainly a degree of ‘pep’ to her steps as she rushed about the city organizing her new ‘army’. Even the mortal elements, which he got the feeling were normally an afterthought in these kinds of engagements.
She’d be taking fully one third of the militia that An had arrived with a few weeks ago. Ten thousand men and women. As well as fifteen cultivators – who Jack had made sure came from differing Sects. A move that would hopefully keep her from getting up to mischief by turning them against him.
Hopefully.
Ideally, he’d like to say that was why she was taking a contingent of homegrown Jiangshi ‘natives’ – for a given use of the word. The reality was that she was taking the militia because the alternative was a force of spear wielding sect troops, which would be like feeding meat into a grinder.
Which might have been just fine for the Empire, but mortals actually had some innate value to him. To that end, those sect troops still in the city – all fifty thousand of them - were going to be re-equipped and retrained as part of his new Ten Huo army.
Which was why five thousand militia members would be sticking around to train them in turn, while the remaining fifteen thousand returned to the very important task of guarding Jiangshi.
Which was a priority, given that An had all but stripped the province bare of soldiers to create her rescue force – and if they didn’t return soon their absence would be keenly felt.
Of course, this all relies on the Sects giving up their personal armies without a fight, Jack thought. Here’s hoping my most recent lesson in who holds the biggest stick will remain stuck in their mind when I make that announcement…
“Perhaps.” Elwin said from beside him, returning his thoughts to the mundane nature of his latest construct. Not that you’d know it from looking at Elwin. The elf’s arms were crossed as she watched with no small amount of awe as his workshop’s many pneumatic arms worked to bring the tank to life. “That will change though. I have oft found that the iconic nature of a soldier or weapon only grows with their success. And to hear little Lin go on about this machine, it will be very successful indeed.”
Jack hummed, conceding the point. Both Lin and Huang were down in his workshop with them – the two seemingly near inseparable these days for some reason – both huddled over a data-slate as they chatted animatedly about something related to the design.
They were a mismatched pair to be sure, but it seemed that Lin had chosen to take the former princess under her wing. Which was rather ironic, given that she was the goat-kin and Huang was the dragon-kin.
“Do you think Shui’s realized that she won’t actually be spending much of her time up north building her fortress?” he hummed.
“I would worry for her intelligence if she didn’t,” Elwin opined. “And the fact that she’s not battering down your door to demand changes to the manifest she’s been provided suggests she has.”
Jack hummed in agreement. He didn’t doubt that Shui had already noticed that her little taskforce was almost entirely devoid of building materials or craftsmen. Not that she’d want to be lugging stuff like stone or timber halfway across the province when there were plenty of natural resources at her destination.
Still, she’d want craftsmen trailing along with your supply chain though.
As well as nails.
To hear his advisor’s talk about them, you wanted nails by the barrel. To that end they had some. Gao, Ren and An had stressed that no army should ever be without things for even a moment, but they weren’t present in nearly the quantities required to build a mountain fortress like the one he hoped would soon block off the only remaining route into the province – if you ignored the ocean.
Which both Imperials and Instinctives were seemingly content to do.
No, the Pig-kin had probably known from the moment the plan was presented to her that Jack would be waiting for her to arrive at her destination before he flew over in his suit and built a fortress basically overnight.
That thought made him feel better about his decision to put her in charge of the job. It was an important job after all, sealing off the last ‘free’ entrance into his small empire.
I’ll probably want to head back to Jiangshi first to resupply basic building materials when I do head over there, he thought as he made a mental tally of what was currently floating around in his inventory. The thought made him sigh. The sooner I get a train network set up the better.
There was just so much that needed to be done…
He shook his head as he refocused on the task at hand, which was creating the prototype of the new Kang Barrel. A name that had created nothing but confusion for his underlings, but tickled his funny bone.
Not least of all because he hadn’t been the one to come up with the joke.
His microbots were. And while the fact that his microbots were currently capable of making jokes terrified him to his core, he couldn’t deny that they were good at them.
Because truth be told, he’d never wondered why tanks were called ‘tanks’. Though, to be fair, he never wondered why half a dozen other things were named as they were.
As it turned out, the reason tanks had been called what they were was because they’d been smuggled to Europe – or the irradiated zone as it was now known – disguised as water tanks.
Thus, Barrels had seemed an apt name for his own variant – even if no one but him got the joke.
Hell, that just made it funnier to him.
“So, how are things coming with your apprentices?” he asked the elf.
Smiling, the woman was about to respond when Ren rushed in, looking more frantic than usual. Which was a rather impressive feat given that she’d spent the last few weeks effectively running his city for him and was normally operating somewhere between totally overwhelmed and barely hanging on.
“Where are your formal robes, master!?” the merchant all but hissed. “I told you the ceremony would be starting in a few hours!”
Jack glanced over at a nearby clock.
“Ah… I knew I was forgetting something.”
Not that it mattered, he didn’t care what Ren said about tradition.
He was going in his armor.
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“With that, I present your new magistrate,” an older man called out to the crowds below.
The male cultivator was actually the oldest looking cultivator Jack had ever seen. The man was a craftsmen, a well respected one. And he was also the one who had been in charge of creating the staff that ostensibly controlled the city’s runic defenses.
And keying them to Jack.
Theoretically.
That wasn’t how it had gone down – and the other man had made it abundantly clear what he thought of this change in tradition.
Jack didn’t care then and he didn’t care now.
Which was why he ignored the other man’s stinkeye as he stood up from his throne and strode over to the balcony.
“The Empire has abandoned us.”
His first words were solemn, yet they rolled over the crowd below without trouble. A feat accomplished by a few carefully positioned loud speakers.
Which might have been why, despite the distance between him and the throngs of… not quite human mortals and cultivators below, he could almost hear the audible intake of breath that followed his statement.
Criticizing one’s superiors really wasn’t done in the empire, by virtue of the fact that said superior was usually your superior because they were entirely capable of lopping your head off. If they weren’t, you’d be the superior.
Again, certain parallels between the Instinctive hordes and the Empire leapt to Jack’s mind.
“The Empress has abandoned us. Time has dulled her edge. Corruption has infested her courts. Lethargy pervades her armies. And now, like an ape grasping for a branch as it plummets to its doom, the Empress pulls tight on her outer provinces in a desperate attempt to arrest her fall.”
It helped that what he was saying was mostly true. Or so he assumed. Because he’d yet to meet a system of power that wasn’t at least a little corrupt.
Silence was the only response he received to his words though.
Which, again, was to be expected. While the Empress wasn’t a ‘goddess’ in the religious sense of the word – the empire as a whole was surprisingly secular in that regard, focusing instead on something Jack would have described as Pseudo-Buddhism – she was also one of the founders of the Empire.
Again, not someone you criticized for long before you found yourself suddenly a few feet shorter from the top down.
Fortunately, Jack had a secret weapon.
“Yet Ten Huo only grows in power!”
That was the signal for the doors to the palace to open, and from them cart after cart of sizzling pigs, cows and whole chicken were wheeled forward. Prepared by the palace’s chefs, they’d done an incredible job with the task they’d been given. Even from his position up high on the balcony Jack found the smell intoxicating as it wafted up to him.
Fortunately, the line of sect troops guarding the front of the palace held steady as the crowd almost unconsciously surged forward at the sight of such a feast.
Really hope no one’s going to get crushed in that, he thought.
That was why he had a few cultivators on standby who would use directed burst of killing intent anywhere the press of bodies got too tight. The effectiveness of which Jack had been a little dubious of, but it was apparently a tried and tested method for ‘delicately’ dealing with unruly crowds.
Personally, Jack would have preferred to use his own troops, but Ren had quite reasonably pointed out that when it came to keeping crowds of agitated mortals in line, none were better than the personal armies of the sects.
…Or the Imperial army – but most of them were dead now.
That didn’t mean he’d come completely unprotected. His own troops had emptied out the palace of all courtiers and Sect guards hours ago in preparation for his speech. A feat that would have been impossible mere days ago, but it seemed that his little display to the Sect leaders had the effect he’d intended it to, because the cultivators present on the premises hadn’t even made a single peep of complaint as they were ordered out by a bunch of mere mortals.
Albeit, mere mortals who had An commanding them.
“We must cast off the shackles that have for so long held us back!” Jack announced. “This is not about power. Not about greed. Or pride. It is about survival!”
This time he got roars of approval – though whether that was down to his words or the food that was now being passed out to the crowd, he couldn’t say.
It didn’t really matter. It was about the optics of the thing. When people looked back on this moment, they would remember the cheering. And that would mean it had to have been a good thing, right?
“Ten Huo must grow. Must cultivate it’s strength. Must power through the troubles ahead,” he roared. “Which we have. Through our guards. Through our walls. Through our cultivators. And through our gonnes. Through those things we broke the back of the horde and slew their false dragon. And it is through the power of those things that we might beat back any foe that might threaten our home.”
He raised his fist high – and at the correct moment, his Red Dragon armor flared into being, the feathers atop fluttering proudly in the wind. “Ten Huo forever! Against all that might come! Together we are strong!”
Perhaps it was just his imagination, but that time the cheers felt more genuine. A chant even started.
“Ten Huo! Ten Huo! Ten Huo!”
“To that end, I intend to correct some of the failures of the old regime! Firstly, I shall be cutting the mortal guard force of our city’s sects down to one tenth their current size.”
That caused a stir, not just from the cultivators who were stood on the nearby pavilions, but from the rearmost ranks of the sect guard that were currently holding back the crowd while simultaneously handing out food.
Which made sense, he was currently discussing their livelihoods. The only thing that separated them and their families from the desperate crowds in front of them. Because while the city wasn’t quite close to starving as a result of the recent hostilities, it was true that a great many households were now tightening their belts.
Service in the Imperial Army or Sects provided some degree of protection from that reality.
“And from those men and women, I shall forge a new force. A grand Ten Huo army to rival that of the decrepit Empire. Well trained. Well armed. Professional soldiers. An expansion and revitalization of the Jiangshi militia that saved this city all those weeks ago.”
That seemed to silence much of the hesitation that had formed in the sect troops. The crowd though was all for it, whooping and hollering at the idea of more troops of the ilk that had so captured the city’s love with their arrival into it.
“I do this not out of contempt for the sects but out of love. With this I free them from the responsibility of policing the city. Of dealing with the mundane details of the mortal world. I free them to focus on their one true goal; the pursuit of cultivation and immortality.”
More importantly, it would make a coup significantly less likely to be successful later down the line. Or at least, less viable. Because as potent as cultivators were, they were still just individuals. They had more in common with fighter craft than infantry. They could take ground and destroy targets, but they couldn’t be expected to hold it without support.
Support Jack fully intended to cut out from under them while claiming he was doing them a favor. And while he could certainly see some idiots in the pavilion nodding along with the idea of ‘freeing themselves from the need to deal with mortals’, most of the leadership was rightly frowning at the thought of losing their ability to project power into the city.
Without mortal soldiers to form a buffer around them, they would effectively be besieged within their compounds.
Yet even as he could see them slowly considering raising some form of stink over it, he could also see them glancing over to the empty seat in their lineup where the Silver Paw sect might have stood.
No, they might make a perfunctory fuss, but they’d do as he told them. This was the ideal time for him to make a move like this. It was almost expected.
To be sure, he knew some would cause some form of trouble over this move, but that trouble would be a lot easier to deal with when he tripled the number of soldiers he had at his command within the city.
Down below, Jack could see the distant figure of Gao – and a small application of magnification showed the man was looking rather pale. Which made sense, given the massive task Jack had just slammed down in front of him. An, for her part, looked positively giddy about the whole thing. Ren just looked… tired and unsurprised, as if more work appearing on her lap was just to be expected where Jack was concerned. Elwin looked disinterested in the whole thing, which was par for the course.
Lin and Huang were… nowhere to be seen?
Huh, he thought.
For just a moment he was worried something might have happened, but a quick glance at the trackers attached to them – via some ‘gifts’ of jewelry – showed the pair were back at his compound. In the same room even.
Very close.
Probably caught up in some science experiment, he thought with a small smile.
“Yet what is a mortal army without a core of cultivators?” Jack continued. “Am I to demand a tithe from the sects that have already given so much? To both me and this city?” He shook his head. “Nay.”
He stretched out his arm, and with perfect timing a dozen figures dropped from the windows of the palace, landing perfectly behind the sects guards in a crouched position.
They were clearly cultivators – yet they didn’t look like them. For one thing, they were armored. From head to toe. Gleaming steel armor that was inlaid with protective runes.
It wasn’t as comprehensive as metal plate would be. Gaps existed to allow for great locomotion from the user. Yet it was still more armor than any cultivator would ever be caught wearing.
Because in the local parlance, armor was a sign of weakness. A lack of confidence in ones skills and cultivation.
Or at least, that had been the case until Jack showed up.
The next thing about them was that they were uniform. Perfectly so. Only the weapons were different. Some had glaives. Some had swords. Others axes. The only commonality there were the revolvers at their hips.
He didn’t doubt they looked absurd to the cultivators in the pavilions, each of them dressed differently to their fellows, with only a small adherence to their sect colors to mark their allegiance. Because cultivators didn’t do uniforms.
They were warriors. Heroes. Not soldiers.
Or at least, they weren’t, Jack smirked.
He raised both arms high above his head.
“I demand nothing of the sects, for volunteers have already shown up to be part of this great army. Ready to give their lives. Their souls. Their very identities to protect our great Ten Huo!”
Jack slammed his fist down onto the banister, letting the loud thud echo across the courtyard.
“I present to you, the Steel Paw!”
For the first time since they had arrived, the mystery cultivators stood up, their blue cloaks fluttering in the winds as they pulled back their hood to reveal not faces, but helms.
Helms shaped like a snarling tiger.
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We also have a (surprisingly) active Discord where and I and a few other authors like to hang out: https://discord.gg/RctHFucHaq

Resources for this game have begun floating around and while I created something like this for BOTW for my own personal use, this game is a bit oversized so I thought I’d share my setup.
I present to you my TOTK reference workbook- which contains a spread of five worksheets:
A listing of all armor items, as well as my location notes, set bonus info, and a detailed breakdown for upgrading every armor item all the way through 4 stars
A calculation sheet that will dynamically update your material inventory needs as you upgrade your items should you use the breakdown sheet to track your upgrades (there's over 170 unique items to track!)
A cookbook with all the recipes I have found in-game or online (that I have tested), listing items, minimum heart recovery, minimum time added to an effect, and minimum time earned for all effects (hasty/tough/sneaky/etc). It also dynamically updates if you want to put in specific components to a recipe to see what you’ll get out for hearts or benefit duration
An elixir guide for max benefits - both with Dragon Horns and without. Admittedly, this sheet was used in BOTW and could use updating, but not today. For the most part, it still applies to TOTK - some things have expanded.
A miscellaneous reference sheet - Bargainer Statue coordinates, Koltin Upgrades, Horse Upgrade recipes, some locations and times for Dragon Appearances (note: incomplete and may not be standard across all games - my experience showed that their timing varied in BOTW between game files)
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This spreadsheet is about 90% complete. I’ve personally verified about 60% of the armor upgrades and 95% of everything else. However, I am returning to work on Monday and won’t have 15 hours a day to play around with this absolute time sinkhole of a game so I figured I’d share what I have and I’ll update it when I complete it to my liking. I think it's still a good setup, even somewhat incomplete, no matter where you are in the game.
Details about use are also included as a note in each spreadsheet's top left corner cell. Look for the red triangle. I think it's pretty simple but feel free to also reach out with questions.
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Credit where credit is due:
If the breakdown and calculation sheet look familiar, that’s because they are, kinda - they’re structured similarly to a spreadsheet shared by u/rarmeowz in 2018. However, this beefed-up setup came about because I found it incredibly frustrating that their version did not update totals as I upgraded armor items. I fixed that.
A big thank you to u/Entire_Definition_26 for completing the upgrades and sharing their notes on the spread so that I could finish what I was missing - they’re why this is complete!
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I’m open to suggestions or feedback. I have my formulas protected mostly to ensure functionality for those who are unfamiliar with Excel. The workbook is 100% functional as it is. However, if you believe you can improve on my setup, feel free to reach out and I’ll send over the unlocked version!
I may cross-post this to other TOTK-based communities. Disclaimer: I try to be as accurate as possible but please remember that I am a human. Any and all errors are my own. Feel free to message me to let me know if this spreadsheet is helpful to you or to notify me of an error.
Enjoy!

2-May-2023

• Stability AI releases StableVicuna, the AI World’s First Open Source RLHF LLM Chatbot (https://stability.ai/blog/stablevicuna-open-source-rlhf-chatbot)
• Introducing Lamini, the LLM Engine for Rapidly Customizing Models (https://lamini.ai/blog/introducing-lamini)
• Machine Learning Compilation (https://mlc.ai/index.html)
• The State of Serverless GPUs (https://www.inferless.com/serverless-gpu-market)
• A brief history of LLaMA models (https://agi-sphere.com/llama-models/)
• Study Finds ChatGPT Outperforms Physicians in High-Quality, Empathetic Answers to Patient Questions (https://today.ucsd.edu/story/study-finds-chatgpt-outperforms-physicians-in-high-quality-empathetic-answers-to-patient-questions)
• AI / ML / LLM / Transformer Models Timeline and List (https://ai.v-gar.de/ml/transformetimeline/)
• Speed Is All You Need: On-Device Acceleration of Large Diffusion Models via GPU-Aware Optimizations (https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.11267)
• Italy lifts ban on ChatGPT after data privacy improvements (https://www.dw.com/en/ai-italy-lifts-ban-on-chatgpt-after-data-privacy-improvements/a-65469742)
• We aren't close to creating a rapidly self-improving AI (https://jacobbuckman.substack.com/p/we-arent-close-to-creating-a-rapidly)
• Lawmakers propose banning AI from singlehandedly launching nuclear weapons (https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/28/23702992/ai-nuclear-weapon-launch-ban-bill-markey-lieu-beyer-buck)
• AI News, Explained by GPT-4 (https://www.emergentmind.com/)
• The self-supervised learning cookbook (https://ai.facebook.com/blog/self-supervised-learning-practical-guide/)
• A Photographer Tried to Get His Photos Removed from an AI Dataset. He Got an Invoice Instead. (https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkapb7/a-photographer-tried-to-get-his-photos-removed-from-an-ai-dataset-he-got-an-invoice-instead)
• Develop, optimize and deploy AI models natively on everyone's devices (https://github.com/mlc-ai/mlc-llm)

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3-May-2023

• WangChanGLM — The Multilingual Instruction-Following Model (https://medium.com/airesearch-in-th/wangchanglm-the-thai-turned-multilingual-instruction-following-model-7aa9a0f51f5f)
• Inflection AI launches pi chatbot (https://heypi.com/talk)
• Mojo — a new programming language for all AI developers (https://www.modular.com/mojo)
• Understanding Large Language Models (https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/understanding-large-language-models)
• Avoiding hallucinations in LLM-powered Applications (https://vectara.com/avoiding-hallucinations-in-llm-powered-applications/)
• Samsung bans use of A.I. like ChatGPT for employees after misuse of the chatbot (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/02/samsung-bans-use-of-ai-like-chatgpt-for-staff-after-misuse-of-chatbot.html)
• Job cuts may intensify as IBM plans to use AI to replace 30% of back office jobs (https://www.computerworld.com/article/3694874/job-cuts-may-intensify-as-ibm-plans-to-use-ai-to-replace-30-of-back-office-jobs.html)
• Chatbot ‘journalists’ found running almost 50 AI-generated content farms (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/02/chatbot-journalists-found-running-almost-50-ai-generated-content-farms)
• Jsonformer: Generate structured output from LLMs (https://github.com/1rgs/jsonformer)

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4-May-2023

• HuggingChat Python API (https://www.kdnuggets.com/2023/05/huggingchat-python-api-alternative.html)
• Mojo may be the biggest programming language advance in decades (https://www.fast.ai/posts/2023-05-03-mojo-launch.html)
• OpenLLaMA: An Open Reproduction of LLaMA (https://github.com/openlm-research/open\_llama)
• Replit's new Code LLM: Open Source, 77% smaller than Codex, trained in 1 week (https://www.latent.space/p/reza-shabani#details)
• SparseGPT: Massive Language Models Can Be Accurately Pruned in One-Shot (https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.00774)
• Poisoning Language Models During Instruction Tuning (https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.00944)
• Chatbot Arena: Benchmarking LLMs in the Wild with Elo Ratings (https://lmsys.org/blog/2023-05-03-arena/)
• Evaluate and compare LLM outputs (https://github.com/typpo/promptfoo)
• AI vs. Hollywood: Writers battle “plagiarism machines” in union talks (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/05/ai-vs-hollywood-writers-battle-plagiarism-machines-in-union-talks/)
• AI-generated beer commercial contains joyful monstrosities, goes viral (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/ai-generated-beer-commercial-contains-joyful-monstrosities-goes-viral/)
• Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports pgvector for simplified ML model integration (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/05/amazon-rds-postgresql-pgvector-ml-model-integration/)

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5-May-2023

• Microsoft is dropping a big set of updates to Bing Chat today (Bing Chat Plugins, Multimodal answers, Persistent chat + chat history, No more waitlist to use) (https://twitter.com/nonmayorpete/status/1654018106543554561)
• Distilling Step-by-Step! Outperforming Larger Language Models with Less Training Data and Smaller Model Sizes (https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.02301)
• Google tells staff it plans to limit publishing AI research to 'compete and keep knowledge in house' as its rivalry with Microsoft's OpenAI heats up (https://www.businessinsider.com/google-publishing-less-confidential-ai-research-to-compete-with-openai-2023-4)
• Inflection AI, Startup From Ex-DeepMind Leaders, Launches Pi — A Chattier Chatbot (https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2023/05/02/inflection-ai-ex-deepmind-launches-pi-chatbot/)
• Amazon plans to rework Alexa in the age of ChatGPT (https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/4/23710938/amazon-alexa-ai-chatbot-llm-teaching-model)
• BigCode Project Releases StarCoder: A 15B Code LLM (https://twitter.com/BigCodeProject/status/1654174941976068119)
• Google "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI" (https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither)
• Re-implementing LangChain in 100 lines of code (https://blog.scottlogic.com/2023/05/04/langchain-mini.html)
• WizardLM: Empowering Large Pre-Trained Language Models to Follow Complex Instructions (https://github.com/nlpxucan/WizardLM/tree/main)

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8-May-2023

• MPT-7B: A New Standard for Open-Source, Commercially Usable LLMs (https://www.mosaicml.com/blog/mpt-7b)
• Releasing 3B and 7B RedPajama-INCITE family of models including base, instruction-tuned & chat models (https://www.together.xyz/blog/redpajama-models-v1)
• OpenAI changed its plans and won’t train on customer data, Sam Altman says (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/05/sam-altman-openai-wont-tap-into-customer-apis.html)
• OpenAI vs Open Source LLM Comparison for Document Q&A (https://georgesung.github.io/ai/llm-qa-eval-wikipedia/)
• VardaGPT is a memory-enhanced GPT-2 model powered by Hugging Face Transformers and FAISS (https://github.com/ixaxaaVardaGPT)
• MaMMUT: A simple vision-encoder text-decoder architecture for multimodal tasks (https://ai.googleblog.com/2023/05/mammut-simple-vision-encoder-text.html)
• Practical-Data-Science-Blog (https://github.com/youssefHosni/Practical-Data-Science-Blog)
• Unlimiformer: Long-Range Transformers with Unlimited Length Input (https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.01625)
• VardaGPT is a memory-enhanced GPT-2 model powered by Hugging Face Transformers and FAISS (https://github.com/ixaxaaVardaGPT)
• Deep Reinforcement Learning library focused on improving development by introducing RLOps - MLOps for reinforcement learning (https://github.com/AgileRL/AgileRL)

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9-May-2023

• Introducing Slack GPT, the future of AI in Slack (https://slack.com/intl/en-in/blog/news/introducing-slack-gpt)
• Fixing Hallucination with Knowledge Bases (https://www.pinecone.io/learn/langchain-retrieval-augmentation/)
• Using Images in Your Prompts - The /Blend Feature (https://mjtipsandtricks.substack.com/p/using-images-in-your-prompts-the)
• Running Large Language Models Natively on Mobile and Laptops (https://www.infoq.com/news/2023/05/mlc-llm-mobile-laptops/)
• ChatGPT Code Interpreter (https://twitter.com/skirano/status/1653085442047369217)
• Open-source PaLM models trained at 8k context length (https://www.reddit.com/MachineLearning/comments/13bxu2g/p\_opensource\_palm\_models\_trained\_at\_8k\_context/)
• Google launches demo site for Visual Blocks & Announces Colab Integration (https://www.reddit.com/MachineLearning/comments/13ccho0/d\_google\_launches\_demo\_site\_for\_visual\_blocks/)
• It looks like GPT-4-32k is rolling out (https://community.openai.com/t/it-looks-like-gpt-4-32k-is-rolling-out/194615)
• Reflected Diffusion Models (https://aaronlou.com/blog/2023/reflected-diffusion/)
• DEF CON to set thousands of hackers loose on LLMs (https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/06/ai\_hacking\_defcon/)
• AI’s Ostensible Emergent Abilities Are a Mirage (https://hai.stanford.edu/news/ais-ostensible-emergent-abilities-are-mirage)
• Alphabet to unveil A.I. updates at Google I/O, showing off creative writing and coding capabilities (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/08/google-io-to-feature-ai-updates-showing-off-palm-2-llm.html)
• Efficiently Applying LLMs to Transform Semi-Structured Data (https://www.infoq.com/news/2023/05/data-transformation-using-llms/)
• RasaGPT: headless LLM chatbot platform built on top of Rasa and Langchain (https://github.com/paulpierre/RasaGPT)

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10-May-2023

• Meta open-sources multisensory AI model that combines six types of data (https://ai.facebook.com/blog/imagebind-six-modalities-binding-ai/)
• Machine Learning Containers are Bloated and Vulnerable (https://deep.ai/publication/machine-learning-containers-are-bloated-and-vulnerable)
• Study: AI can predict pancreatic cancer three years ahead of human doctors (https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/09/ai\_pancreatic\_cance)
• Language models can explain neurons in language models (https://openai.com/research/language-models-can-explain-neurons-in-language-models)
• Amazon Is Being Flooded With Books Entirely Written by AI (https://futurism.com/the-byte/amazon-flooded-books-written-by-ai)
• Google's AI chatbot Bard now available for Workspace accounts (https://www.techlusive.in/apps/googles-ai-chatbot-bard-now-available-for-workspace-accounts-1375948/)
• Constitutional AI: RLHF On Steroids (https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/constitutional-ai-rlhf-on-steroids)
• Run inference for Large Language Models on CPU, with Rust (https://github.com/rustformers/llm)
• llm-jeopardy (https://github.com/aigoopy/llm-jeopardy)

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11-May-2023

• Google Bard is now open to over 180 countries, more connected with apps & extensions (https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/google-bard-gets-new-updates-at-google-io-2023-8602245/)
• LMFlow Benchmark: An Automatic Evaluation Framework for Open-Source LLMs (https://www.reddit.com/MachineLearning/comments/13d2vos/r\_lmflow\_benchmark\_an\_automatic\_evaluation/)
• Huggingface Transformers Agent (https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers/transformers\_agents)
• StabGPT: A Tool-Equipped LLM Designed for Improving Social Outcomes (http://sigtbd.csail.mit.edu/pubs/2023/sigtbd23-paper1.pdf)
• A Large Language Model for Healthcare NHS-LLM and OpenGPT (https://aiforhealthcare.substack.com/p/a-large-language-model-for-healthcare)
• Google Chrome Upgrades Web AI Intelligence (https://www.analyticsinsight.net/google-chrome-upgrades-web-ai-intelligence/)
• Google I/O 2023: Making AI more helpful for everyone (https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-io-2023-keynote-sundar-pichai)
• Google launches PaLM 2, its next-gen large language model (https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/google-launches-palm-2-its-next-gen-large-language-model/)
• Google will label fake images created with its A.I. (https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/10/google-will-label-fake-images-created-with-its-ai-.html)
• AI Test Kitchen is a place where people can experience and give feedback on some of Google’s latest AI technologies. (https://aitestkitchen.withgoogle.com/)
• Principle-Driven Self-Alignment of Language Models from Scratch with Minimal Human Supervision (https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.03047)
• Your next Wendy’s drive-thru order may be taken by an A.I. chatbot that understands a ‘milkshake’ is actually a ‘frosty’ in the chain’s lingo (https://fortune.com/2023/05/09/wendys-ai-powered-chatbot-drive-thru-orders/)
• IBM Unveils the Watsonx Platform to Power Next-Generation Foundation Models for Business (https://newsroom.ibm.com/2023-05-09-IBM-Unveils-the-Watsonx-Platform-to-Power-Next-Generation-Foundation-Models-for-Business)

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12-May-2023

• Claude’s expanded context window from 9K to 100K tokens, corresponding to around 75,000 words (https://www.anthropic.com/index/100k-context-windows)
• DeepMind cofounder warns governments seriously need to find solutions for people who lose their jobs to A.I. (https://fortune.com/2023/05/10/artificial-intelligence-deepmind-co-founder-mustafa-suleyman-ubi-governments-seriously-need-to-find-solution-for-people-that-lose-their-jobs/)
• Gandalf – Game to make an LLM reveal a secret password (https://gandalf.lakera.ai/)
• Google needs to stop throwing good money after Bard (https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/10/23710839/google-bard-ai-competition-bing-openai-chatgpt-io)
• Delimiters won’t save you from prompt injection (https://simonwillison.net/2023/May/11/delimiters-wont-save-you/)
• Stability AI releases Stable Animation SDK, a powerful text-to-animation tool for developers (https://stability.ai/blog/stable-animation-sdk)

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15-May-2023

• Web browsing and Plugins are now rolling out in beta (https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes#h\_9894d7b0a4)
• Why Conscious AI Is a Bad, Bad Idea (https://nautil.us/why-conscious-ai-is-a-bad-bad-idea-302937/)
• Google Launches AI Supercomputer Powered by Nvidia H100 GPUs (https://www.tomshardware.com/news/google-a3-supercomputer-h100-googleio)
• Open source codebase powering the HuggingChat app (https://github.com/huggingface/chat-ui)
• Reverse engineered google bard's system prompt (https://twitter.com/bladestatus/1656920476533551104)
• Chatbots Don’t Know What Stuff Isn’t (https://www.quantamagazine.org/ai-like-chatgpt-are-no-good-at-not-20230512/)
• The Vault: A new multilingual dataset for advancing code understanding and generation (https://www.reddit.com/MachineLearning/comments/13fftd7/r\_introducing\_the\_vault\_a\_new\_multilingual/)
• Language Models of Code are Few-Shot Commonsense Learners (https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.07128)
• Bot or Human? Detecting ChatGPT Imposters with A Single Question (https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.06424)
• Training code of the open-source high-performance Llama model, including the full process from pre-training to RLHF (https://github.com/s-JoL/Open-Llama)
• Forefront Chat: Access GPT-4 Completely For Free (https://blog.unlimitedgpt.co/2023/05/forefront-chat-access-gpt4-completely-for-free.html)
• The Dual LLM pattern for building AI assistants that can resist prompt injection (https://simonwillison.net/2023/Ap25/dual-llm-pattern/)
• Run LLama 13B with a 6GB graphics card (https://gist.github.com/rain-1/8cc12b4b334052a21af8029aa9c4fafc)
• GitHub Copilot Chat leaked prompt (https://twitter.com/marvinvonhagen/status/1657060506371346432)

Breakups are undeniably painful and emotionally challenging experiences. However, beneath the surface of heartbreak lies a transformative opportunity for growth and self-discovery. Every breakup can serve as a wake-up call, urging us to reevaluate our lives, learn from our past, and embrace a brighter future. In this article, we delve into the profound lessons that can be learned from the end of a relationship and explore how each breakup can be a catalyst for personal development and newfound wisdom.
When a relationship comes to an end, it can feel as though our world has shattered. The pain and grief are often overwhelming, but within that turmoil lies an invitation for self-reflection and personal growth. Every breakup serves as a wake-up call, a powerful reminder that life is ever-changing, and it is through these transitions that we have the opportunity to discover our true selves.
During the aftermath of a breakup, we are prompted to take a step back and reflect on our role within the relationship. We are challenged to examine our thoughts, actions, and behaviors with a critical eye. This introspection allows us to gain a deeper understanding of our own needs, desires, and shortcomings. It compels us to confront the parts of ourselves that contributed to the relationship's downfall and empowers us to make positive changes.
In the process of self-reflection, we may unearth recurring patterns and behaviors that hindered our ability to maintain a healthy and fulfilling relationship. Perhaps we discover a tendency to avoid vulnerability, or a habit of prioritizing the needs of others at the expense of our own. These revelations can be painful, but they are instrumental in our personal growth journey. By acknowledging these patterns, we can actively work towards breaking free from them, paving the way for healthier connections in the future.
Moreover a breakup offers us the invaluable gift of rediscovering ourselves as individuals. In relationships, we often intertwine our identities with our partners, compromising certain aspects of who we are in the process. However, the end of a relationship provides us with an opportunity to reconnect with our own passions, interests, and aspirations. It allows us to reclaim our independence and develop a stronger sense of self.
The journey of healing after a breakup also cultivates resilience and strength. Navigating the emotional turmoil and rebuilding our lives can be arduous, but it is through these challenges that we discover our inner resilience. We learn that we have the capacity to rise above adversity and come out stronger on the other side. With each setback, we become more adept at coping with heartbreak and better equipped to face future obstacles.
In the wake of a breakup, we redefine our understanding of love and relationships. We gain clarity about our needs, boundaries, and the kind of connection we truly desire. We learn to recognize red flags and toxic dynamics, enabling us to make more informed choices in our future relationships. This newfound wisdom helps us establish healthier and more fulfilling connections based on mutual respect, communication, and compatibility.
Ultimately, every breakup is a wake-up call that compels us to embark on a journey of self-discovery and growth. It challenges us to examine our past, reassess our priorities, and redefine our understanding of love and relationships. While the pain may be intense, it is through this process that we emerge stronger, wiser, and more aligned with our true selves. Embracing the wake-up call of a breakup allows us to transform our lives and create a future that is filled with love, authenticity, and personal fulfillment.

Introduction to Equity Logistics
In the fast-paced world of business, logistics play a vital role in ensuring smooth operations and timely delivery. This is where Equity Logistics comes into the picture as one of India's leading providers of complete logistics solutions. With their comprehensive range of services, state-of-the-art technology, and customer-centric approach, they have earned a reputation for excellence in the industry. In this blog post, we will take a closer look at Equity Logistics and explore why they are considered to be the go-to choice for companies seeking reliable logistics solutions in India. So sit back and read on!
What services does Equity Logistics offer?
Equity Logistics is a leading provider of complete logistics solutions company in India. They offer a wide range of services to their clients that cover all aspects of the supply chain. Their services include transportation, warehousing, customs clearance, freight forwarding, and value-added services.
Transportation is one of the most crucial elements in logistics and Equity Logistics offers various modes of transport such as air, sea and road. They have an extensive network across India which ensures timely delivery of goods to their destination.
The company also provides safe and secure warehousing facilities for its clients to store their products. Their warehouses are equipped with advanced technology that helps them track inventory levels accurately.
Customs clearance can be a tedious process but Equity Logistics makes it hassle-free for its customers by handling all customs-related paperwork on behalf of their clients. This saves time and money while ensuring compliance with regulations.
Freight forwarding is yet another service offered by Equity Logistics wherein they provide end-to-end solutions for shipping cargo from one place to another. They partner with major carriers worldwide to ensure cost-effective shipping options for their customers.
Value-added services like packaging, labeling or kitting are also provided by the company which adds value to the entire supply chain operations. Equity Logistics' comprehensive range of services sets them apart from other logistics providers in India.
Benefits of using Equity Logistics
Equity Logistics is a leading provider of complete logistics solutions in India. They offer a wide range of services that can help businesses streamline their supply chain and improve operational efficiency. Here are some benefits of using Equity Logistics:
Firstly, they have a team of experienced professionals who have expertise in the logistics industry. This means that they understand the challenges faced by businesses and can provide customized solutions to meet their unique needs.
Secondly, Equity Logistics has state-of-the-art technology that allows them to track shipments in real-time and monitor inventory levels. This helps businesses to manage their inventory effectively and ensure timely delivery of goods.
Thirdly, partnering with Equity Logistics can reduce transportation costs for businesses as they have an extensive network of carriers and warehouses across India.
Fourthly, by outsourcing logistics operations to Equity Logistics, businesses can focus on core activities such as product development and marketing which ultimately leads to increased profitability.
Working with Equity Logistics provides access to valuable data insights that can be used for future planning purposes such as forecasting demand or optimizing inventory levels based on historical trends.
These are just some benefits of using Equity Logistics. By partnering with them, businesses not only gain access to quality services but also achieve greater operational efficiency at reduced costs.
How do they ensure quality in their services?
Equity Logistics takes their commitment to quality seriously. They have a dedicated team that ensures all their services are up to the mark and meet industry standards.
One way they ensure this is by having a robust quality management system in place. This includes regular audits, training programs for employees, and continuous improvement initiatives.
They also use advanced technology solutions like GPS tracking and real-time reporting to monitor shipments and provide customers with accurate information about their cargo's location and status.
Additionally, they prioritize transparency in all aspects of their operations. Customers can access detailed reports on pricing, transit times, delivery schedules, and more through an online portal. This level of visibility helps build trust between Equity Logistics and its clients.
Equity Logistics understands that quality is not just about meeting customer expectations but exceeding them. Their dedication to excellence sets them apart from other logistics service providers in India.
Case studies
Case studies are an essential tool that Equity Logistics uses to showcase their success stories and demonstrate how they can help customers achieve their logistics goals. These case studies provide real-life examples of how the company has helped its clients overcome various challenges in supply chain management, transportation, warehousing, and distribution.
For instance, one case study involves a large automotive parts manufacturer that was struggling with inefficient inventory management and high transportation costs. Equity Logistics worked closely with the client to design a customized logistics solution that included optimized routes for inbound materials and outbound finished products. The result was a significant reduction in both inventory holding costs and transportation expenses.
Another case study showcases how Equity Logistics helped an e-commerce retailer streamline its order fulfillment process while maintaining competitive pricing. By leveraging advanced technology solutions such as WMS (Warehouse Management System) and TMS (Transportation Management System), the company was able to improve visibility into inventory levels across multiple warehouses and optimize delivery routes based on customer demand patterns.
These case studies demonstrate how Equity Logistics goes above-and-beyond to deliver complete logistics solutions that meet each client's unique needs- from small businesses to large enterprises – across all industry sectors.
Tips on choosing the right logistics service provider
Choosing the right logistics service provider can be a daunting task, especially when you're dealing with valuable products and tight deadlines. Here are some tips to help you make an informed decision:
1. Look for experience: A logistics company with years of experience in the industry is more likely to have better systems in place than a new start-up.
2. Consider their network: Check whether the logistics service provider has a strong network and partnerships with other players in the supply chain.
3. Verify their certifications: Ensure that your chosen logistics provider is certified by relevant regulatory bodies such as ISO 9001 or TAPA.
4. Evaluate their technology: Choose a company that uses modern technology such as GPS tracking, warehouse management systems, and online shipment tracking platforms.
5. Assess their customer service: Ask around or read reviews about how responsive and helpful they are when issues arise.
By considering these factors, you'll be able to narrow down your options and choose a reliable logistics partner who will provide quality services tailored to your business needs.
Testimonials
Testimonials are an essential aspect of any logistics solutions company. They provide insight into the quality and level of service that a business provides to its clients. At Equity Logistics, we take pride in our testimonials as they demonstrate our commitment to excellence.
Our satisfied customers attest to the professionalism and dedication of our team members who go above and beyond to deliver complete logistics solutions tailored to their needs. Our testimonials showcase how we have helped businesses streamline their supply chain processes, reduce costs, increase efficiency, and meet deadlines.
We feature these testimonials on our website so that potential clients can read about other companies' experiences with us before making their decision. It is important for us that prospective clients feel confident about partnering with us for their logistics requirements.
At Equity Logistics, we value feedback from all our clients whether positive or negative as it helps us improve continuously. We believe in maintaining long-term relationships with all our customers by providing them with top-quality services consistently.
At Equity Logistics, customer satisfaction is always at the forefront of everything we do. Our testimonials reflect this commitment and advocate for what makes us one of India's leading providers of complete logistics solutions company.
Conclusion
To sum up, Equity Logistics is the leading logistics solutions company in India that provides end-to-end supply chain management services. From warehousing and transportation to customs clearance and freight forwarding, they offer a comprehensive range of services to meet all your supply chain needs.
Their commitment to quality, reliability and efficiency makes them an ideal partner for businesses looking for a trusted logistics provider. With their experienced team and state-of-the-art technology, they ensure that your goods are transported safely and securely from point A to point B.
By choosing Equity Logistics as your logistics partner, you can rest assured that you are in good hands. Their track record of success speaks for itself with numerous satisfied clients across various industries.
So if you’re looking for a reliable logistics solutions company in India that offers customized solutions tailored to your specific needs, look no further than Equity Logistics. Contact them today to learn more about how they can streamline your supply chain processes and help take your business to new heights!

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I have been knitting on and off for about a year. I am currently making a long jumper / nightie.
I notice that cable patterns almost invariably have the background in pearl stitches / reverse stockinette. Wanting to experiment, I did some cabling with a different colour yarn, on a moss stitch background and it worked.
Getting excited with this success, I decided to try a two colour design on the back of the jumper, (I have done successful two colour beanies) - and I intended to have one colour in knit stitches on a background of othercolour purls, so that the knit would stick out (like a cable) and contrast with the purl background both in colour and texture. BUT - the knit stiches were not raised but sunken in, while the purl were raised. What's going wrong? Everywhere I look, in cables, the purls are low and the knits are high - is this not univeral? How should I go about achieving this?
If I have gone off FAQ / Guidelines, please be gentle I am new here and it's my first post. Let me know and I'll come back after checking them again.

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Tw, topics of abuse, war, disaster, mutating and child sacrifice Long post, im sorry for my bad english.
This might be weird question but recently I have been finally designing and improving importent characters in universe, and to do it, im doing these funny ,,meet my OCs'' memes... But they always need moral alignments.
I know only that main character is lawful neutral, and very morally grey. But... I have sort of problem with other characters. Can somebody help me with naming their moral alignments?
General universe concept, shortly, to get you into idea: Horror-Drama, with fantasy race called (but only called) vampires, being exiled and finding underground place, thousands of years its thriving hidden cyberpunk world, when planet earth is dying outside and humans are trying to break in, to avoid dying out from eco-disaster. In same time, vampires and some other races are struggling with mutating from radiation from crystals, that left from mysterious apocalypse that made antic underground race vanish. Vampires want to leave, and rebel, but king uses violence to silent them.
Now, to characters (btw, don't give me tips how to improve em much, this universe is just for fun of creation)
Main 1 - Shapeshifter dragon that failed fight with king and becomed his puppet, hiding in disguise of young vampire. Does not understends vampires but tries to. Has agression problems, but takes medicine that makes him calmer, but is still maniacal in fight, because, as dragon, this is what he is created for, his species was meant to kill during first undeworld's doom (tho, he didn't fought during it, he's way too young, it was many generations past him, its just insticts) Generally mostly protects vampires from mutants, that are big danger, but is also sadist in battle, mostly to enemies, such as humans who are trying to break into underground. Tries his best to protect others, and to actually do good... But also kills citizens that his king marks as rebels, because king brainwashed him into thinking its for good, because ,,they are breaking rules.''. Later, realizes its horrible, as requests are being worse and worse, but can't escape because of becoming too weak from meds, and possibility of dying, including being hunted by angry citizens and king himself. King made him not socialize much besides training army and talking with other importent in nation people, making him lack friends to turn for help. Depressed but hides it. Finally, kills king as that man tries to sacrifice his own (king's) daughter to ancient gods. In side story part, he tries to protect second dragon, from weaker breed, water one, healer. She's my friend's OC, and is generally endangered fauna part, shapeshifter too. That woman makes soldier dragon open up his eyes a bit, but also calms him down, finally becoming much needed friend to him, and later his wife. He's very protective to her, and causes whole change into terrarin by requesting labs to make more lakes and rivers and seas, for water fauna and flora, and to improvment of artifical water. Tries to do good but does bad, against his will. Tho, finally gets break from killing innocent, as king dies.
Main 2 - Opposite of first, wants revolution. When he was young, king marked his parents as rebels, killing them in process, on his very eyes, sending dragon main to do it (importent, dragon main was also younger here and didn't understood much from it). This made him grow bitter, anxious, before it growing into agression and hate for goverment and brutal military. He starts revolution, encouraged by older guy, who becomes his right-hand man. Its firstly pacifist, but as more citizens join, angry for blood of ones who harmed them, leader himself gets into agression. He gets corrupted by power and feeling fear of goverment, first time meeting such of big danger, but he's also ignoring innocent victims. Revolution starts vandalizing firstly, before burning warehouses with food (mistaking them for weapon ones), murdering head of propaganda media and, in end, causing civil war. It ends with many innocent victims, causing even main 1 to break down, calling main 2 to hipocryte and corrupted hero.
Now, to other characters.
Goverment:
King - Started as anxious and depressed prince, progressed into tyrannical and depressed, insane king, and this is stage where story begins. He generally wants better for people, but knows that humans will kill vampires and others. Mutation causes him to lose his temper and mind, making him more agressive, in pain and (sometimes) feral, and as story progresses, he's more and more abusive to his daughter, (mostly) dragon main and secretary. Manipulates dragon main and many of other military leaders, to create vision of holding control and making good, when he himself knows its not true and that what he does is evil. He hates himself deeply for what he has done, and knows that both world above and staying in underground means death, and that citizens won't listen to him, he already tried paciftist ways. He simply does not see way from this situation. When his cousin wants to create country himself, he's against it. Gets manipulated by leader of army, into thinking that these lands belong to him. In effect, said leader and his wife start war with south of underworld, killing even more citizens. Tries to create magical energy barrier by sacrificing his daughter to ancient godness.
King's Cousin/King 2 - Opposite of king, one that listens to his citizens and is much calmer. Belives that they will someday escape, until sad news that it won't work. Still, he tries to make many festivals and give fun to his people, to brighten their days with all sorts of funny activites, creating nice place for them. As private person, he's a bit chaotic but in mostly good way. Is kinda this weird dude who loves to make others blush, by sending them compliments and smug remarks, but never steps too far. Has open relationship with his wife, that she herself suggested, because of them being not very compatibile with views in bed. Apart from it, they are loyal to each other and love their other half, might actually have most healthy relationship it this universe. When war breaks into his country, he makes sure everyone is safe, and tries to end it. Saddly, his wife dies in final battle, with general of Northern underworld killing her. With this, he becomes depressed, but still tries to keep everyone happy, in his now free country. Many years after war, he sacrifices himself, afraid that he will also mutate into something like his cousin, because of strong power that comes before mutation.
Leader of air forces - One of leaders that keep North in check. Victim of her father, who abused her and got into her mind, that only brutal man will be worthy spouse. Tried to heal by dating dragon main, but trauma was too much. In fact, with how polite he was, she got agressive and abused him mentally, making him feel unworthy of love. After this, she started to date General, who was known as big brute. She was victim of him, but tried to act like its okay, and brushed all people who tried to help her. She takes part in war with Southern Underground, not seeing issues with it. She generally wants profit and fame, because this is what she lost in her past, because of theatre where she worked as top actress burning up, wounding her and stripping her from everything she had.
General - Artifical made vampire-soldier, big brute with no reedeming traits. Personalization of my very own fear of war. He's brutal, sadistic and only cares about money, fame and beating weaker ones. Rules? Who cares, most importent is fun! Oh, fun will be murdering innocents? Who cares! This is his point of view. He also harms his wife, and most of other goverment leaders.
Scientist - She was head of royal lab, seeking potion of eternal life. Shockingly to others, she actually created it, and drinked it other day. It didn't worked as planned, making her much younger, both physically and, kinda, mentally, changing her into mid teen. From this time, she's object of jokes, but does not care. She generally does not care about most of stuff, including what happens outside lab. On request tho, she improved artifical sky and waters with her technology, creating ilussion of underground being outside world.
Media head - Man who only cares about profit and fame, again. Got into his role with boot licking to goverment and his manipulation powers. Spreads propaganda everywhere, to get money from hosting his tv program and silencing medias that support rebels, revolution or even speak bad about king. Is general jerk in private life. Victim of Revolucionists, who killed him.
Secretary - Probably my favorite character apart from dragon main. Man who was cheerful and full of energy as young, and was friend with (also young back then) dragon main, before accident in battlefield, when their both, as leaders, made mistakes. This mistake nearly costed his dear friend life, and he really blames himself, as much as dragon main blames himself too. With it, their friendship broke up progressivly.
In general, with where story is, he's old sad man, who retired from army to work on papers. He, as only character, knows that world above underground is dying out, and knows everything is pointless and that they all are doomed. Despite it, he secretly helps ones marked by king as rebels, helping them hide and survive. Yet, all his sucesses are also fails of dragon main, who is tortured mentally and physically because of it, and secretary gets even more sad because of it. He, as goverment part, hates goverment himself, and views them as villians, apart from king's cousin and dragon main, who he sees as misguided, either thinking about him as lost sheep or tool in hands of tyrant. In the end, for brief moment he becomes king, before princess becomes queen, and fires both general and air forces leader, and ends war with South. He, as only character here, dies peacefully, from old age.
Princess/Queen - Character that I pretty much need to work on. No, generally, im too focused on war part, im forgetting she exists- She's pretty young at start, being naive, and not knowing what her dad does. After king tries to sacrifice her, she becomes traumatized, but gets therapy. Still, wounds never close, and it has left marks on her mental health. With her becoming queen, she tries to fix all wrong doings of her father, completly changing how army worked, changing role of dragon main into just mutant-killing-soldier and creating alliance with her uncle, fixing all damage that has not been fixed. She sacrifices herself in end of her life, knowing that she is next in line to mutate into something too powerful to be stopped without problem, like her dad.
Others: ,,Fox'' - Revolution leader's right hand man. Old man who's dad, soldier, got killed when trying to cross border of underworld and surface, making ,,Fox'' deeply hate military and rules that king set. He has agression problems, and struggles with alcoholism. In general, wants anarchy and doom of goverment. With story progression, starts being more and more agressive in attacks on goverment, taking lead himself, and younger leader is too blind to see bad sides of it. With his death during civil war, leader is shaken, blaming goverment, starting worst part of war. Besides of being in rage and bitter, he has daughter himself, and tries his best to keep her life good, and quit alcohol for her. He wants to belive for better tomorrow for her, and is afraid she will get hurt by goverment, like his father did, dying because rule of not leaving underground.
Cez - Only character I will name here, because I have no nickname for them. Right-hand-person of dragon main, in slaying mutants. Generally cares about safety of people, and her leader's good health, both physical and mental. Likes to keep good atmosphere in their military group, tho might be seen as a bit of cold to public eye. Is bitter to king's rules, but does not go against it, yet complaining about sudden rule of killing revolutionists, but not supporting them anymore when they become too hostile.