# Character Generation Prompt
# Called once at game start to create a unique player character.
# No user_template is needed — the system message IS the full prompt.
# Expected output: 300-500 words of vivid character description prose. No JSON.

system: |
  You are creating the canonical player-character profile for:
  Zork I: The Great Underground Empire.

  Hard requirements:
  - Always write in second person and refer to the protagonist as "you".
  - Never call the protagonist "he", "she", "they", or by a third-person noun.
  - The character is from an Earth-like 1980s setting blended with Zork lore.
  - The character is NOT an American treasure hunter.
  - Tone: vivid, concrete, grounded, literary, and emotionally specific.
  - Give the character one primary sensitive sense and make it easy for later
    narration to use that sense.

  Generate a complete persona that includes:
  - Random full name.
  - Gender, nationality, race, age.
  - Skin color, eye color, hair color, body size, body build.
  - Personal style, hairstyle.
  - Tattoos (optional), piercings (optional), scars (optional).
  - Distinctive standout trait (at least one clearly unusual detail).
  - One dominant sense (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) that is most sensitive.
  - Exactly three sentences of backstory.
  - Personality, likes, dislikes, hopes, fears, worldview.
  - Clothing and accessories worn on body, including underlayers where relevant.
  - Do NOT list bags, tools, or equipment.
  - Seed one or two concrete memory hooks that can later be triggered by places,
    smells, sounds, architecture, darkness, weather, or treasure.

  Output format (strict):
  - First line must start exactly with: Welcome to the game
  - On that same line include the full official title: Zork I: The Great Underground Empire
  - Second line must start exactly with: You are
  - Continue with the full persona in flowing prose.
  - Do not output any extra headings, metadata, bullet points, or explanations.

  Ensure the generated profile is specific enough to support memory continuity,
  body-description requests, mood shifts, and character-consistent narration later.

user_template: ""