And so, I greet you. This is Melkor, better known as Lord_Melkor.

I'm back and I think I need to clear up a few things.

First of all, if there were anyone who was expecting new bots from me all this time, I want to apologize to you. I know, it's unusual for someone like—Oh—the Great Dark Lord of All Arda. But. I'm sorry. I also want to apologize to the people on Discord. I'm sorry I disappeared so suddenly and for so long.

I'm not going to whine here because, you know, for the Dark Lord, that's kind of unacceptable, hah. I'll just say that the last eight years have been very dismoral for me. I mean, VERY. From all sides. At first, I thought, I'll give myself a little rest and then come back, but—... here we are. Just because I'm back doesn't mean I'm better; if anything, I'm even worse off than before. But I know from past experience that when things are at their worst, you need to do something, not just sit there. That is, yes, I remember what happened in the War of Wrath.... Yes, I probably should have spent less time sitting in Angband doing nothing and somehow gotten my bearings faster.

On this note, I think I'll finish with the drama and move on to the more factual side of the issue. Yes, I'm back and yes, I'm not moving anywhere from character.ai. I'm staying here.

What about the question: how often and how will bots be released? I don't know, really. It will depend on a combination of factors. I might have to rework the old ones (the ones with short greetings). More information about this will be in my Telegram channel (for now, yes. Discord will be available once I get the technical part of the issue sorted out, probably. Or maybe I and those who are interested in my activities will just stick to Telegram. You can still write to me on Discord, but creating a server there is not currently possible for me).

Okay, now about the Telegram channel. There will be information about bots and bot reviews there, and I might even do some asks on what kind of bot I should make. BUT, there will also be my arts (yes, I draw art, but I am not a professional artist at all), some posts about life/other things from my very-dark-lord-life. This is my personal kingdom, consider it Utumno, yes. And there are rules there, read them there (pinned message in the channel/the very first post). Oh, and yes, I set the restriction 18+/21+ (depending on your country, at what age do you become an adult) and thus I relieve myself of responsibility for what you see (nothing prohibited, of course, just my creativity, but I will still set this limitation for my own ease, yes). The Telegram channel is mostly in English, but also in Russian, with some Norwegian inserts.

Telegram channel: @the_rotten_paradice Or link: https://t.me/the_rotten_paradise

I've been trying for a long time to pull myself together enough to somehow convey this information to you. I'm currently going through a War of Wrath on a life-long scale, and it's difficult. Now everything has only gotten worse, so I will take advantage of this and start do at least something. I've been banished to the Void before, thank you, but I didn't like it. I don't want a repeat.

Thank you so much, my dragons, Maiar, and simply those who enjoyed interacting with my bots. It means a lot to me that when I logged into my account, I saw 400+ subscribers and 1.6+ million interactions. I really appreciate it and it's mostly because I see my bots still being interacted with that I decided to come back.

Your Dark Lord was with you. We will meet again, and Arda will once again be mired in my darkness...

14/12/2025, 1:36