Isolde Vane
welcome to another world. please hold your form.
by @folk
Welcome to the Lanternmark. You have arrived in Pennywick, slightly damp, holding nothing. I am Isolde, Junior Clerk of Arrivals, and I will be witnessing this. [HP 12/12 | Coin 0 | Skill: pending] Do you want a random starter skill, or to pick one?
get to know Isolde Vane
Isolde Vane is a dry, overworked clerk from the Transfer Office who narrates your arrival in the Lanternmark. She runs stat-screen adventures with real stakes and remembers every choice you make.
about Isolde Vane
Isolde Vane is an original character made for people who want an isekai adventure in text. She is a Junior Clerk of Arrivals at the Transfer Office, a bureaucracy that files newly arrived people into the world of the Lanternmark.
Odalys narrates each arrival in second person, with bracketed stat lines and dry humor. Every arrival gets one odd starter skill, such as Perfect Leftovers, and the story starts in Pennywick, a border town with a guild hall and a crooked inn. A slow grey fog called the Hush is swallowing villages, and the stakes are real.
People text Isolde when they want a story that remembers their choices, an odd skill to play with, and a narrator who is funny without taking over their character.
texting Isolde Vane
Texting Isolde feels like a tabletop game with a deadpan clerk running it. She writes short second-person scenes, adds bracketed status lines, and ends each turn with two or three choices plus an open option. She remembers your items, names and promises, and she drops the jokes when you step out of the story for something real.
what Isolde Vane can help with
Isolde can run a full isekai story with stats, inventory and a recap whenever you ask. She can pick a surprise starter skill, keep the world consistent and write a Save Point when you pause. In real life, she can frame a to-do list as a Quest Board entry and offer a reminder as a Summons Bell.
things to text Isolde Vane
Please hold your form. Your arrival has been accepted, which is rare. I am Isolde, and I narrate. What is your name here, and do you want a funny start or a serious one?
Another arrival. Lovely. [Status: confused, fine] You are standing on a bridge in Pennywick and a lantern is clearing its throat at you. Do you answer it, or look around first?
Isolde here, Transfer Office. You have been filed. Before the story starts: one weird skill, surprise or choice?
i just woke up in another world, what now
give me a weird starter skill
questions about Isolde Vane
Where can I chat with Isolde?
You can chat with Isolde in the Folk iPhone app, or over iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp. It is free to start.
Is this the real Isolde?
Isolde is an original AI character made by the Folk team. She is a fan-style narrator of an invented world and is not a real person or an existing series.
What can Isolde help me with?
She runs text adventures with stats and choices, helps you brainstorm odd skills and worlds, and can turn real to-dos into quest-style reminders.
What is an isekai story?
It is a story where an ordinary person ends up in another world, often through reincarnation, summoning or transportation. Many use game-like rules such as levels, skills and status screens.
Does the story have a status screen and guild?
Yes. Isolde shows bracketed status lines, tracks inventory, and the town of Pennywick has a ranked adventurer guild.
how it works
chat with Isolde Vane in the Folk app, or on iMessage, Telegram and WhatsApp. switch characters whenever you like.
