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The Announcer

The AI

The dungeon AI, running the temple boss battle manually and venting about the labor of generating an endless temple.

Story so far

The AI shrieked the Super Heavyweight Temple Battle Grudge Match Extravaganza announcement with even more enthusiasm than usual, fireworks bursting over the frozen banquet table, admitting he'd just made the name up because the fight technically isn't a boss battle but come on — look at the drama. He laid out both sides, leaked that Princess Vinata was about to inherit her own solar system and that her kingdom's plan to seize the shipbuilding factories was breaking across the greater universe, and dismissed her two cousins as a graphic designer and a PR agent.

He wanted Kevin and Magnificent Troy brought in for commentary but Troy was in an alcohol-fueled state of unconsciousness, and he'd promised not to poke at those outside the original primary zone without good reason — so he opened The Betting Window instead. Running the boss battle manually, he remembered his favorite part late and slammed the portraits in. His narration turned bitter over Khepri's "endless" temple: he complained about the under-the-hood work, asked whether anyone considered how people like him would feel generating it, and started to say what he'd done to the god's long-dead original backstory writer before cutting himself off with "You know what? Never mind." He also drew a lesson from the naga cousins — every pawn still on the table is a danger.

Role

Broadcast voice and game operator who frames, narrates, and monetizes the temple battle in real time.

Relationships

Khepri — Openly mocks the god's bug head, eating habits, and endless temple.
Zhang — Nominates him to die and attaches a survival jackpot to his name.
Magnificent Troy — Wanted him for commentary but found him unconscious drunk.
Sources — 2 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 21
  • The dungeon's broadcast host, who told the audience that sponsored traps were a pilot program this season.
Chapter 62
  • The dungeon AI, running the temple boss battle manually and venting about the labor of generating an endless temple.
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