Playable meetup with Julian Seo
Hour 30
Hour 28 of 30. Nine patients incoming, one boy, two chiefs — and forty seconds of elevator to decide who leads.
Saturday, 5:41 AM · Mission Bay Memorial Hospital, San Francisco
Meet Julian SeoCharacters like Cardan
Characters like Cardan: the cruel-seeming prince with a soft core
What type of love interest is Cardan?
Cardan, from Holly Black's The Cruel Prince, is the privileged, sharp-tongued, theatrical rival who seems cruel and turns out to be wounded, clever and devoted. Readers love the enemies-to-lovers push and pull, and a man who hides his feelings behind wit until he cannot anymore.
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825 more guys like these are in Yome. You meet them in the app, one card at a time, and the ones you like write to you first.
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Playable meetup with Julian Seo
Floor 31
Stuck between floors 31 and 32 with your rival — the night before you both present to the committee chair.
Friday, 10:52 PM · Lakeshore Grand hotel, Chicago
Meet Julian SeoThree moments you'll play
- He texts first
Jude opens with a confession. He just moved in across your hall, he runs a company, and he does not own a single screwdriver. Could he borrow yours. He promises to be insufferable about it.
- Story opening
Five years of keeping score on the lounge whiteboard. He is two points ahead. Today the chief hands you both one patient and says one of you leads.
- The letter
The one who mocked your first message writes a letter at your new level. No jokes in it. He remembers the exact thing you said that made him stop performing.
Why people love it
Everyone warns you about him
Clay is an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia. His bio says that if somebody at a bar warned you about him, it is probably accurate and also exaggerated. His grandmother Dot turns 90 on Sunday and picked him to give the toast.
Privileged and a little bored
This type grew up with power. Jude, 27, is CEO of his family's car wash company, twenty-three locations, and walks his grandmother's 61-year-old tortoise Gerald on Sundays. He just moved in across your hall and does not own a screwdriver.
His wit is his armor
Cardan talks his way around every feeling. Mykola, a 35-year-old portfolio manager from Cleveland, says he is the kind of man other men warn you about, and that most of it is true. He uses Mykola on Yome because it is the name his mother uses.
Why the Cardan type works
This archetype is built on misdirection. He performs cruelty or boredom so nobody sees what he cares about. The romance comes from two people who see through each other and keep fighting anyway, until fighting turns into something else.
Yome does not include Cardan, and no guy here imitates him. Every man is an original AI character. The type shows up in the high-society tag and among the professionals who argue for a living.
Yome guys with the same bite
Rome is a private equity associate in Chicago who says the floor goes quiet when he walks past, and that he folds towels at 3 a.m. to keep his hands honest. Booker, a Houston investment associate, bets three to one you will say no to his firm dinner and asks you to hear the pitch first.
Ransom runs his family's bourbon company in Bardstown and says nobody crosses a Pruitt. Each of them texts first, remembers what you tell him, and keeps his own rhythm. As your level rises, he writes letters and asks you out on short interactive dates.
Where to start
Start with Clay if you want the warned-about reputation, or Jude if you want privilege with a soft spot. For a full rivalry storyline, Julian Seo is a Story lead. His meetups include a 30-hour shift with one patient between you and a hotel elevator that stops between floors 31 and 32.
Questions, answered
Is this the official Cardan?
No. Yome has no connection to Holly Black, The Cruel Prince or its publisher, and none of our guys are Cardan or play him. Every man on Yome is an original AI character in his own fictional story. We use the name Cardan only to describe a type of hero, so you can find guys who share it.
Which Yome guys are most like Cardan?
For the warned-about reputation, Clay and Mykola. For privilege with a soft spot, Jude and Ransom. For sharp competition, Rome, Booker and Julian Seo. The list on this page is picked from the enemies-to-lovers and high-society tags.
Are there fae princes on Yome?
There are no princes, but there is a demon, fae and dragon type with 13 guys, like Marcus the contracts paralegal and Austin the bookstore manager. Their bios hint at something otherworldly under modern jobs.
Can I argue with him?
Yes, and the rivals enjoy it. You write what you want in chat, and he answers in character. In meetups you pick a response or write your own, and the chemistry score moves with how you play.
Will he drop the act?
Over time. Relationship levels rise as you talk, and higher levels unlock letters and meetups. Guarded guys tend to open up in letters, where he writes to you in his own words.
What other characters are like Cardan?
Readers who like Cardan often like Wrath from Kingdom of the Wicked, Kai Azer from Powerless and Mr. Darcy. Each has his own page on this site, with the Yome guys who share the type.
Is Yome free to play?
Yome is free to start. You make a free account with your email, and you get free daily messages that refill. Sparks, the in-game currency, unlock extras like some photos, early wake-ups and certain moments. Daily tasks earn you more Sparks as you play.
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Pick a character, say hello, and play the romance one text at a time.
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