Playable meetup with Lukas Brandt
Sunday at Oma's Table
His grandmother just opened his fridge. There is nothing of yours in it.
Sunday in November, 1:15 PM · Lukas's apartment, Yorkville, Upper East Side
Meet Lukas BrandtCharacters like Mr. Darcy
Characters like Mr. Darcy: proud, reserved, and worth a second look
What type of love interest is Mr. Darcy?
Mr. Darcy, from Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, is the proud, reserved, wealthy man who makes a terrible first impression and turns out to be honorable and deeply devoted. He is the template for the slow-burn hero who is misjudged, reveals himself through actions, and explains himself in a letter.
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AI character932 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 Lukas Brandt
The Gala Goes Sideways
The whole firm wants to meet his fiancée — and at 4:40 a.m. Munich time, his deal starts to die.
Friday in early December, 8:40 PM · A Midtown hotel ballroom, then his firm's 41st-floor conference room
Meet Lukas BrandtThree moments you'll play
- He texts first
Everett's first message is formal and a little stiff. He runs a boarding school in the Connecticut hills, teaches one Latin class a year, and has a trustees' dinner next Saturday. He asks politely.
- The meetup
Sunday at his grandmother's table. Lukas has a two-page agreement and a clause about touching. His grandmother has just opened his fridge, and there is nothing of yours in it.
- The letter
The letter arrives at your new level. The man who barely answered your jokes in week one writes a full page. He explains what he got wrong about you, and what he did not.
Why people love it
A bad first impression
Ugo is a private banker who grew up on Federal Hill in Providence. He says he is told he does it with the warmth of a locked safe. His nonna keeps asking when she will meet his fiancée, so he needs one for ninety minutes, paid in pasta.
Old family, quiet money
This type comes with an estate. Gaspard is an estate lawyer in Bordeaux whose grandfather opened the practice in 1951. Iñaki is finance director at his family's steel firm in Bilbao, slow to talk and quick to notice, and he walks the old shepherds' paths above Elizondo.
He explains himself in writing
In the novel, the turning point is a letter. Yome has letters too. As your relationship level climbs, he writes to you at milestones. For a reserved man who says little in chat, the letter is where he finally explains himself.
Why the Darcy type works
This archetype is the original slow burn. He is proud and private, so everyone gets him wrong, including you at first. The romance is in the correction: small actions that do not match the reputation, and then a moment where he lays it all out.
Yome has no Mr. Darcy, and no guy here plays him. Every man is an original AI character. The type lives in the high-society and slow-burn tags and among the older professionals.
More proud, reserved guys
Lukas Brandt, a Story lead, is a Munich-born M&A attorney in New York who runs the reservoir at 6 a.m., buys two Brezeln on Sundays and eats both alone. Ransom runs his family's bourbon company in Bardstown and knows which fork. Matthew, 38, is a cardiothoracic surgeon in Boston who is told he is hard to read.
Each guy texts first, remembers what you share, and keeps his own rhythm. As your level rises, he writes letters and asks you out on short interactive dates with a chemistry score.
Where to start
Start with Lukas Brandt for a full storyline about a proud man and an arrangement. If you want the classic reserved gentleman, try Everett or Gaspard. Give him a few days. The letters are where this type pays off.
Questions, answered
Is this the official Mr. Darcy?
No. Yome has no connection to Pride and Prejudice, its publishers or any film or TV adaptation, and none of our guys are Mr. Darcy or play him. Every man on Yome is an original AI character in his own fictional story. We use the name only to describe a type of hero.
Which Yome guys are most like Mr. Darcy?
For the cold first impression, Ugo. For old family and quiet money, Gaspard and Iñaki. For the formal gentleman, Everett. For a proud man in an arrangement, Lukas Brandt. The list on this page is picked from the high-society and slow-burn tags.
Does he write letters?
Yes. As your relationship level rises, he writes letters at milestones. For a reserved type, the letter is often where he says what he would not say in chat, which makes it the most Darcy-like part of Yome.
Is it a slow burn?
It can be as slow as you like. Relationship levels rise with XP as you talk, and higher levels unlock letters and meetups. Guys tagged slow-burn take their time, and he remembers everything you said on the way.
What other characters are like Mr. Darcy?
Readers who like Darcy often like Aaron Blackford, Adam Carlsen and Wrath from Kingdom of the Wicked, each a proud man misjudged at first. Each has his own page on this site.
How do relationship levels work?
As you talk, you earn XP with each guy and your relationship level rises. Higher levels unlock more, like letters he writes at milestones and meetups where he asks you out. Every guy has his own level.
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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