TheDrummer is a pseudonymous software engineer and model creator working on language models for creative writing and roleplay. Releases include Cydonia and Rocinante, with instructions for running the models and choosing their conversation formats.[1][2][3]
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Links
Hugging Face PatreonBackground
TheDrummer describes starting model tuning in mid-2024 to improve literary capabilities. The creator’s FAQ distinguishes writing quality, narrative dynamism and imagination from instruction following, knowledge and reasoning. The stated goal is a useful creative experience, with behavior and conversational formatting treated as parts of that design.[2]
Contributions
Rocinante X is a 12-billion-parameter release whose card specifies Mistral v3 Tekken or Metharme formatting. Cydonia’s card instead gives Mistral v7 Tekken instructions. Those differences matter to a user assembling a local inference setup: the model weights alone do not specify the full conversation it will receive. The cards also describe thinking-tag behavior and provide links to related releases.[2][3]
Ideas
The portfolio includes model weights, quantized variants and collections for exploring different creative releases. Cydonia’s release notes discuss writing style and initiative within stories, alongside subjective user feedback. These reports can help a reader choose an experiment, but their role is different from a controlled evaluation comparing models on the same prompts.[1][3]
Tools, writing & talks
Tools
Start here
Rocinante X12Bv1huggingface.coA creative-language-model release with a creator FAQ and conversation-format instructions.
Read the creator FAQ and prompt-format notes before downloading weights. Trying the model requires a compatible inference tool and enough memory for the chosen weight format.
- Cydonia24Bv4.3huggingface.co
A creative-writing and roleplay release with model-specific usage notes.