A custom merge method known as pdq has been invented. Instead of using its own yaml, it acts as a post-merge processor which applies directly to the merged model using the original yaml. pdq aims to enhance creativity by re-scanning the original donor models, encouraging them to explore the 'dark matter' regions of the vectors to synergistically augment the merged base with more unique novelty. For Magistaroth v1.1, I tested both the v1 Della → PDQ → MPOA and Della → MPOA → PDQ.

It turns out that both are very creative, and the MPOA → PDQ is interesting because it doesn't re-introduce any refusals, however, PDQ → MPOA is much smarter. The difference in Q0 bench reflects this (9451 vs 12648). Scale 1.2 was the ablation threshold required to disable refusals. This has resulted in the most creative, detailed, and uncensored variant of the configurations tested.

A small risk of increased artifacts (missing spaces, word misspelled or repeated) might be noticed due to pdq pushing the limits of what's possible with transformers. These are rare and can be edited out if needed.

An unablated PDQ version was also tested (it has refusals) but it seems the ablated versions are more popular so I'm just releasing this one for now.