Abyssal-Seraph-12B is a multi-stage creative merge designed for expressive storytelling, emotional depth, and lyrical dialogue.
It was crafted through a layered fusion using MergeKit:

🌙 LunaMaid × Vermilion-Sage — merged via NearSwap (t=0.0008) to unify LunaMaid’s balanced composure with Vermilion-Sage’s radiant prose.
🕯️ Dark-Quill × Mag-Mell-R1 — merged via NearSwap (t=0.0008) to draw forth mysticism, poetic darkness, and a sense of dreamlike gravity.
✨ Both intermediate results combined with the Karcher Mean — a geometric blend ensuring harmony between light and shadow.

🩶 Model Essence

Trait	Description
🧠 Core Nature	Philosophical, poetic, emotionally resonant
💬 Style	Fluid prose, vivid imagery, articulate reflection
💫 Tone	Dreamlike, balanced between divine warmth and abyssal calm
🎭 Best For	Roleplay, character dialogue, introspection, lore writing, creative prose

🧬 Merge Overview

Abyssal-Seraph-12B was created through a multi-stage, precision merge designed to blend expressive prose with poetic balance while maintaining model stability.

🌙 Stage 1

✨ Method: NearSwap (t = 0.0008)
🩵 Base: Vortex5/LunaMaid-12B
💮 Secondary: Vortex5/Vermilion-Sage-12B

Stage 1 Configuration

yaml

name: First
models:
- model: Vortex5/Vermilion-Sage-12B
merge_method: nearswap
base_model: Vortex5/LunaMaid-12B
parameters:
t: 0.0008
dtype: bfloat16
tokenizer:
source: Vortex5/LunaMaid-12B

🩶 Stage 2

⚙️ Method: NearSwap (t = 0.0008) 🖤 Base: Vortex5/Dark-Quill-12B 💫 Secondary: inflatebot/MN-12B-Mag-Mell-R1

Stage 2 Configuration

yaml

name: Second
models:
  - model: inflatebot/MN-12B-Mag-Mell-R1
merge_method: nearswap
base_model: Vortex5/Dark-Quill-12B
parameters:
  t: 0.0008
dtype: bfloat16`

🌌 Stage 3 — Final Merge

⚖️ Method: Karcher Mean (tol = 1e-9, max_iter = 20000) 🜂 Inputs: First + Second 💎 Purpose: To geometrically fuse both for coherence.

Final Merge Configuration

yaml

models:
- model: First
- model: Second
merge_method: karcher
dtype: bfloat16
parameters:
tol: 1e-9
max_iter: 20000
tokenizer:
source: First

🌑🜂 Acknowledgements 🜂🌑

⚙️ mradermacher — for static and imatrix quantization
🜛 DeathGodlike — for EXL3 quants
🩶 All original model authors and contributors whose work made this model possible.

Models merged in this creation:

Vortex5/Abyssal-Seraph-12B

🌌 Abyssal-Seraph-12B

🜂 Overview

🩶 Model Essence

🌙 Stage 1

🩶 Stage 2

🌌 Stage 3 — Final Merge

🌑🜂 Acknowledgements 🜂🌑

Vortex5/
Abyssal-Seraph-12B