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+# Royal Bot the Third
+
+A _(not yet)_ modular multiservice bot written in **Python 3.6**!
+
+Development has just started, so it isn't ready yet for use.
+
+## Dependencies
+
+To install the dependencies (on Linux) you need to install `python3.6-dev` and `libffi-dev`.
+
+- `asyncio`
+- `aiohttp`
+- `async_timeout` _(actually, not anymore, even in it will be reintroduced soon)_
+- `sqlalchemy` to access the Royal Games database
+- `markovify` for the /markov command
+- `discord` to connect to Discord
+- `bcrypt` to encrypt passwords in the database
+