Aliandra Amariel loved magic, dedicating her academic years to the study of runes and spells, pushing the boundaries of mana's infinite possibilities. Like most Fae, her destiny seemed clear until that fateful day of her Class Trial, when the Blind Lich unleashed an undead apocalypse on her home, the fabled underground city of Dal’mohra, and triggered The Breaking – a cataclysm that forever reshaped the world.
Saved by her mother’s legendary time-stasis spell, Ali wakes thousands of years into a dark future. Everything she knew and loved is gone, buried under a mountain, transformed into a twisted dungeon by the malevolent will of the Lich.
Now, Ali must confront her deepest fears, mastering the arts of battling monsters and braving a town riddled with corruption. As the Lich's grand design shadows her every move, she scrambles to forge new friendships and unearth ancient knowledge in her fight for survival.
Why must she struggle? All she had ever wanted was to curl up in a comfy chair with a few thousand good books. But the immortal Lich is drawn to her unique magic, ever hungry for more power to fuel his cold-hearted ambitions.
How will she survive the giant target painted on her back as her advancement slowly reveals the horrifying truth of the Class she chose to save herself? Will she falter, forced into the eternal servitude of undeath, or will she rise against all odds and cast him down, ridding the world of his evil?
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Release Schedule: Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday.
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I will be releasing bonus chapters till this version is caught up with RoyalRoad.
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What to expect:
- LitRPG elements cover classes, skills, monsters, enchantments, and items. Stat blocks appearing at the end of chapters are generally considered informational and can be skipped if desired.
- Multiple POVs as we follow Ali and her friends on their adventures.
- Heavy focus on Group and Raid dungeon combat inspired by games like WoW, PoE, and Diablo.
- Some profanity, lots of gore, a touch of humor
- No romance.
- This is not a traditional dungeon core story with a fixed consciousness plotting levels in a hole.
- Chapter 1: A Meeting at the Grand Library Arcana
- Chapter 4: Ancient Shrine
- Chapter 7: Wolf Pack
- Chapter 10: Sage
- Chapter 13: Grimoire
- Chapter 16: First Hunt
- Chapter 19: Circle of Restoration
- Chapter 22: Ambush
- Chapter 25: Kobold Rogue
- Chapter 28: A Walk Through the Forest
- Chapter 31: Reunited
- Chapter 34: Lunch at Laurel’s Café
- Chapter 37: Trees
- Chapter 40: Quests
- Chapter 43: The Power of a Crazy Idea
- Chapter 46: Loose Ends
- Chapter 49: Training
- Chapter 52: Bone Spitter Drone
- Chapter 55: The Grand Library Arcana
- Chapter 58: That Which Lurks Below
- Chapter 61: Picking a Fight
- Chapter 64: Fireball FTW
- Chapter 67: New Quests at the Guild
- Chapter 70: The Unaware Dungeon
- Chapter 73: Class Advancement
- Chapter 76: Ruins of Dal’mohra: Suspended City
- Chapter 79: Mitigations for Poison
- Chapter 82: Running Battle
- Chapter 85: Bounty
- Chapter 88: Haunted by the Past
- Chapter 90.5: Full Status Sheets
- Chapter 93: Volle’s Dungeon
- Chapter 96: A Conversation with a Dungeon
- Chapter 99: Guardian
- Chapter 102: The Swarm
- Chapter 105: The Herbalist’s Choice
- Chapter 108: Level 40
- Chapter 111: How Bad Can One Ooze Be?
- Chapter 114: The Defiance of the Lowly
- Chapter 117: Rage and Loneliness
- Chapter 120: The Aftermath
- Chapter 123: A Meeting at the Shrine
- Map: Myrin’s Keep
- Chapter 128: Head Librarian
- Chapter 131: Unexpected Conflict
- Chapter 134: Hunter
- Chapter 137: Death Knight
- Chapter 140: Kezda
- Chapter 143: Trash Collector
- Chapter 146: Pathfinder Training
- Chapter 148: Forbidden Knowledge
- Chapter 151: PUG Fail
- Chapter 154: A Gift for a Friend
- Chapter 157: Portentous Divination
- Chapter 160: The Class Shrine
- Chapter 163: Books of the Past
- Chapter 166: The Dungeon’s Flames
- Chapter 169: Market Forces
- Chapter 172: New Robes
- Chapter 175: Tanking Flame
- Chapter 178: Quenching the Flame
- Chapter 181: Essence of Inferno
- Chapter 184: Flamecaller Spear
- Chapter 187: A Beacon of Light
- Chapter 190: Flame Curses
- Chapter 193: Realm Break
- Chapter 196: A Brand-new Guildhall (1 of 2)
- Chapter 199: Drake Wing (1 of 2)
- Chapter 202: The End in Sight (1 of 2)
- Chapter 205: An Alarming Discovery (1 of 2)
- Chapter 206: How a Dungeon Grows (Part 3)
- Chapter 2: Dal’mohra, City of Learning
- Chapter 5: The Street Rat and the Mana Butterfly
- Chapter 8: Soul Monk
- Chapter 11: Rat Redux
- Chapter 14: Summoner
- Chapter 17: Respawn
- Chapter 20: Guilt
- Chapter 23: Kel’darran Merchant Caravan
- Chapter 26: Ancient Mistress
- Chapter 29: Goblin Bugbears
- Chapter 32: The Novaspark Academy of Magic
- Chapter 35: Adventurers Guild
- Chapter 38: Mushrooms and Mana
- Chapter 41: An Unexpected Rescue
- Chapter 44: The Goblin Horde
- Chapter 47: The Reading Corner
- Chapter 50: Sneaky Smash
- Chapter 53: Some Preparation Required
- Chapter 56: Piercer Scorpion
- Chapter 59: A Chat with Vivian Ross
- Chapter 62: Skeletal Wyvern
- Chapter 65: Discussion of Skills
- Chapter 68: Tea with Lydia
- Chapter 71: Of Books and Knowledge
- Chapter 74: Librarian
- Chapter 77: Aerial Battle
- Chapter 80: Stun Bat
- Chapter 83: Dungeon Treasure
- Chapter 86: The Outer City Ring
- Chapter 89: Life Drain
- Chapter 91: Vivian’s Decision
- Chapter 94: Battle of the Steam Vents
- Chapter 97: Naia
- Chapter 100: Brawlers
- Chapter 103: Haste and Mana
- Chapter 106: A Necromancer’s Deception
- Chapter 109: Forest Guardian
- Chapter 112: A Fancy Rock
- Chapter 115: Realization
- Chapter 118: The Dryad
- Chapter 121: Lira’s Request
- Chapter 124: Preparation and Planning
- Chapter 126: The Tree’s Balance
- Chapter 129: Necromancer
- Chapter 132: The Legendary Pathfinder
- Chapter 135: An Emergency Trip
- Chapter 138: Beginner Dungeon
- Chapter 141: The Dungeon’s Survival Guide
- Chapter 144: Traps and Triggers
- Chapter 147: A Necromancer’s Value
- Chapter 149: The First Boss
- Chapter 152: Death’s Unyielding Grasp
- Chapter 155: Disruptor
- Chapter 158: Negotiations with the Guild
- Chapter 161: Raid at the Shrine
- Chapter 164: Farming Fire Resistance
- Chapter 167: A Web of Fire
- Chapter 170: Broodmother
- Chapter 173: The Eldritch Tome
- Chapter 176: Figuring out a Strategy
- Chapter 179: Inferno
- Chapter 182: Timber Wolves
- Chapter 185: Flamecaller Hunter
- Chapter 188: Gold
- Chapter 191: Demon Hunter
- Chapter 194: Dinner and Guests (1 of 2)
- Chapter 197: Slippers, Dragons, and Ghosts
- Chapter 200: The Hatchery (1 of 2)
- Chapter 203: Finding a Voice
- Chapter 206: How a Dungeon Grows (Part 1)
- Chapter 3: An Instant, Frozen in Time
- Chapter 6: Spiders and Rats
- Chapter 9: Grove Warden
- Chapter 12: Wolves Revisited
- Chapter 15: Look Mom, I’m a Bear
- Chapter 18: Fire in the Darkness
- Chapter 21: Withdrawal
- Chapter 24: Library of Bone
- Chapter 27: Insight
- Chapter 30: Warband
- Chapter 33: Myrin’s Keep
- Chapter 36: Shopping
- Chapter 39: Accidents Happen
- Chapter 42: Newbies
- Chapter 45: Hobgoblin
- Chapter 48: Merchant
- Chapter 51: The Ruins of Dal’mohra
- Chapter 54: Spitter Drone, Take II
- Chapter 57: Acolyte
- Chapter 60: Thuli’s Dream
- Chapter 63: Tanking Fire and Bone
- Chapter 66: Bone Spire
- Chapter 69: Picking Mushrooms
- Chapter 72: A Simple Proposal
- Chapter 75: A Dangerous Class
- Chapter 78: Silver Rank
- Chapter 81: Dealing With Wyverns
- Chapter 84: Armory
- Chapter 87: Bone and Death: Twin Wights
- Chapter 90: Ambush
- Chapter 92: Eliyen’s Request
- Chapter 95: Guild Drama
- Chapter 98: Lake
- Chapter 101: The Wanderer
- Chapter 104: Calligraphy Workbook
- Chapter 107: Kites Fly
- Chapter 110: Bamboo Forest
- Chapter 113: Minion Studies
- Chapter 116: The Burning of the Grove
- Chapter 119: Reunions
- Chapter 122: Elder Tree
- Chapter 125: The Town Council’s Decision
- Chapter 127: Farming
- Chapter 130: Showdown
- Chapter 133: Bloodline
- Chapter 136: Bakahn Village
- Chapter 139: Death Magic
- Chapter 142: Great Hunter
- Chapter 145: From the Brink of Death
- Map: Myrin’s Keep – Night Time
- Chapter 150: A Name and a Quest
- Chapter 153: The Forging of a Raid Team
- Chapter 156: Emberforge Mines
- Chapter 159: Visiting
- Chapter 162: Surprise Assassination
- Chapter 165: Her First Shield
- Chapter 168: Protégé
- Chapter 171: The Landing
- Chapter 174: Mana
- Chapter 177: Runes of Fire
- Chapter 180: Elemental Rage
- Chapter 183: Hunting Undead in the Forest
- Chapter 186: Hellfire Warg
- Chapter 189: Warlock
- Chapter 192: Predator and Prey
- Chapter 195: Demons
- Chapter 198: The Dragon God
- Chapter 201: The Phoenix, Again
- Chapter 204: Dungeons Kill (1 of 2)
- Chapter 206: How a Dungeon Grows (Part 2)