With the cosmologically recent arrival of Mana, the forces that govern the souls of the world seek out other dimensions and realities to barter for those better adapted. To make Dungeon Cores. It is now the Age of Legends. Only the most diligent of historians can even imagine the Time Before Mana, and yet it is a young thing, nevertheless. Villages, cities, kingdoms and even species rise and fall as Life Itself adapts to the terrible wonder that is Mana. Our story focuses on the outskirts of one such frontier village. Many lives merely go through the motions, while still others seek to wrest control of Mana and become more than their Sleeping counterparts. Some few have Awoken, trained themselves and sought Challenges to step into the ranks of the Epic, and now seek out more. To become Legends... To perhaps even become Myths and join the Ageless few of War, Famine, and Greed. No journey is without its beginning and no real power achieved without Challenge. With the greatest Challenges of them all being Dungeons. Alien minds with truly fantastic powers, creating monsters and puzzles from Mana whole cloth and refining that dangerous power into something more useful to the ordinary creature. But... What happens when a Dungeon Core wakes too soon? Before its mind and soul are scoured clean. What would you do if you woke to a new life as a Dungeon Core. ~~~ Alright so. Gunna be a ton of posts right off the bat- because that seems to be how you get eyeballs. We'll see. As for the actual, official schedule: I intend to publish chapters thrice a week: Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 20:23 GMT.