Synopsis
Dungeon Core/Dungeon Builder, LitRPG
Evelyn is a necromancer who cares deeply for her city, even if its laws would see her killed. So when she accidentally ends up in control of a new dungeon that springs up near the city, things get complicated. Unfortunately while the city desperately needs the resources a dungeon could provide, history has shown that dungeons are dangerous; the monsters that poured forth from them in the past confining the sapient races to cities even in the present day. Evelyn has a rare chance to build somewhere safe enough for the people of her city to train but will have to try to balance that against making the dungeon dangerous enough to keep herself safe. Along the way she'll gain a guide with a strange background, discover the minor gods are more active than they seem and use skeletons in interesting ways.
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Table of Contents
- 1Chapter 1 – Evelyn – Execute the plan2024-11-13
- 2Chapter 2 – Evelyn – Guide2024-11-13
- 3Chapter 3 – Ivy – Night’s done Floor One2024-11-13
- 4Chapter 4 – Evelyn – Scout2024-11-13
- 5Chapter 5 – Ivy – First blood2024-11-13
- 6Chapter 6 – Trafin – A Bad Morning2024-11-13
- 7Chapter 7 – Evelyn – Answers & Review2024-11-13
- 8Chapter 8 – Trafin – An Afternoon of Ill Tidings2024-11-13
- 9Chapter 9 – Ivy – Jump Scare2024-11-13
- 10Chapter 10 – Jeremy – Getting Some Experience2024-11-13
- 11Chapter 11 – Sarge – Raiders of the Lost Stones2024-11-13
- 12Chapter 12 - Evelyn - Boss2024-11-13
- 13Chapter 13 – “Div” – Council2024-11-13
- 14Chapter 14 – Ivy – Sleepless night2024-11-13
- 15Chapter 15 –Jenny– A series of delves2024-11-13
- 16Chapter 16 – Evelyn – Casualties2024-11-13
- 17Chapter 17 – Ivy – An urgent offer2024-11-13
- 18Cover2024-11-13
- 19Chapter 18 – Evelyn – Evolving Skeletons2024-11-13
- 20Chapter 19 –Jenny– Rescue Mission2024-11-13
- 21Chapter 20 – Jenny – Life Changing Decisions2024-11-13
- 22Chapter 20.5 - Interlude - A bloody business2024-11-13
- 23Chapter 21 – Evelyn – Unprepared?2024-11-13
- 24Chapter 22 – Ivy/Tommy – Beastkin2024-11-13
- 25Chapter 23 – Harry – Raging Waters2024-11-13
- 26Chapter 24 – Al – Open Flame2024-11-13
- 27Chapter 25 – Ivy – Light & Air2024-11-13
- 28Chapter 26 – Keith – Tunnels in the Earth2024-11-13
- 29Chapter 27 – Tommy – Darkness2024-11-13
- 30Chapter 28 – Evelyn – Victory?2024-11-13
- 31Chapter 29 – Ivy – Revelations2024-11-13
- 32Chapter 30 – Trafin – Invitation2024-11-13
- 33Chapter 31 – Keith – Escape2024-11-13
- 34Chapter 32 – Jenny – What happened?2024-11-13
- 35Chapter 33 – Luke – Trust in Death2024-11-13
- 36Chapter 34 – Ivy – Loss of Faith2024-11-13
- 37Chapter 35 – Evelyn – Dreams of an apostate2024-11-13
- 38Chapter 35.5 – Interlude – Growing pains2024-11-13
- 39Chapter 36 – Jenny – Crowd Control2024-11-13
- 40Chapter 37 – Ivy – Edges of Memory2024-11-13
- 41Chapter 38 – Jenny – Given Command2024-11-13
- 42Chapter 39 – Evelyn – Adapt to Survive2024-11-13
- 43Chapter 40 – Jenny – Pause2024-11-13
- 44Chapter 41 – Various – Trials2024-11-13
- 45Chapter 42 – Farad– Cinders & Spear2024-11-13
- 46Chapter 43 – Jenny – Responsibility & Opportunity2024-11-13
- 47Chapter 44 – Evelyn – Variety2024-11-13
- 48Author update (Don't worry everything is fine)2024-11-13
- 49Chapter 45 – Tommy/Ewan – Rat race2024-11-13
- 50Chapter 46 – Ivy – Impending Oracle2024-11-13
- 51Chapter 47 – Jenny/Farad – Grabbing a Beer2024-11-13
- 52Chapter 48 – Evelyn – No need to play fair2024-11-13
- 53Chapter 49 – Tommy – Dwarves, Decrees & Dissension2024-11-13
- 54Chapter 50 – Jeremy – Delaying Action2024-11-13
- 55Chapter 51 – Ivy – Kill Team2024-11-13
- 56Chapter 52 – Evelyn – Titanic Flames2024-11-13
- 57Chapter 53 – Trafin– Three Little Words…2024-11-13
- 58Chapter 54 – Tommy/Ivy – Opening2024-11-13
- 59Chapter 55 – Tommy – Welcome to the Fourth Floor2024-11-13
- 60Chapter 56 – Evelyn/Tommy – Exhaustion2024-11-13
- 61Chapter 57 – Ivy – Tricks & Cheats2024-11-13
- 62Chapter 58 – Jenny – Closing in2024-11-13
- 63Chapter 59 – Various – Escalation2024-11-13
- 64Chapter 60 – Jenny – Chase2024-11-13
- 65Chapter 61 – Ivy/Trafin/Evelyn – Giant challenges2024-11-13
- 66Chapter 62 – Farad/Jenny/Evelyn – Trio2024-11-13