The webnovel companion to the upcoming Animal Kingdom TCG!Humanity is dead.The Sun has vanished.In a far flung future, animalkind has risen to become the primary inhabitant of a verdant land known as the Animal Kingdom. Once presided over by The Sun and the four Empyreans, the realm flourished and prospered for a long, golden age. However, in the wake of The Sun's disappearance, monsters roam freely, and the land itself rebels — and thus marks the beginning of the Lightless Times. Tomoe Suzaku is the sole heir to an ancient dynasty, a position that nets her the privilege of having never even left the city she was born in. To her, the Lightless Times are the most exciting thing in the world! Danger means adventure, and adventure means heroism! Having spent most of her childhood reading tales of derring-do and shirking her duties to daydream, there's nothing more captivating than to imagine what lay over the horizon, beyond the palace walls. What fearsome creatures lay in wait? What glittering treasures and magical artefacts wait to be unearthed? When destiny beckons her toward a grand adventure of her own, she follows in the footsteps of her idol, the hero Jubei, to see firsthand the wild world that she'd always dreamt of exploring. Will Tomoe fulfil her dreams of becoming a hero? More importantly, will she discover what heroism truly means along the way?