Introduction

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***Ascent: Trials of Vore*** is a collaborative "exquisite corpse" (or "round robin", if you prefer) vore story-writing series, originally inspired by the basic concept behind the Korean manhwa web-comic *Tower of God.*

What exactly does that mean, though?

Simply put, it means that rather than this project being written by a single author, each author nominates a writer, who writes the next part. They then pass the torch to another writer. Who passes the torch to another writer, who passes the torch to another writer, who passes the torch--

...Well, you get the idea.

Fundamentally, though, while this is a vore story, it's also a *story* story. Fleshing out a world and telling a fetish tale are sometimes difficult concepts to make co-exist (i've grappled with this in my own writing more than once), but that's the challenge, here, and together we'll hopefully be able to build something internally consistent and tantalizing to read at the same time.

If you've made it here, be you reader or writer, you probably have a general idea of the setup for our tale already, but i'll give a brief rundown of how it kicks off for those who need it.

You know, just in case.

## The Beginning

***WARNING:** Story opening spoilers.*

A young woman by the name of Ashley Gray wakes to a less than ideal reality. More specifically, on the bottom floor of a mystical Tower that functions as an entire universe unto itself, packed full off creatures out of fantasy and acts of hunger straight out of internet fetish.

A god-like woman who calls herself "Porter", the Tower's apparent gatekeeper and overseer of the First Floor's trials, introduces herself to Ashley and the rest of the 20 or so unfortunates she's gathered, telling them of a supposed "grand destiny" in store for them. To claim it, however, they need to first climb to the Tower's top, completing every floor's challenges and devouring the competition along the way. No easy feat when tens of thousands of other climbers have been trying to achieve the exact same thing for tens of thousands of years without success. And the Tower's over 1000 variably complex floors tall.

*At minimum.*

Porter doesn't seem to care about the apparent impossibility of it all, though, and after secretly giving Ashley a pair of "blessed" magic yellow glasses to replace the pair she lost on arrival, shoves her and the other 19 along on their way to complete her test.

After some unpleasant early encounters with less than friendly predators, Ashley is relieved to find herself befriending a more pleasant individual: a young elf called Syl. Together, through waves of sheer terror and insurmountable odds, the two manage to navigate Porter's maze and be the last ones standing in the opening trials, inaugurating their new "careers" by reluctantly consuming the same two predators who Ashley encountered at the start in a bid to save their own skins.

At some point amidst all of this, Ashley and Syl also encounter a mysterious masked woman who calls herself "Dawn", who helps them escape being somebody's lunch (she's actually Porter's twin sister, Verge, but the girls don't know that, so shhhh...).

Impressed with their showing, Porter commends Ashley and Syl for their actions, missing their confused and mildly disgusted reactions at taking others into themselves, and lets them pass on to the next floor...

Granted, there's a lot more to the opening than that, but you can find out more both in passing through the other pages of this sheet, and by reading the story itself, if you haven't already.

Regardless, on her journey to the top Ashley may, as the story focuses mostly on our protagonist and whatever "group" forms around her, meet a variety of strange and colorful characters. Some may join and even subsequently leave her "party" (alive or as someone's lunch, depending on how things ultimately turn out) as the story goes through floors where populations may have gathered, retired climbers settled, or just where the next floor's challenge awaits!

## The Never-ending Story

Functionally, ***Ascent: Trials of Vore*** is a story with no planned end point. The 1000+ floors and the unknowns beyond that are designed to allow the tale to go on forever no matter what fun antics people want to do. As long as readers and writers are still interested, the chain can continue indefinitely.

This story is more about the journey than it is about the destination, after all.

To that end, though we're building a universe, each floor will likely be a thematic setting in and of itself, should the individual writer wish it. Its aesthetic, challenges and overall everything can vary based on preference, and need not even be entirely vore-based. That's just the general nature of the overall setting, so writers should feel free to mix in other elements as they please, if something takes their fancy.

Even putting other kinks aside for a moment, options can range from puzzles to mind games.

Tournaments to murder mysteries.

Disco to death metal.

Really, whatever crazy shit a writer's able to fit in without breaking any existing lore. Vore may be part of the central premise and/or fun, and it's all the better to include it, but anything else mixed in's almost never a bad thing. Go wild!

## Getting Started

So, where do you go from here.

Well, if you've been nominated to write, you should go and read the ***Rules & Guides*** page. The information there will tell you how to proceed with writing (though we hope it's less rigid than that makes it sound).

After that, or if you're just here as a reader, check out the other sections to get a feel for the overall setting. Try sifting through the indexes for the ***Story*** (links to parts, as well as recaps), ***Characters*** (profiles, histories, etc.) and ***World*** (locations and the like), though this being a wiki means you can pretty much browse wherever if that's your preference.

Also, if you're so inclined, try taking a look at the ***Author Notes*** index to see what ideas, both used and unused, various authors wrote down whilst writing their parts. This should make for some good fuel if you're struggling to write, want to link your entry into larger plot-lines, or are just curious (reader or otherwise). Be warned, though, that like a lot of this wiki, it contains unmarked spoilers, including for events or ideas that could happen in future parts, depending on writer preference.

Hopefully, after all this text, you're still interested, and if so, welcome. We hope you enjoy ***Ascent: Trials of Vore***.

Cheers,

**-mp101**