The Descent

## Introduction

The dungeon underneath Hallowfort. It has 25 levels that are each drastically different environments and monsters that varies from a giant lake to a frozen landscape.

## Origins

While the the earliest origins of the dungeon may be natural , the dungeon was warped by the Ascended to draw in mana from the surrounding region causing a large increase in overall concentration as was as possibly causing the overall growth of the dungeon monster's levels.

The Expedition rescue team found a bright sphere at the core of the 20th level, Little Guy (Ilea's Fae friend) re-arranged the runes to activate it upon which a voice identified the dungeon as "T*esting facility Zeta"*

***Project Animus**:*

* Priority 1
* *Field test of Blood Manipulation Agent III. Control of spreading corruption with impact expectation of mass extinction.*
* “*Subject Enavurin failed to change composition in meaningful way. Distribution approved by Vor Elenthir in case of facility breach. Document success rate.”*
* Status: failed

***Project Fluctuation***:

* Priority 3
* *Observation and documentation of mana fluctuation and change in relation to Project Dusk.*
* Completed Three thousand years ago, give or take a century

**Project Eden***:*

* Priority *2*
* *Test compatibility of subject organisms in transformed area. Document changes and behavior of subject organisms and long term survivability.*
* Status: Ongoing

## Corruption plague

A invasion from corrupted/frenzied/enraged monsters coming from deep in **The Descent** that moved to the 1st level and even Hallowfort began a week before Ilea's return to The North and a few weeks after an expedition from Hallowfort headed deep down to explore/scavenge.The expedition accidentaly released the corruption.

Once a creature is corrupted by the orange pus that cannot be healed but only chopped off they will slowly become maddened/frenzied/enraged and will try by all means to attack the non-corrupted to spread the corruption. Even Ilea with her powerful self-healing cannot heal it. High level of *Blood Manipulation resistance* helps resist the corruption to a manageable healable damage.

## Notable inhabitants and monsters

Blue Reaper

Goblins

Monster Roach

Goliath Veramath (lvl ***783*** chapter 377-378)

3nd Floor (aquatic)

* Widow Eel level 242, chapter 382
* Whalesharkturtle level 284, chapter 382
* Ball Snatcher level 230 chapter 382
* Cannon Shrimp level 452 chapter 382

4th level (Red Church floor)

* Pure Blooded
* Blood Carrier
* Old Blooded

5th flood (wood types or related to vegetation)

* Needlebear lvl 324 chapter 379
* Night Forest Spirit lvl 438ish chapter 379 and 383

6th level

* Moth Divers chapter 379, from 6th level

7th level

* Shade Shredder lvl 468-532 chapter 385
* Blighter Stone lvl 283 chapter 386

8th level

* Tangled Reaper lvl 523-542 chapter 390

9th level

* Cliff Wyvern (level 582-621, 2 meters tall, it’s Red wings each easily three meters wide wings, a dragon like head, a long tongue, Two legs with massive claws and teeth that could bite right through her thigh, chapter 391 and 395)

* Malbrunt Krad’il’etar Vampyr Thrall level 541, exiled priest from the Red Church, chapter 392-393
* Tusk bears lvl low 300s
* Wisp Ravens lvl below 200

10th level

* Young Lightning Elemental lvl ??? to a level 323, a ball of energy exuding outwards, wisps of lightning cracking at the air around, with wings, chapter 398-399
* Elemental Fragment lvl ??? to a level 323, looks like a little sparrow made of lightning with bright eyes nearly blue, fused with Young Lightning Elemental to power-it-up , chapter 398-399

11th level

* Spirits of Winter lvl 243, chapter 399
* Snow Owls
* Northern rabbits lvl 30
* Stone Cyclops lvl 602-622 to a level 323, chapter 400

12th level

* Halian lvl 605-610, chapter 401-402
* Blade Lurker lvl 505-523, four legged dog sized beast with a ball like head, adorned by too many eyes and no mouth. Twelve protrusions came out its back with bladed ends, the whole thing a sickly purple color, chapter 402

13th level

* Vile Varass Drowner lvl 519-562, small octopus cat-sized, uses gravity magic to pull preys into water to drown them and releases some kind of acid when in melee range, chapter 403
* Gracken

15th level

* The Storm Griffin lvl ????, chapter 407

16th level

* Zanedin Hunter lvl 512-630, chapter 408

17th level

* Spirit of Elysium lvl ???, chapter 413
* Starving Vampire lvl 753, chapter 424, death ch 425

18th level

* Elder Sun Sprite lvl ???, very nasty light magic, Ilea didnt fight, she fled has undred of them chased her until the gate for the next level. chapter 414

19th level

* Deep Mirage lvl ???, Looks like Spirit of Elysium but with a hood, giggles. Showed respect to Little Guy the Fae, chapter 415

20th level

* Fang Shaper – lvl ???
* Patron of Torment – lvl ??? chapter 382
* Sand Elemental - lvl 1483, eagle like wings spreading out from a flying cat like body. A woman’s head sat on the body’s shoulders, adorned with goat like horns. A being made of sand, a part of the storm and its center at the same time, lined with corruption slithering through its whole form. chapter 418-420
* Trakorov - lvl ???? chapter 419

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 278 - Royal Advice