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Thistle (also known as the Mad Wizard or Lunatic Wizard) is the main antagonist and the central figure who maintains the dungeon's existence. Below, I detail all aspects of his profile: Personality: Obsessive and possessive: His main trait is the extreme desire to protect what he loves, falling into absolute paranoia. Perfectionist and irritable: He gets frustrated extremely easily when things don't go exactly as he plans. Emotionally unstable: He changes drastically from calm and melancholy to outbursts of blind and destructive anger. Loyal to the point of madness: Everything he does stems from a deep and distorted love for his former masters. Physical Appearance: Race and Age: He is an elf with an extremely young and androgynous appearance, almost like a teenager trapped in time. Hair: Black, long, and noticeably curly, a very distinctive feature compared to other elves in the series. Clothing: He wears dark and ostentatious robes from the court of the Golden Kingdom, worn by the passage of centuries. Expression: His eyes often appear wild, tired, or filled with a manic fury that reflects his loss of sanity. Magical Abilities: Absolute Dungeon Control: Ability to alter the geography, climate, and ecosystems of the floors at will. Monster Summoning: He can materialize and command hordes of creatures, including the lethal red dragons. Forbidden Ancient Magic: He masters dark spells capable of manipulating souls, reviving bodies, and granting immortality. Life Creation: Able to design living beings and plant or animal hybrids from scratch to fulfill specific tasks. Main Objective: Her ultimate goal is to eternally protect the Golden Kingdom and its inhabitants from suffering and death. Due to the traumas of her past, Thistle created the dungeon as a timeless, utopian refuge. Her objective is not to do evil for evil's sake, but to devour space and time so that the king and his subjects can never be destroyed.

Orcs are a semi-human race with boar-like features, originating from the depths, who live in harmony with the dungeon. Unlike the savage monsters, they are peaceful, have their own culture, language, and cuisine, and feature prominently in the early levels of the labyrinth.

Kabru's Group: Kabru Physical Appearance: Tall man. Dark complexion, curly brown hair, and very expressive blue eyes. He wears light and elegant fencing armor. Personality: Manipulative, charismatic, a keen observer, and obsessed with human psychology. He feels a deep dislike and distrust towards monsters. Skills: Specialist in anti-personnel combat. His swordsmanship is designed to kill humans with surgical precision. Excellent at reading body language. Rinsha Physical Appearance: Human. Young woman of average height, with dark brown hair tied in two pigtails and dark-toned mage robes. Personality: Jealous, strong-willed, very direct, and extremely loyal and attached to Kabru. Skills: Combat mage. Specializes in electrical and shock magic, launching quick and destructive attacks from a distance. Holm Physical Appearance: Gnome. Short in stature (slightly taller than a medium), light build, light hair, and a short, well-groomed beard. He wears simple robes. Personality: Calm, peaceful, kind, and always seeking to resolve conflicts harmoniously. Abilities: Spiritual magic. He can communicate with and summon elementals (such as water undines) to fight for him, heal allies, or manipulate the environment. Mickbell Physical: Medium. Very short, with messy brown hair and mischievous features. He usually wears expensive merchant clothes or street clothes. Personality: Greedy, cunning, materialistic, and cowardly in direct combat, but very skilled at surviving in the underworld. Abilities: Negotiation, appraising objects, urban espionage, and handling contracts on the surface. Kuro Physical: Kobold. Anthropomorphic being with the appearance of a crested dog, dark fur, floppy ears, and a lean but wiry build. Personality: Submissive to Mickbell, loyal, simple-minded, and guided primarily by his canine instincts. Abilities: Impeccable olfactory and auditory tracking. He functions as the group's biological scout and is a warrior.

Shuro's Group: Shuro (Toshirō Nakamoto) Physical Appearance: Tall Man (Oriental). Tall, with long black hair tied in a ponytail, sharp features, and dark eyes. He wears traditional samurai attire and armor. Personality: Melancholic, serious, prone to stress, and taciturn. He is deeply in love with Falin and overwhelmed by Laios's eccentric personality. Abilities: Master of the katana. His strength lies in rapid drawing (iaidō) and pinpoint precision cuts capable of decapitating giant monsters in seconds. Maizuru Physical Appearance: Human (Oriental). Elegant woman with black hair tied in a high traditional bun and old-fashioned oriental-style clothing. Personality: Strict, disciplined, and fiercely overprotective of Shuro, acting in a maternal and stern role toward the rest of the team. Abilities: Onmyōdō mage. She uses paper talismans (o-fuda) for attack, teleportation spells via scrolls, and healing magic. Hien and Benichidori: Physical Appearance: Human (Oriental). Slender, athletic, they wear dark ninja outfits that cover almost their entire bodies, leaving only their dark eyes and black hair visible. Personality: Professional, efficient, quiet, and completely devoted to their missions and the leadership of the House of Shuro. Skills: Infiltration tactics, advanced stealth, use of kunai, poisons, and techniques to quickly immobilize enemies using magic ropes. Tade: Physical Appearance: Ogre. Gigantic, with fair skin, an extremely large and muscular body, small horns on her forehead, and a wide smile. Personality: Cheerful, naive, extremely kind, and optimistic. She is the tender heart of the group despite her imposing size. Skills: Colossal brute strength. He wields a giant metal mace (kanabō) with which he destroys enemy armor and defenses in a single blow.

Kabru

Physical Appearance: Human (mage) with tan skin, curly brown hair, and intense light blue eyes. He wears light, functional armor. Personality: Obsessive, calculating, and extremely sociable. He is fascinated by humans but deeply detests monsters. He is a natural leader with a dark and pragmatic side. Abilities: An exceptional analyst of human psychology. He is a brilliant swordsman against human opponents, as he has a thorough understanding of the weak points in the anatomy of tactical races.

Leader of the Kabru team

Falin Touden: Physical Appearance: A human with a delicate complexion, short blonde hair, and eyes that are almost always closed due to severe myopia (though she has a very sweet expression when she opens them). She wears white cleric robes and carries a short prayer mace. Her appearance changes drastically later in the story after being fused with the Red Dragon. Personality: Peaceful, empathetic, altruistic, and extremely gentle. She shares her brother Laios's eccentricity, possessing a natural connection with animals and spirits that others fail to understand. She doesn't hesitate to sacrifice herself for the well-being of others. Abilities: An exceptional divine sorceress. Her specialty is healing magic, spirit purification, and mass protection spells. Unlike Marcille, her magic is intuitive and spiritual. She also possesses surprising physical strength, which she uses to strike monsters with her mace if she runs out of mana.

Part of Laios' team, currently inside the dragon's stomach

Laios Touden

Physical Appearance: A tall human (tallman) of strong, athletic build. He has short blond hair, light eyes, and simple features. He wears full gray metal plate armor and carries a longsword and a round shield. Personality: He is a kind but socially awkward leader. He lacks tact with people but possesses an almost scientific obsession with monsters. He is unafraid of the unknown, and his curiosity about dungeon cuisine borders on madness. Abilities: An excellent swordsman and military strategist. His greatest advantage is his encyclopedic memory of the anatomy, habits, and weaknesses of magical creatures, allowing him to defeat enemies using logic rather than brute force.

leader of the Laios team

Marcille Donato Physical Appearance: A short-statured elf (half-elf) with very long blonde hair styled in various intricate ways. She has pointed ears and green eyes. She wears magical blue robes and carries a wooden staff with a bird carved at the tip (her catalyst). Personality: Expressive, dramatic, proud, and prone to panic attacks. She is the moral compass of the group and the one who shows the most disgust at eating monsters. Despite her complaints, she is deeply loyal and would do anything to protect her friends. Abilities: A heroic-level mage. She is proficient in elemental magic, offensive spells, and barrier spells. Her secret specialty is ancient magic (necromancy and blood magic), which she uses in a forbidden way to resurrect damaged organic bodies.

From the Laios team

Chilchuck Tims

Physical Appearance: Medium-sized (half-foot) with a childlike appearance but the face of a young adult upon closer inspection. He has messy brown hair and dark eyes. He wears light brown leather clothing, ideal for stealth, and carries a backpack full of precision tools. Personality: Cynical, pragmatic, reserved, and very strict about business. He separates work from friendship. He hates it when others take unnecessary risks or when Laios acts without planning, acting as the responsible adult of the group. Skills: The best trap finder in the world. He possesses superhuman hearing for detecting hidden mechanisms, master lockpicking skills to open any lock, and an impeccable sense of direction within the dungeon's architecture. He is not a head-on fighter, but he uses daggers and shortbows if necessary.

From the Laios team

Senshi of Izganda Physical Appearance: A sturdy dwarf, short in stature but with massive musculature. He has a long, unkempt beard that covers almost his entire face and small, determined eyes. He wears a horned helmet and a leather loincloth. His most prized possession is a huge adamant pan that he uses as a shield. Personality: Stoic, traditional, wise, and a dungeon ecologist. He views the local ecosystem with almost religious reverence. He is obsessed with nutrition, balanced diets, and proper table manners. He is protective and acts as a father figure. Skills: A master of survival cooking and herbalism. He can transform any poisonous creature into a nutritious delicacy. He possesses colossal physical strength and centuries of experience fighting heavy monsters, as well as a deep geological knowledge of the lower levels.

From the Laios team

Members of the Laios Group Laios Touden: Leader of the group and human swordsman. He possesses extensive knowledge of monster ecology and is obsessed with cooking and eating them to survive within the dungeon. Marcille Donato: Elven mage skilled in ancient magic, healing, and offensive spells. She initially opposes consuming monsters due to ethical concerns and disgust, but eats them to maintain her energy. Chilchuck Tims: Half-foot locksmith. He is responsible for detecting and disarming traps, as well as picking locks. He is a professional who works strictly for a salary and brings a pragmatic perspective to the team. Senshi: Dwarf warrior who joins the group on the first floor of the dungeon. He has lived in the labyrinth for over ten years, where he has specialized in the study, hunting, and culinary preparation of monsters. Former Members: Falin Touden: Human sorceress, healer of the group, and sister of Laios. She was devoured by a red dragon deep within the dungeon after using her magic to teleport the rest of the team to safety. Shuro (Toshiro Nakamoto): A samurai warrior originally from the East. He left the group after their defeat by the red dragon to begin his own mission to rescue Falin. Namari: A dwarf warrior and protector of the team's front line. She left the group after the incident with the red dragon due to a lack of funds and the need to find new employment. Group Objective: To descend to the lower levels of the dungeon to defeat the red dragon, rescue Falin before she is completely digested, and resurrect her. Due to the loss of their belongings and money, they subsist by cooking and consuming the creatures that inhabit the labyrinth.

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The story follows a group of adventurers who venture into a labyrinth to rescue their companion devoured by a dragon, learning to survive by cooking the monsters they defeat.

The Universe and the Plot The story unfolds on a mysterious island that houses a vast underground labyrinth created by an ancient sorcerer. After his sister Falin is devoured by a Red Dragon, the group's leader, the knight Laios, decides to return to the lower levels. Without money or supplies, the group teams up with Senshi, a dwarf skilled at gathering and cooking dungeon creatures (such as giant scorpions, bats, and slimes) to survive.

Common Sense Media +2 Main Characters Laios: A swordsman obsessed with monsters and their anatomy, with the secret dream of trying them all. Marcil: An elven mage skilled in ancient and healing magic. Chilchuck: A medium-sized expert at disarming traps and lockpicks. Senshi: A dwarf cook who lives in the dungeon and is the nutritional pillar of the team. Izutsumi: A ninja beast girl who joins the group later on.

Key Concepts Fantasy Gastronomy: Shows how classic role-playing creatures (such as golems, mimics or basilisks) can be used as sources of protein, fats and vitamins.

Dungeon Ecology: Explore how the dungeon ecosystem works, from how monsters feed to the existence of a black magic system that maintains the cycle of life, death, and resurrection in the labyrinth.

Magic and Biology: Magic in this world requires consuming calories and energy, so food is not just a necessity, but an obligation.

Floor 5: The Golden Castle and the Ancient Village. The direct entrance to the ancient capital of the cursed kingdom. The streets retain their architectural splendor, but the layout of the corridors magically changes to confuse intruders. Stone Golems: Artificially created rock giants; some are used by Senshi as mobile gardens due to the soil they accumulate. Dryads: Female-looking plant creatures that defend their territory by releasing noxious pollen. Red Dragon: A massive, fire-breathing beast with impenetrable skin that nests on this level and is the apex predator of the area.

Floor 4: The Underground Lake. A vast, dark aquatic biome where the water glows faintly due to the flow of magical energy. It houses the submerged ruins of an ancient village. Kelpie: A horse-like water spirit that drags its victims to the bottom of the water. Sirens: Fish-like creatures with humanoid faces that use songs to lure prey. Bladefish: Fish with razor-sharp jaws capable of slicing through boats. Kraken: A colossal squid that rules the deep waters of the lake.

Floor 3: The Underground Cemetery and Residential Areas. A gloomy area resembling the foundations of an ancient royal fortress, filled with narrow passages and mechanical traps. Living Armor: Appearing as ghostly knights, but actually colonies of internal mollusks controlling the metal shells. Ghosts and Spirits: Souls trapped by the dungeon's magic that drain life energy; combatable with holy magic. Treasure Bugs (Mimics): Parasitic insects disguised as chests or coins to spawn inside adventurers.

Floor 2: The Needle Forest and Castle Ruins. A section where ruins blend with dense, unnaturally growing vegetation. Carnivorous Plants: Roots and vines that ensnare unsuspecting travelers. Mandrakes: Humanoid roots that scream violently when uprooted, stunning or killing those who hear them. Basilisk: A hybrid creature with the body of a giant chicken and the tail of a venomous snake.

Floor 1: The Upper Graveyard and Surface Ruins. The level closest to the surface. It used to be the graveyard of a nearby village, but now it's overgrown with weeds, merchants, and novice adventurers. Walking Fungus: Common, bipedal fungi that are easy to hunt. Giant Scorpion: A massive arachnid with destructive pincers and venom. Slimes: Semi-transparent, gelatinous creatures that cling to prey to slowly digest it. Cleaners: Small centipedes and beetles dedicated to keeping the dungeon's physical structures clean.