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The kingdom of Caelia fractures and crumbles beneath the weight of a dragon whose spiteful greed and silver tongue has sown desperation and resentment across the country; for a college graduate, it's the sort of hopeless job market that makes strolling into a dark forest to face a vicious monster seem like the least-objectionable option available.
Three college friends, Azraea Michelle Thanel (an Arbarii necromancer), Kairumina Doro Asterigennithika (an elf who wants to be an orc), and Ochsner (a dwarf who wants a job), have finished their studies in Caelia's capital city, and are faced with a seemingly hopeless future. Azraea faces a job market that favors those with fairer skin, Kaira can't break into Caelia's exclusively male military, and Ochsner is the quintessential intern-of-all-trades, 'most qualified' of none.
The three women agree to spend one more summer together, and accept a questing contract from some Gnoman businessmen to kill the Scolopendrae of the Dark Dweller's Forest. Their post-graduation road trip leads them through far more danger than they'd anticipated - bandits, werewolves, corrupt guardsmen, and more - but as they say, "What doesn't kill you... "
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