Red Dragon: Do I Have to Become a Warlord Too?

After hatching, Loren Solius discovered that he was not only an orphan from the start, but also trapped deep in a dungeon with every faction blocking his way out.

To survive, Loren had no choice but to lie low in the dungeon's depths, farming and building up his strength while recruiting the dungeon's many races and unusual individuals.

Kobolds, goblins, hobgoblins, dwarves, elves...

An experimental subject raised by a hag, a fallen wing bound and sealed away, an artificial elf without a heart who can shapeshift without limit...

As Loren establishes and strengthens his own armed forces made up of his followers, he quietly grows stronger deep in the dungeon, planning to gradually push back and conquer the entire place.

The Wizard Kings unleash their spells without restraint and carry out their mad experiments unchecked. Warlords and madmen alike ruthlessly exploit and slaughter everyone, endlessly repeating the cycle of conquest and destruction.

In this dark age, ruled by savage magical warlords and devoid of rules or taboos, war is eternal.

“Wait, this isn't how the story is supposed to go. What do you mean I've become the biggest warlord?”

A fantasy universe setting, not DND.

Features: farming, power struggles, dragon transformation, legion warfare, and a dragonborn empire.