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	*Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain featured a proper dungeon beneath "'''Spiral Castle'''", which contained a sword capable of defeating Lord Arawn, one of the chief bad guys in that series.		*Lloyd Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain featured a proper dungeon beneath "'''Spiral Castle'''", which contained a sword capable of defeating Lord Arawn, one of the chief bad guys in that series.
	*'''Fafnir's lair''', the archetypical lair (or at least one of the earliest examples of one in written text) of an evil dragon that is filled with gold and other valuables from the Nibelungen Saga of German and Nordic origins.		*'''Fafnir's lair''', the archetypical lair (or at least one of the earliest examples of one in written text) of an evil dragon that is filled with gold and other valuables from the Nibelungen Saga of German and Nordic origins.
			*'''Hall of Malice,''' Grendel's mother's lair in the epic poem Beowulf. An underwater hall with breathable air and looted treasures.
			*'''Earth-Dragon's Barrow,''' the Earth-Dragon's lair in the epic poem Beowulf. An underground tomb with a dragon's hoard.

	All of these are, to a greater or lesser extent, halls and galleries and caverns, rooms and mazes, located exclusively underground, loaded with monsters, maps and treasures.		All of these are, to a greater or lesser extent, halls and galleries and caverns, rooms and mazes, located exclusively underground, loaded with monsters, maps and treasures.

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	*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/25082/blue-core Blue Core]''': A story where Dungeon Cores were designed as magic siege weapons and living fortresses. '''WARNING''': contains (consensual) tentacle sex.		*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/25082/blue-core Blue Core]''': A story where Dungeon Cores were designed as magic siege weapons and living fortresses. '''WARNING''': contains (consensual) tentacle sex.
	*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/15935/there-is-no-epic-loot-here-only-puns There is no Epic Loot Here, Only Puns]''': A young woman becomes a Dungeon Core, and decides that she'd rather ''not'' lure people into her depths to kill them. Which is probably for the best, as the next town over contains a LOT of retired adventurers.		*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/15935/there-is-no-epic-loot-here-only-puns There is no Epic Loot Here, Only Puns]''': A young woman becomes a Dungeon Core, and decides that she'd rather ''not'' lure people into her depths to kill them. Which is probably for the best, as the next town over contains a LOT of retired adventurers.
			*'''Dungeon Crafting''': A merchant's daughter with a hobby of collecting crafting techniques ends up asking the wrong person, and finds herself reincarnated as a Dungeon Core, tasked by God with helping to ensure the survival of people who would just as soon destroy her. On the bright side, she can use her Dungeon powers to finally try out all those techniques her crippled body in life prevented her from using.
	*'''Bunker Core''': A Sci-Fi take in a post-apocalyptic world about an AI using nanotech instead of mana.		*'''Bunker Core''': A Sci-Fi take in a post-apocalyptic world about an AI using nanotech instead of mana.
	*'''Slime Dungeon''': A man reincarnates into a dungeon core, and decides to concentrate entirely on [[Ooze\|Slime monsters]].		*'''Slime Dungeon''': A man reincarnates into a dungeon core, and decides to concentrate entirely on [[Ooze\|Slime monsters]].

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	*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/10881/dungeon-heart Dungeon Heart]''': A Dwarven Master Craftsman dies of old age, only for his soul to merge with a broken Dungeon Core he was wearing at the time of his passing.		*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/10881/dungeon-heart Dungeon Heart]''': A Dwarven Master Craftsman dies of old age, only for his soul to merge with a broken Dungeon Core he was wearing at the time of his passing.
	*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/25082/blue-core Blue Core]''': A story where Dungeon Cores were designed as magic siege weapons and living fortresses. '''WARNING''': contains (consensual) tentacle sex.		*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/25082/blue-core Blue Core]''': A story where Dungeon Cores were designed as magic siege weapons and living fortresses. '''WARNING''': contains (consensual) tentacle sex.
	*''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/15935/there-is-no-epic-loot-here-only-puns There is no Epic Loot Here, Only Puns]''': A young woman becomes a Dungeon Core, and decides that she'd rather ''not'' lure people into her depths to kill them. Which is probably for the best, as the next town over contains a LOT of retired adventurers.		*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/15935/there-is-no-epic-loot-here-only-puns There is no Epic Loot Here, Only Puns]''': A young woman becomes a Dungeon Core, and decides that she'd rather ''not'' lure people into her depths to kill them. Which is probably for the best, as the next town over contains a LOT of retired adventurers.
	*'''Bunker Core''': A Sci-Fi take in a post-apocalyptic world about an AI using nanotech instead of mana.		*'''Bunker Core''': A Sci-Fi take in a post-apocalyptic world about an AI using nanotech instead of mana.
	*'''Slime Dungeon''': A man reincarnates into a dungeon core, and decides to concentrate entirely on [[Ooze\|Slime monsters]].		*'''Slime Dungeon''': A man reincarnates into a dungeon core, and decides to concentrate entirely on [[Ooze\|Slime monsters]].

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	*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/10881/dungeon-heart Dungeon Heart]''': A Dwarven Master Craftsman dies of old age, only for his soul to merge with a broken Dungeon Core he was wearing at the time of his passing.		*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/10881/dungeon-heart Dungeon Heart]''': A Dwarven Master Craftsman dies of old age, only for his soul to merge with a broken Dungeon Core he was wearing at the time of his passing.
	*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/25082/blue-core Blue Core]''': A story where Dungeon Cores were designed as magic siege weapons and living fortresses. '''WARNING''': contains (consensual) tentacle sex.		*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/25082/blue-core Blue Core]''': A story where Dungeon Cores were designed as magic siege weapons and living fortresses. '''WARNING''': contains (consensual) tentacle sex.
			*''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/15935/there-is-no-epic-loot-here-only-puns There is no Epic Loot Here, Only Puns]''': A young woman becomes a Dungeon Core, and decides that she'd rather ''not'' lure people into her depths to kill them. Which is probably for the best, as the next town over contains a LOT of retired adventurers.
	*'''Bunker Core''': A Sci-Fi take in a post-apocalyptic world about an AI using nanotech instead of mana.		*'''Bunker Core''': A Sci-Fi take in a post-apocalyptic world about an AI using nanotech instead of mana.
	*'''Slime Dungeon''': A man reincarnates into a dungeon core, and decides to concentrate entirely on [[Ooze\|Slime monsters]].		*'''Slime Dungeon''': A man reincarnates into a dungeon core, and decides to concentrate entirely on [[Ooze\|Slime monsters]].

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	===Examples of Dungeon Core Stories===		===Examples of Dungeon Core Stories===
	* [[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/10881/dungeon-heart Dungeon Heart]~~] --~~ A Dwarven Master Craftsman dies of old age, only for his soul to merge with a broken Dungeon Core he was wearing at the time of his passing.		*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/10881/dungeon-heart Dungeon Heart]''': A Dwarven Master Craftsman dies of old age, only for his soul to merge with a broken Dungeon Core he was wearing at the time of his passing.
			*'''[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/25082/blue-core Blue Core]''': A story where Dungeon Cores were designed as magic siege weapons and living fortresses. '''WARNING''': contains (consensual) tentacle sex.
	* [[https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/25082/blue-core Blue Core]~~] --~~ A story where Dungeon Cores were designed as magic siege weapons and living fortresses. '''WARNING''': contains (consensual) tentacle sex.		*'''Bunker Core''': A Sci-Fi take in a post-apocalyptic world about an AI using nanotech instead of mana.
			*'''Slime Dungeon''': A man reincarnates into a dungeon core, and decides to concentrate entirely on [[Ooze\|Slime monsters]].
	* Bunker Core ~~-- a~~ Sci-Fi take in a post-apocalyptic world about an AI using nanotech instead of mana.		*'''The Misplaced Dungeon''': A Teenage girl's soul is copied to be used a Dungeon Core. Immediately things go wrong, starting with the fact that the gods left open the backdoor to the girl's original soul on Earth.
			*'''[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/jonathan-brooks/bio-dungeon-symbiote.htm Bio Dungeon]''': A sickly young thief is forced to eat rocks by his cruel bosses, one of which happens to be a dormant Dungeon Core. The core grows within the thief's body, trying to gain enough power to take it over while battling a deadly curse that is the true source of his illness.
	* Slime Dungeon -- A man reincarnates into a dungeon core, and decides to concentrate entirely on [[Ooze\|Slime monsters]].

	* The Misplaced Dungeon -- A Teenage girl's soul is copied to be used a Dungeon Core. Immediately things go wrong, starting with the fact that the gods left open the backdoor to the girl's original soul on Earth.

	* [[https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/jonathan-brooks/bio-dungeon-symbiote.htm Bio Dungeon]~~] --~~ A sickly young thief is forced to eat rocks by his cruel bosses, one of which happens to be a dormant Dungeon Core. The core grows within the thief's body, trying to gain enough power to take it over while battling a deadly curse that is the true source of his illness.

	==See also==		==See also==

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Dungeon Core

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	==Dungeon Core==		==Dungeon Core==

	A recent trend in literature, especially LitRPGs, is the concept of a '''Dungeon Core'''. based loosely on the ''Dungeon Keeper'' video games, the Dungeon Core is a sentient crystal that feeds on mana, and has minor reality-warping abilities over a limited area that it can expand by absorbing more mana. It does this by luring creatures into its area of influence, then usually killing them with traps or monsters that it's created. It can then use the mana gained to grow its area of influence, or create monsters based on the creatures it has slain, which are used to defend itself and kill ever more powerful creatures(such as adventurers). Eventually, it learns that creating certain valuable materials and items will lure adventurers to its depths in greater numbers, and the cycle truly begins. When Humans figure out what a Dungeon is, their reactions may vary. Some people or kingdoms may seek to destroy it to end the threat it poses(especially if it starts expanding its influence aboveground and/or sending monsters to attack the surrounding areas) or harvest the core as a powerful focus or magical component, others attempt to manage it various ways, usually by deliberately sending adventurers into it to harvest materials and loot, training their warriors on its monsters, and in return letting the dungeon feed off the foolish and/or inexperienced who die in there in the process. As most Dungeon Core stories are LitRPGs, they often have overt or subtle videogame-like setups, such as Floor Bosses and Loot Drops. Many of them also borrow elements of the ''Xianxia'' or "Cultivation" genre, having the Dungeon Core use similar techniques to refine its ability to contain, use, or generate mana as a means of personal growth.		A recent trend in literature, especially LitRPGs, is the concept of a '''Dungeon Core'''. based loosely on the ''Dungeon Keeper'' video games, the Dungeon Core is a sentient crystal that feeds on mana, and has minor reality-warping abilities over a limited area that it can expand by absorbing more mana. It does this by luring creatures into its area of influence, then usually killing them with traps or monsters that it's created. It can then use the mana gained to grow its area of influence, or create more monsters based on the creatures it has slain, which are used to defend itself and kill ever more powerful creatures(such as adventurers). Eventually, it learns that creating certain valuable materials and items(I.e.: Loot) will lure adventurers to its depths in greater numbers, and the cycle truly begins. When Humans figure out what a Dungeon is, their reactions may vary. Some people or kingdoms may seek to destroy it to end the threat it poses(especially if it starts expanding its influence aboveground and/or sending monsters to attack the surrounding areas) or harvest the core as a powerful focus or magical component, others attempt to manage it various ways, usually by deliberately sending adventurers into it to harvest materials and loot, training their warriors on its monsters, and in return letting the dungeon feed off the foolish and/or inexperienced who die in there in the process. As most Dungeon Core stories are LitRPGs, they often have overt or subtle videogame-like setups, such as Floor Bosses and Loot Drops. Many of them also borrow elements of the ''Xianxia'' or "Cultivation" genre, having the Dungeon Core use similar techniques to refine its ability to contain, use, or generate mana as a means of personal growth.

	Many Dungeon Core stories feature the Core itself as the Protagonist, often one made from the soul of a living person though chance, dark rituals or Isekai-style reincarnation. Supporting characters often include a [[Fairy]] or W(h)isp who is drawn to newly-born dungeons to guide their growth, particularly strong minions/bosses, the residents of the nearby village, town or kingdom who first discover the dungeon and try to deal with it one way or the other, and various invaders who may seek to destroy, harvest, or control it.		Many Dungeon Core stories feature the Core itself as the Protagonist, often one made from the soul of a living person though chance, dark rituals or Isekai-style reincarnation. Supporting characters often include a [[Fairy]] or W(h)isp who is drawn to newly-born dungeons to guide their growth, particularly strong minions/bosses, the residents of the nearby village, town or kingdom who first discover the dungeon and try to deal with it one way or the other, and various invaders who may seek to destroy, harvest, or control it.

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Dungeon Core

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	==Dungeon Core==		==Dungeon Core==

	A recent trend in literature, especially LitRPGs, is the concept of a '''Dungeon Core'''. based loosely on the ''Dungeon Keeper'' video games, the Dungeon Core is a sentient crystal that feeds on mana, and has minor reality-warping abilities over a limited area that it can expand by absorbing more mana. It does this by luring creatures into its area of influence, then usually killing them. It can then use the mana gained to grow its area of influence, or create monsters based on the creatures it has slain, which are used to defend itself and kill ever more powerful creatures(such as adventurers). Eventually, it learns that creating certain valuable materials and items will lure adventurers to its depths in greater numbers, and the cycle truly begins. When Humans figure out what a Dungeon is, their reactions may vary. Some people or kingdoms may seek to destroy it to end the threat it poses(especially if it starts expanding its influence aboveground and/or sending monsters to attack the surrounding areas) or harvest the core as a powerful focus or magical component, others attempt to manage it various ways, usually by deliberately sending adventurers into it to harvest materials and loot, training their warriors on its monsters, and in return letting the dungeon feed off the foolish and/or inexperienced who die in there in the process. As most Dungeon Core stories are LitRPGs, they often have overt or subtle videogame-like setups, such as Floor Bosses and Loot Drops. Many of them also borrow elements of the ''Xianxia'' or "Cultivation" genre, having the Dungeon Core use similar techniques to refine its ability to contain, use, or generate mana as a means of personal growth.		A recent trend in literature, especially LitRPGs, is the concept of a '''Dungeon Core'''. based loosely on the ''Dungeon Keeper'' video games, the Dungeon Core is a sentient crystal that feeds on mana, and has minor reality-warping abilities over a limited area that it can expand by absorbing more mana. It does this by luring creatures into its area of influence, then usually killing them with traps or monsters that it's created. It can then use the mana gained to grow its area of influence, or create monsters based on the creatures it has slain, which are used to defend itself and kill ever more powerful creatures(such as adventurers). Eventually, it learns that creating certain valuable materials and items will lure adventurers to its depths in greater numbers, and the cycle truly begins. When Humans figure out what a Dungeon is, their reactions may vary. Some people or kingdoms may seek to destroy it to end the threat it poses(especially if it starts expanding its influence aboveground and/or sending monsters to attack the surrounding areas) or harvest the core as a powerful focus or magical component, others attempt to manage it various ways, usually by deliberately sending adventurers into it to harvest materials and loot, training their warriors on its monsters, and in return letting the dungeon feed off the foolish and/or inexperienced who die in there in the process. As most Dungeon Core stories are LitRPGs, they often have overt or subtle videogame-like setups, such as Floor Bosses and Loot Drops. Many of them also borrow elements of the ''Xianxia'' or "Cultivation" genre, having the Dungeon Core use similar techniques to refine its ability to contain, use, or generate mana as a means of personal growth.

	Many Dungeon Core stories feature the Core itself as the Protagonist, often one made from the soul of a living person though chance, dark rituals or Isekai-style reincarnation. Supporting characters often include a [[Fairy]] or W(h)isp who is drawn to newly-born dungeons to guide their growth, particularly strong minions/bosses, the residents of the nearby village, town or kingdom who first discover the dungeon and try to deal with it one way or the other, and various invaders who may seek to destroy, harvest, or control it.		Many Dungeon Core stories feature the Core itself as the Protagonist, often one made from the soul of a living person though chance, dark rituals or Isekai-style reincarnation. Supporting characters often include a [[Fairy]] or W(h)isp who is drawn to newly-born dungeons to guide their growth, particularly strong minions/bosses, the residents of the nearby village, town or kingdom who first discover the dungeon and try to deal with it one way or the other, and various invaders who may seek to destroy, harvest, or control it.

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Examples of Dungeon Core Stories

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	* Bunker Core -- a Sci-Fi take in a post-apocalyptic world about an AI using nanotech instead of mana.		* Bunker Core -- a Sci-Fi take in a post-apocalyptic world about an AI using nanotech instead of mana.

	* Slime Dungeon -- A man reincarnates into a dungeon core, and decides to concentrate entirely on [[Ooze Slime monsters]].		* Slime Dungeon -- A man reincarnates into a dungeon core, and decides to concentrate entirely on [[Ooze\|Slime monsters]].

	* The Misplaced Dungeon -- A Teenage girl's soul is copied to be used a Dungeon Core. Immediately things go wrong, starting with the fact that the gods left open the backdoor to the girl's original soul on Earth.		* The Misplaced Dungeon -- A Teenage girl's soul is copied to be used a Dungeon Core. Immediately things go wrong, starting with the fact that the gods left open the backdoor to the girl's original soul on Earth.