39: Book 1 RECAP
The World
Five years ago, the world Changed. In one day, everyone connected to the unexplained power of the Status, able to see numerical summaries of what defined people and their abilities. Each individual received a Class and learned to level up that Class, gaining magical powers beyond the scope of human understanding. And in the case of a third of humanity, people were suddenly and randomly changed into thousands of different Races straight out of myth, legend and nightmares.
Five years ago, people thought the world was about to end. In a ten week period of Biblical proportions, three billion people died, many from accidental side effects of gaining a Class or Race without training or warning. Yet a surprising thing happened: life went on. In less than a year most of the wars ended, governments passed laws to account for this new way of life and in many ways, living was no different either before or after the Change.
Except now there were dragons.
Book 1: Growing Problems
When the Change happened, architectural student Honoka Jefferson found herself with a new appendage and a Class she had no idea how to level up. Shy to the point of catatonic, Honoka became frustrated and depressed her new Race and Class did nothing to changer her life. Five years passed: in a world with magic, elves, wizards, monsters and wonders beyond imagination, she worked for a soulless corporation in downtown Boston designing buildings for other soulless corporations.
Then she stepped onto a bus late one night and met a succubus calling herself Diane Long. One thing led to another and after losing her virginity to the succubus prostitute, Honoka discovered that sex was the key to unlocking secrets of her Race and Class.
Honoka quit her job, registered to become a dungeon delver and married Diane, along with two other monstrous women: goblin Eve Ibori and holstaur Banda Longhat. They moved into the local dungeon beneath what used to be Harvard and met two more women whom Honoka also married: otter beastkin Quinn Blevins and cobra naga Padmava Nair.
Quinn, specifically, had a problem she wanted the growing collection of wives to help with. Deep in the dungeon levels there was a castle of bones in the middle of a lake of lava guarded by powerful undead. Her best friend, Dolly Butler, was recently captured there and suddenly Honoka’s ability to improve the people she has sex with made it vital the futanari coitus as much as possible if they were going to succeed in this rescue mission.
Other factors were at play, though, before they could initiate their plan. Solomon Church, Diane’s former pimp, wanted the missing succubus back and his lackey managed to kidnap Honoka and Diane. Honoka freed them using her new powers but also ended the night killing their kidnapper. Wracked with guilt, when they got home Honoka attempted to commit suicide. Only the love of her wives got her through this trial.
As Honoka slowly unlocked the mysteries of her Race and Class, she found other powerful entities tracking her down. These events coincided with the original kidnapping of Dolly, the death of Padmava’s husband and the kidnapping of Padmava’s son, Aruna. Feeling overwhelmed, the wives hired the services of kikiyaon Miaka Watase and trained heavily for the assault on Bone Castle.
Before they could complete their training, Honoka and Diane were attacked and Diane almost died from her wounds. This prompted the newly christened guild <em>Becoming Monsters</em> to leave immediately for the lower levels. Diane stayed behind to recover from her injuries while Eve stood guard over Diane and Padmava’s young daughter, Jaya.
The assault begins successfully, over a hundred murderers and rapists killed, Aruna freed and Dolly would soon follow. But when a powerful Guild leader shot a devastating attack at Honoka, Miaka jumped in front of the attack and was mortally wounded. Desperate, Honoka adds Miaka and Dolly to her harem to save their lives and then enacts a plan to save everyone’s life, kill the man behind Bone Castle, free hundreds being held prisoner and then destroy the cycle of grief once and for all.
On returning from the castle Honoka and the wives discover a separate assault from Solomon Church took place and the pimp succeeded in kidnapping Diane. With the help of a grateful collection of delvers Honoka and Eve attacked Solomon’s brothel, killed Solomon and recovered Diane. The wives then took some time off before Honoka fulfilled a promise to Diane and conceived a child.
Afterward, the Lich in charge of the undead of Bone Castle arrived at their home and begged for a place to live and hide. That night, while Honoka dreamed of Wonderland, a little girl walked into Boston and made her way to the dungeon.
...oh yeah, and there was a LOT of sex here and there.
Characters
The Wives
Honoka Jefferson: able to “collect” anyone she has a sexual exchange with using her sixteen inch penis, her Class allows her to allocate that person’s abilities, stats and even Race. Formerly working as an architect, now she is the head of a family of delvers and slowly getting over her former shy attitude.
Diane Lonnegan: a succubus who was previously a prostitute, she fell in love with Honoka and followed her into the dungeon to build a new life for everyone there. An alchemist of considerable skill, Diane provided the financial backing to start the delving business and contributes a significant part of the family finances.
Eve Ibori: playful and energetic, this small goblin has a thing for BDSM and spending as much time as she can around other people. After regaining the Intelligence she lost at the Change, she proved a sharp mind with a great head for numbers. Is currently taking college classes online.
Banda Longhat: spending the last five years unable to express milk, this large muscled and larger titted holstaur is making up for lost time and now providing most of the residents of Harvardtown with fresh milk. A steadying influence on the other wives and typically reserved, she becomes impulsive when excited.
Quinn Blevins: Southern is the best way to describe the perky otter beastkin, from her love of cooking comfort food to her deadeye with a rifle. Young and ambitious, her personality tempered recently while leading the dungeon raids for the family.
Padmava Nair: an older woman who lost her husband over a year ago, this cobra naga owns the large home the family lives in and has two children from her previous marriage. Motherly and sensual, Pad is the woman the other wives look to for advice and guidance. Also a trained masseuse.
Miaka Watase: former featherweight MMA fighter turned delver, this kikiyaon woman recently joined the family to save her life. Extremely protective, she has earned her place as the family guardian.
Dolly Butler: childhood friend of Quinn, on her first official delve the cheetaur girl was captured and repeatedly raped and tortured in the dungeon before being rescued by Honoka and the wives. Gun shy because of her experiences, she is slowly coming around to the idea of being a wife in a loving family.
Extended Family
Uzume and Douglass Jefferson: Honoka’s parents who live in Gainesville, FL. Uzume left her own controlling family in Japan and moved to America when she was fifteen. Today, she is a professor at UoF of Japanese History and also coaches the women’s kendo team. Douglass is a general contractor and a great Southern cook.
Philip and Georgia Miner: after a traumatic childhood for the teenage succubus, these two took Diane into their home and helped her recover. Philip was previously a Sergeant of the BPD and Georgia was a homemaker, but after Philip lost his job the two are unsure what they are going to do.
Jaya and Aruna Nair: The seven year old daughter and fourteen year old son of Arun and Padmava. Jaya spends most of her time running the shop for the family business while Aruna keeps the large family supplied with whatever is needed. Jaya is also gleefully in charge of feeding Honoka each morning.
Aunt Cholena and DeeDee Longhat: Banda’s Aunt Cholena owns and runs the largest holstaur dairy in the world a few miles south of Boston. DeeDee is Banda’s younger sister and one of Cholena’s most productive heifers.
Arun Nair: Padmava’s deceased husband and father to Jaya and Aruna, was a world renowned Geomancer and guild leader. Built the complex the family is currently living in. Some consider his theories on leveling Classes to be the foundation of their personal rapid growth.
Friends From Work
Meredith: former cubicle neighbor and architect at BAS, a twenty foot tall purple haired cyclops.
Steve: a well dressed troll who oozes middle management and was Honoka’s old supervisor at BAS.
Mary Sue: former BAS coworker, looks like a mass of tentacles. Not a gossip.
Solomon Church: deceased owner of the prominent brothel Solomon’s where Diane worked and was a controlling incubus of the Boston underworld.
Chastity: a high level greater succubus who was the personal assistant of Solomon Church.
Benedict: deceased wizard and sadistic pimp employed at Solomon Church’s brothel.
Brad: a male succubus and a prostitute at Solomon’s who knows Diane.
Marco: an Alchemist running a potion and Alchemist supply shop in Cambridge.
David: a minotaur dairy worker employed by the Longhats who was briefly engaged to Banda.
Gamers
Zelda: aka Queenforme, transvestite leader of the FBB guild <em>Everybody Loves Large Euphemisms.</em> Tends to be a dramatic person. Plays a Djinn Wizard.
Frank: aka tokenwhiteguy, straight and married to Kat, the sensible member of the team, plays a Hoarder Berserker.
Jezebel: aka carpetDIEM, Kat’s ex-wife, they have remained friends despite Jez’s volatile personality. Plays an Abomination Warlock.
Kat: aka DROWNINGinCATS, a bubbly bi girl who is friends with everyone. Owns six cats. Plays a Golem Artificer.
Jeremy: Frank’s brother and Honoka’s replacement on the team. Plays a Griffin Monk.
Harvardtown
Cleo Tate: guild leader of Carnival and a high level lightning and thunder magic user. Has been something of a mentor and friend to Becoming Monsters.
Jake: second-in-command of Carnival and thinks of himself as a Casanova.
Johnny: a sixty foot tall purple giant who lives in the dungeon and is a regular customer of Banda’s milk.
Bone Castle
The Baroness: a lich who wears a mask and was enslaved to kill delvers with her undead.
Enoch: deceased Herald and a delusional man who ruled in the Bone Castle and controlled the prominent guild Master Blasters.
Jared Cortez: deceased second in command of the Master Blasters and a former Marine.
Kieth Sanders: deceased prison warden of Bone Castle and rapist.