Blade & Bastard: Warm ash, Dusky dungeon
Blade & Bastard: Warm ash, Dusky dungeon (ブレイド＆バスタード -灰は暖かく、迷宮は仄暗い-, Bureido ando Basutādo -Hai wa atatakaku, Meikyū wa honogurai-) is the first light novel volume in Blade & Bastard series, released on December 9, 2022 simultaneously in Japan and worldwide published by DRE Novels and J-Novel Club respectively. It was later followed by Blade & Bastard 2: Wireframe Dungeon & Dragon with Red Dead.
An English physical book format was later released by Yen Press on December 12, 2023.
Summary
Deep in the unexplored reaches of the dungeon, a corpse is discovered—one that shouldn’t exist. After Iarumas is resurrected, his memories of life before death are gone, and he spends his days delving into the dungeon to retrieve the bodies of dead adventurers. Can they be revived as well? Or will God reduce them to piles of ash on the altar? Either way, Iarumas collects his finder’s fee. And though his skills earn him some grudging respect, he’s also scorned for this cold, utilitarian attitude. The living keep their distance—Iarumas consorts primarily with the dead. That is, until he meets Garbage, a feral young swordswoman who’s the sole survivor of a massacred party. With Garbage by his side, Iarumas ventures deeper, scouring the dungeon for clues to his past, avoiding monsters, traps, and the inevitability of a permanent ashen demise.
Characters
- Iarumas: An amnesiac adventurer. Retrieves the bodies of fallen adventurer from the dungeon at the request of the temple.
- Garbage: An adventurer who rescued by Iarumas. The "Monster's Leftovers," who speaks more like a dog than person.
- Raraja: A strange turn of fate leads him to exploring the dungeon with Iarumas and the others.
- Ainikki: An elven woman of the cloth in the service of God. Looks out for Iarumas and Garbage.
- Sezmar: A Fighter who leads the ultimate party. This jovial man is also friends with Iarumas.
- Hawkwind
- Sarah
- Tuck
- Moradin
- Prospero
- Egam
Gallery
Cover artwork of the Japanese release.
Key artwork in English.
Color illustration in English.
External links
| Characters introduced in | |
|---|---|
| Volume 1 | Ainikki - Egam - Garbage - Hawkwind - Iarumas - Moradin - Prospero - Raraja - Sarah - Sezmar - Tuck |
| Volume 2 | Berkanan |
| Volume 3 | |
| Terminology | |
| Races | Human - Elf - Dwarf - Hobbit |
| Classes | Fighter - Thief - Priest - Mage - Bishop - Samurai - Ninja |
| Locations | |
| Media | |
| Light Novels | Warm ash, Dusky dungeon - Wireframe Dungeon & Dragon with Red Dead - Return of the Hrathnir |
| Manga | Episode 0 - Episode 1 - Episode 2 - Episode 3 |
- Novels
- Blade & Bastard
- Light Novels